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Week 7 Thing 9: Evernote I am in the process of downloading Evernote..it is taking a bit more time for download since my Internet connection is slow and besides the file size is also 48.5 MB. More on this next time after I explore it! Yes..I have finally downloaded Evernote..and started using it too..made entries for the to-do list. Also downloaded the Web Clipper..yet to use it. - Chinmayee Bhange

Week 6 Thing 8: Google Calendar I have been using Google Calender off and on for the last 3+ years. I actually use it when I have to go on a vacation and still not forget my professional meetings. I am in the process of integrating the Google Calendar in my library blog to keep a record of all the library activities and events. _ Chinmayee Bhange

Week 5 Thing 6: Online Networks and Thing 7: Real-Life Networks "Social Networking"...the term keeps popping in every now and then! And that's the essence of it..we cannot   do away with socializing - be it apparent or virtual. Networking enriches your growth, if practiced in a meaningful manner. In the olden times, we networked ( is equal to socialized) with our family and friends at festivals and get-togethers. However, it assumed a new meaning with the onset of online networks. The inherent meaning remains unchanged, although new dimensions creep in! Having said that, let me become a bit more professional: LinkedIn: Yes, I am on LinkedIn. Facebook: I and my library - both are on FB. LISPN, LAT and CILIP: I am not a member of any of these groups but let me tell you about a few on this side of the World: LIS-Forum :  A first of its kind in my knowledge in the series of online networks! Since 1995 NMLIS (New Millennium LIS Professionals):  Since 1999. G...

Week 4 - CPD23 Thing 5: Reflective Practice [Image Courtesy: Microsoft Office Image] Took a long time for this Thing 5 on Reflective Practice. Well, I actually was honest and reflected eagerly on what I have learnt in the past 3 weeks. Being in the field of Information Science needs that we acquaint ourselves with the right information at the nick of time. As such, I am thankful to CPD23  for making available this wonderful learning tool. To start with, I already had a blog from April 2010, but being in CPD23, meant I kept our library blog updated to hook the potential information aspirants. And, let me confess, that is a tedious task. I am still working on it. Secondly, although I had my personal Facebook page, I recently created one for the library to keep them updated about the new arrivals or the newspaper clippings. Twitter is yet to be explored! The CPD23 impressed me a lot as it threw open an enormous list of blogs of my fellow librarians, most of which ...

Week 3 - CPD23 Thing 4: Current Awareness - Twitter, RSS and Storify I know I am a bit behind schedule but I am sure to catch up in the next week. As for the CPD23: Thing 4 on current awareness, as I had mentioned in my earlier post, I have maintained two separate accounts on Facebook – one is my personal and the other is SFIT Library. I am keener on keeping active my professional account – SFIT Library as it seems to be the order of the day. Unfortunately, I have been able to gather only 5 people. Just hope I will learn the marketing tactics through the CPD23 course as I proceed! Twitter : To be unpleasantly honest, I am a bit apprehensive about setting up a Twitter account and giving the usual updates about “every happening thing” around me. All the same, I know this is just one side of the coin and so I would set up a Twitter account for SFIT Library in the following days. RSS : I have been using Google FeedBurner on my library blog. Storify : Yet to learn ...

CPD23: Week 1 Thing 1 – Blogs and Blogging The more I read about Librarians and the joy of “Librarianship” per se, the more I tend to glorify the need for reflective practice. So here goes me... Image Courtesy: MS Office Images I started my career in 2004 with St. Francis Institute of Technology , Mumbai after having done a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the coveted SHPT School of Library Science ( SNDT Womens’University , Mumbai, Maharashtra – INDIA. My research interests include: Digital Preservation, Disaster Management in Libraries, Information Literacy and e-learning. Thing 1 – I learnt about CPD23 from the Wiki Educator page of Dr. Indira Koneru – a very informed and tech-savvy librarian, I must admit! I registered for the CPD23 online course in its second stint as I wish to learn how efficiently social media can be put to practice in academic libraries. I am happy since this is a self-paced course and as such does not pressurize me to m...