tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579543650748333042023-11-16T07:22:51.446+00:00Jenny's Cabinet of CuriositiesJenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-80807688879505987502018-02-13T13:49:00.001+00:002018-02-18T21:02:08.712+00:00Winter Wanderings and Hot Coffee<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After a few weekends (and evenings) of DIY and hiding away from the elements I'd promised myself that this weekend I would head for the hills and attempt to find snow. Turns out I found a little bit more than I was expecting with the walk ending up as one of my more interesting Peak District experiences. Apologies now to my companion who'd I'd flippantly invited for a walk in the snow and who I think suffered a lot more than me in the conditions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of my determination to get out was that last month I was given the chance to test out a Sigg Hot & Cold flask. Sigg knew the filter worked with tea but wanted a few willing volunteers to test it with coffee - and I was one of them. Along with the 50cl flask I was also given a selection of Grizzly's Adventure blend coffees to try out with it and after a week of test runs in the comfort of my office I'd decided I really should put it to the test alfresco.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I should make a few provisos. I like my coffee hot and strong. Like stand your spoon up in it strong. And I'll very rarely finish a cup at work because even with my thermos mug I find the end is too cold for me. And by too cold I mean probably the normal temperature most people drink their coffee at. Sigg says that the Hot & Cold keeps drinks hot for 12 hours and I'm definitely going to test that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My planned route on Sunday was the Castleton circular, starting from the Mam Tor carpark, through Winnet's Pass, along the river to Hope and then up to Loose Hill and the ridge past Hollin's Cross to the Mam Tor summit. Having cut my outdoor teeth in Edale and the Peaks I knew this area well and was fairly confident that I could manage anything the weather threw at me. I also knew snow was forecast and thought it'd be a perfect opportunity to try out my gear bought for a forthcoming trip to Scotland. Nice walk in the snow I thought, maybe a bit of crampon action, a few snaps of me drinking coffee on the ridge with Kinder in the background and then down to the carpark in time for a Sunday roast. Well it didn't exactly turn out like that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most of the walk was uneventful, if a little bit muddy in the valley. I was keeping a close eye on the light after a late start and knew we couldn't hang around too much. We stopped briefly on the way up Loose Hill to chat with a lone walker who warned us that the Mam Tor summit was a bit blowly and to check we knew the route. Even at this point I wasn't particularly worried. How bad could a route regularly done with kids actually be? Well it turns out pretty damn bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the slog up to Loose Hill we turned into the wind and at that point visibility dropped from poor to almost nothing. I certainly hadn't been expecting white out conditions but that's exactly what we got. It was only the fact that the path is so well sign posted, and at times sheltered by the wall ridge, that stopped me suggesting we turn around. I certainly would have gone back if I hadn't walked the route before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With that white out went all plans of stopping for a coffee and even after the clouds blew past us I was worried enough about the light that we pressed on. We did get treated to some spectacular views of Kinder and the Hope Valley in between the sideways hail but mainly it was a head down, follow the fence line, slog. Our summit was accompanied by winds strong enough to knock you off your feet and a frozen ground with very little purchase. Definitely not a day for the paragliders that so often use Mam Tor as a launching point!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So by the time I actually got to drink my coffee it had been sat in the flask for 7 hours and I was safely back in my car. It was still boiling hot and served as a nice warmer upper while I was trying to get the ice out of my bobble hat. Pity I then had to get back out into the elements to push my friend's car off the carpark - thanks to the lovely bloke who also came and helped!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My work based testing had been done with my existing coffee. This is a fairly fine ground espresso coffee and although it made a good strong brew the fine ground did cause problems with the filter - seeping through and escaping into the main body of the flask. In the main it sank to the bottom so not an issue at work but problematic if you are lugging the flask around. In fact by the end of the Mam Tor walk there was hardly any coffee left in the filter at all. So I'd suggest getting a courser ground. I'm having no problems with the Grizzly Coffee (which arrived yesterday) and am very much enjoying the Black Bear. My only complaint is that the brew isn't as strong as I'd like so I'm going to have to experiment to see how best to achieve something more robust. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The flask itself hasn't leaked and the filter is surprisingly easy to clean. I'm looking forward to next week when I'll be in the Scottish moutains and will have the opportunity to try out some of the other Adventure blends. I suspect my flask and I would be very popular with my friends - if it wasn't for the fact I take my coffee black and with two sugars, making it undrinkable to most people! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-84306639773819626112017-11-18T12:43:00.000+00:002017-11-18T12:43:36.534+00:00Telephone Stand Repurposed<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A while ago I bought a telephone stand from eBay. It was from a trader who I've used several times before and who seem to specialise in house clearances of varying quality. It was the legs that attracted me to the piece originally and I managed to pick it up for twenty pounds (including delivery) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It quickly became apparent that it was actually homemade but despite this I loved the mid century style of it. I'd originally thought I'd sand it back and paint part of it, leaving some of the natural wood showing through. However it quickly became apparent that the wood wasn't of sufficient quality and that no amount of sanding would get rid of the reddish colour of the pine. So, time for a rethink. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I removed the legs and the pad, discarding the latter. The legs got sanded back and waxed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After removing the upper tier I painted both parts in white furniture paint. It took three layers until the reddish stain stopped showing through. I then left it a few days for the paint to fully cure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pattern was created with masking tape, well stuck down to prevent seepage. I used a chalky blue paint and originally had the grey section green before I changed my mind. It needed two coats and I let both coats thoroughly dry before peeling back the tape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The intention is to use it as a plant stand in what will be the front room of my new place. It will be a burst of colour in what hopefully will be a relatively calm room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Wednesday I was up early and determined to make the
most of the relatively fine weather. After a three hour drive I arrived
at the National Trust carpark below Scafell Pike determined to get
myself up. I was unsure how my knees would cope but fairly confident
that I was fit enough to manage the hike despite the short daylight hours. My route up was not unusual
but I definitely came down by a way less travelled. </span></span><br />
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walk started at the top of Wastwater and headed up the well defined
path through Lingmell Gill. At the first of the cairns I headed right
under Lord's Rake and had a hard and steep scramble up to Mickledore. By
this point the clouds had descended and visibility was just a few
metres. At the top of Mickledore I have to admit I missed the path and
spent some time working my way over a boulder field, keeping myself on
track through the simple process of heading up hill. Eventually the
summit appeared through the gloom and I took a moment to take a quick
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intention was to return down the corridor route but the path was nigh on
impossible to spot. Taking a bearing from my approach I
set off in roughly the right direction hoping to come across the path.
