{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Tom Roper","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/tomroper","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"40247","username":"tomroper","bio":"Born 1955 in London, brought up in Cambridge, where I went to the Perse School www.perse.co.uk . Read economic history at University of Kent www.kent.ac.uk from 1974-78 and then stumbled into a job in a public library. Finding I liked it, I took the postgraduate librarianship course at what was then the Polytechnic of North London in 1983 and worked in North London public libraries till 1990. Then I changed direction, working for the British Council www.britcoun.org and Hawker Siddeley, before finding my way, not unnaturally for a doctor's son, into medical librarianship. I worked in London hospital libraries and at the Regional Library and Information Unit, before going to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeon. In January 2003 I became Information Resources Development Coordinator for the Brighton & Sussex Medical School www.bsms.ac.uk, then worked at the University of Sussex and in further education and have now moved back into health, first at the Eyes & Vision Specialist Collection, NHS Evidence, as Primary Care Librarian, West Sussex Knowledge & Libraries and from 2013 to 2021, Clinical Librarian at Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service. Retired in February 2021, but since then have done some work as a freelance searcher and teacher.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Tom Roper","url":"http://tomroper.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/40247.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"13140390","content_html":"

Currently reading: Information: A Historical Companion by 📚 A mighty tome, on interlibrary loan. I hope I can finish it

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Currently reading: Thebes by Paul Cartledge 📚 Only in the early chapters so far. Very detailed, but fascinating, but perhaps better read at times other than bedtime. Makes me want to sites such as Thebes, Mycenae and Sparta

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@restlesslens Ah, missed that, thanks. I must make time to read the book, having bought a copy the other day

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/tomroper/12542067","date_published":"2022-03-02T12:03:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Tom Roper","url":"http://tomroper.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F40247.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tomroper"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-02 12:03","date_timestamp":1646222583,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12518097","content_html":"Want to read: Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts 📚 I heard the author speak at an online seminar recently. I had no idea that Stalin’s considerable collection wound up more or less intact at Yale University in the US. I’ll be interested to see if anyone’s done some bibliometric analys... tomroper.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://tomroper.micro.blog/2022/02/23/want-to-read.html","date_published":"2022-02-23T18:46:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Tom Roper","url":"http://tomroper.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F40247.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tomroper"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-02-23 18:46","date_timestamp":1645641994,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"12518098","content_html":"

Shingle : tomroper.micro.blog

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If seven maids with seven mops\n Swept it for half a year,\nDo you suppose,’ the Walrus said,\n That they could get it clear?’\nI doubt it,’ said the Carpenter,\n And shed a bitter tear

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Seafront and Bishopstone

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I wonder if this service could revive my blogging habit. I started in 2003, but it has been somewhat in abeyance lately

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