Dumpling in a Hanky

For Thing 22 , we're being asked to discuss the idea of volunteering, and whether we have ever done this in a professional capacity. I have to admit that, since qualifying, I've not actually done anything in the way of volunteering in libraries, but it was probably my volunteering in a library that got me onto my library course in the first place. After realising during my uni course that science was not going to be the career for me, and locating a postgrad course that looked interesting, and local (Scotland is not exactly swamped with universities that run library postgrad courses), I bumbled my way through my undergrad, and got ready to apply for a course that I had heard had far more applications than available places. So I needed to convince the organisers that I was committed to the idea of being a librarian, and that they should let me on the course. Due to the "interesting" approach of my uni and personal advisor (i.e. they didn't manage or advise in a...

"Knock knock? Who's there? The Doctor? Doctor who? You just said it!" Yup, that pretty much summed up the height of wit and humour in my early childhood...have you heard the one about the two fish in a tank? Anyway, that minor flashback was triggered by reading this story , about a school library using a lifesize, working (well, apart from the kinda odd internal dimensions and time-travel aspects) replica of Dr Whos Tardis. It certainly makes it a bit more fun than my school library was - it's great when departments can work together to make the unexpected happen :)