Since my last post began with me being embarrassed at how long it's been since my last post, perhaps I'd better not start this post the same way... So, instead we shall begin with a strong recommendation to visit the Splendour & Power Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, since I've just come from there and it is fab-u-lous!
Now, I shall cringe at how long it has been since my buoyant post about the state of my library degree (which is, sadly, much in the same state as it was six months ago). In that time, there has been much upheaval at work, but I can't say in any detail what that upheaval is/was, or what its repercussions have been. Suffice to say, I'm trying to coping with significant change, more responsibility, etc. etc..
I've got another reason for not writing on here, though. I've been prioritising and taking stock of a lot of things, and one thing I considered is what my blog should actually be about. In between just getting work done, and trying to find time to do my degree work, I don't have the energy to keep abreast of all the new and wonderful things Library 2.0 has to offer. Thus, if I'm keeping a blog, it's not going to be about me and my attempts to engage with these wonderful widgets.
I have basically two directions I can take, I think. One is to keep it professional, following work and degree work. The advantage here is that it has a clear and specific interest (I hope) and a single focus. Later on, when I have finished my degree and work has settled a bit, I might be able to re-embrace the digital world and engage with it. The disadvantage is that there are lots of things about work that are actually confidential, so I'd be struggling to find the balance between being too vague to be any use, and being so informative that I'm being too open.
The second is to make it more personal. There's more to me than just librarianship! The advantage is that I can take it in interesting directions and (hopefully) find a distinct voice in my blogging style (which to my mind is currently pretty bland and faceless). The disadvantage of that is that there may be a lot of crufty entries to sort through before getting to the useful stuff. There aren't going to be many archers interested when I wax lyrical about Notre Dame polyphony, nor musicians interested in my love of 1980s children's TV. Maybe.
Which brings me to a slightly sobering point - there are far more blogs created than read. Ultimately, I'm going to be doing this more for my own ego-massaging benefit than to actually be engaging with other people. It kind of defeats the object of Web 2.0 of democracy of communication, if the only person I'm communicating with (if in a slightly roundabout and public way) is myself.
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