Each December, I pause to reflect on Carib LIN, a blog that I started in 2007 to provide access to news regarding libraries, museums, archives and other information-centric institutions. This custom begins with my reading what I wrote for reflections for the following year. This is the seventh year that I have been doing this and am thankful and blessed to continue this blog, despite pursuing doctoral studies, tending to my family and among other competing interests.
For 2014, I promised to continue:
However, I must first mention, that looking back at the numbers, there were at least two months in which I did not post (March and August). It may not necessarily have been my fault as perhaps there was nothing to report on in those months. Second, gauging by the statistics of views, I think I have also met the goal of reporting news of interest to my library and information professional audience. One of the top posts for the year was one entitled Jamaica public librarian to be honoured for nation... posted October 18, 2014 with 529 unique views.
For 2015 (all things remaining constant), my main objective for Carib LIN is just to keep it alive to represent news from the region, even if it is just a few islands. Wishing you my faithful readers all the best for the rest of 2014 and good health for 2015.
Faithfully yours,
Mark-Shane Scale,
Chief editor, curator and blogger of Carib LIN.
For 2014, I promised to continue:
- providing an abstracting and selective information dissemination service for important library and information related news in the English-speaking Caribbean
- maintaining grammatically and error free entries, while ensuring that this blog is accurate, trustworthy and reliable
- providing a voice in the blogosphere for issues in Caribbean library and information service environment
- reporting developments that are of interest to and affect librarians and information professionals who have an interest in the region.
- and maintaining the survival of this blog through at least one blog posting per month.
However, I must first mention, that looking back at the numbers, there were at least two months in which I did not post (March and August). It may not necessarily have been my fault as perhaps there was nothing to report on in those months. Second, gauging by the statistics of views, I think I have also met the goal of reporting news of interest to my library and information professional audience. One of the top posts for the year was one entitled Jamaica public librarian to be honoured for nation... posted October 18, 2014 with 529 unique views.
For 2015 (all things remaining constant), my main objective for Carib LIN is just to keep it alive to represent news from the region, even if it is just a few islands. Wishing you my faithful readers all the best for the rest of 2014 and good health for 2015.
Faithfully yours,
Mark-Shane Scale,
Chief editor, curator and blogger of Carib LIN.
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