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So, in other words, change is everywhere, and in everything, and that's a good thing, because change is a pre-requisite for improvement.

There's always more I can do with promotion, advertising, and making sure we have good resources available for people to borrow, but there's no collapse in circulation figures that would indicate that the move was a major problem on that front.

It is kind of fiddly and involved which is why I am only doing it for a minority of folders where I know I will regularly search by label, and need archive things to show up without having to remember to include both "ND LMS" and "Managed Folders ND LMS" in my search criteria.

Time spent mastering advanced searches, subject bibliography tools, and going on library introduction sessions was time well spent, but not time that you'll want to spend as the deadline approaches.

I'll be getting the results of our general student feedback surveys tomorrow, and the comments there may help me figure out some possible whys.

The last CILIP in London event I went to was the networking evening they arranged for Thing 7, which was, I must admit, a total wash for me.

Also - to tie this back to CPD23, which I am still slowly, oh so slowly, working my way through - the idea of 'Communities of practice' resonates so much more strongly than that of 'networking'.

Initially a proper letter of introduction explaining your fantasies, expectations and level of experience is preferred to a lengthy phone conversation and is more likely to be successful.

This matches my observations about the space in use throughout the semester, but it's nice to have some numbers to back them up! Personally, as a Google girl, I've been looking forward to the move, but some of my colleagues have been a bit nervous in anticipation, and adjusting to any new work flow, even an improved one, is change, and change can be hard.

That making explicit the expectations about the use a space or set of resources helps people meet them, but may also make them feel safer in the space, and thus more comfortable and more able to learn.

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