Coming full circle at #WLIC2027 π’
A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.
Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm
#IFLA100
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Thinking about it, I wonder if exposure to excellent, varied library spaces as students is now setting expectations for them of what the work place should be likeβ¦
21.10.2025 18:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Research on work culture shows "a bigger contributor to happiness is whether thereβs a range of working environments when we get to the office." (www.makeworkbetter.info/p/we-need-to...)
Something university libraries worked out ages ago - quiet study, louder areas, collaborative work spaces, etc
21.10.2025 17:58 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Although it is concerning that we appear to have plateaued at 50%
21.10.2025 13:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
News & Views: Market Sizing Update 2025 β Has OA recovered its mojo?
Always interested in @deltathink.bsky.social analysis of the journals market and their conclusion that OA makes up 50% of total article output but only 25% of market value. Hard to escape the conclusion that OA costs us less...
www.deltathink.com/news-views-m...
21.10.2025 13:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Geraldine Hunwick, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison, Erika Delbecque, and Christopher Cipkin on screen.
Thanks to Geraldine Hunwick, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison & Erika Delbecque @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL on how collections can help libraries meet #EDI goals
πΊ Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND
21.10.2025 10:06 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
The @cilip.bsky.social Metadata and Discovery Group is convening a series of WorldCafes on WorldCafe on Subject Indexing, with the first one in London on 26th November:
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Pink unlocked padlock floating against a soft pink background symbolizing open access in science and scholarship for Open Access Week 2025.
The #IFLA Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee celebrates Open Access Week 2025 πβ¨
This yearβs theme, βWho Owns Our Knowledge?β, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchersβ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
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One of the joys of Radio 3 news was it was always just the newsreader. A few months ago they added one sound bite into each 8:00 bulletin. It adds nothing to the pleasure of breakfast- especially this morning as it was Jenrick
21.10.2025 07:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
DOAJ recommits to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure β DOAJ Blog
The Board was very pleased to approve that DOAJ recommit to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure. We believe that engagement with POSI over the past few years has strengthened the DOAJ. @doaj.bsky.social
blog.doaj.org/2025/10/20/d...
20.10.2025 08:11 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Open and Engaged 2025 | Open and Engaged 2025
Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring ownership, access, and stewardship of cultural heritage in the new era.
The British Library is hosting its annual virtual Open and Engaged Conference over three non-consecutive afternoons: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, this week, as part of International Open Access Week.
More details and registration at: openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-eng...
13.10.2025 08:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I was very sorry to miss what looks like a fabulous event last week in Manchester to celebrate 175 years of the Public Libraries Act. We in research libraries recognise the importance of supporting our fabulous, but under-resourced, public libraires #Libraries175
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Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England
Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech
This is a very welcome development indeed IF the recurrent costs of funding school librarians is fully budgeted. βA pile of books is no more a library than a crowd of soldiers is an armyβ to quote Gabriel NaudΓ© who figured this out β¦ 400 years agoβ¦ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
29.09.2025 06:42 β π 77 π 28 π¬ 1 π 2
Research Catalyst Cohort 2025-26 announced
This programme consists of a tailored cohort training programme, open events, case studies, and resources to support colleagues working across the academic library community to develop their research ...
Weβre delighted to announce the third #RLUK #AHRC @armauk.bsky.social Research Catalyst Cohort #REPRCC for academic libraries.
