Jonathan Best

A fascinating final talk at Darts9 conference from Frankie Marsh and Lucy Woolhouse about making research more inclusive to ensure research support is available for all #Darts9

Fascinating talk this morning from Tim Wales where he shared publishing tips that can help librarians with publishing their research #Darts9

A fascinating talk from Gillian Siddall on her use of visual research methods to explore student experiences and how her results have helped to improve the experience for international students at the University of Northampton #Darts9

A very inspiring and thought provoking talk to start the Darts9 conference which really resonated with me about the crucial qualities that librarians can offer #Darts9

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles

Our CEO @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social highlights the “lack of robust evidence” about how widespread censorship is in the UK and which books are not available. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Only a few days to the full moon

#moonphotography #moonlovers
#Astrophotography

Crystal clear evening allowed for some brilliant photos of the moon

#moonlovers #moonphotography #Astrophotography

Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on display for the first time from Saturday.

BBC News - Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Starry sky

#Stars #Astrophotography #Astronomy

Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 Betty Webb MBE worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two intercepting enemy messages.

BBC News - Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at Surrey home Counter-terrorism police are assisting the coroner, but his death is not being treated as suspicious.

BBC News - Double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies aged 86
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Had a great day attending the CONUL Teaching and Learning 2025 seminar listening to brilliant talks about how librarians are collaborating with colleagues and working together to support each other and library users. #CONULTL25

Jonathan Best and Patrick Keenan, of @UlsterUniLib next, speaking on career development opportunities for Assistant Librarians #CONULTL25

An early start this morning as I head down to Dublin for the CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2025. Not a bad view from the train.

New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army - Museums Association Untold: The Museum will span two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen

News | New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army – Untold: The Museum will span two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen

A generated view of the new St Pancras site, showing a large open bright atrium with people gathering, walking, and sitting, and a large broad staircase up to other levels. Caption reads: Proposed view of the foyer towards Midland Road. Copyright Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

We’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site.

This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.

Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...

Lovely picture of the moonscape captured with my telescope and camera attachment

It's the weekend so I'm very excited to unpack and set up my new telescope. Hopefully it's a clear sky tonight and I can see some interesting things in the night sky 🌠 🌕