Musings on library school, books, technology, and other things by a library school student, computer geek and bibliophile.
Posted in England Trip, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Sep 26th, 2006
Well, I have come at last to the end of the seminar. Friday was the last day of schedule activites, and a pretty lightly scheduled day at that. In fact, there was only one real content-related session: a talk about skills for 21st century librarianship. And actually, I have to say that particular talk was [...]
Posted in England Trip, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Sep 25th, 2006
The second Thursday of the seminar was probably my favorite, content-wise. Our two morning presenters spoke of much that is geeky in the library world and in the afternoon we got a tour of the Oxford University Press Museum (representing an entirely other kind of geekiness, but still very cool).
Before I talk about the fun [...]
Posted in England Trip, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Sep 24th, 2006
Believe it or not, I haven’t forgotten about the seminar retrospective, nor have I abandoned the blog here. In fact, I have a very great motivation to finish the seminar retrospective posts this week - I’m giving a short presentation on the seminar for a talk our Library Student Organization is hosting on Saturday, and [...]
Posted in England Trip, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Aug 4th, 2006
Tuesday saw two presentations on managing the collections of the libraries of Oxford University in the morning, and tours of 3 college libraries in the afternoon. However, as it also saw my ongoing bout with a head cold, I have to say that the day was a little fuzzier for me than it might have [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Aug 2nd, 2006
The seminar’s weekend was unscheduled free time for us participants. I know several people went away for the weekend, but I stayed in Oxford. I spent Saturday wandering around (many of my photos of Oxford were taken that Saturday), and I spent Sunday nursing a head cold (which you probably don’t want to hear about, [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Jul 17th, 2006
Friday was an eventful day at the seminar, with two scheduled presentations (one on preservation and one on emergency planning for libraries) and a tour of the botanic gardens. I also managed to get in on an unexpected tour… but I’m getting ahead of myself.
How to Have Fun in Libraries Without Killing the Collections: The [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Jul 16th, 2006
Thursday was our excursion to London to take a tour of the British Library, and it was interesting to see the contrasts between it and the Bodleian.
While both the Bodleian and the British Library are legal deposit libraries and both have major research collections (and to some extent, a similar focus in offering their research [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Jul 16th, 2006
Wednesday was actually a fairly light day for the seminar, there were only two presentations (although one was quite long and involved much group participation).
Overview of Qualification Routes for UK Librarians/Career Paths
The first presentation concerned qualifications for librarians in the UK and was officially presented by Gill Powell, Staff Development at Oxford University Library System, [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Jun 23rd, 2006
The second day of the seminar provided an interesting mix of presentations. We got to hear about how Oxford’s libraries are updating themselves for the 21st century, how to design a good library building, and got a crash course in how to use the somewhat antiquated electronic catalog for the Oxford University libraries.
Oxford Libraries in [...]
Posted in England Trip, History, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Jun 21st, 2006
Hello all,
In preparation for posting more about the Oxford library seminar, I’m reposting my review of the first full day, newly edited and now with pictures!
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Like the first day of any class, the first full day of the seminar was mainly one of introductions. We introduced ourselves, and we also [...]
