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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Why Didn’t I Become a Biologist?
The question in the title is not a rhetorical question. I find it strange when I look back at my early years, why I ended up so convinced I wanted to be a physicist, particularly as there was no family … Continue reading
Posted in birdwatching, careers, education, Hampstead Heath, systematising
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Book sequences
You may have seen some of my #nimrlibrarybyebye tweets, showcasing books that we have been transferring to other libraries. I will write a proper post about them sometime soon. The ‘byebye’ in the hashtag is to signify that nearly the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Collections, History, Research data
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Library Day in the Life – July 2016
The Library day in the life project was a great way to let people know what librarians do. It was an excuse for us to document a day or week in our working life in excruciating detail and, in my case, to inflict … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries and librarians, Library day in the life
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Stiffening the Backbone
As usual the problem seems to lie with the sub-editors. I read a piece in the Guardian entitled ‘Struggling students are not lacking resilience – they need more support.’ Reading the heading on its own I thought that the article … Continue reading
Posted in education, mental health, supervisions, tutors
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In which I wave in your general direction
Has it really been a few months since my last post? Holidays are only partially to blame: that covers two weeks. Maybe three, if you count the frazzled week finishing up in the lab beforehand, or the frazzled week on … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Domestic bliss, Gardening, Research, The profession of science, Women in science, Work/life balance
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Still Feeling like an Impostor?
It’s that feeling you get when your PhD supervisor asks you to give your first conference presentation. Or, at a later career stage, when someone suggests you apply for a fellowship. That feeling they must have got it wrong, you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Hugh Kearns, Im[pstor syndrome, Science Culture, Stuart Higgins
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I WROTE A BOOK!
This excuses my long absence from this and other blogs, right? And I’m so excited that the cover and the publisher’s page have been finalized so that I can tell you about it at long last! I was approached last year by … Continue reading
Posted in blog buddies, personal, publishing, science, Writing
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Flowers for Algae-non?
I am delighted to report that I am now happily entrenched in my new environment–just 2 miles west of my previous home–here at the western edge of the city of Omaha. “Chez Ginger,” as we have named our new place … Continue reading
Playing to Your Strengths
With many fresh graduates on the market seeking jobs, the Independent recently ran an article on interview tips. They were at the basic level. Fair enough for those people who’ve never had to endure such an experience before: be on … Continue reading
Posted in careers, interview panels, job interviews, Science Culture
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ReCon 2016 – my favourite small conference
ReCon has become my favourite small conference about publishing and research. It’s held each June in Edinburgh. I attended it in 2015 and really enjoyed it. There were stimulating presentations on non-trivial topics, and plenty of interesting conversations over coffee and lunch. … Continue reading
Posted in conference, data visualisation, Information skills, Journal publishing, Research data, Research tools, scholarly communications, software tools
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