Libby Tilley

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“Bobby Seagull MBE for services to public libraries”✨

Just on BBC News talking about my passion for books, libraries, and our incredible librarians ❤️📖 and why they're so vital to our communities.

Tomorrow
📺 BBC Breakfast 6.40am
🎙️ LBC 7.40am
📺 Good Morning Britain TBC

Outstanding home visit this week from @OutsideClinic for eye test for 95 year old mum - one of the best medical appointments she has had recently!

Kirsten McQuarrie - image in black and white on the left, conference logo, title of presentation, name job company, date and location of conference

"Sustainability played a key part in my #ProfessionalRegistration submissions at Certification & Chartership, so I can't wait to speak with our assessors Libby & Alan about how candidates can integrate library-led environment action into their portfolios." www.cilip.org.uk/greenlibrariesconference

Yet again, students recognise the huge benefits they get from their library services, as the 2nd highest rated measure of 30 in the National Student Survey www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-ana... #NSS2025 #NSS #HE #HELibraries

A template for recording your CPD activities Professional Registration with CILIP, including Revalidation, is so much easier when you have been noting down your learning and professional development activities as you go along. I have used a C…

My regular reminder to everyone to keep a record of training and other continuous professional development as you go, as that's far easier than trying to remember when you need it for job applications, chartership etc. Ruth Jenkins shared a great template kangarooth.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/a...

Help shape CILIP’s new strategy for 2026–2030 CILIP is developing a new strategy for 2026–2030. Can you help to shape a future where libraries and knowledge services thrive and lead in a fast-changing world?

CILIP is developing a new strategy. We want to understand how we can best support our members & the wider sector through to 2030.

Tell us what success looks like to you:
❇️ Complete our survey
❇️ Come along to our Town Hall on Thurs 29 May, 11am – 12pm
www.cilip.org.uk/news/698262/...

The US Library of Congress is under attack An institution that survived British torching in 1814 is now facing a new onslaught

My thoughts on the disgraceful removal of Dr Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress (and the Archivist of the United States too). LC and NARA are part if the infrastructure of democracy in America, and are under attack. on.ft.com/4mdynBU The US Library of Congress is under attack

Inspired by #LILAC25? Do consider writing for the Journal of Information Literacy!

Find guidance on our website: journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/about/su...

Browse past issues for extra inspiration - all open access: journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/ar...

#InfoLit #InformationLiteracy #LISResearch 📚

This LILAC song 2025 A song written for the 20th anniversary of the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2025 performed live at Cardiff University following Professor Jane Secker's keynote talk on Tuesday 15 April 2025

For the #lilac2025 people and whole #infolit community - a rather fab song to end my keynote from me and @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social and now on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/chris-morris...

CILIP Unconference Early Bird Registration Now Live

Kents Hill Park, Timbold Drive, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ
Friday, 3rd - Monday, 6th October 2025

Both day delegate and full weekend places are available but all places are strictly limited book your place now.
tinyurl.com/CILIPunconfe...

Much Ado About Nothing Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation's finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wi...

Such a treat to go and see Much Ado about Nothing lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/muc...

Column. On pathetic European freeloaders.
www.thetimes.com/article/7652...

YouTube video by Blessing 祝福 ברכה Bendición بركة Bênção 축복 2025 ♥ THE BLESSING ♥ World Edition ♥ 10000+ from 154 Nations Sing the Blessing in 257 languages ♥

In uncertain times : m.youtube.com/watch?v=d48-...

Gorgeous blue! Lifts the spirits 😁

The view out the back of the library. The sky is light blue and the sun is still just visible over the buildings on the horizon.

You forgot didn't you? Yeah you did. Don't worry it's easy to forget, the weeks pass so quickly these days of tilting towards the sun!

It's #Orkney. It's Monday night. It's 5pm.

It's time for EPISODE EIGHT of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'

IT IS THIS LIGHT! 💡

Rating ‘VeryPuzzled’ jigsaws as excellent for 5, 7 and 95 year olds.

A spacious sandstone brick structure featuring a vibrant mural of water wildlife birds, enhancing its exterior.

Online art community, @streetartcities.bsky.social have re-ranked their ‘Best Street Art in the World 2024’ (based on public votes) and artist @peachzz.bsky.social’s Sheffield mural has now claimed the No.2 spot!👏👏🥈🎉 www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/content/arti...

📸 @steelcitysnapper.bsky.social

Janome brand is excellent

This survey will give public librarians a chance to express their frustrations and share their experiences to support creating a robust basis for developing new and enhancing existing training. - Please fill in and share with your colleagues - read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/news.as...

It’s now live! I’m so excited about this post – I’m recruiting to the new role of Head of Student Library Experience at @lselibrary.bsky.social. Interested? jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

York and St Andrews latest to post multimillion-pound deficits Leicester, Surrey, Brunel and Hull also report losses in financial accounts for 2023-24

Latest UK universities to post deficits: St Andrews (-£13m), York (-£9m), Leicester (-£8.3m), Brunel (-£13m), Hull (-£17.3m), Surrey (-£17.9m). Plus King's (-£19m), Nottingham (-£17m), Open University (-£10.3m), UEA (-£7.6m) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/york-an... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online Exclusive: Wiener Holocaust Library has digitised more than 150,000 items including letters, pamphlets and photos One of the world’s largest Holocaust archives is accessible online for the first time after a three-year digitisation of much of the…

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online

Homeless Users in Public Libraries Survey

Help shape research for an upcoming book on the experience of homeless users in libraries.
Please fill in this anonymous survey that aims to find out more about the current situation and future developments 👇
forms.gle/1dVF5SHNA6CX...

😁 yes - happy to do that.

Thoughts - I think I do 👍

When you’re retired and go for a walk mid-week

Bookings now open for #LILAC25 conference in Cardiff, Wales.

#InfoLit #DigiLit #InformationLiteracy

Delighted to promote publication of the following with huge thanks to @ciliplirg and David Marshall and many others: Shaping the future: A research agenda for U.K. libraries.Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 19(4), 71–107. doi.org/10.18438/eblip…

We #ShareTheLight @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social in solidarity with Spellow Lane Library, Liverpool which reopens tomorrow - being renewed after its attack in the racist riots of the summer.

a candle is lit up in the dark and has a very long flame ALT: a candle is lit up in the dark and has a very long flame

Spellow #Library will reopen its doors to the public this Thursday, 12 December. To mark the occasion they ask that you light up one or more of your community libraries tomorrow evening, Wednesday 11 December. Post your images using #SharetheLight and #Spellow.