Seema Rampersad

We are celebrating our 50th year with a packed programme of talks. View the final timings here: bla1.glasscubes.com/share/s/4uld...

#BLA25

Arrived at Stirling train station. If you cross over the road and head right - youcan catch the UNILINK Bus for £1.50 to the University. Bus stand A #BLA25

Banner for Business Librarians Association

Sculpture of four books with 'University of Stirling' and 'Be the difference'

University of Stirling sign with Loch behind

BLA gift bags lined up in hotel foyer with desk and flowers behind

BLA 2025 is almost ready to launch. #BLA25

Mintel branded chocolate at their stall

Fans of @tonyschocouk-ie.bsky.social should visit the Mintel stall asap! #BLA25

Sending best wishes at this tough time. Take care.

Carnegie Library and Museum of Arts in Pittsburgh - free for all. Andy Warhol was born and raised in Pittsburgh. Heinz headquarters are also in the city.

Right at home in the tropical gardens at Phipps in Pittsburgh. 😍

Beautiful Phipps Botanics Garden in Pittsburgh. So glad I got time to visit with Penny. #SLA2025

Some other fab sessions at #SLA2025. Energised and inspired to carry on my work.

SLA Dance Party - 21st year! Such friendly vibe and great serious fun! #SLA2025

Great conference and I am glad I came. Holman Public Library and SLA awards (I was the SLA awards Chair this year). #SLA2025

Cathedral of Learning and Allegheny Observatory, Pittsburgh. #SLA2025

Hello from SLA Conference in Pittsburgh USA. As members would know, we are having a great conference but it is also an important time to consider the merger proposal with ASIST. The vibes and learning have been positive, making notes & best practice as a library and information profession. #SLA2025

As SLA prepares for a likely dissolution and merger, an @edrabinski.bsky.social keynote about the importance of organizing and uniting around shared purpose was exactly what we needed to hear. #SLA2025

Fired US librarian of Congress details callous dismissal in new interview Carla Hayden, first woman and African American to serve in role, details firing by Trump administration to CBS

Dr Hayden's a class act. Fired US librarian of Congress details callous dismissal in new interview

View from the front terrace of the University of Pittsburgh’s University Club on an overcast morning. Empty (and wet) tables and chairs in the foreground. White lunch and reception tent partially visible on the right. Buildings of the UPMC Presbyterian campus fill the background.

Chilling w/ a morning snack before everything starts up. #sla2025

YouTube video by Kristen Totaro SLA Where Business and Information Specialists Connect

Special Libraries Association (SLA) wonderful video of some highlights from the 2024 conference.
#sla2025
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I'm giving a short talk on "The Two Worldwide Conferences on Special Librarianship and the Future of International Cooperation" at the SLA 2025 conference this Sunday. sla2025.eventscribe.net/index.asp?pr...

Orange cat lying on a blanket facing the camera with his paws tucked under his chin

Apparently it’s Love Your Pet Day. Any excuse to share photos of the little poser. Puss in Boots in his role model.

We are having about 6 stray visit our garden and our two cats are okay with it but I can tell they feel a bit territorial too.

THE CLASH SELF TITLED.

unlike most of my long island high school compatriots, i moved on beyond the need for "classic" rock. but lately i find myself listening to more and more music from my disaffected youth and i'm really reveling in it

Today's the feast of St Brigid, by tradition a 5th Century Irish abbess, and one of the patron saints of Ireland. Here she is in Plymouth Cathedral, glass credited to Hardman, though it doesn't really look in the Hardman style.

Brigid of Kildare - Wikipedia

St Brigid was the patron saint of my secondary school. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_...

A stained glass image of Brigit wearing a royal blue robe and jewelled headdress. She is holding a model of the monastery she founded and there is a version of the St Brigit’s cross, woven from rushes, behind her head. The leadlines in the panel are disguised as vines covered in leaves. The Geneva Window is in the Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach.

Happy St Brigit’s Day! Here she is depicted by Harry Clarke in his Geneva Window.

Rock the Casbah by The Clash

No cover sleeve unfortunately but spinning The Clash today.
#WeekendSingles #NowSpinning

We had ‘Rock the Casbah’ on 45. One of the first pop song with some Middle East influences.

Whatever happened to the ‘Rocky Horror Show’. That was popular in London in early 1990s but it was a different a culture thing I had to get used too.

Our neighbour had ‘Tide is High’ and played it until the cassette got worn. Remember that.