Victoria Parkinson

Yikes, I had no idea it was illegal and quite often do it before binning my coffee cup or repacking my reusable cup. The drain is also where the soapy water from washing my car ends up when it runs off the car.

Did you make the bag? That looks so practical.

Radical Cataloging This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line libra...

📄Chaper 'The Hidden History of Queer Subject Access' from 📗'Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front'
edited by K.R. Roberto
#Cataloguing
#Cataloging
#Metadata
#CritLib
#LGBTQ

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@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape.

Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics

An amazing thread about someone saving two lives via bone marrow and stem cell donations

Me too!! I'm rarely delicious at home, but I seem to be some sort of feast here

Well, Siena is a bit smaller but still has a lot to see, so not sure that helps your poor feet 😂

Yes! Just done a hostel in Florence and now heading to Siena. Could have spent a lot longer in Florence, there's a lot to see.

https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1958692

Join us on Wednesday 3rd September from 2pm (BST) for our AGM Event with a Cataloguing Ethics Panel Discussion.
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event

I have been holding off until I have time to properly devour it--hopefully this weekend!

Me too, and your reply reminded me to book somewhere to stay! 😂 A couple of days in Florence and then a couple in Siena to make sure I have time for some sightseeing 😁

Yes! I did read this one and very much enjoyed it.

Ooh I didn't but I'll have a look, thank you! I'm referring to is the primo one but same vendor so I imagine similar-- everything gets an AI now.

Who's going to #igelu2025? I'm getting to go in person (woo, Siena!) and there are so many good sessions. Also a ton on AI--I'm interested to hear how people are evaluating the "research assistant" and if they've turned it on.

That's where it being punny comes in! 😁 I agree, I don't think the badge is motivation in itself, but as a potential conversation starter or to show what I've done, I think it beats digital. For me the best rewards apart from the learning itself, are a recognised certificate or qualification.

I'd be much more interested in a real, physical badge! 😂 I don't see any point in a digital badge--who is ever going to see it? If the badge can also be punny, that's a bonus.

“I’m just saying we’d collect more nectar if we weren’t in meetings all day”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

I’m looking for an accessible reading suggestion for non-librarians to better understand what an “archive” is and is not (vs a digital collection, a catalog, etc.) Any ideas? 🙏🏻 #DH #critlib

#FuckAI

If it helps, I find the screen doesn't really lend itself to getting distracted because mine is black and white (so hard to get distracted by videos, etc) and I've only loaded the ebook apps on it.

I have a Boox, which is actually an epaper tablet running android. This means I can have the Kindle, Libby, and Google ebook apps on there. As a vendor-neutral ebook reader it works well for me and that's all I use it for. However for full disclosure, this: www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacyno...

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

https://www.cilip.org.uk/members/group_content_view.asp?group=201298&id=1113783

📢Call for papers for the MDG Conference 2026 (11-13 March) #MetaFutures
#Cataloguers, #indexers and other #metadata specialists have a significant role to play in the future of information services and it’s something worth shouting about!
Full details: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...

In-image text reads: ARLIS UK & Ireland is pleased to open applications to the ‘fees only’ scholarship to an individual undertaking a UK accredited Library, Information or Archive studies postgraduate qualification as a small first step towards addressing the ongoing under-representation of Black library workers and library workers of colour within art librarianship.

Applications to the ARLIS UK & Ireland Global Majority Art Librarianship Scholarship for the 25/26 academic year are now open!

Full scholarship guidelines and the application form are available on our website:

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#Librarianship #Librarysky #Artsky

I'm holding a business card. The back reads: "Because what is known must be shared.®"

TFW your company motto could either belong to a library vendor or a blackmailing syndicate

Yes and I try to bathroom extra loudly just in case the person on the other end of the phone doesn't realise, and because it irritates me and I'm passive aggressive about it. Violent flushing, lots of splashy handwashing, and making sure the hand drivers get my hands bone dry 😂

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If anyone in #Leicestershire is looking for a dog trainer, my brother-in-law offers a range of training from the basics to more exciting scent work. His own dog is an absolute sweetheart.
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#DogTraining #ScentWork

Louise Savage’s presentation, “Unsafe in Safe Spaces: an exploration of the workplace experiences of female library workers” is literally taking my breath away. Incredibly powerful, uncomfortable and scary. Thank you, Louise. #CALC25

Hear ye! Hear Ye! The new Disability in LIS Journal (DisLIS) is now actively recruiting media reviews (books, movies, websites, what have you) of materials that have disability as a major component, from people who have experience with that disability. cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/

A screenshot of an email that says: Dear Arthur Webber, Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.”. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701159 The debate is scheduled for 19 May 2025.

Parliament is going to have a debate on self-ID on 19th May.

If your MP is supportive of trans rights, it’s really important that you write to them to ask them to be there.

The transphobes will turn out in force - we need to make sure allies do too.