Unfortunately I went a bit astray and had an interesting descent down a
vague scree covered route which had me on my arse a couple of times. I
ended up at the top of Piers Gill and was treated to the sight of the
waterfall that drops down into the gully. I opted to follow the path
along the top of the gully and at times found myself down climbing the
steeper parts. The effort was worth it though as the clouds parted and
revealed the evening light on Styhead Tarn across the valley. I couldn't
help but think the route through the gully would have made for an
amazing gorge walk in better weather. </span></span><br />
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head. I was treated to some spectacular views across the valley and I
couldn't help but be a bit envious of the group heading in the opposite
direction with overnight gear. Definitely an adventure for another
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about 5/6 hours and can't imagine I covered more that 8 or 9 km. The
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stiff the following day. I definitely had to take things slow but it was
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-55670368951877653632017-10-16T19:00:00.001+01:002017-10-16T19:00:48.736+01:00Old and New<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm on the verge of embarking on another adventure and finally moving back north to be nearer friends and family. While this is absolutely the right decision for me there is a part of me that feels a moment of regret. After spending so much time creating my home it would have been nice to spend a bit more time here before moving on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's easy to forget just how I've transformed this place and so I wanted to record it while I can. So here is the old and new, before it becomes someone else's new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My two bed roomed maisonette hadn't been lived in for a couple of years and had previously been occupied by an elderly gentleman. I doubt it had been decorated since the 70's and was probably worse than a blank canvas. There was no functioning heating system and as a result I had no hot water for the first few months I lived here. A new bathroom and gas central heating were the first job and this, along with some electrical work and plastering were the only jobs I paid professionals for. The rest I did myself, renovating furniture and the original kitchen to create something unique. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting with the second bedroom, most of the furnishings in this room I already owned and as it was to double as my craft/study room I only put a day bed in rather than a double. Like the living room it has double doors leading onto a balcony so I frosted this using stencils and removable glass spray to give me a bit more privacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the new items in this room was the chair, an ebay bargain I'd recovered with John Lewis fabric before I moved in. Amazing what you can do with some new fabric! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The other 3 chairs went with an ebay dining table I'd covered with some Orla Kiely wallpaper. I'd spent some time hunting for a folding table that would suit my style and the one I found was perfect after I'd sanded the legs and hidden the damaged formica top. While I love the classic stem print from Orla Kiely I was careful to mix it up to prevent the room becoming too much like a catalogue show room. The same print is repeated on the stencilled and decoupaged sideboard and as a lining to the bookcases but I've also vintage fabric on the cushions and the John Lewis chair fabric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see I found I had an original fireplace once I ripped back the plywood cover, something that was a lovely surprise on my first day in the flat. The carpets quickly followed the plywood and for much of my occupancy I had painted floors. For this purpose I used bog standard garage floor paint which did well for the period before I got carpets. In fact the carpets only went down a week before I put it on the market, far from ideal!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other things of note in the living are my lovely lampshades, created from flat pack Ikea shades and bird on a line wall stickers, and my one pound coffee table picked up from a New Forest vintage shop that was closing down. Only the sofa and bookcases were bought new and everything else was second hand or wombled. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The real labour of love in the kitchen is the worktops and splashback. Made from recycled scaffold boards they've been sanded, filled, varnished and waxed. I love them and so wish I could take them with me. I did these and the tiling myself and love the result. Sleek fitted kitchen it isn't but it suits me and is a great space to work in. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-19099050891983909452017-05-01T22:04:00.002+01:002017-05-01T22:04:23.422+01:00White and Yellow<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've struggled this month to get anything like a photo a day. No real excuse except for work crap and general business. Happy to be moving into May with green, but here are my white and yellow offerings. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-669599397768037732017-03-31T08:16:00.000+01:002017-03-31T08:16:38.790+01:00A Return to the Lanes<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost exactly three years ago I visited Melbourne for the first time. I'm back now to see my six week old nephew but I'm also having a well deserved break. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took the time today to revisit Melbourne's famous Lanes where graffiti is legalised and transcends the tags and vandalism seen elsewhere in the world. This is street art covering whole alley ways with layer upon layer of additions overlapping and interconnecting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amidst the large scale work there were some smaller gems to be found, pulling from current affairs and containing their own messages despite the lack of context. As would be expected of street artists the trend was anti establishment and anti cataplism but it's the dark humour that I find most appealing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bear in mind that some of these are pay walled and I accessed them through our University subscriptions, so availability may depend on whether you belong to an institution with access. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My main focus when searching for these articles was to explore something I've started calling social independent learning - a phenomenon which we see with our own UX work at Southampton and which it turns out is recognised elsewhere under different guises. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those of yopu who are interested may also like to follow up on the recent <a href="https://northerncollaboration.org.uk/content/user-experience-lx-bookings-now-open" target="_blank">Northern Collaboration User UX Exchange</a> - I believe many of the slides will be made available online and it was tweeted under #</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nclxux?src=hash"><b><strong>nclxux</strong></b></a> Or have a have a look at this blog post from York.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-79862754836263011372017-03-05T20:35:00.000+00:002017-03-05T20:35:23.084+00:00True Colours, Silver Linings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month I've been working to the brief of silver, a colour that has proven more tricky than expected. I thought that metallics would give me lots of scope with reflection but I've been struggling all month to find inspiration or enthusiasm. </span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-44323185679923417552017-02-12T19:44:00.000+00:002017-02-12T19:44:09.590+00:00Food for Thought<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Something that probably hasn't come across on this blog before is my love of food, and more specifically my love of cooking. I thought I'd put that right by posting a couple of recent meals I've cooked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the kitchen I'm an odd mix. On one side I'm a creature of habits, often returning to the same recipe time and time again. Such is my familiarity with some of these dishes, such as my anglicised Moroccan chicken I can if necessary create it for forty, with no written instructions at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other side I'm an experimenter, and even on the rare occasions when I follow a recipe, will tweak it and make it my own. Rarely do I have disasters and I like to think that I have a good understanding of how flavours work together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This weekend I tried two new recipes using up some meat from the freezer. I often have meat from the reduced section in the freezer and although my boyfriend does have a tendency to laugh at me when I scan the aisle for yellow stickers he doesn't complain when we eat as well as we do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first was using up a rare luxury, one of two lamb shoulders. I didn't want to over complicate such a good piece of meat so I paired it with the old favourites of garlic and rosemary with an added burst of flavour from lemon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lemon, rosemary and garlic