Jo Fitzpatrick

Like minds see the dots, unlike minds connect them

Like minds take a step, unlike minds make the leap

Like minds start conversations, unlike minds inspire debate

Leeds Beckett University 'unlike minds' marketing

📢 NLISN In Person Event! 📢

Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00

Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...

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Arriving at my old undergrad campus Leeds Beckett for an @nlisn.bsky.social meet up today.

Patricia Crowther black and white photo

Patricia Crowther black and white photo

Ah RIP Pat Crowther, last of the early Gardinerian mothers, the northern one that carried on witching the longest out of them all.

I also haven't been able to say Augoeides without looking it up first for at least 6 years now and I really annoy myself.

I'll see YOU in a video call soon, congratulations!

A red crescent moon over autumn trees

Illustration sun half gold half white with autumn plants around it

May you enjoy the comforts, without letting them capture you forever. May you enjoy the fruits that the giants planted aeons ago. May you feel comfortable with uncertainty and change, knowing you are following the divine truth.
#Haerfest #AutumnEquinox

@nlisn.bsky.social is attempting to assess the proportion/spread of neurodiversity across across all UK library sectors. If you identify as neurodivergent, with or without a formal diagnosis, or suspect you may be - please fill in our short survey!

Reblogging/signal-boosting much appreciated!

Spotlight on: Thoth Open Metadata This year, the judges have selected four finalists for the ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing. The finalists will be showcased in a lightning pres...

Shining a light on @thoth-metadata.bsky.social 🔦

They'll shortly be delivering a lightning presentation at #ALPSP2025 as a nominee for the @alpsp.bsky.social Award for Innovation in Publishing ⚡

Best of luck - bring it home guys 💪

www.alpsp.org/news-publica...

I've been trying for years now, but I can't say 'Qualitative and Quantitative' right on the first try ever. It takes me minimum 2 goes.

This one day event is aimed at neurodivergent library and information workers who would appreciate the chance to share their experiences, and expand their knowledge of, adjustments in the workplace.

NLISN Annual General Meeting The Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network (NLISN) welcome everyone - neurodivergent librarians and allies - to our online only Annual General Meeting. We will...

If you can't make the session live, register anyway and we will record and send this on to you.

lancaster-uk.libcal.com/calendar/lib...

Please share this event with anyone you think would be interested, including allies.
@nlisn.bsky.social

Attend the meeting to learn about NLISN and everything we have done to provide peer support to neurodivergent staff working in library and information roles in the UK in the last year, and what we are going to do in the next.

The Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network (NLISN.org) welcome everyone - neurodivergent librarians and allies - to our online only Annual General Meeting.
We will present and invite discussion around the contents of our Annual Report and Strategic Plan 2025 zenodo.org/records/1691...

Neurodiversity - Masterclass Series Experience a broad range of topics and world-class speakers; from neurodiverse individuals and advocates to researchers and employers.

Free Masterclasses on various topics to do with Neurodiversity

www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...

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ALDinHE is delighted to invite colleagues to join the conference committee. We have a number of voluntary roles available. The closing date for expressions of interest is 29 August 2025. Submit an expression of interest: http://aldinhe.ac.uk/aldcon/join-the-conference-committee #LoveLD #ALDcon26

Noyes to neuro-

This is a nice post, but I just noticed the date, it's from 2012 - I wonder how this person got on? Some of the discussion points are alarming, I wonder how much things have moved on since then?

"We will all reap the rewards": Why workplaces need to better encourage neurodiverse individuals With understanding colleagues and a flexible work culture, neurodiverse individuals can reach their potential and be recognised as highly valuable employees.

“We will all reap the rewards”: Why workplaces need to better encourage neurodiverse individuals ⬇️

www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human...

Accessibility standard implementation and OA publishers Joanne Fitzpatrick and Jordy Findanis summarise the key points learned from consultations about accessibility with a range of small diamond open access monograph publishers.

[BLOG] Accessibility standard implementation and #OpenAccess publishers

Read @jofitz.bsky.social summary of the key points learned from consultations about accessibility with a range of small #DiamondOA monograph publishers 📚

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Google Scholar Is Doomed Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

A sunset behind tall wheat

Me holding a ritual sickle many years ago

May the things that you sacrificed at the altar of your ambition be worth it. May you reap a harvest so massive it puts your previous ones to shame. May you enjoy the heat of the double dog sun so much it keeps you warm through the descent. #lammas

Lughnasadh / Lammas: Celtic Harvest Deities, Folk Rituals, and Seasonal Witchcraft — Golden Web Mystery School The grain is turning, the winds are shifting, and the Wheel begins to tilt toward harvest. My latest blog explores the roots of Lammas and Lughnasadh, Celtic Deities, folk magic, and the sacred cycles...

The first harvest is here. Lammas and Lughnasadh carry the old magic of ripening grain, sacrifice, and gratitude. I wrote about the Deities, the history, and the folk traditions that still echo through the land.
Read the full piece here: goldenwebmysteryschool.com/witchcraft-m...
#WitchSky #Lammas

ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.

Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

All closing 10 August.

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Did you know that we have created 'shelves' for some of our #CopimCompass 'books'?

You can now check out all the success stories - libraries, publishers and presses - in one place! 🧭

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And the same with all the books about @openingthefuture.bsky.social

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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76 The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert

Nooooo www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books? As infrastructures, policymaking activities, and funding for open access book publishing evolve, the question of how diamond OA might best be implemented for books becomes more pressing. A review of d...

"How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?"

Read the article on the Katina Magazine by Lucy Barnes, Iva Melinscak Zlodi, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and Niels Stern: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

@alittleroad.bsky.social

@nielsstern.bsky.social

Prank idea: Give every person access to all the information in the world without teaching them to discern what's true.

Librarians, unpranking the world

Difference on Trial - ION Neurodiversity by Prof. Charlotte Valeur, Founder and CEO of ION

The use of autism, ADHD, and other forms of neurominority types in legal proceedings, by both defence and prosecution, has become increasingly significant in recent years.
ioneurodiversity.org/difference-o... @nlisn.bsky.social