This blog is being created as part of the University of Westminster's #23Things project for Library (and Archive) staff to explore the exciting and thrilling world of Web 2.0. As a know-it-all twenty something I expected to have already done everything in this programme but so far, both of the Things we have been asked to do in the programme are new to me.
Thing #1 was the creation of a customised iGoogle page. I have dutifully done this but doubt I'll ever use it again. None of the 'Widgets' available seemed particularly useful to me and I would rather visit individual websites rather than having them all crammed on to one page.
Thing #2 is the creation of this blog and this, my first posting. Again, blogging is something I have never done (although I read a large number). I have tried to agitate for the creation of institutional blogs at several previous workplaces but not met with any success. Since starting at Westminster I have been reasonably active on twitter [as @annamcnally] but haven't yet started a full-blown blog. I have ideas for a blog - don't think I don't have the ideas! - but it seems rather futile until we have the archive catalogues online and some of our material digitised, so that I have something to link to/show you. For the meantime, twitter has suited me better as a means to moan about the process of cataloguing to other like-minded archivists.
But for the next 23 weeks, this blog will be the record of my progress through the 23 Things project.
Here via Twitter, and it's not dull at all! Good luck with the wmin23 - I've just finished the cam23 programme and am looking forward to keeping an eye on what you folk do. Thing 7 - "Be a librarian: catalogue content & create a search engine" sounds particularly interesting...
ReplyDeletethanks for your feedback. Will certainly be interesting to see how it progresses, not least how I ever find time to do it all on top of my normal work/social networking!
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