Trainee visit to the Cairns Library

Last week all the library trainees had a visit to the Cairns Library. I went along partly to see how the tour would be given (as opposed to me shadowing other librarians) and partly to see how the other trainees would respond to a medical library. There was a brief tour round the library, before [...]

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Library Day in the Life (Round 4): Thursday

Thursday 28th January 2010 6.00 – Wake up and face the cold, at least it’s Thursday!  7.00 – Go for bus.  8.15 – Get into work 15 minutes later than usual; despite buses being on time and hardly any traffic. Odd. Get Mocha coffee, check emails, and reply to those I need to. Have phonecall [...]

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Library Day in the Life (Round 4): Tuesday

Tuesday 26th January 2010 6.00 – Wake up and get ready as per usual. 7.00 – Leave to get bus into town; especially cold today! 7.55 – Arrive at work, get laptop set up and get morning Mocha coffee. 8.00 – Check through emails: reply to those I need to, ‘file’ others and mark some [...]

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Library Day in the Life (Round 4): Monday

Monday 25th January 2010 So this is my first blog entry for the ‘library day in the life: round 4’. This is the first time I have taken part so I apologise in advance if the way I’ve set it out is random or erratic – it was easier for me to keep updating throughout [...]

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My Library: NHS Evidence – Women’s Health

I will probably just regurgitate what I wrote about my trainee position on the Oxford Graduate Trainee blog but thought I would discuss in more detail what my position actually entails.  I know from other trainees and people in general that my position as a library trainee isn’t quite clear. From what I can understand [...]

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