Alexander Bell

This role would be a great opportunity for:
- Master's LIS students looking for part-time work alongside their studies.
- New professionals seeking to gain experience in art libraries or academic libraries.

@eclaircommunity.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social @arlis-uk.bsky.social

Job Opportunity at University for the Creative Arts: Library Assistant The University Library Assistant supports the daily operations of the University Library by assisting students and staff in accessing resources, managing library materials and providing excellent cust...

📣 We're hiring! Join our expert art library team at the University for the Creative Arts 🎨📚 We're looking for a Part-Time Library Assistant to support fashion and creative business students at our Epsom campus in Surrey. 👉 Apply here: jobs.ucreative.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#LISjobs #libraryjobs #arlis

Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures by Andrea Baer

"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"

The Creative Education Conference | University for the Creative Arts

Excited to take part in the Creative Education Conference 2025! I’ll be delivering a workshop with my colleague Nick Canty on zine-making, using zine collections and hands-on making to engage students in reflective and constructivist learning 🗞️✂️✍️🎨 creativeeducation.uca.ac.uk/the-creative...

Navy blue text on a teal background reads: ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2025. 1-3 July, Limerick School of Art and Design. Stacks, Studio and Beyond: Artists and the Art library. Booking now. Tickets via Eventbrite.

Booking is now open for the ARLIS UK & Ireland 2025 Conference!

Join us at Limerick School of Art and Design, 1-3 July, for 'Stacks, Studio and Beyond: Artists and the Art Library'

Tickets and more info here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arlis-uk-i....

A light blue circle on a teal background. The logo for the ARLIs 2025 conference 'Stacks, Studio and Beyond: Artists & the Art Library' is in the centre of the circle, with the text 'ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference, 1-3 July Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS

🎨📚✨ Stacks, Studio & Beyond: Artists & the Art Library 🎨📚✨

The annual ARLIS UK & Ireland conference will take place at Limerick School of Art and Design, Technological University of the Shannon, 1-3 July 2025 #ARLIS2025

Thinking about a career in #ArtLibraries?

Join the ARLIS Professional Development Committee for 'Taking the Plunge', an online event exploring experiences in #ArtLibrarianship.

Find more info & reserve your free place at: www.tickettailor.com/events/arlis...

#LibraryCareers #Librarianship

🚀 Thinking about a career in art librarianship? Join us for Taking the Plunge on 3rd March 2025 (1:30 - 3:30 PM GMT, online & free!)

📚 Career insights
📑 Job application tips
📢 Social media tricks

🔗 Book now: buytickets.at/arlisukirela...

#LibraryCareers @arlis-uk.bsky.social

Libraries of matter - Works in Progress Libraries contain books, yes. But they also contain latex rubber, carbon fiber fabrics, and graphene aerogel. And in some materials libraries you can cut, cast, drill, sand, scrape, and sculpt too.

To be understood, materials need to be experienced. ‘The samples are meant to be touched, hefted, inspected, and compared’, urges the website for Princeton University’s architecture and engineering materials collection, which opened in 2017. worksinprogress.co/issue/librar...

Webinar: Colour me Pink! Being inspired by the Zandra Rhodes’ Colourful Heritage Project 🩷👚📕 …Join UCA Library for a webinar introducing the Zandra Rhodes’ Colourful Heritage project - showcasing fashion resources freely available for educational use. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b24dc2...

Public Domain Image Archive Explore our hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

The wonderful folks at @PublicDoimainRev (which is one of my favorite places on the Internet) have just launched a magnificent public domain image database, years in the making:

Yes it’s funny all the flotsam and jetsam that accumulates in the library ☺️

Thank you Alice, this is great and much appreciated 🥰 What a breath of fresh air it is on BlueSky!

Hi #library and #librarian BlueSky! I’m looking to connect with fellow art librarians / academic librarians / HE library workers 👋📚🎨 Are there any starter kits or ways to find peers to follow? ☺️