Yup. Looks like cloudflare is down. If I was looking for a sign to stop working and focus exclusively on the cricket, this is it....

Looks like a wider issue, I'm getting similar with Elsevier and Mendeley this morning

I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to access Mendeley and Elsevier @elsevierconnect.bsky.social - is it just me? #PhDChat

Could be worse, some of us have been here since first ball at 2:20am 😳

Thanks Phillip! Don't suppose you have a reference for this presentation do you? It's not mentioned on the slides.

Thanks so much Alan, I've emailed you 😊

Librarians are brilliant 🤩
Are you willing and able to send me a copy of the report? I’ll DM you my email address

Full Librarian kudos to you if found 😉⭐

@hammerslibrary.bsky.social I might be pushing my luck now, this article ciliphlg.com/wp-content/u... refers to a forthcoming report for NLH on the experience of piloting LibQUAL in 2006. I don't suppose anyone still has access? I'm writing a research paper on LibQUAL in the UK.

Thanks Phillip - I was getting a timed out error yesterday but that could just be me - it had been a long day!

Can any @cilip.bsky.social Health Libraries Group friends help me access the following article?
Atkinson, J. Getting the evidence... and using it? NLH/NHS England LibQUAL + Pilot Library Survey 2006: the RCN experience. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin 2006, 26, 3–11.
The #Cilip archive is down.

Week 2 and I’m already out of the @oulibrary.bsky.social #gbbo sweepstake 😟
Seems appropriate somehow 🤣

Bibsam Consortium Since 1996 the National Library of Sweden negotiates licence agreements for electronic information resources and publishing agreements on behalf of Swedish universities, university colleges, as well a...

Can any of my Swedish (or otherwise) Library friends tell me if Bibsam is an acronym of something? And if so, what?

www.kb.se/samverkan-oc...

A row of Archive stacks with turning handles

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.

Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇

a man playing a guitar and two women dancing in front of a white background Alt: a man playing a guitar and two women dancing in front of a white background

Thanks for all the joy you're bringing...

Oh, and I have news - I've gone and got a new job. So pleased to be part of an amazing team at @oapenbooks.bsky.social

😀I missed you!

The front cover of the book Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century.

OUT NOW!

Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess

20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖

Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup...

#DigitalHumanities

As cuts mount, those used to one-click searching are in for a shock If ‘big deal’ subscriptions become unaffordable, librarians will need to help students and academics conduct effective searches, says Caroline Ball

Libraries have worked hard to provide frictionless access to academic information, we might need to change this if information sources become fragmented. Digital and Information Literacy skills will be crucial. Great read @heroicendeavour.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cuts... 📚

🌟 Travel Awards deadline this Friday 🌟

LibPMC offers Travel Awards for conference attendees needing financial support. Apply by Friday, 21 March 2025. For details and to apply, visit: shorturl.at/oFgS8

Thank you to our sponsors AdvaNova, Alterline, Browns Books, @ebsco.bsky.social & PTFS Europe 🙏

A map of a part of Lancashire with areas shaded to show darker colours representing greater deprivation

Released today on Library Storytelling - The membership of Lancashire Libraries.

www.librarystorytelling.net/the-membersh...

Lancashire were brilliant and open to exploring types of library usage, the deprivation levels alongside % population of membership, as well as the urban/rural divide.

The Open University

The excellent team led by Charlie King (not on here) at the @oulibrary.bsky.social has completed user testing on the new #Primo AI Research Assistant. We've shared our findings here to help other libraries: oro.open.ac.uk/103099/
#HELibraries #UXLibs

Photograph of a page from a textbook with a complicated maths formula to evaluate library stock circulation

Thankfully library assessment methodologies have come a long way since 1968… 😳

Welcome to the light side! This might help: bsky.app/profile/ouli...

York and St Andrews latest to post multimillion-pound deficits Leicester, Surrey, Brunel and Hull also report losses in financial accounts for 2023-24

Latest UK universities to post deficits: St Andrews (-£13m), York (-£9m), Leicester (-£8.3m), Brunel (-£13m), Hull (-£17.3m), Surrey (-£17.9m). Plus King's (-£19m), Nottingham (-£17m), Open University (-£10.3m), UEA (-£7.6m) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/york-an... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

If you see someone doing an amazing job in customer service, take a moment to tell their manager. Compliments go a long way! #KindnessRipples #DailyKindness

Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal

The @york.ac.uk has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying it needs to adopt a “more financially sustainable approach”, @resprofnews.bsky.social has learned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

@maccamk.bsky.social great to see you today, thanks for a really interesting and beneficial conversation.

Updates on access to Library resources (journals). In January, there will be changes to access to some Library resources (journals).

"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024."

Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year...

www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...

Hi Bluesky! We're the Mercian Collaboration, a consortium of higher education libraries in the east and west midlands of England. Expect updates about training events and our #mercian25 conference www.merciancollaboration.org.uk