lamb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You'll need a bulb of garlic, a good handful of fresh rosemary and a lemon. And a joint of meat. Mine was about 1.5kg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Peel the garlic and slice each clove in half length ways. Cut the rosemary in to inch long sprigs. Chop the lemon in to small 2cm pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now take your joint and make incisions all over it, about 1-2cm deep. I find that the easiest way is to use a small sharp ended knife to make crossed incisions, creating the ideal pocket to stuff in a bit of lemon, rosemary and garlic. Remember to do both sides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you've used up your ingredients place the joint on a roasting tin, skin side up. Season well with salt and pepper and then place in an oven at 200c. I cooked mine for 30 minutes per 500g plus 30 minutes. This cooked it through, if you want it pink just reduce the time slightly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After an hour I checked on the joint and gave the skin a good lug of olive oil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I served ours as a full roast dinner but the lemon gives the meat a wonderful freshness and it'd be equally good served in a salad or in pitta with cucumber and yogurt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday dinner was more frugal, using up some cocktail sausages in a quick and easy sausage casserole. For this I used:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">300g cocktail sausages. (any sausage would do though) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1 punnet of chestnut mushrooms, quartered.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1 onion sliced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2 large beef tomatoes (use a can of you prefer but drain the juice off) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon paprika</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Zest of one lemon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Juice of half lemon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Large bunch basil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1 mozzarella ball torn into small pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Heat olive oil in a large oven proof dish. Add the sausages and onions and fry for a few minutes. Add the mushrooms, nutmeg and paprika. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Roughly chop the tomatoes and add along with the lemon zest and juice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Place pan into hot oven for ten minutes. Remove and add basil, mozzarella and a drizzle of balsamic over the top. Return to the oven for five minutes or until sausages are cooked through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve with crusty bread or horseradish mash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm following the challenge as set by a photographer friend called Jamie Stephenson. Every month is set a different colour and each day a photo is taken with that colour as a theme. January's colour was blue and I've very much enjoyed using the challenge to document the ongoing refurbishment of my flat, my love of all things retro and my life in general. Some things that appear here have great sentimental value, some are things I've created and some no longer exist at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every month I intend to post each photo for the month on this blog. If you reuse these photos please only do so for none commercial or educational use and credit this blog. If you want a copy of an original, let me know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First post of 2017 and the first for a very long time. There
are a number of reasons for this hiatus
but two main ones. First my personal laptop died, a victim of old age rather
than anything more malicious. Secondly I’ve been working to a stress risk
assessment for the last year that requires me (for my own good) to leave work
firmly behind me at 5pm. No evening working, no checking emails at weekends, no
going anywhere near work stuff outside of 9-5.
And because I now rely on my work tablet for access to Word I have for
my own well being avoided any professional activities other than those
that fall within work time. I've now got to the point where I feel I don't have to be so rigorous with that separation.</span></span></div>
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the ARLG annual conference during which I managed to find some of my old
enthusiasm for what I do, mainly thanks to the wonderful colleagues who
reminded me just why I love working in libraries. I also organised cross
service UX training and took the lead in a review of library spaces using UX
techniques. I’ve been refining the
library chat service and supporting other services across the university in
implementing their own online chat. I’m also at the start of a number of
interesting projects including introduction of the CSE standard and
introduction of an enquiry management system. Throughout this all we are still
continuously reviewing our services and processes, ensuring the teams have the
training they need and identifying areas that can be refined or improved. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Outside of work it’s been a year of firsts. I climbed my
first trad route in South Gower, I stayed in my first bothy in Scotland, where
I also saw my first pine martin and climbed my first Ben. I bought my first
property, held my first house warming and then adopted a beautiful ragdoll cat
that has very much become part of the family. I learnt how to tile, created
kitchen work tops from scaffold boards, demolished cabinets and have slowly
started to create a home that reflects my style and personality. And I’ve done nearly all of this with the
lovely Ross supporting me and holding my hand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year will see more adventures to come. I hope to get
fit, find solutions to ongoing injuries and start climbing again, stronger and
better than before. I’m travelling to Australia to meet a new nephew, will see
my twin for the first time in over a year and have plans to catch up on friends
around the country. More immediately I’ve set myself the goal of improving my
printing techniques and have already started with reduction lino printing using
a home made printing press. (following <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3BamCr0oNM" target="_blank">Umbrella Studios instructional videos</a>)
I’ve set myself the goal of completing prints good enough to exhibit this year
and hope to find someone willing to show them. I’m also starting my first photo a day
project, something I’ve never done before. I’ll post monthly updates of how I’m
getting on with the months photos included. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> So generally I'm positive about the year to come despite the challenges I know are still to come and happier in mysefl than I have been for a while. Things are still difficult at work but to mitigate that Ross and I are planning adventures (#microadventures - sorry private joke) and I'm focussing on the things that make me happy. This year I hope to fill the blog with these things so hopefully many more posts to come. </span></span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What seems like many moons ago I wrote two blog posts on
setting up a new chat service at Bath Spa University. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Y</span>ou can find them <a href="http://jennyscabinetofcuriosities.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/online-chat-in-libraries-making-decision.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://jennyscabinetofcuriosities.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/online-chat-in-libraries-practicalities.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since then I moved to a
new role at the University of Southampton and in doing so took on another chat
service, one which was also still in relative infancy.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>I was tasked with making the existing chat a sustainable
service in light of restructures and an evolving library service. Hard in any
organisation but difficult in one as large as University of Southampton
libraries. Very difficult in light of the fact that chat was popular, incredibly
popular, compared<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to most other
libraries I know of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are still moving through this process of change and while
I have struggled with the task at times one thing I am certain of is that with
chat we are offering a valued service that picks up questions that might otherwise
never have been answered, or even asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During this time I have been approached several times by
other libraries interested in setting up a chat service and have always been
happy to share what I have learnt. I often point them towards my original blog
posts and recently realised I should probably add a more updated version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here it is. Lessons learnt after over two
years of working with online chat services. (Part 1)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First off technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I covered this in much detail during my first blog posts. Obviously
things have changed. Some services have disappeared. Some have sprung up.
