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Lyons says library drag queen event 'should not have taken place' Communities minister says a drag queen storytelling event in Belfast was "not appropriate for children".

BBC News - Lyons says library drag queen event 'should not have taken place'
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The 10 most beautiful libraries in the world The Library of Trinity College Dublin is named the most beautiful library in the world by 200,000 voters in the 1000 Libraries Awards 2025.

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Yes a few days ago when I submitted my revalidation...

Council plans to reduce opening hours at Aberystwyth library Aberystwyth library will have reduced opening hours with Aberaeron’s new facility at Penmorfa opening with an increase in hours if changes to library services in Ceredigion are pushed through.

There seems to be lots of councils pushing similar things through despite substantial public objection www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/council...

GBSB is librarian catnip. Mine is on record

I wonder how today's meeting went?

'Disbelief' ten libraries to close amid £5m 'spare' in council budget Campaigners against library closures in Caerphilly hope the county borough council will “u-turn” on the plans amid new questions over its…

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Study finds Welsh city with highest number of boarded up shops in UK Stephen Price A newly published report has revealed that a Welsh city has once again topped the list for having the highest number of empty vacant shop units of any town or city in the UK. The report ...

A sad sad situation Study finds Welsh city with highest number of boarded up shops in UK share.google/TDM2do6D7yjz...

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section KCC says the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted them.

Without yet knowing the details of what's actually happened beyond social media, this still illustrates the chilling impact of censorship such as book bans on #IntellectualFreedom www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Michael Rosen on stage

Our final keynote - @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social reflecting on his experiences in ICU during Covid, & the detailed & compassionate diaries kept by the health professionals who cared for him. Such a vivid written record of his time in hospital, without which the memory would be lost. 💙

Camilla laments library closures in visit to Edinburgh community hub The Queen met authors Sir Ian Rankin and Gillian Flynn at the newly-launched Ratho Library.

Nice... Source: The Herald
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Designs for Reading's planned new central library released The library is set to open at the Civic Centre in Bridge Street in Reading next spring.

Shiny library building

BBC News - Designs for Reading's planned new central library released - BBC News
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Love the word gurning as an adjective. Hope all is well with you and yours. 🙏🙏🙏

#BLA25 reflections..(part deux).. do astronomy, debate with Jo Webb about the future of our profession. This list is just a taste of what happened (didn't even make it to the gin or whisky 'tour'). Bless you BLA, so long and thanks for all the fish. I did eat a lot of fish. Xx

#BLA25 reflections.. Where else could I hang out with Aaron Tay for drinks, or get to the nub of UX with Andy Priestner, learn the inner most thoughts of deans of business, ponder on the unfathomable ripple effects of kindness with Helen Rimmer..

2025-06 - Open Letter on AI Skills & Literacy for All (Open for Signatures) Critical AI literacy for all (June 2025) Open letter Responding to the launch by the Prime Minister of a national skills drive on AI focussed technical/functional skills for students and workers, but ...

@cilip.bsky.social has signed a joint open letter on critical #AILiteracy. The national drive to upskill workers with an understanding of AI needs to extend to parents, older people, volunteers, underserved communities. Librarians can play a key role
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Going the extra mile. Wonderful

But my male border collie, Chester, has beautiful eye lashes...

Stirling work #BLA25.

Yup makes smart people dumb

Noooo!!

Solidarity to everyone at the brilliant Lambeth libraries!

I’ve just had an (apparently) yearly reminder from this service to write another letter to myself in the future. I’ve clearly been ignoring the emails all these years.

In an era of the quick phone answer of AI, keywords and natural languages are somewhat obsolete words (discuss)

Or "the corridors of conferences"

Much missed indeed

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For Whovians, it reminds me of Dr Who