Dr Jane Secker

Copyright Waffle Episode 28 with Monica Westin Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to upcoming Icepops keynote Monica Westin about her journey from library school, through to Google, Manchester Metropolitan University and now to Cambridge

Very excited to get another Copyright Waffle podcast out, Episode 28 with Monica Westin is a bit of a trailer for #icepops2025 soundcloud.com/user-2432741... #copyright

Wasn't @nicwhitton.bsky.social doing some research into personality types and preference for play and games? I personally like learning to be fun and am quite competitive but I am not interested in badges at all!

Copyright and audiovisual works: where are we now? On Friday 18th July at 11am-12pm BST we will be running our 79th webinar. This session will be a closed session for those in the education community to discuss where we are with copyright issues re…

Looking forward to tomorrow's Copyright and Online Learning webinar on audiovisual content - if you've not signed up, still time: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/01/c...

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section KCC says the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted them.

Copying the worst culture war moves from the USA, Kent County Council bans trans books in children’s library. 📚📜

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Petition: Call for children's trans books to be put back in Kent libraries child sections Protect these books under the Equality Act and protecting literature for education. Reach out to KCC about this harmful issue. Keep these age-appropriate trans books in children's sections.

someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Earlier today my line full of copyright literacy t-shirts after a busy few weeks at conferences

Tom Lowe opening keynote at Learning at City St George's nails it - this is what I was also saying yesterday about GenAI and the impact on HE @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Lovely to see you Jo and all the best for the future! I had a great morning at the conference!

No that's a good answer!

Read up more on @creativecommons.bsky.social Signal Preferences here - a new social pact for how those who share data and AI companies can interact: creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/i...

Great to catch up with some folks at the #cilipconf25 but then major travel issues getting home so pretty exhausted and wishing I'd stayed longer!

Great to be part of this panel this morning at the #cilipconf25 I'm sorry to be dashing off after lunch today but we have our learning and teaching conference at work!

This LILAC song 2025 A song written for the 20th anniversary of the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2025 performed live at Cardiff University following Professor Jane Secker's keynote talk on Tuesday 15 April 2025

CILIP commissioned a poem for the library profession. I love creative expression which is why I co wrote a song on information literacy with @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social you can listen here
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...

Important research on library leadership

Anyone else going to #cilipconf25 as delayed by trains but now en route to the conference hotel

Tomorrow I'm speaking at the CILIP conference on a panel about copyright and AI and I plan to wear my 'how does copyright make you feel' t-shirt

International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars (Icepops) Icepops 2025 Icepops is the International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars. The sixth edition of Icepops (Icepops 2025) is taking place at the John…

We could do some good promotion offering people actual Icepops if they book at #icepops25 today share.google/kCKXHyApCTZM...

I'm arriving around 8pm tonight when it's cooler but would be up for a drink in hotel bar!

ERICA to the Rescue! ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...

#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky

Thanks Dan, we are all so sad. I've many happy memories of meetings and socials and LILAC conferences with Elaine.

Remembering our dear friend Elaine Sykes from the @infolitgroup.bsky.social and @lilacconf.bsky.social committee: infolit.org.uk/remembering-...

If you've ever wanted a novelty copyright t-shirt you can check out the @copyrightliteracy.bsky.social t-shirt studio store here: www.tshirtstudio.com/marketplace/...

Good luck today Joe. Sorry I couldn't be there today to hear your keynote

Beach sunset after a busy couple of days in work. I do love living by the sea

Stand by if you submitted to present at #icepops2025 - the emails are scheduled to go out very soon! Cannot wait to announce our exciting line up of speakers! Find out more at copyrightliteracy.org

Come it's for an hour but you are welcome for just 30 mins if that's all you have!

Building a playful learning environment - our new publication and a chance to connext for @citystgeorges.bsky.social staff (and students) blogs.city.ac.uk/learningatci...

Webinars: copyright and online learning These regular webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to  copyright a…

Recording and slides from webinar 78 on the Copyright Anxiety study are now available online: copyrightliteracy.org/upcoming-eve...

when you encourage your colleague's in copyright to be playful and wonder what have I created? Well done to Christine at UCL though - gave us quite a laugh: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/copyright/20...

Building a playful learning community Using play with adults has many benefits but can be challenging to design.  This research sought to understand if being part of a community and seeking advice and support from colleagues could support...

New article on Building a playful learning community published by me, Susannah Quinsee and Sara Reimers: www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk/article/id/1...