Libraryh3lp, the chat service I’m most familiar with is still out there and has
recently had a refresh with new features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s also the one we use at Southampton. We see glitches with it, odd
behaviour and delays in chats appearing that no one can explain but generally
it does the job. If we were a smaller service with only a few users I suspect
we wouldn’t even notice these bugs but with multiple staff logged on and
sometimes fifty chats a day we do indeed see problems arise, even if our users
never realise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still recommend
Libraryh3lp to anyone wanting to start a chat service because generally there
isn’t much between most of the library focused chat services. Libraryh3lp
stands out in that it is cheap and in the two years I have been using it have
always provided prompt and helpful responses to any questions submitted to
their support team. Aside from our unexplained glitches the area it still lacks
is in-depth reporting, making it difficult to gain anything other than basic
reports. On the plus side the refresh did give us the ‘conference room’ an area
on the staff side of webchat where the team can ‘chat’ to each other when
logged on. If I was talking to my boss I’d say that it had enabled peer-to-peer
support. In reality it has allowed a sense of community to grow between teams
that are based across multiple sites, mainly supported by the swapping of envy
inducing cake stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So with hindsight I would say that the technology is the
least of your problems. The only thing you need for sure is permission to make
edits to your website, a helpful IT support team and someone within your
library service with a little bit of web knowledge. Yes, your chat box may not
be the prettiest of things but actually getting things working is only the
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look at is opening hours and staffing. I won’t go into the intricacies of our
new staff rota, the difficulties of maintaining this across sites and teams and
the challenges of engaging staff for whom chat is a new or relatively small
part of their roles. Wherever you pull your staff resource from you need to
bear one important thing in mind. If you are going to advertise chat between
set times than you will save yourself a lot of bother further down the line if
you consider it in the same way you would a new service desk. So that means not
just considering a rota, but also, cover for breaks and absences, both planned
and unplanned, and someone to manage all of this. Chat may never be big enough
to be someone’s entire job but it will need resource just like any other
forward facing service. It may be ok to rely on the good will of a few
enthusiastic and willing team members but sooner or later you are going to find
that this isn’t sustainable, normally around the same time you are under
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opening times then I’ve always believed it’s perfectly acceptable to provide a
service ad hoc, as long as you manage expectations and make it clear that chat
will be available on an ‘as possible’ basis. It may not be ideal but the nature
of a chat service does mean that it’s very much a ‘here and now’ service.
People like chat, but won’t necessarily miss what they’ve never had. What you
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or you could use one of the newer features we are seeing in chats – the ability
to instigate a chat with a user browsing specific webpages. You often see these
sorts of chats appearing when browsing commercial websites and they do offer an
interesting way of offering a proactive chat service without the need to
advertise ‘opening hours.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We quite
liked the idea of this but felt that given we do offer advertised hours and
have an established and well used chat service we would need more resource to
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problems we see in handling chats. Hopefully you’ll find it useful!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-26262962787350751782015-08-24T20:38:00.002+01:002015-08-24T20:45:26.131+01:00Hockey - Then and Now<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago I rescued some books from our relegation pile - that's the rubbish pile for those outside the library world. I'm notorious for this sort of thing although usually I'm after maps or library ephemera to play with. This time the material was a little (not much!) more modern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The library was discarding books from the sports section and I'd found
myself with four about hockey, including a 1962 copy of Hockey for
Women and The Official Manual of The Hockey Association from 1966. I
really just took them for general interest but after discovering a few
photos that particularly tickled me I thought I would share. This post also ties in nicely with the Euro Hockey Championships currently being played in London and my own club's centenary coming up next year. Apologies in advance for the poor photos - I will try and retake them at some point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I first started playing club hockey I played plenty of games on grass and my club owned a set of the 'cricket' style goalie pads. Strangely enough these didn't encourage me to be a goalie and I stuck to doing what I did best - running extremely quickly up and down the wings, trying not to get caught off side. For me this worked until I discovered alcohol and hangovers - at which point I had to develop a little bit more skill to compensate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This isn't to say we've all become soft. Composite sticks and lightening quick playing surfaces mean that hockey has become wickedly fast. In addition rules have been changed to speed up the game - offside disappeared years ago, players can now self pass from a free pass and set plays, such as long corners have been altered to open up the game. And that's before you take into account the levels of fitness achieved by today's athletes, surely very different from the line up of 60 years ago when women often played in long skirts and garters were recommended to keep up stockings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So this summer I finally cut my ties with CILIP. It had been a close thing, I hadn't really made up my mind until the day the renewal was due. I had given it a fair amount of thought over the last year, normally around the same time I added another copy of Update to my never decreasing 'to read' pile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now I've gained a fair amount from my relationship with CILIP. I got an enormous out of
completing chartership and have no regrets
about putting in that time and effort. I was also, very briefly, a candidate support officer, have participated in numerous workshops and have been the recipient of a number of bursaries that have allowed me to go to conferences that wouldn't otherwise have been an option for me in my early career. Throughout this relationship I have grown, undoubtedly improved as a librarian and certainly become a more reflective person. Yet I now consider that relationship to be at an end, at least for now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I could argue that the money is going to a better use. I have in fact
set up a direct debit to the Trussell Trust in lieu of my CILIP
membership so hence forth they will be receiving the twenty pounds a
month that my membership cost me. But the reality is that I don't give
enough to charity, that I could afford that £20 and more and so it isn't
really enough of a reason for me to have left the organisation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was after chartership that things unravelled. I wanted to be a
mentor. But there were no courses and despite several attempts I
