Focus!

The mentor meeting was very successful! It was very relieving to know that I am doing everything right, except that I am doing it at snail speed :)

1. Blog - is it any use? and if so, what to change?

This blog is not to be submitted as evidence, but will be used as a reference in the portfolio. It is used as a a selv-development log, instead of a hard copy diary, this is my tool to track my development and progress. Its the modern diary in other words.
My mentor said it was interesting to read, so if nothing else, it will give me blogging experience and at the same time also experience in reflecting.

2. PPDP - still in process of being updated (this is the 6 months review meeting! Argh!), will show changes next time......

My mentor was kind to actually give a list of suggestions for additions to the PPDP! So now I will complete the PPDP and look at it as a complete document (very soon!),

3. Take out a day (or just an afternoon) of the month for CPD, ask manager

I have actually asked my colleague as it affects him more than anyone else. Every Tuesday after lunch, I will work on my CPD with the phones being off and not replying to emails. UNLESS, there is a call waiting, as agreed with my colleague. That is one of the great things about my job, my colleague and I can cover for each other and out of everyone in the library we are the ones who can really do teamwork and take on each others tasks! Its a great feeling as you can rely on each other and help each other if you are getting snowed under.

I will be working on the actual putting together of the portfolio on Tuesdays, things like:

Getting the documents together (sorting out evidence - what I got and what I need to get)
Making a list of contents for the portfolio
Sorting out organisation chart, CV and so on

4. Chance to work on Intranet (ask manager)

Or internet for that matter. But for some reason things have been sidelined and I have not been envolved in the development in a way I had hoped. My mentor will look into this and guide on what can be done.

5. Criteria of assessment - am I still on the right track?

Everytime we have a meeting we will go through the criteria - just to make sure we stick to the criteria!

6. Does my portfolio have room for creation of a disability guidelines for the library document?

Yes. This is something that will go on my PPDP and will need to be started soon as it has been in the pipeline for too long.

7. I would like to try and make statistics for how much the library is used, eg. number of emails received in a month, number of book loans, number of enquiries (phone, face to face, email), but I am not sure what the information can be used for? (the monthly update??)

My mentor will try and think of an idea and so will I ......

8. What am I doing right and what am I doing wrong? Please enlighten me?

Nothing in particular wrong with what I do, but personally I think I should get some work done, LESS TALK MORE WORK! (......and even though my mentor never says so, and probably never will, I am sure she feels the same! :)

This meeting was also the 6 months review of the mentor agreement, and my mentor and I looked at what we had promised (and signed) and the only thing that seemed very unrealistic was the "meet up once a month to discuss progress". So we changed that to once every two months, everyone knows how quickly a month goes by! According to this "new" agreement our next meeting should be in August, but let's see if I can work a bit harder and organise things better.

Mission number one is to sort out the PPDP!