Well I am off to London tomorrow to see the wonderful wizard of Oz, not really. As the Arch Web Editor for CoFHE I have to become trained in the art of using the CILIP Content Management System. This is, for those unsure, a system that allows multiple users to create, edit and upload web pages autonomously and independent from the Webmaster of the CILIP website. Tomorrow, I will be set up with an account and I will get S and C set up too so that they can use the system proficiently for us to start updating the website.
This kind of leads me on to another subject that causes me much pain. Library websites.
The modern librarian is a multi skilled engineer of information organisation and display. The modern libraian really should be an ‘i-brarian’ rather then a ‘librarian’ as the core of the job seems to focus deeply on using IT in the forms of OPAC’s at the very basic level. The evolution of the job means that librarians have to be cunning with IT and web based services such as social networking and collaboration tools if needs be. (and that doesn’t just mean Library Management Software/Systems).
So with this in mind, I am going to develop my skills as a web editor and start planning. Proposal by the 22nd January for the national committee that is meeting in Birmingham.
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