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Posts by Dr Jane Secker

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Copyright Waffling with Dr Ben Marsh (of the Marsh Family) Waffling about copyright with Ben Marsh Last week I will confess to being extremely over-excited and a little star struck as we recorded our 15th Copyright Waffle podcast, this time with Dr Ben Mar


Tonight I am looking forward to a concert by the Marsh Family and I am reminded of the Copyright Waffle interview we did with Ben Marsh: copyrightliteracy.org/2021/03/08/c...

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Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’ Health secretary says NHS is ‘failing women’ and pledges to end ‘gaslighting’ by doctors

Read this, the problems are real and have a huge impact on our lives. As someone who was until recently in severe pain and put on a 9 month waiting list, I am beyond angry and pleased to hear something will be done: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Copyright literacy goes to LILAC in Sheffield From L-R: Jane Secker, Chris Morrison, Amanda Wakaruk and Ami Pendergrass Jane writes: We’ve been in Sheffield this week for LILAC 2026. LILAC is the UK’s information literacy conferenc


A short write up on the panel we ran at #lilac26 on Monday on teaching copyright as part of information literacy - it's not legal advice... but is it IL? copyrightliteracy.org/2026/03/31/c...

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Hi Libby. I'm heading back today so won't have a chance to see you, but I'm going to put a wider call out to see who might be interested in being involved. I'll drop you a line via email!

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Another ILG project perhaps? Eva is keen!

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Let's talk as it needs some coordination - I am not expert at quilting but perhaps we could enlist @libtil.bsky.social to guide us?

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OER20: FemEdTech Quilt of Care and Justice FemEdTech launched a collaborative project in 2019 to create a Quilt of Care and Justice to be displayed at the OER20 Conference in April 2020.In response to the call for participation, OEG’s Executiv...

Two sessions at #lilac26 talking about crafting make me wonder if this is the time to make an information literacy quilt, where we ask people to contribute a square, similar to the FemEdTech quilt a few years ago: www.oeglobal.org/2020/04/03/o... anyone keen to discuss?

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The winners of the Information Literacy Award are holding their certificate and award. The judges are standing next to them.

The winners of the Information Literacy Award are holding their certificate and award. The judges are standing next to them.

The winners of @infolitgroup.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk Department of Information Studies Information Literacy Award 2026 are Siobhan Corrin @slaintesiobhan.bsky.social & Katie Roper from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust #LILAC26

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We had a great session this afternoon at #lilac2026!

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Attending the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education this evening at St Jame's Palace..what a treat with @julievoce.bsky.social and @puiyin.bsky.social

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Great to be there today and learn from our Finnish colleagues!

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Copyright waffling with Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new episode of the Copyright Waffle podcast, recorded at UCL School of Laws in January 2025. We were honoured to be joined by the Rt. Hon. Profess


Today we launched a new episode of the Copyright Waffle podcast with the RT. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob - our most distinguished guest copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/04/c...

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Great to see our research on the @authorsalliance.bsky.social blog as I feel I've spent my career trying to help people understand why copyright matters and why they should not fear it!

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And thank you so much for the chocolate!! You are really kind and I'm enjoying some with tea!

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Thanks to everyone who attended or presented at #icepops25 - Manchester did us proud and we'll be sharing some photos and the slides from the event very soon..in the meantime, a few highlights....

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So great to see you Doug and what a brilliant presentation you gave..also enjoyed our karaoke! See you again soon I hope #icepops25

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It's the day of #icepops25 and the sun is shining in Manchester and everything is yellow

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Icepops 2025: draft programme Tuesday 9th September 11-12pm Private view of the John Rylands Library 12-1.15pm Registration and lunch available 1.15-1.30pm Welcome and introduction from co-Chairs, Chris Morrison and Jane Secker


Still time to book a place at this autumn's copyright education conference, Icepops 2025. Find out more and book your place: copyrightliteracy.org/icepops-2025...

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Copyright Waffle Episode 28 with Monica Westin Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to upcoming Icepops keynote Monica Westin about her journey from library school, through to Google, Manchester Metropolitan University and now to Cambridge

Very excited to get another Copyright Waffle podcast out, Episode 28 with Monica Westin is a bit of a trailer for #icepops2025 soundcloud.com/user-2432741... #copyright

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Wasn't @nicwhitton.bsky.social doing some research into personality types and preference for play and games? I personally like learning to be fun and am quite competitive but I am not interested in badges at all!

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Copyright and audiovisual works: where are we now? On Friday 18th July at 11am-12pm BST we will be running our 79th webinar. This session will be a closed session for those in the education community to discuss where we are with copyright issues re


Looking forward to tomorrow's Copyright and Online Learning webinar on audiovisual content - if you've not signed up, still time: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/01/c...

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

Copying the worst culture war moves from the USA, Kent County Council bans trans books in children’s library. 📚📜

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Petition: Call for children's trans books to be put back in Kent libraries child sections Protect these books under the Equality Act and protecting literature for education. Reach out to KCC about this harmful issue. Keep these age-appropriate trans books in children's sections.

someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Earlier today my line full of copyright literacy t-shirts after a busy few weeks at conferences

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Tom Lowe opening keynote at Learning at City St George's nails it - this is what I was also saying yesterday about GenAI and the impact on HE @citystgeorges.bsky.social

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Lovely to see you Jo and all the best for the future! I had a great morning at the conference!

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No that's a good answer!

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Read up more on @creativecommons.bsky.social Signal Preferences here - a new social pact for how those who share data and AI companies can interact: creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/i...

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Great to catch up with some folks at the #cilipconf25 but then major travel issues getting home so pretty exhausted and wishing I'd stayed longer!

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Great to be part of this panel this morning at the #cilipconf25 I'm sorry to be dashing off after lunch today but we have our learning and teaching conference at work!

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