It’s not nothing to spend time in meetings and conferences! Whether you’re attending in your own time, or work time, it’s worth making sure you’re getting all you want to out of it.
Read moreIt’s clear – sometimes high-level policy documents can seem a long way away from day-to-day work. They deal in big ideas and big concepts, and can feel too much to do much about on your own. At the same time, they can also offer an opportunity to think into the long term, as well as […]
Read morePreviously in our 10-Minute International Librarian series, we have focused on long-term visions (exercise 27) and values (exercise 34). These are important if we are to maintain focus, and help us take strategic decisions. Yet these can often seem far off, and may not be particularly useful in making choices day to day. That’s why […]
Read moreAs world leaders prepare to participate in the United Nations General Assembly, the Gates Foundation has released its 2020 Goalkeepers Report. Focusing on a subset of indicators and themes featured in the UN’s 2030 Agenda, it looks to trace progress on key issues linked to the work of the Foundation, in particular health, poverty, education […]
Read moreWhat do you do as a Wikimedian in residence? Traditionally a Wikimedian in Residence focuses on increasing the quality and quantity of content on Wikipedia and its sister projects, such as Wikimedia Commons (for openly licenced media) and Wikidata (for linked open data). When I first started as a Wikimedian in Residence at the National […]
Read moreFor all the focus in much of IFLA’s work on the importance of agreeing and implementing the Marrakesh Treaty, we should not forget the end goal of this effort – ensuring the accessibility of books, websites, and other materials for people with disabilities. This is the goal set out by the Convention on the Rights […]
Read moreIf you want to move forwards, you first need to know where forwards is. In order to ensure that the time and effort that you put into advocacy for your library is well used, it’s important to have an idea of your long-term goal. It should provide a guide to your work, and help you […]
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