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Comment on Four things I don’t read, and one I do by bethan

bethan — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:23:06 +0000

That’s an excellent point – there are some sites that I do totally avoid the comments on, because I know they will be overwhelmingly annoying and trollish. And if a comment thread makes me swear more than twice, I’ll usually drop it!

Comment on Four things I don’t read, and one I do by woodsiegirl

woodsiegirl — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:36:51 +0000

Agree totally. One of the things I love about Twitter is now that I’m following so many people, from various social circles/spheres of interest, I get to see all sorts of things I’d probably never have stumbled across in my pre-Twitter days, and can happily ignore all the things I really don’t want to read

I also like reading the comments, but it depends on the site. I tend to avoid unless I know it’s a site that is either a) well-moderated, b) has a respectful community of contributors that can make sensible comments and disagree without it getting ugly, or c) preferably both! That’s why I don’t often read the comments on the Guardian website – too many trolls, sadly.

Comment on It’s the little things… by Reading February and March 2013 | Libraries, the universe and everything

Reading February and March 2013 | Libraries, the universe and everything — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:05:05 +0000

[...] It’s the little things Little things are always harder to change, in my experience, but yet can often have a much bigger impact. This reminded me of a few similar changes I’ve been meaning (and likewise failing) to make for a while now… [...]

Comment on It’s the little things… by bethan

bethan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:11:34 +0000

That’s a really good idea! Then you have a reminder that you’re not to open your emails, and a task you can dive straight into without giving yourself the chance to wonder what to do. I’ll give it a go!

Comment on It’s the little things… by georginahardy

georginahardy — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:54:51 +0000

Brilliant post! Your idea for not checking e-mail first thing is a bit of a revelation to me. I’m also pretty unproductive first thing, so I might just have to try this. I think I will try to decide on a task before leaving the previous day, and maybe leave it on my keyboard – reducing both the chances of habit kicking in, and the opportunity for opening Outlook to see what tasks are there…

Comment on Do libraries have a future? ILI2010 by The Dissolution of the Libraries « Last Writes

The Dissolution of the Libraries « Last Writes — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:54:04 +0000

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Comment on What did I do at library school? by bethan

bethan — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:19:44 +0000

Everyone says it’s a very ‘Sue’ assignment! It was really interesting one to do.

Yes, the titles should link to the assignments in dropbox – you shouldn’t need a dropbox account to see them in your browser, but maybe I’ve done something wrong…

Comment on What did I do at library school? by Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:17:42 +0000

As soon as I saw the assignment on ID cards I thought of Susan Hornby. I graduated in 2006 and I still miss MMU.
Am I being dim – are the titles links to the actual assignments?

Comment on What did I do at library school? by bethan

bethan — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:46:09 +0000

MMU have a module on ‘designing online learning’, which includes some pedagogical practice – but it’s optional, and I didn’t take it. Don’t know about other courses, but agree it would be useful!

Comment on What did I do at library school? by neiljohnford

neiljohnford — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:19:22 +0000

Interesting to see the range of topics covered by library programmes. I’ve thought for a while now that a unit on educational practice would have been helpful – mostly as I now work in HE but thinking about it, every library sector I’ve worked in has involved some form of user education. Would be interested to know if folks are aware of this being included on any current programmes?