struggled to get information from CILIP about how I should proceed. In the end I gave up and became a candidate support officer. Given the chance I suspect I would have enjoyed and embraced this role, but an unplanned new job and the consequential region change brought an early end to my involvement with CILIP regions and I simply haven't re-engaged since. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Around this time I became increasingly uncomfortable with the organisation itself. The changes to the board that didn't seem exactly transparent. The debacle over the name change that left everyone involved slightly bemused. The sustained lack of any real action as the public library sector is decimated. The senior official who told me during an interview for a bursary that they didn't understand the relevance of the maker movement to libraries or education. Not enough to make me leave in itself but enough to ring warning bells and make me realise that my views on the library world didn't exactly match that held by my professional body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also started to wonder whether in fact my professional body, through it's need to support a range of information professionals working across numerous different sectors and skill areas, could offer me the support I need at this stage of my career. Certainly my decision has been influenced by the nature of my job, which requires neither my qualification or membership. The fact of the matter is that I manage people and customer services. I have a team of over forty and a diverse range of responsibilities few of which were covered by my LIS MA. My years spent in the hospitality industry stand me in as much stead as my qualification when it comes to customer relations and increasingly I'm seeing that it's the work place training that have allowed me to develop into the manager I am today. For that I have in the main individuals to thank - people who have been willing to invest in me as a person and allow me to grow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But most of all the decision is down to me. To the Updates left unopened and unread. To the pile of management books on my desk that I have yet to engage with. To the pressures I've felt throughout this year as I struggle with a job that at times seems so huge I've wanted to run back to Manchester. To my personal demons that have made me doubt my abilities and my reasons for being in Southampton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know I will re-engage. There are many things I want to pick up on professionally, including revisiting makerspaces and the ever evolving area of ebooks that I once knew in detail. But I want to do those things for me. I want to enjoy the learning and discovery again rather than feel it is something I should be doing because I have a responsibility to continue to learn. But first I need some time to just pause and think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not ruling out re-joining CILIP although it's more likely I'd look to other professional bodies in the future. But right now now my free time is exactly that and if nothing else I no longer need to spend even a few moments of it recycling yet another unread Update. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384167101296982919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-78927705431668161572015-04-19T20:50:00.001+01:002015-04-19T21:12:47.876+01:00Ka-Chunka<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been playing with printing quite a lot over the last few months but it's been a long time since I saw anything through to completion. Inspired by BABE 2015 earlier this month I was determined to put that right, even if it wasn't one of the books I've been working on for a while. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in a departure from my birds and landscapes I decided to do something with the punched cards that our collections team have been collecting from books as the library weeds and reviews stock. Dating back to the 1960s I had to have the purpose of these cards explained to me, but after reading a few forum posts I knew exactly what I wanted to do. They won't make sense to everyone, but if they do you're welcome to contact me and I'll send you one. Nor are they particularly pretty or aesthetic but I reckon they might appeal to a certain demographic of my followers...</span></div>
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Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-61842762352804269082015-04-12T22:42:00.002+01:002015-04-12T22:42:11.106+01:00UXLibs: Part Two: Chop Down the Door<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think I was the only person who turned up at UXLib without any real idea of what I was letting myself in for. I knew it was going to be different. I knew it was going to be challenging. I was fairly certain it was going to be useful. But I only had a vague idea of what we'd actually be doing. If I'm honest I only had a vague idea of what anthropology and ethnography meant in regards to user experience and libraries. I'm not completely certain I could cite a definition even now. </span><br />
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What I wasn't prepared for was the way it would change my thinking and my willingness to take risks. More than this it reignited my desire to question. To ask why something is the way it is and why we are creating solutions that aren't actually solutions at all. I came away with many ideas from the conference, many new tools and skills. But this reawakened need to question, a need that has been smothered by the operational necessities of managing a large and changing service, has more value for me than any other aspect from the conference. </span><br />
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Paired with this is my other key take home, connected to solutions and involving the idea of friction and intuition. This is that our services need to be intuitive, otherwise we waste time, both for ourselves, explaining or instructing, and for our users who may struggle, or even fail, to get the end result they want. </span><br />
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For me the analogy that explains this best is the idea of removing a door completely, rather than attempting to provide our users with the keys to the lock. Or in other words getting rid of the underlying causes of the barriers and barriers themselves, rather than trying to find ways around, through or over them. Out of everything from the UXLibs conference I suspect this may be a theme I return to throughout my future career, one of the few real eureka moments I've had in recent years. A moment that explains that pervading feeling of frustration when someone suggests yet another webpage, another video, another poster, rather than looking at why those things are needed in the first place.</span><br />
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A simple premise to understand, a more complex one to address. And that is where the friction comes in. That where services aren't intuitive, where our users do experience friction, then we can use that, learn from it, let it inform how we adjust and change. Use anthropological and enthnographic techniques to examine, map and deconstruct this friction to create services that are informed by user experience in a direct way rather than second guess the solutions they need.</span><br />
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What follows is a summary of some of the tools that can be used to gather that friction and the techniques that can be employed to develop it into real solutions that are user led. These aren't all the techniques explored at UXLibs, but for my own reference the ones I think are most likely to be of use to me in the future. The ones I will need my aging memory jogging about in the years to come. If you want to know exactly what went on at the rest of UXLibs there are plenty of other posts that will cover the process of fieldwork, ideation and pitching. What follows below is purely an aid for my own purposes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Touchstone Tours, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taking the form of a user showing an observer 'their' world using a service or object to provide context or focus. It can be</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as simple as the 'bag tour,' explained in our session, when a user takes the observer through the content of their bag to give an understanding of how they study and work. At the opposite end it could be as wide reaching as a user explaining their study and search methods in a library environment. Photo studies can be used in conjunction with Touchstone Tours to provide added insight and can also be used with <a href="http://uxpamagazine.org/dear-diary-using-diaries-to-study-user-experience/" target="_blank">Diary Studies</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Observations: as simple as it seems but needs to be given structure using a framework such as the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://help.ethnohub.com/guide/aeiou-framework" target="_blank">AEIOU Framework for Observation, encompassing Activities, Environment, Interactions, Objects and Users.</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sure what was covered in the other workshops around ideation, my own workshop was enough to take in and in the end was the model Navy Seals used to arrive at our final pitch idea. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In our workshop we started off with cliche subversion, a technique that involves stating the obvious, the cliches surrounding your topic, service or question, and then subverting them, to discover the possibilities for what else you the service could entail. It is meant to remove you from the assumptions we make and open up opportunities to discover and explore problems and solutions. In some cases the subversions might seem ridiculous, obvious or unobtainable, the point of the technique is to surface all ideas, including those we might normally discount as any of the above. