Alice Corble

From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and h...

FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA

Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.

Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...

Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!

An engraved illustration showing a grid of 24 different hand gestures, labeled with their meaning in Latin.

Engraved frontispiece that includes tow classical figures, hand gestures, and an extended palm with a speaking face.

Engraved frontispiece featuring several classical orators using various hand gestures for rhetorical purposes.

An engraved illustration showing a grid of 24 different hand gestures, labeled with their meaning in Latin.

The International Day of Sign Languages celebrates the linguistic identities of the Deaf community and all who use sign language. John Bulwer was the first person in Britain to advocate for the education of deaf people. His 1644 book explores the communicative and rhetorical power of hand gestures.

A copy of a book in front of Cambridge university library.

Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.

Reframing Our Relationship to Technology Confronting Data Centers, Deep-Sea Cables, and Colonial Legacies in the South Pacific The Cloud is Dead: A Series on Living with Legacies of Resource Extraction

"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...

Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people

@dculibrary.bsky.social @informedlearning.bsky.social @fergalor.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @westmeathlibraries.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @glsireland.bsky.social @theactualemma.bsky.social @leughleabhar.bsky.social please circulate if possible thank you :)

One more week to complete this survey (closing 15 Sep). So far v few responses from #IrishLibrarians - would be great if @victoriarend.bsky.social could capture insights on linguistic diversity and #Gaeilge provision in #Éire & #TuaisceartÉireann #LeabharlannaPoiblí #PublicLibraries #LanguageRights

All the ascendant instances of fascism, imperialism, oppression, and death-making we're seeing globally are interconnected, feeding on and gaining strength from each other. The ways we oppose those forces need to be equally interconnected and mutually empowering.

‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state

From @theguardian.com:
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care — Interrupting Criminalization What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You by Kely Hayes and Mariame Kaba is a practical and imaginative resource for activis...

A number of people who have read "Let This Radicalize You" are unaware that we made numerous resources and tools to accompany the book. You can find all of them here including a workbook, discussion guide, zines and more. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

💯 liberals love a bit of legislation but have no care for whether the actual problem is addressed

Library books dumped on Croydon pavement 'unacceptable' Croydon mayor apologises after books were discovered outside a library being cleared by contractors.

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Library books dumped on pavement 'unacceptable'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy #NationalLibrariansDay and Happy 133rd Birthday to the Godfather of #LibraryScience #SRRanganathan ! #LibrariesAreMadeofPeople #LibraryWorkers #TheLibraryIsAGrowingOrganism
www.isibang.ac.in/~library/por...

Still time to contribute to this important UK-based #publiclibrary study by @victoriarend.bsky.social - do share with relevant networks and communities! #LibraryLanguages

It seems a little ironic that it is still only available in print format given a large chunk of the book is about managing efficient delivery of digital content in library collections, especially for academic teaching! Will it be available in time for the new academic year in September?

Hi @facetpublishing.bsky.social and @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social. Is there a reason why there is still no eBook edition of this book? I need it for imminent teaching on Collection Managmement MA LIS module at @ucl.ac.uk @ucllibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social

The city of Beit Hanoun in the north east edge of Gaza is seen from above. It is completely destroyed, not a single building is standing. It is all rubble, as though the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The city had a population of 52,000

Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history.

This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.

“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.

#Gaza

Screenshot for the Social History Society’s Community Exchange blog, which says: Our Community Exchange aims to foster links across history-making spaces-from museums and archives, streets and groups, stage and screen - and to open up dialogue between the many different audiences for social history. We welcome contributions showcasing public history events, as well as think pieces on community history, co-production, or how scholarship can be transformed by conversations beyond the academy.

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

‘Full‐Fat, Semi‐Skimmed or Skimmed?’ The Political Economy of Immigration Policy since Brexit Since the European Union referendum in 2016, UK net migration has increased to record levels. Despite the Leave campaign's promise to ‘take back control’—and a Conservative government that has adopte...

Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@leughleabhar.bsky.social - this study by @victoriarend.bsky.social should be of interest to your members would be great if you could repost - thanks!

radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added, pt 1

• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)

hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...

"Thinking is difficult. That is why people prefer to judge." Jung

Out in paperback now and cannot recommend highly enough:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Wonderful - look forward to watching and will share with my students too (I teach collection development at UCL LIS)

never ever let someone tell you that libraries are neutral & apolitical (nor are museums, nor archives, nor art centres, nor histories..)

In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.

I hope you are able to take some time out to recover. Sending healing wishes. 🌱

Oh wow. Solidarity and respect to you Shannon. Fuck that shit. May your next workspace horizon be nourishing and liberating.