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The challenge that is #blogjune

You just can’t count on things to go according to plan. But that doesn’t negate the need to have one, at least in the form of a rough draft, in almost every area of our lives. #blogjune this year is no...

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What is the LIS profession?

This week I participated in a workshop as part of the “Professional Practice” unit in Queensland University of Technology’s LIS course. The workshop centred on the question: What is the LIS profession?...

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Time to pass the baton

About a month ago I resigned from my position of Co-ordinator for the ALIA New Graduates Group. This was a big step for me. It was time to pass the baton on to new co-ordinators and allow them the...

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Plan your next year: here’s 5 helpful (and popular) posts

Looking back over the past year, my most popular posts here on Flight Path have centred on professional development planning and creating your own learning environments – all geared towards continuous...

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Changes to my Twitter account and activity

First of all, happy new year! I thought I’d share with you a story of two Twitter accounts as I move into the new year and beyond….. Over the last year or so following the completion of my Masters...

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Letting go to embrace what comes next

Today I had my farewell morning tea at my workplace. I officially finish up at Queensland State Archives (QSA) on Friday. As my hands shook, tears flowed (how embarrassing!), I’m sad to be leaving some...

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How to kickstart your professional conversation

So you’ve started a LIS (library and information science) Masters degree….or information, knowledge or data management, or records management, or archival studies, or information systems… (tick and...

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Be okay with not knowing the way

This semester, as part of a unit called Professional Practice, I’m aiming to guide a new bunch of new recruits into this profession by being a facilitator of conversation and source of encouragement...

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Time to step up on blogging

It’s about time I joined in the conversation about blogging. A colleague has called me out. And yes, I have a contribution. This isn’t the first time I’ve put thoughts down on this topic over this...

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Bring on 2016

Happy New Year everyone! I’m really excited for 2016. This year will build on the achievements and improvements made last year in carving my own path. And I have a number of projects in the works,...

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What’s in a name?

Why is ‘Flight Path’ called, well, Flight Path? Some will already know the answer to this question. Those who are relatively new to following my blog, Flight Path may not. So where did the name come...

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Exporting favourite tweets from ALIA Information Online

Following last week’s ALIA Information Online, a task on my post-conferencing ‘to do’ list is to review my notes and pull out some key takeaways. I took notes on my iPad into Evernote in most sessions...

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Committing to the ‘other’ side of #blogjune

I write every day in my diary. I reflect often. And on days when I try to find something on the bottom of my handbag, I find a scrap a paper with a blog post idea scribbled on it. The purpose of...

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League of Librarians: beginnings

Reaction to my blog post on Tuesday evening has prompted action ‘while the iron’s hot’ to progress with the idea of a new and revived collaborative blog. I hope we can maintain momentum on this idea...

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There’s a fork in the (career) road

I don’t write, I don’t write, and I don’t write (here, anyway) and then I hit a point where I feel absolutely compelled to write. I burst. My desk in my study is cluttered. I can’t stand clutter....

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A matter of confidence

Back in January, I shared my ambitions for this blog going forward: I realised I don’t share what I know and what I’m working on often enough. Nor do I share my reflections on learning and issues I see...

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How to organise too many writing ideas

The problem with not writing (and publishing) for some time is the enormous backlog of ideas to sort through, create some order and work out a way to start again. This post is for those who would like...

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Project management: lessons learnt

A project is a planned piece of work, involving the completion of a set of interrelated tasks in order to achieve a purpose, goal or particular outcome. Managing projects is part of our work as library...

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Secrets revealed! Keeping ideas and juggling projects

This post is in response to Fiona Jones’ recent question about where to record brilliant ideas so they don’t go ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and how to create a visual way of keeping on track and not...

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#blogjune Day one – slowing down is the new ‘busy’

A bit of a delay posting yesterday’s thoughts. I wrote this while waiting for my flight to take off from Perth, on my iPad which I tend to only use for travel these days. Our flight arrived back in...

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