A blog about blogs

I've spent a lot of time this past week reading blogs.  Not exactly a newsworthy statement and I'm sure if any other cpd23-ers read this they be "me too-ing" about now.  One thing I have come to notice is that blogs are like pringles, once I click I can't stop, one blog leads to another, and another (no mono-sodium-glutamate required)  As well as the blog reading, I have spent a fair amount of time perusing the list of blogs on cpd23, clicking on the ones with interesting titles or written by people who have a first name that also belongs to a librarian that I know (only once so far has this been the same person).

I must admit that I'm finding it pretty overwhelming.  Until last week I had a few core blogs that I used to make time to read and reflect on and learn from where applicable.  Now I'm a bit head spinny with blogs coming out of my ears and I'm spending so much time reading them, I don't know when am I supposed find time to write my own?  At the moment the majority of posts seem to be quite introductory, standard welcome to my blog type fayre, but what about when it starts getting meaty?  What if I miss something?  What if someone who's blog name hasn't caught my eye writes something that rocks the library world to it's core?

So, I'm thinking, what do I do if a student comes up to me on the enquiry desk, their facial expression often speaks before they do "so much information, so little time".  Are they not in a very similar predicament? I will explain the importance of being selective and evaluating their sources, the need to refine their strategy until they get what they need but I'm not exactly following my own advice; reading through hundred of random blog titles, clicking willy nilly.  Not good practice - fact. 

So I will not let myself become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of cpd23 blogs on delicious.  I certainly cannot read every one and I am not going to miss something important by not doing so. Library folks are awesome at sharing best practice and I know that I can't know everything.  My brain only has a limited capacity.  So if anyone else is feeling similarly, I hope that this makes you feel better about it.  Librarians are humans too!

The first post

This is the first and hopefully not the last post to my brand spanking shiny new blog.

I've created this blog as part of 23 things for professional development http://cpd23.blogspot.com/ which is on my summer to do list.  I did have reservations about signing up because there were already lots of things on my summer to do list but seeing the huge response for the project from other librarians, convinced me that this was a a fantastic opportunity. 

The main purpose of this blog is for me to reflect on the things that I do in my work in order to improve the things that I do in my work.  It will also serve as a handy tool to document what I am doing and make comment while it is still fresh in my mind.