more thoughts on branding

I was watching Murray and contemplating thing3. It occurred  to me that my one line presence is not something I can manufacture. It will evolve along with my involvment and interactions with others on the web. I was getting abit uptight about presenting an "image" and being careful how I appear in case I damage my professional persona. To be honest I am not interested in appearing as some kind of "super library advocate" I believe in the value of libraries, the value of education and the importance of breaking through into the digital age however painful it may be in the short term. Every part of my life feeds into every other and so it would be unrealistic to attempt to compartmentalise them. I missed the end of the match, but Murray is through to the semi!

Personal Branding? sounds painful!

I know having a positive online presence is what it is all about, but I do struggle with the notion of self promotion. I'm a bit too reserved English to feel comfortable with that. I did try to find myself and was quite pleased that none of the Pam Riley's in the world had anything to do with me. However, I will try. Another issue I have is that much as I am a committed library professional,  a lot of my life involves things very much apart from library stuff and I would be afraid of boring people with my ramblings about dogs, church, teenage daughters (who would kill me if I wrote about them anyway). Maybe I should have different blogs for different things? I'm not sure I could manage more than one at a time. By the way, is anybody out there going to Umbrella? I landed myself a sponsored place and it would be nice to have someone to say hello to

thing 2 - prowling around

First I must say a big thank you to all you people who commented on my first blog. It was hugely encouraging to know that I am not the only novice blogger who finds the whole thing a bit intimidating. I have had an enjoyable time scooting around some of the other blogs listed on delicious - particularly looking at those tagged 6th form - as that is my world at the moment. I hope to do some more commenting over the next few days.

Why am I doing This?

I love the internet. It's a great research tool, incredibly useful etc, addictive and until now, anonymous. I have never got to grips with social networking. I can't see the point, I've been trying twitter and facebook but all I seem to do is see snippets of conversations and photos of people I hardly know. I can't engage and I can't be bothered with it all. However I am at the beginning of my career in librarianship and I know this way lies the future so I am biting the bullet. I'm a bit scared of blogging (hence the name blographobic). It seems self indulgent and arrogant but I am also afraid I could get addicted. I am a library assistant in a sixth form college. We are just getting Moodle and I am hoping the library will be involved in this. I am very interested in the ways web 2 can be used, but I need to overcome my own misgivings. This is a first small step.