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Inspiring keynote at #DCDC25 from Professor Katy Shaw on co-creation and innovation and the need for more inclusive models. Innovation and ideas can come from anywhere but we need the collaborative leadership and funding models to support radically inclusive change.

Excellent start to the last day of #DCDC25 A powerful keynote from Prof Katy Shaw, Director of AHRC Creative Communities. Amazing work around co creation, cultural policy and meaningful community participation

#DCDC25 incredibly moving keynote this morning from National HIV Story Trust

Photo of an old library with wooden shelving and a balcony.

We are looking forward to welcoming over 300 delegates in person and online, as we host the international ‘Discovering Collections Discovering Communities’ Conference from tomorrow/this week.

A view of the gothic towers of Durham Cathedral through a gap in some houses

A woman with spiky brown hair, wearing a white t shirt and a grey jacket, with a stunning river backdrop and concrete bridge behind her.

Great to be back in Durham for a few days for #DCDC25

Nothing like the iconic @britishlibrary.bsky.social door!

British Library CEO: ‘You Always Need to Have a Recovery Plan’ Rebecca Lawrence is more focused on securing new funding and dealing with the aftermath of a cyberattack than stressing about literacy and AI.

Six months into her tenure as CEO of the British Library, Rebecca Lawrence is still dealing with the aftermath of a devastating 2023 cyberattack.

Nobody expects to see the manuscript of the Spanish Inquisition at the British Library! Treasures indeed ❤️❤️❤️😅

History of circus: How and where circus started | LibraryOn – Special Collection Have you ever wondered who invented the circus? Library services preserve material that helps tells the history of circus.

But that's not all! Recently staff from LibraryOn visited our archive and digitised a handful of the posters, with information putting them in their context.

Read more about their project here: libraryon.org/special-coll...

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A purple first Connections day!

Print featuring a stylised glass of lemon juice with a lemon slice on the side and a straw within the glass, on a green surface with a red background

Yayoi Kusama is one of many multi talented global women artists who include printmaking in their celebrated art practices
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

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Saw a preview at the weekend. An incredible production.

Happy birthday David Kindersley. The skillful lettercutter, typeface designer, and sculptor, known for countless examples of his lettering work, including street signs and the gates at the British Library, was born today in 1915. #typefacedesign #lettercutting

The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, one of the oldest trees in the UK. It had a huge circumference and is held up by props given its size.

Idyllic Sunday morning listening to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social talk about “charismatic trees”. Here’s a beauty from a trip to Sherwood Forest last weekend. #MajorOak.

A photo announcing a job opening for a "Senior Editor" at the British Library. The text is displayed on a light green background above a row of ten colourful books standing upright. The spines of the books display various titles from the British Library Publishing series.

We're hiring a Senior Editor to join our Publishing team!

We’re seeking a highly experienced editor with at least four years of in-house experience commissioning and delivering successful fiction titles.

Apply by 9 June 2025:
tinyurl.com/SeniorEditorBL

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

A railway style sign saying “Tea Junction. Give way to biscuits” in black capital letters on a white background.

“We’re a storytelling species…if we lose that, we lose our humanity!”

Frank Cottrell-Boyce once again on the power of books and influence on our children!

#r4today

Just bought a copy. Thanks for the recommendation!

DSF event information card with headshot photos of Maureen Pennock and Catherine Ross from the British Library. Green text of event title and date on grey background.

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Environmental Sustainability | 🗓️ 21 May

Catherine Ross & Maureen Pennock will share @britishlibrary.bsky.social Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy to cut carbon footprint & how sustainability is embedded into BL's collection development & management approach

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKDSF

An Orkney Library card held up in front of shelves of books in Orkney Library

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme is 'Community.' #Libraries try to remain at the heart of the communities they serve, providing information, wellbeing, and free, safe public spaces while tackling loneliness through events, clubs and group activities. #LoveLibraries ❤️

I'm at the library and I love it. You should go to the library.

It's May 4th! Happy #StarWarsDay everybody! Here's #StarWars as photographs from the vast #Orkney Archive photographic collection. ⭐️

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

An illumination from a Medieval Manuscript that shows a character bearing a striking resemblance to Yoda, a small green humanoid wearing an orange cloak. 📜 Royal 10 E IV, f. 30

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....

Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a seascape with gentle waves and rippled water under a golden setting sun with a dark rocky cliff to the right in silhouette

Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered land and seascapes #WomensArt

Very important and timely: how to measure the impact of cultural and social infrastructure (like libraries).

Great to see libraries included in this report on social & cultural value: supporting communities and residents, contributing to growth and reducing inequalities.

A Pilgrim's Light, Holy Island, Northumberland, photo by Emma Rothera.

What better day to launch a Bluesky account than our birthday? We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress.
www.loc.gov/about/histor...