More Revalidation: I’m FRBR’d

Heading back into the mists of time, I am setting out on a journey of discovery. Yes I am retrospectively filling in my revalidation journal. The next event I think qualifies was the RDA (Resource Description and Access) workshop on the 25th March 2009. [I am doing non-conference events first, before entering conference sessions]. This I am putting in BOK [...]

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The Revalidation Of The Rural Librarian

I have been meaning to post on this topic for a while, and kept putting it off, however two things yesterday have prompted me to put fingers to keyboard. Firstly I received my invoice from LIANZA, which includes my registration fee, and yesterday I attended a course on Ancestry Library Edition/ Library Press Display. So, [...]

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Union supports Professional Registration

New Zealand’s professional library association LIANZA introduced professional registration in July 2007. This is a scheme to record ongoing professional development for librarians. Since then many hundreds of people have registered. The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) in New Zealand has chosen to endorse the policy of professional registration at its recent Annual conference. However the [...]

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A Long and Winding Road

The still empty library slowly darkened, behind the desk stood the librarian, lost in thought, quietly contemplating the days work. He reviewed his day, feeling pleased with his effort and what he had achieved. Yet, he wondered, as he took in the small library where he worked, what next? What more was for him? Were [...]

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