11 and a half Things

a most ingenious idea from UCL's Biomedical Libraries - the idea of 23 Things has morphed into 11 and a half Things! A shortened program which will fit into 6 weeks over the summer, for UCL's Library staff. This particular 'Things' program will focus on Web 2.0 tools which are particulary helpful for medical staff and how we librarians can support them. So 11 and a half Things kicks off tomorrow and I've got a good feeling that I might have already accomplished Thing 1....

This week's Thing to Do is about your personal online 'brand'. As I'm just starting out playing around with this I haven't thought yet about 'branding' myself but I can see how important it is, professionally, to take care over the impression you send out online - especially if you use Twitter, LinkedIn etc a lot to communicate with others.

Hello!

I'm participating in CPD23 '23 Things' and here is my first Thing!

I'm really impressed with the number of people who are participating and from all over the world! I never really thought about creating a blog before so this is all very new to me.

I'm currently working in a UK joint health/university library providing support to medical students and staff, which I really enjoy.

I think this sounds like a great way to get some hands-on with new Web 2.0 tools and will be really useful for my work.