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DMUVC Set your alarm early on Wednesday – the DMU Gospel Choir will be on ITV’s Daybreak, singing their specially-written Diamond Jubilee song! about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by AlisonMcNab and 6 others
@helencurtis It was a hot day in a crowded ground floor room so it got very warm - no place to be if you were under the weather! 11:48 AM May 24th via Echofon in reply to helencurtis
Why libraries matter and to whom: The Library Book is currently 99p for Kindle amazon.co.uk/dp/B007ECJD3W/… #savelibraries 11:33 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
Just discovered a new type of unconference: Speed Geeking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Gee… 9:30 AM May 23rd via web
RT @lorcanD The comma for the perplexed :-) NYT: The Most Comma Mistakes nyti.ms/Ln1QAh 5:32 AM May 23rd via Echofon
Nice to have a stroll and a shady seat by the canal at lunchtime (not scenic enough for photos, though) 5:28 AM May 23rd via Echofon
@llordllama Visited one interesting (but clearly very dusty) museum which I left with strewing eyes and continuous sneezing 4:47 AM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to llordllama
@llordllama I grew into hay fever, unfortunately.... Also mildly allergic to dust, which can give me a good excuse to let OH tackle it! 4:46 AM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to llordllama
Paeony roses in full bloom - a sadly short though glorious flowering season lockerz.com/s/211170785 1:05 AM May 23rd via Echofon
Glorious sunshine and taking my first hay fever tablets of the year..... 12:56 AM May 23rd via Echofon
No surprise: Fee rises 'deter mature students' bbc.co.uk/news/education… 11:41 PM May 22nd via iOS
Microsoft opens up So.cl network bbc.co.uk/news/technolog… 11:37 PM May 22nd via iOS
Busy day including unexpectedly giving a presentation at #ucrgem3c conference on Subject Librarians and Social Media. Collaboration is key! 2:38 PM May 22nd via LinkedIn
@jonwhite82 Nice to meet you today - I think you must have one of the most scenic commutes to work that I know. Buxton is a great town. 2:11 PM May 22nd via Echofon
@fionaUNIS It was @briankelly who recommended Social Ties to me 2:08 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to fionaUNIS
That's the weekend sorted: #ILI2012 abstracts to review! Hope I can sit in a sunny garden while perusing them but suspect it will rain... 1:30 PM May 22nd via Echofon
fionaUNIS twitter archive for todays #ucrgemc3 event is available here: bit.ly/LzonQD 12:19 PM May 22nd via web Retweeted by AlisonMcNab and 1 other
@jwebbery @peccavanagh Only thing I'd have done differently (apart from presentation prep) would have been to wear my new summer frock 1:11 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to jwebbery
@Jo_Bo_Anderson Large crowd and narrow room meant it wasn't easy to circulate. Normally room is very chilly so today's heat was unusual 1:09 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to Jo_Bo_Anderson
@Jo_Bo_Anderson Caught up with a couple of ex-colleagues plus some folk I knew when we were all in different jobs, and hadn't seen for years 1:08 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to Jo_Bo_Anderson

Name AlisonMcNab
Location Leicester
Web http://eclectic.e...
Bio Academic librarian at an East Midlands university. May also tweet on fairtrade, faith, food, greyhounds, tea, travel & trekking (& obsessive alphabetising)