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then used a group/individual technique similar to brainstorming but which builds on the subverting cliches and combines the power of individual creation and group development. As individuals you find solutions to 8-10 of the cliches before each group member shares with the rest of the team. As individuals you then narrow your selection to 6, either building on your own ideas, creating new ones or building on someone else's. The team shares again and there is a final round with each member again narrowing their selection down to three. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was interesting for me that after starting off feeling rather negative about our fieldwork and the potential for a pitch the process of subverting our findings and developing solutions as a group meant that we ended up in a much stronger position than we imagined. By trusting the methods and going into the process without a prior assumption we were able to arrive at a problem and solution that was a true outcome of our fieldwork. It took longer than expected and involved a great deal of debate and compromise, but we did reach a consensus and come up with a workable idea. </span><br />
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Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-31825449312347499962015-03-24T22:08:00.000+00:002015-03-24T22:08:00.330+00:00UXLibs: Part One: A Personal Reflection<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I nearly always blog about my conferences. It seems to be almost ingrained in me and dates back to those times when as a new professional I was often attending conferences on bursaries or through sponsorship. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The UXLib conference was a conference with a difference and I feel is worth two posts. It was intense, challenging, and most importantly based on real practice and fieldwork. It is possibly one of the most useful conferences I've ever attended and has left me with a toolbox that I will not only return to time and time again, but hopefully share with others. It was also the first time I've been punted down a river with champagne and hopefully the last time I've presented to a lecture theatre knowing my fly was undone, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so memorable for lots of reasons! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to blog about these tools UXLibs has given me in my next post. But first I'm going to reflect on some of the things I took out of the conference as an individual. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing I realised, and realised very quickly, is that I've got used to being a leader, being to looked for direction and that it's taken some serious reflection to be able to step back into the role of an individual working as part of a team. And even though I was aware of it, even though I made a conscious effort to take that step back, to not dominate, to allow others to shine and not interrupt, I'm not all that sure I was totally successful. So sorry guys. I did try.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Conversely, I've also found that I'm still not totally happy around people. It's not about strangers. I'm not backwards about being forwards. I can join a group of peers within the library world, introduce myself and network, something which five years ago I would have found nerve wracking. But force me to be with those people, hour after hour. Put me in a situation where I have no option, where the company is constant. Then I do not do well. Hence me fleeing the scene before coffee after the first conference dinner and my total absence at the second. I'm sure Queens' College was lovely but you couldn't have paid me to attend that night. That night I recouped, gathered my energy, wrote an outraged email about the idiocy of faffy furniture and genius bars and emerged the next day much more able to face the challenges of the final group work and pitches. I am positive I would not have made it through without that space I allowed myself and I am especially thankful to the three people that, each in their own way, made it a safe and acceptable thing for me to do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also know that presenting still terrifies me. But I'm old enough and wise enough to recognise that even though it is a scary scary thing, I'm not totally terrible at it. Hence why I volunteered without any fuss. After UXLibs I also know that I don't need to spend days preparing for a presentation, that I can be effective with little preparation, as long as the material is my own and I believe in what I am saying. And you can be sure I believed in BookConnect!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still wave my hands around a little (a lot) and I have a tendency to wander, but I'm coherent and can recover and if necessary adapt. Not bad for a girl who spent the first few years of her vocal life in speech therapy and a significant part of her life being asked (if they were nice) or teased (if they weren't) about a lisp or strange accent. I'm not such the whispered advice I received just before I presented was entirely helpful, but at least it made me laugh. What did help was knowing my key points inside out and having enough background information to link these together in a coherent way. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope I contributed in a positive way to Team Navy Seals. I'm fairly sure I did, even if I could be a stubborn and argumentative twit on occasion. I'm gutted that after sneaking through to the finals we lost out to the Hazy Purples (a much better name I think) but given the uncertainty with which Navy Seals started the ideation stage it was a pleasant surprise to get through at all. In the end I think we were robbed but there's always next year to fight another battle. </span>Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-87082579766659573692015-03-08T18:38:00.001+00:002015-03-25T11:14:10.054+00:00Turning Point<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend has been something of a turning point for me. On Friday, after 6 hours interviewing at work I came home to the notification that my Decre Nisi would be heard on the 20th March. And after spending two weeks dreading finding it on my door step I feel remarkably centred about it. Turns out a known entity is much less scary than an unknown one. There also happens to be a partial solar eclipse at almost the exact time it will be heard, which has made me chuckle somewhat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also ran. Not for the first time. That was last week, a very tentative Park Run during which I imagined pain with every step and was relieved to get over the line. This week I wasn't quite so circumspect, clocking a respectable 24.36 for the 5k. Not bad for an old lady with a dodgy ankle. But a long way off the 25k I'm still due to run in May. I'll get there though. I'm confident of that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally I finished some prints I've been developing and working on for a number of weeks now, bringing together a Lino cut inspired by my trip to Iceland and work I've been doing with maps, specifically a Bartholomew's Half inch sheet, a series I much prefer to the Ordnance Survey editions. I've had to plan and really think about how to pull the prints together. They combine transfer prints, traditional Lino cutting and my faithful birds and have taken several stages to complete. While I'm still playing with ideas, and the final prints are yet to be made, I know what form they will take and the nature of the series they will make. I'm looking at an edition of four, spring, summer, autumn and winter, coloured appropriately like the final image below once my new inks arrive. </span></div>
