The Batty Librarian

e-access for Councils

Ceri — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:18:06 +0000

Another presentation I knocked up. This time I used the more traditional PowerPoint! :-) E-access.Development View more presentations from CeriClark

Prezi Presentation: A short plan for developing and delivering library/information literacy skills for students on a Masters in Business Administration program

Ceri — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:54:53 +0000

This is a short presentation I created for the library presentation at an interview. It shows how I would approach planning for the development of an information literacy skills programme. Short Plan for developing information literacy skills for MBA students on Prezi

Fantasy Book Review: The Death of Torberta Turchin – a great read.

Ceri — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:02:00 +0000

I don’t often give five stars for a book, but I’m learning to reserve them for books that really wow me, the death of Torberta Turchin is such a book. The story I would say is aimed at the young adult market, but at the advanced age in my, ahem, early thirties, I certainly enjoyed [...]

Fantasy Book Review: Shifting Fate by Alexis Leno

Ceri — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:03:00 +0000

As a not-so-secret romantic, I loved Shifting Fate. Set in a world where fate is predetermined by a Goddess, a force for evil is unleashed to change the destiny of the world. The current ruling family took control by battling the former Royal Family. Who is to say if they were right or not but [...]

Ways to read ebooks on your computer (PC or Mac) – for when you don’t have a Kindle or iPad / Fantasy Island Book Publishing

Ceri — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:07:03 +0000

Having recently done a Member Giveaway of my ebook, Children of the Elementi, I sent emails with the book attached in the Kindle and epub formats. I was surprised that not everyone knew about Kindle for PC or Mac, so I thought I would do a brief post about the various ways to read an [...]

Beware, people read your blogs!

Ceri — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:24:52 +0000

I know this sounds a little naive, I always hoped that people would read my blogs and maybe find them a little interesting, but I never actually thought people read it! Most of the time I post for my own benefit so I can find things again - my own personal knowledge base. Two of the [...]

Reading Dawsonera ebooks on your mobile devices

Ceri — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:39:29 +0000

Our library uses the excellent Dawsonera ebooks service. I obviously won’t go into usage or terms and conditions here as they are (probably) commercially sensitive and for a blog post I can’t be bothered to check the contract! Dawsonera on the go I wanted to allow my fellow colleagues to access ebooks that we buy [...]

My experience with FOUR Library Management Systems (LMS), SIRSI vs ISOXFORD vs SOFTLINK

Ceri — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:58:00 +0000

I have worked in the information field for over ten years and used four LMS systems, SIRSI Unicorn, ISOxford’s Heritage and Softlink’s Alice and Oliver. I only used SIRSI Unicorn briefly so I don’t really have a detailed knowledge of its workings. I remember it was quite easy to use if slightly ugly, (it was [...]

Reset passwords on Heritage when you don’t have permissions!

Ceri — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:49:00 +0000

If you are like me and have inherited Heritage as your Library Management System it may seem confusing so I’ve done a few how-to sections on this website, mainly to help myself out but also to help others in the same boat. This one is for resetting passwords. Even though I am a superuser I [...]

The Witch Awakening by Karen Nilsen Review

Ceri — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:58:41 +0000

The Witch Awakening is a blend of historical, fantasy and the paranormal. From the beginning you fall in love with the heroine, Safire. She is aptly named with fire in her belly and the ability to stick to her guns and not bow down to pressure. The only niggle I would say is (and it [...]