Elle Ann

I'd be annoyed. Valid!

Well that's clever!

I've deleted tiktok and Instagram because I'm sick of being addicted to scrolling. So I live here now. 👋

Do you work in acquisitions and collections in libraries? Do you have a project you could talk about for 30 minutes? Join NAG in Nottingham this year for a very special 2-day event, speakers (up to two) speakers get free tickets and UK travel expenses! nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/

Bed at 10:30, outfit laid out...
Ha, best laid plans. Brain decided to go completely haywire for 3 hours. Stayed home for first day back. Oh well, it's icy out anyway.

21 books!

In 2025 I
•came back from the brink
•started doing gratitude
•finally managed to do yoga regularly
•got my dream job, temporary though it may be (for now)
•visited Florence, and presented to international librarians in Siena
•supported my best friends as they launched into parenthood
•read 20 books

Anyone else out there working from home on Vodafone and therefore not working from home? I've been ill and a bit overwhelmed for a few weeks and I took the opportunity to mop the kitchen floor. I MOPPED THE KITCHEN FLOOR. Very proud of myself.

Wow my anxiety is through the roof today. Might try to revive my dead blog, Anxious Librarians. It was apt then and it's apt now.

Petition to add single's nights to conference social events.

If you think I'm joking then I'm joking. If you think it could work then schedule it plz.

JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

They've lost the 9yos

Omg twins 😂

Woops got COVID

Funnily enough Outlook, if I'm reading or writing an email, and flip to my calendar to check something, I'd quite like to be returned to the email I was working on???? Radical I know.

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

"hallucinations represent not a temporary engineering challenge, but a mathematical reality" says study from Open AI. This seems like a pretty major problem.

See this quoted thread for highlights from the lead author of this important paper!

My own key thoughts and connections will be in a thread right here, too. 🧵

5 hours to home

It's awful but I do miss the more lively discussions had on the bird app during library conferences. Cmon get your butts on bluesky.

As ever I feel extremely lucky to be able to attend, present, appreciate, criticise, eat, drink, and be merry, at the international group of ex libris users conference. 4 years in a row! #igelu2025

How is the presumably vast energy increase from embedding AI into every single product and task and search being measured and offset, particularly considering Clarivate's goal to be net zero by 2040? #igelu2025

I have 17 mosquito bites

At least I've given the Italian mosquitos something to snack on

After 3 days in Florence, I arrived in Siena, headed to the first pharmacy I saw, and just said, 'Buena Sera... Le Zanzare!'

Amazing! I got to Siena this evening, managed to pack a lot into my 3 Florence days and now my feet hurt 😂

Just remembered that my flounce around Florence is actually a work trip and I have to do work things tomorrow? Crazy

Heading to Florence today!

Got somewhere sorted?

a close up of a white kitten with its mouth open and looking at the camera . ALT: a close up of a white kitten with its mouth open and looking at the camera .

On Monday I'll be starting a new role as Library Management Systems Administrator, fixed term until December 31st aahhhhhhh

One of the things I keep telling teachers and students is that when you use genAI, you don't always know if the result it cranks out is plagiarized or not. If you use copy/paste that text or even just use it as a quote, you could be plagiarizing without even knowing it.

If you see this post a robot: