Despite the heat being very much on (deadline for dissertation 30th September) I cannot stop wandering in to new writings and research on the subject of public library blogs – I mostly have to turn the router off to get any writing done. This latest from Walt Crawford makes very interesting reading, especially as I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dissertation’
Getting back on the horse…
Posted in Dissertation, tagged dissertation, Library2.0, survey on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After a lengthy period of illness I am now trying to get back into my research – whilst working. I have a lot of respect for people who are able to split themselves many ways and keep all the balls in the air; I’m pants at it. It takes me a long time to warm [...]
Analysis paralysis?
Posted in Dissertation, tagged dissertation, research on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There comes a point in any research where you simply have to stop reading what other people have written. This is difficult because there are so many multi-branching and diverging avenues your reading can take you down. This was far less of a problem when I was an undergraduate in the 1990s because it was [...]
Public library survey is go!
Posted in Web 2.0, tagged dissertation, publiclibraries, research, survey on August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well here it is at long last, I’ve piloted and tweaked and hope it tells me what I want to know about public libraries engagement with Library 2.0. I’m not so keen on the “social” networking name of all the sites and applications this entails as there’s so much that it professional in their functionality [...]
Modify and improve the monkey
Posted in Dissertation, tagged dissertation, dominoes, facebook, linkedin, research on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I need to go back and revise my questionnaire. One of my peers on the MA gave me the most constructive feedback anyone has been kind enough to give me, incredibly generous. Obviously my heart sank when I started to read it but when I pulled my morale out of my boots I was [...]
Survey monkey business
Posted in University, tagged dissertation, jobs on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really impressed with Survey Monkey and I think that this would have made a massive difference to me and my peers when we did our undergraduate psychology degree all those years ago – back when the internet was a mere curio and functionally useless.
I notice that they are recruiting for a web developer at their [...]
Boot up the backside
Posted in Web 2.0, tagged dissertation, jetlag, motivation on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m doing it again, getting panicky about the reading and not doing the doing, as it were. I need to just get on with the questionnaire construction and get it the hell out there, after the pilot. Time is running out and my jetlag is only just dissipating so it’s time to go up several [...]
SLA Conference Seattle
Posted in SLA, tagged dissertation, slaeurope, vintcerf on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My own blog is somewhat becalmed as I am blogging for SLA at present on the most amazing experiences I’ve been so lucky to have. As I only submitted my last assignment (not counting that 20 000 word dissertation I need to magic up for 1st September) this time last week, I’ve been somwhat lax [...]
Dust jackets in the bin?
Posted in Books, tagged blogs, dissertation, dust jackets, hardbacks on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why do hardback books still come with a dust jacket? Surely there’s no need. As I was reading my hardback “Naked Conversations” (a book on the benefits of blogging) on the train this morning, the dust jacket kept slipping around and irritating me so I removed it as I always do. Underneath, the book was [...]
Library 2.0 – powerful communications tool or fad?
Posted in Librarianship, Web 2.0, tagged degree, dissertation, Librarianship, Library2.0, masters, research on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why are public libraries in USA more engaged with Web 2.0 applications than their UK counterparts?
I’m trying to work out if it is genuinely worthwhile getting involved in activities such as blogging if you are a public library. And are public library authorities developing web activity policies commensurate with the explosion of stuff online?
I’m working [...]