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Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-15618884431945206302015-01-24T21:55:00.002+00:002015-01-24T21:59:09.840+00:00No One's Forcing You To Read This<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog was originally started as a tool for my Chartership to CILIP although, as it name suggest, it was always intended to be a repository for my numerous interests and creations. It's covered my art, other people's art, a variety of professional and work related pieces, holidays and, over the last two years, a piecemeal account of my separation and migration to the south coast. It has, in the main, been entirely self indulgent. If you don't like that tough. No one's forcing you to read it. Also I wouldn't recommend you continue with this particular post.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What it hasn't touched so much is my running and the important role it has taken on in my life. More than the obvious benefits of improved fitness and incredible body confidence running has become a way of putting my day behind me. Of getting, for want of a more original phrase, headspace. It has also however become a coping mechanism, and now, unable to train due to an achilles injury, I am somewhat bereft. Forty minutes on the cross trainer just isn't the same as an early morning run in the sunshine and as such, ten days into a currently unknown period of running abstinence, I am turning to other means to keep my head and hands occupied.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I should make it clear for the sake of my mum (who I'm fairly sure is the only person who reads this) that I very content. Happier possibly than I have been for a while. Although I miss home and the culture of Bath I am finding my feet in Southampton and growing to love the New Forest and the odd bit of beauty Southampton itself throws at me. In fact finding that beauty, on Weston beach at dusk or during a quiet morning on Southampton Common, continues to surprise me in a way that Bath never did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rather than buying anything new I've just used what I had in the flat. So that's some erasers I'd bought a while ago and some remainments </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from previous projects including a leather skirt and a printed Laura Ashley off cut. The inks are permanent ones I've had for a while and which print well onto a variety materials, including fabric and paper. All in all I'm rather pleased with the results although I think some refinement is needed to my leaves. </span><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not all the stamps are new or developed from my flower drawings. The dandelion seeds are there simply because I love the stamp and wanted to use it again. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The ants are an old stamp I made back when I was first experimenting with rubber stamps in 2013. </font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The leaf used with them is a new one originally intended to match the composite flowers. The geometric shapes of this stamp seemed to match the ants better than the curves of the flowers and I was then able to pair up another recycled stamp (curved leaf) with the composite flowers created by grouping repeats of the stylised petals. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-45026195641237987342015-01-10T17:58:00.001+00:002015-01-10T17:58:14.055+00:00Flowers for Printing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I've been ill. So ill I had to take a couple of days off work which is pretty much unheard of for me as I'm one of those annoying people who will drag themselves in regardless. And to be honest, after 2 and a half days of me wandering around the place like a zombie, coughing and having hot and cold flushes, I'm fairly sure the rest of the team were glad to see the back of me and I was certainly glad to spend some quality time with my duvet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Normally given a couple of days in bed I'd have got on with the work that has been progressing slowly for a while, namely the ongoing work with micro fiche. However I've felt so rotten I didn't really trust myself with scissors, let alone a scalpel, so I had to find something else to keep myself busy. Preferably something that didn't involve a lot of energy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been playing with the idea of printing again for a while. Either with the rubbers I've previously used or doing some proper lino cuts. So I thought I'd get some sketches done and see how stylized I could make them. I should say this doesn't come naturally to me. It's years since I did any proper drawing, even longer since I painted and the transformation of images into something that can be used for printing isn't something I find easy. However I've enjoyed keeping my fingers busy with these, even if some are better than others. I suppose watch this space to see whether I get any further with the actual printing bit. </span><br />
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Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-70050845154394618442014-11-30T20:43:00.000+00:002014-11-30T21:54:54.408+00:00Maker Article: Introduction As Intended<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this month I was pleased to see an idea I'd been working on for months appear in CILIP Update. It was a feature on Makerspaces in libraries that had been co-authored by a number of individuals working on library / make projects around the country.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd originally come up with the idea for the feature after failing for the second time to secure a CILIP/ESU bursary to go and research them in the US. Commentary from that second interview included the words, "I just don't see what value these activities bring to libraries." At that point I knew I was never going to win the panel over. I also knew I wanted to prove them wrong. So far feedback around the article has been positive and while I'd think twice before embarking on a similar project again I do think the effort has been worth while.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With only 2000 odd words to play with a lot of interesting bits didn't make the final cut. I was especially harsh when editing the introduction because I wanted to make room to show case the projects that were the real stars. Therefore this post is an opportunity to post the introduction as I originally intended it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the article was written the featured projects and libraries have continued their work and developed. Gateshead will be offering Code Clubs and <a href="https://coderdojo.com/">Coderdojo</a> from January in order to support schools in the delivery of the new curriculum while Common Libraries, a partner to the primary organisations behind The Waiting Room, (Creative Co-op and Colchester School of Art) is spreading it's arm beyond the UK. It is currently working with the Tunapanda Institute to create a wireless mesh network to create a new kind of library that will support communities in Kenya. It's an area of technology beyond my expertise but is worthy project in that it will be working with communities very much in need. More information on the Kibera Mesh Network project can be found on the <a href="http://commonlibraries.cc/guest-post-jennifer-dekalb-poyer/">Common Libraries</a> website and you can contribute to the funding needed to get it off the ground <a href="http://www.goteo.org/project/kibera-mesh-network/">here</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dundee Libraries, mentioned briefly in the published introduction as the first UK library to utilise a 3D printer, also seems to be developing it's offer with it's twitter account indicating that they have been working with local schools and students as well as participating in the Dundee Science Festival that took place in November.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here is the introduction as intended, opinions are most definitely all my own:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makerspaces in libraries are about sharing resources and knowledge to create something new, be that an object, experience or a skill. They teach problem solving, encourage interest in STEM and allow both adults and children to learn through creativity. Most importantly they democratise access to skills and technology by putting both in the public domain, rather than within institutions or closed communities.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In America library makerspaces are well established and operate under several different models, from the large scale enterprises of <a href="http://chattlibrary.org/4th-floor">Chattanooga's </a><a href="http://chattlibrary.org/4th-floor">4th Floor</a> to the slightly smaller set up of the <a href="http://tekventure.org/maker-station/">Tekventure</a><a href="http://tekventure.org/maker-station/"> makerspace</a> - located in a converted shipping container in Fort Wayne. Marginally nearer to home, on the east coast, <a href="http://librarylinknj.org/projects/makerspaces">New Jersey State</a> is subsidising a number of initiatives ranging from a handcrafting space in a public library to a mobile makerspace that will travel events and libraries around Somerset County.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in the UK there is a well established maker movement with meetups in many towns around the country. While several years behind activity in the US the movement is slowly taking hold in public libraries, materialising itself in different forms, not all associated with the 3d printing technology that so often appears to be the focus in this area. In many cases library/make spaces are growing up as joint ventures.