David Prosser

The Librarians Join us for a screening of 'The Librarians', followed by a panel discussion and drinks reception

We are hosting the UK premiere of the powerful documentary, ‘The Librarians’, directed by Kim A. Snyder. Come and join us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the screening, a panel discussion, and drinks! Co-organised with @rsliterature.bsky.social visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...

Exciting news from the Royal Society Publishing: our journals will be fully open access in 2026 as we move to adopt the 'Subscribe to Open' model:

Libraries Connected President Ed Jewell smiles into the camera. He is wearing a blue-grey suit with a white shirt and glasses.

'Our libraries cannot claim to be universal and comprehensive if they are not safe spaces to encounter dangerous ideas'.

Have you read the reflections of @edjewell.bsky.social on one year as our President?

www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/ed-jewe...

Managing public art in research libraries: insights from the RLUK Special and Heritage Collections Network - Research Libraries UK In July, members of the RLUK Special and Heritage Collections Network met to explore the underdiscussed topic of managing public art within the context of research libraries. Public art holdings that ...

Recently our Special Collections and Heritage Network hosted a fascinating discussion on the challenges and opportunities offered by the public art held by our members. My colleague @ckamposiori.bsky.social has written a short summary of the discussions:

www.rluk.ac.uk/managing-pub...

Morrison has taken stories from 300-odd years of Black British history and retold them in the English folk tradition. It's not a genre that normally appeals to me, but these are fascinating (and sometimes enraging) stories brilliantly told – feels like a vital project and well-worth a listen

BBC Proms - 2025 - BBC Proms: Angeline Morrison - The Sorrow Songs (Folk Songs of Black British Experience) - BBC Sounds Live at the BBC Proms from the Glasshouse, Gateshead, British folksinger Angeline Morrison

Each year as well as going to a few live Proms I try to listen to all the concerts on Sounds.

I normally hear something that I wouldn't normally listen to, and I've just been blown away by Angeline Morrison and The Sorrow Songs Band:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Despite being a fan of the first two Bridgit Jones novels when they came out, I'm only just getting round to the third. In it, Daniel Cleaver is described as 'former chairman of Pergamon Press'. That feels oddly specific - but surely there isn't an implication that he is like the actual chairman...

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir take their bows at the end of their Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall

Our first Prom of the season. A late-nighter celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday. Fabulous singing from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

A very valuable - and concerning - blog by ‪@aarontay.bsky.social‬ on the biases and omissions within AI tools. A lack of transparency makes it hard to rely on these tools for teaching and research.

Revisiting the RLUK Digital Shift Maturity Survey: Reflections on the Use of ChatGPT 4o - Research Libraries UK A day doesn’t go by now when we don’t hear about about new AI platforms, models or crazes. In January it was all about Deep Seek, by February ChatGPT’s had released ‘Deep Research” (now also available...

We are all thinking about how we can use AI tool in our work. My colleague @williamjnixon.bsky.social has written about his experience of using ChatGPT in revisiting the RLUK Digital Shift Maturity Survey

www.rluk.ac.uk/revisiting-t...

Delighted to be taking on the role of co-chair of SCONUL with the amazing Rachel Beckett and our treasurer Robin Armstrong. Will be a delight working with the SCONUL team to ensure we deliver value and impact for all our members

We're looking forward to an excellent day at this year's #GreenLibraries Conference - do join us

LSE Library Fellowships Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.

#History #SkyStorians @lselibrary.bsky.social are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to £5k. 3 themed fellowships available. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

I’m 2/3 of the way through my first read - indeed my first Twain. Finding it a bit of a slog and for a humourist of such renown not very funny…

‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC

What a fabulous treasure trove www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Wellcome boss: don’t judge research quality by journal brands - Research Professional News Academic publications have “too many different purposes today”, John-Arne Røttingen tells Royal Society event

Wellcome boss: don’t judge research quality by journal brands.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

‘There is no political power without power over the archive’ Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, ...

Here is a direct link to the online version:

observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Sobering article in @theobserveruk.bsky.social where @richove.bsky.social‬ forensically outlines the attacks on US libraries. The UK often imports US' 'culture wars' battlegrounds and Richard puts us on our guard to resist any such moves here.

It would be interesting to know how many members of the library community they invited...

Google’s AI tool suggesting that Ncuti Gatwa hasn’t left Doctor Who. He has!

Add to the long list of AI getting it wrong…

🎉 Congratulations to the #RLUK #TheNationalArchives Professional Fellows 2025-26: Robert Chipperfield (TNA) & Manuela Pallotto Strickland (KCL)

Their projects will explore long-term accessibility & preservation of library+archival content and development of inclusive collections

ℹ️ bit.ly/4ktq9mW

An excellent appointment

We discussed sharing licences at #LIBER2025. The UK makes a number of our model licenses available through Jisc

subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/about/jisc-m...

Our Future Memory:

ourfuturememory.org

#LIBER2025

Screenshot of a Zoom discussion with Steve Baguley and Susan Halfpenny on screen.

Thanks to Dr Steve Baguley, NHS Grampian, for an excellent talk to #RLUKDSF today on the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability & impact of #AI for the NHS. Chaired by Susan Halfpenny.

📺 You can watch the recording of this talk at bit.ly/DSFonD

Our very own @annakclements.bsky.social talking @libereurope.bsky.social

Warm and inspiring presentation by @williamjnixon.bsky.social about the importance of informal networks for developing library leaders #liber2025, in the Emerging Leaders Programme cohorts @cgknowles.bsky.social

#LIBER2025 An absolutely wonderful session from @williamjnixon.bsky.social on the value of informal professional networks for leadership development. Lovely hearing about the ongoing positive life of LIBER's Emerging Leaders programme and the many people who make it happen. Genuinely wholesome ❤️🤩

William Nixon speaking at the LIBER Conference

My colleague @williamjnixon.bsky.social speaking on Professional Networks for Developing Leaders. #LIBER2025

#LIBER2025 Love to see you all in Lausanne, have a great time!