Anne Johnston’s Library Blog

See Taggart last Friday night? An interesting twist on the middle-aged librarian who still lives with his mum stereotype. No, still not the rant about stereotyping. One line made me giggle. The gist was that fraternising with one’s colleagues is disapproved of in the library service. This set me off thinking about various websites which use humour to shed an insight into the world of libraries. Continue Reading »

Apologies for the break in transmissions. I do intend to contribute to my blog more regularly than every 5 or 6 weeks. Not long after I posted the first entry my PC at home died quite suddenly after years of loyal service. At the same time we were experiencing network problems in school. Hence the gap of several weeks. I am about to try to set up wireless broadband tonight. I know the broadband works and since my PC can’t sit in the kitchen beside the main phone line socket wireless it is.

I attended a wheen of meetings during September -all of them important and producing benefits for our students and staff - but I am looking forward to spending a whole week in my own school. Continue Reading »