Great article which also happens to praise the WHELF+ Interlending scheme! @whelfed.bsky.social
Beyond the British Library: How Crisis Reshaped UK Resource Sharing by Kip A. Darling, Birmingham City University and Helen Hall, University of Liverpool. www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi...
20.08.2025 16:26 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Datganiad Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Blaenoriaethau ar gyfer Diwylliant a risgiau i gasgliadau archifol yng Nghymru:
whelf.ac.uk/cy/datganiad...
13.08.2025 15:22 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Welsh Government Priorities for Culture Statement and risks to archival collections in Wales :
whelf.ac.uk/welsh-govern...
13.08.2025 15:23 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
The WHELF Learning and Teaching Community of Practice have developed a toolkit to help information professionals measure the impact of information literacy initiatives more effectively
whelf.ac.uk/whelf-groups...
06.08.2025 14:12 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Mae Cymuned Ymarfer Dysgu ac Addysgu WHELF wedi llunio pecyn cymorth i helpu gweithwyr proffesiynol gwybodaeth i fesur effaith mentrau llythrennedd gwybodaeth yn fwy effeithiol:
whelf.ac.uk/cy/pecyn-cym...
06.08.2025 14:13 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Adroddiad Colocwiwm WHELF 11.06.2025:
Thema: Canfod Llonyddwch yn yr Anhrefn
whelf.ac.uk/cy/colocwiwm...
@whelfed.bsky.social
27.06.2025 15:44 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
WHELF Colloquium 11.06.2025 report
Theme: "Finding the Calm in the Chaos"
whelf.ac.uk/whelf-colloq...
@whelfed.bsky.social
27.06.2025 15:45 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Early start today, up to a meeting at Cardiff University with Tracey Stanley and Judith Dray (@whelfed.bsky.social ) and Rhys Daniels (Jisc Wales). Currently working from @rwcmdlibrary.bsky.social by lovely Bute Park.
19.06.2025 11:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking forward to attending my first meeting later with SCONUL officers and the WHELF Chair Tracey Stanley and Vice-Chair Judith Dray. @whelfed.bsky.social
13.06.2025 11:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What would you find valuable from WHELF?
Made with Padlet
We would like to invite colleagues to share their thoughts:
padlet.com/judithmdray/...
Thank you to all the speakers, delegates, WHELF Events group and Jisc Wales @jisc.bsky.social
11.06.2025 14:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have obviously forgotten something I learned during online events in the pandemic - if you don't buy cake/biscuits, you have nothing nice to have during the breaksπ‘
11.06.2025 14:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Managing desk rotas / change @uwtsdlib.bsky.social
Sam Brinkworth and Alison Scanlon from UWTSD libraries on changing the way they set up rotas, in the face of no budget for new software and some reluctance to change.
11.06.2025 14:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Our next talk is from @aberuni.bsky.social library colleagues, Amy Staniforth and Jonathan Davies on βStarting overβ: a re-cataloguing project which Aberystwyth have undertaken, including theses and dissertations.
11.06.2025 13:48 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
After a quick break (sadly no conference coffee and cake online) we have Nicola Jones from @cardiffunilib.bsky.social talking about print/eBook acquisition and their Customer Insights project.
11.06.2025 13:13 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
@ebscouk.bsky.social's Orla McNally is speaking now about how EBSCO have supported libraries and continue to do so through their products and services. WHELF would like to thank EBSCO for their sponsorship today.
11.06.2025 12:53 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Now we have Andrea and Bethan from
@swanseauni.bsky.social
library, talking about the 'ChatterBooksβ student engagement project and how this links with the university's Core Values.
11.06.2025 12:38 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Logos of the WHELF institutions
Tracey Stanley and Judith Dray, current WHELF Chair and Vice-Chair are talking about WHELF and how we are 'Stronger Together'
11.06.2025 11:49 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
And we are underway! @whelfed.bsky.social WHELF Colloquium 2025 starts with @alisonharding.bsky.social reading a Mary Oliver poem "Don't Hesitate"
11.06.2025 11:41 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
*applauds in social media*
11.06.2025 08:19 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking forward to the WHELF Colloquium 2025:βFinding the Calm through the Chaosβ this afternoon. Hope to see lots of you there!
whelf.ac.uk/whelf-colloq...
11.06.2025 08:54 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The final WHELF AI in Libraries Spring event is underway. Thanks to Olivia Edmonds and Taran Johal from UWTSD (Birmingham) and Erica Swain from Cardiff University for the session on AI to support students, staff and ourselves!
14.05.2025 11:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
WHELF Colloquium 2025 - 'Finding the Calm through the Chaos' - WHELF
Registration is now open for the WHELF 2025 Colloquium on 11 June. For more details including how to register, please go to:
whelf.ac.uk/whelf-colloq...
09.05.2025 18:13 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Colocwiwm WHELF 2025 - 'Canfod Llonyddwch yn yr Anhrefnβ - WHELF
Thema Colocwiwm ar-lein WHELF eleni ar 11 Mehefin yw βCanfod Llonyddwch yn yr Anhrefnβ.Hoffem ganolbwyntio ar y ffordd rydyn niβn addasu i newid er mwyn gwella ein gwasanaethau mewn cyfnod syβn wirioneddol heriol.
Maeβn bleser gennym rannu manylion y rhaglen: whelf.ac.uk/cy/colocwiwm...
09.05.2025 18:13 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
https://whelf.ac.uk/cy/whelf-shared-lms/adroddiad-buddion/
https://whelf.ac.uk/whelf-shared-lms/benefits-report/
Diolch i/thanks to Jenny McNally & Nicky Atkins.
06.03.2025 16:24 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Lindsay notes that the AI tools they have trialled can support academics and students by helping find information - but they still need to read the articles and extract the relevant facts!
05.03.2025 12:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
WHELF AI in Libraries Spring event - session 2. Lindsay Roberts from @cardiffunilib.bsky.social is talking about using AI in our work.
05.03.2025 12:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Voices on the Path
Voices on the Path ISBN: 9781845279523 Andrew Green Publication: October 2024 Format: Paperback, 198x128 mm, 350 pages Walking may seem a simple act. But it has a long history, much of it unnoticed. I...
WHELF members and fans of Gregynog might be interested in this podcast from @gwallter.bsky.social and Paul Jeorrett about carreg-gwalch.cymru/products/voi.... Paul includes a few reminiscences about WHELF at Gregynog, years ago.
podfollow.com/1560172729/e...
21.02.2025 16:15 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
You can find the recording of the first @whelfed.bsky.social AI in Libraries on our website:
whelf.ac.uk/whelf-online...
along with links to sign up to the next ones.
05.02.2025 17:36 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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Look closely & you'll find me in the tree! Librarian, love cats, Venice, embroidery, and buy too many books. Walking, F1, food, wine, gardening.
Cataloguing librarian, author, independent researcher, artist, pagan; lover of stone circles, folklore, myth, cats, books & European social dance.
Currently writing a book on the folklore of burial chambers/cromlechs in Wales.
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