Over the next year they will develop their research confidence, skills & capabilities
bit.ly/47JXXty
π Congratulations #librariesXresearch cohort! π
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Last Night of the Proms flag waving audience
Last Night of the Proms audience and orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall
Iβm not a natural flag waver. But having been to more than five proms this year we got into the ballot for the Last Night. It felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But slightly odd. Musically least satisfactory Prom Iβve been to this season and hard to tell how ironically people took it
13.09.2025 22:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A real pleasure to be at the launch of the #LightbulbMoments exhibition at the University of Liverpool's Victoria Gallery and Museum. An excellent exhibition in a fabulously refurbished space
11.09.2025 19:18 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A quote from the booklet on the impossibility of keeping up with the ever-growing literature
Some things donβt changeβ¦
11.09.2025 15:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The brown cover of a 1925 booklet containing a speech on special libraries
As a result of a clear-out I have been gifted this 100-year-old booklet with the text of βa paper read before the Library Association Conference, Birmingham, September, 1925β
11.09.2025 15:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The Liver Birds against a bright blue sky
No prizes for guessing where I amβ¦
11.09.2025 07:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Neo-gothic corridor in the John Rylands Library
Main reading room of the John Rylands Library - a cathedral to knowledge in the Victorian neo-gothic style
Always a treat to visit Manchester Universityβs John Rylands Library. Today for a meeting of the RLUK Collections Strategy Network
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I got a graduation handshake as well - Leeds 1988
There would have been a pic, but my parents double-exposed the film on a beach holiday later that summerβ¦
05.09.2025 12:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Wow!
04.09.2025 17:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π΅ #RLUK26 #CFP | Stewardship in challenging times:
the role of libraries in supporting civic society
π£The Call for papers is now open for the #RLUK26 virtual conference being held on 25-27 March 2026. The conference is open to all.
π Find out more at bit.ly/RLUKconf
14.08.2025 12:11 β π 9 π 14 π¬ 1 π 1
Let us know! Is it time to retire the Added/Withdrawn change log? β DOAJ Blog
The @doaj.bsky.social is consulting on whether to retire their Added/Withdrawn change logs. There is a short survey and feedback is very welcome:
blog.doaj.org/2025/07/14/l...
29.08.2025 10:36 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
The Bodleian Humanities Library, part of @bodleianlibraries, covering English, Music, Philosophy, Theology, Film Studies, History of Medicine, and Internet Studies
I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG πΎ
Development and engagement manager at @jisc.bsky.social - working on the @copim.bsky.social Open Book Futures project
@uksg.bsky.social Outreach & Engagement committee member
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7210-3199
Library person and PhD candidate (IR & PolSci)
Many hats on various committees. I chair IFLA's Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee.
Government librarian. Low profile king π. Reads books, plays computer games, bakes cakes and listens to lots and lots of music. π³οΈβπ Based in Leeds. https://linktr.ee/magic_treehouse
Head of School -Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds.
Professor of History and Philosophy of Art.
Interim Associate Director, Cultural Collections & Curatorial Practice ( job share with Tim Procter), University of Leeds Libraries
Chief Librarian for Jersey | President @libsconnected | Speaker & strategic leader in libraries, learning, culture & public service | Advocate for literacy, digital inclusion & community wellbeing | Building future-facing, inclusive public services
Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
The scholarly community trusts Delta Think consultants to advance strategy in an ever-changing landscape.
www.deltathink.com
Crossbencher in the House of Lords and creator of Octopus.ac. Previously Exec Director of the Winton Centre, University of Cambridge; science filmmaker, BBC
CEO @cilip.bsky.social the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals https://www.cilip.org.uk/
A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group.
The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters
https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg
Metadata & Discovery Manager, University of Manchester Library
Passionate about organising and discovering knowledge. Lover of the coast, ravens, and cats
πHead of Reader Services at @natlibscot.bsky.social πCo-Editor of Library & Information History Journalπ§ΎHon. Treasurer of CILIP Rare Books & Special Collections GroupπBooks, libraries, singing, theatre & food.
#DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. #openaccess #openscience #scholcomm
https://doaj.org/
Reading, music, sitting in pubs
Also fond of libraries, polka dots, corduroy & coffee
Works for the Australian Library & Information Assoc.
π Kaurna Miyurna Yerta | Adelaide
Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling authorβ’The Secret Barristerβ’#FakeLawβ’Nothing But The Truthβ’
Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
TaNC is an AHRC/UKRI-funded research and development programme to bring together disparate collections across the UK through collaborative research.