Although the countdown to xmas has firmly begun, the work still continues. This week has been a week of many meetings and at times, slight frustration, at getting things done. I sometimes feel that I could do more or work harder but when you interact through meeting I feel that you see how much harder it is to get things moving when working with other organisations. It's something I enjoy and is a challenge but sometimes I think a little action rather than the never ending talk that happens in meetings may be better. This weeks adult learning meeting was left with a range of promises from that team in connection with our community learning classes that we are still awaiting while learndirect was a meeting with a lot of defiance at the system but the end results will have to be reviewed at a later date! On the plus side our senior staff meeting gave me more of an understanding of the authorities library service as a whole, my thoughts at the end of this week are that when things get bogged down in politics and meetings I need to remember that this role has a three main priorities really and everything must come under them. What the local community WANTS from learning, what it NEEDS from learning and finally what can improve the library service, it's number of users and it's reputation as a whole.

This week saw things quieten down a little due to the approaching festive period but there was still some interesting moments! At the start of the week I attended the ABC meeting, this is a project running in the library to help users with disabilities, this is an area I feel that I can learn more about in terms of my understanding of library users and learners needs. This made me aware of concerns with the IT difficulties of giving people with disabilities a pre set computer profile to help them work without a support worker. I have tried to further this issue but the IT problem will be 'looked at'. This type of situation is something I will need to work on in how I deal with in order to meet all needs and how I get a speedy resolution when dealing with external departments.

I also expanded the network of partnerships we have and this is something I enjoy doing and find pleasing. With employability a key agenda going forward I have managed to get a refferal arangement put in place with the Salvation Army and SamH (mental health charity) this should mean we get more of the learners that these courses are for rather than filling them with people they aren't specifically meant for just to tick some boxes. This is a challenge in many areas these days and a problem I would love to tackle.

This week felt like a real breakthrough in many ways as the variety of threads started to come together. The week was subject to a variety of important meetings and also an ongoing hmie inspection. The week started with a very positive meeting with the Scottish Information Literacy Project. A lot of positive ideas came out of this and one key thing was that it was a very new project for the libraries to be looking at which made me feel like I had done something innovative. It will be difficult to incorporate but I see this as an interesting challenge going forward. Tuesday saw our learndirect branding visit, this went very smoothly and left me feeling like we had a good chance, this was proved right a couple of days later. I felt the evidence that we held as a team was excellent and the rewards this branding should bring in the future will be great. A CLD was also held, I still feel a little inhibited to talk at these meetings and part of that is not being oinvolved in some ongoing projects previously and also not being confident enough just yet, this is an area where I know I can develop however. With worries about the college also ongoing we held a very positive meeting at the end of the week that meant we felt more confident, this showed me that my ability to work at buiding parterships is improving. Friday saw a visit to the chartership conference and this made me realise I am on the right track, although I need to find a mentor! My draft PPDP will be finished in this next week however.