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However not all in the maker community see libraries as natural partners. Mark Miodownik, of UCL and <a href="http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/">The Institute of Making</a>, raised a number of eyebrows back in March when he shared the opinion that libraries as institutions were redundant and that councils should give over library buildings to maker organisations in order to better serve their communities. In just a few sentences he created an "us or them" mentality around libraries and makerspaces, while (in my opinion) also showing a fundamental lack of understanding around what libraries do and the ways in which libraries and makerspaces can compliment and grow from each other. He did however explain quite well the value of making in the modern world and why it is an activity that should be supported and developed. You can listen to that interview on the BBC website <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xdmz8?utm_content=buffer82816&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">here</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The feature (Available in the November 2014 issue of CILIP Update) is intended to be a snapshot of activity of public library maker and hacker activity in the UK at the moment. It makes no claims to be comprehensive, maker activity has existed in some form in libraries for years and every week we see an new event or initiative come to fruition. The Oldham Hackspace Hack the Library event and the 3d printer demonstration at Upper Norwood Library are just two that I’ve been made aware of recently and there has been activity in academic libraries for years.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The articles explore the activity happening in public libraries at the moment, the work that has gone into bringing ideas to fruition and the challenges around creating spaces that meet the needs of communities. The work at <a href="http://commonlibraries.cc/the_waiting_room/">The Waiting Room</a> compliments the projects, in that it provides a<a href="http://commonlibraries.cc/resources/"> toolkit for organisations</a> seeking to start their own Makerspace.<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Invariably any discussion around making in libraries attracts some uncomfortable questions including whether 3D printing has any place in libraries at all. Add in community run libraries, shared delivery models with private enterprises and a move towards income generation and you will naturally come across differences of opinion. Even the good practice in Exeter at the FabLab is not without controversy if you look at the wider situation in Devon Public Libraries. The central library may be a shining example but arguably it has come at the cost of local libraries around the county that have either been <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26840248">closed or are under threat.</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> This model, increasingly seen across cities in the UK, favors centralised hubs over smaller libraries, often putting services, however good they are, beyond the geographic reach of the communities and individuals that need them. I understand the economic arguments behind this centralised model, yet still I find myself not entirely comfortable with the concept.</span><br /> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The move has been tough. As when I moved to Bath I know (knew) no one in Southampton and although I gave myself a few days to settle in before starting, work has been pretty full on since day one. I'm enjoying it, but there are days I doubt myself, and certainly doubt the wisdom of a move that has taken me even further away from home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also been in the final stages of pulling together a feature for CILIP Update, eating into what little free time I had. Couple that with training for a 16 mile off roader in December and I haven't exactly been idle. But once that article got submitted I promised myself some time to do some work and create.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first piece I did was nothing more than a spur of the moment idea. I had maps, I had my knives, I'd been playing with some bird stickers I had recently bought to decorate a lampshade and this inspired the bird theme. The results were nice, if not really very stand out. I didn't really feel there was much behind it, even if plenty of people commented on it when I posted it on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fairly soon afterwards we started clearing out what was to be become my old office at work. Amidst the years of accumulated cataloguing material, the floppy disks and the magnetic tape was a load of old Microfiche, including authority files for the Library of Congress and 1980/1990s version of Books in English. I of course saved these from the bin and started plotting. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First off I needed to find out how easy it was to work with. And when I say work with, I mean cut. And it turns out it's not the easiest. It's slippery and tough and needs a really shape knife. However it does cut cleanly and doesn't split. All positives. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of today I'm afraid I don't feel very different about Library Camps. I'm glad I went. I think those people who attended my session on CILIP Qualifications got something out of it and I enjoyed leading the session. I also sort of enjoyed the discussion around Libraries as Community Hubs. But it was all a bit...... unsatisfying. In some ways covering the same ground, with the same problems and sticking points raising their heads. Maybe I expect too much of these events but I always feel that we should be challenging the status quo a little more. Certainly I don't like the lack of direction or conclusion to the discussions..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What was brilliant about the day was seeing the refurbished Exeter Library. And most of all the Fablab and the Raspberry Pi Jam that was happening in the adjourning meeting room in the morning. Because I'm pulling together information on Making in Libraries I nipped down and had a chat before the organised tours. It was lovely to be made welcome and taken into the fold. I had no doubt that had I decided to stay one of the guys there would have happily walked me through what was going on and let me have a try myself. This, more than anything is what stayed with me. That as a complete novice I felt welcome, and if I had had the time, the opportunity to give things a go. Later I was told that they would be running workshops that would take complete beginners through the process of working with the 3d printers. </span></div>
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Jenny Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549221935900467506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457954365074833304.post-35964186666492696652014-04-27T17:45:00.001+01:002014-04-27T17:46:20.642+01:00I Don't Love You (and other street art from my travels)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've recently returned from a trip of a lifetime - visiting my twin sister in Melbourne Australia, followed by a few days in Sydney and quick stop off in Singapore. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These three cities offered very different approaches to street art. In Melbourne graffiti is legal on certain buildings and artists can be seen at all times of the day practicing their work and creating unique pieces. In Sydney they are not quite so liberal but with the 2014 Biennial ongoing there was plenty of temporary works around the city. Singapore, renowned for its clean and sanitised appearance, is a place where street art or graffiti is almost unheard of, yet I still managed to find one piece that intrigued me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While some pieces are complex, sometimes huge realistic portraits sprayed directly onto walls,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some work, including many of those above, are obviously created elsewhere and pasted into position. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The laneway below is used purely as a practice area and you could see half finished pieces, viewable in their entirity close by in adjacent laneways, scattered around the walls. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Singapore, I came across only one piece, although if you looked hard enough there were plenty of regular tags and graffiti scattered about. I suspect these stickers are related to this exhibition at the <a href="http://www.designsojourn.com/an-exhibition-made-for-sam-singapore-art-museum/" target="_blank">Singapore Art Museum</a>, somewhere I didn't get chance to visit during my brief visit to the city. </span><br />
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