Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030
Last chance to book!
Tomorrow: "Interlibrary loans and the CONARLs scheme" - a NAG members Coffee and Chat event. Join us on Zoom to discuss your use of ILL and whether you take advantage of the £6.00 CONARLs rate...
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...
Registration is now open for @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Public Library Forum 2026, a day conference in Nottingham on 20th May. Presentations from @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social libraries on their LEGO workshops... (1/2)
Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030
Ever heard of the CONARLs scheme? It's a way of accessing cheaper interlibrary loans by both libraries agreeing to a fee of £6.00. Open to all libraries & free to join.
Come and chat to librarians who use it at our next NAG Members Coffee and Chat event on Wed 22nd April
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...
People Powered: Human-centred innovation. 16th NAG Collection Development Seminar, Nottingham 20-21 May 2026 #NAGcd16 https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
Bookings now OPEN for NAG Seminar 2026!
Join us in Nottingham for our 2 day event 20-21 May 2026.
Check out the full programme and tickets at:
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
Please tell your friends!
With thanks to our Gold Sponsors @kortext.bsky.social and @vitalsource.bsky.social
Image of a sign including Albert hall on pointers
Image of small park space next door
Art piece with giant mirror
There’s some lovely green spaces around the venue and lots of helpful signs to help our delegates find their way!
Interior view of the great hall where seminar will be held
In Nottingham today making final arrangements at the spectacular Albert Hall for our Seminar and Forum! Just over a month to go…. #nagcd16 #nagplf26
Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030
Ever heard of the CONARLs scheme? It's a way of accessing cheaper interlibrary loans by both libraries agreeing to a fee of £6.00. Open to all libraries & free to join.
Come and chat to librarians who use it at our next NAG Members Coffee and Chat event on Wed 22nd April
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...
I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.
People Powered: Human-centred innovation. 16th NAG Collection Development Seminar, Nottingham 20-21 May 2026 #NAGcd16 https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
Something for your pre-bank holiday to-do list this week:
Book NAG Seminar!
Get it ticked off to join us for two days of networking, discussions and papers in inspiring surroundings.
20-21 May, Nottingham
#NAGcd16
With thanks to our Gold Sponsors @kortext.bsky.social and @vitalsource.bsky.social
There is a really easy check you can do to see if you need to use a mic when presenting - is there a microphone you can use? If yes, then yes, you should use it. 3/
Front cover of "Taking Stock" with the headline "NAG: Fabulous at Forty" over birthday candles and gold star sprinkles
A new issue of Taking Stock is available for NAG members now:
nag.org.uk/taking-stock...
This issue covers our Seminar, Forum and Webinars from 2025 and we hope it inspires you to join us this May in Nottingham!
A post in the style of The Clash's "London Calling" album artwork. Text: "Manchester", in pink runs down the left of the image, "Calling" in green along the bottom. "ALN 26" in white at the top. The background is a black and white image of the Rochdale canal in Castlefield, looking towards the town centre, showing a lock, the tramline and the Beetham Tower.
Manchester Calling! #ALN26 is being hosted at @manmetuni.bsky.social
To register (and take advantage of Early Bird prices) go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-l...
@cilipeastmids.bsky.social, @librariesconnected.bsky.social, @cilip.bsky.social
People Powered: Human-centred innovation. NAG Public Library Forum, Nottingham, 20th May 2026 https://nag.org.uk/event/forum-2026/
This year NAG's Public Library Forum comes to Nottingham!
With ticket prices held and a later start time to increase accessibility for delegates, join us on 20th May for a day of talks, a visit and lots of networking time with colleagues from across the country:
nag.org.uk/event/forum-...
Calling disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf researchers, research students and other professionals, working in AI or interested in working in AI.
Survey being run by two disabled researchers.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/glasgow/ai...
People are better than Systems
This is a mere taster of the presentation I will be giving at the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Seminar 2026 in May, come along and enjoy all of the reasons that I think people rule and systems drool
Happy Friday, enjoy
librarianth.home.blog/2026/03/27/p...
Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030
Next month's NAG members Coffee and Chat is all about Interlibrary loans and the CONARLs rate. Did you know this free scheme offers reciprocal lending for just £6.00 for participating libraries? Come and learn more about it:
Wed 22nd Apr 1030
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...
People Powered: Human-centred innovation. 16th NAG Collection Development Seminar, Nottingham 20-21 May 2026 #NAGcd16 https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
This year, NAG Seminar and Forum is celebrating people; all the human factors that go towards making Library Acquisitions work. Without people, a library would just be a silent room of books. Come & join us and hear about the people making it happen!
Nottingham 20-21 May
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd16
Very glad that this year, #CALC26 and #NAGcd16 do not clash - their programme is now up - take a look!
Screenshot of the How to deliver an AI Literacy session image
⏳ Last chance to book!
Don’t miss our AI Literacy for Health Librarians – Train the Trainer webinar.
Learn about AI risks & benefits, copyright, and how to deliver AI literacy sessions.
🗓️ 24 March | ⏰ 12–1pm
Register now:
www.cilip.org.uk/eve...
Early bird booking for #YLGOxford26 ends this Friday. It is a fantastic programme of speakers & lots of your favourite publishers will be there in the exhibition space to chat to & nab freebies from! #KidLitUK #NationalYearOfReading #Libraries
A reminder that #CILIP's guide: Managing safe and inclusive public library services provides public library staff with a clear decision-making framework to deal with challenging issues. It also includes references to good practice for school libraries: www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-and-inclusive-guide
NAG Public Library Project Grant sponsored by Open Fifth central text over open book with cartoons exploding out of it. Side boxes read "open to NAG public library members only" and "Two grants of £1500 available"
Great to see applications rolling in for the NAG Public Library Project Grant for 2026! A reminder the closing date is noon on 6th April...
Thanks to sponsorship from @openfifth.bsky.social, we have TWO grants of £1500 available for NAG member libraries.
Full info:
nag.org.uk/public-libra...
This year NAG's Public Library Forum comes to Nottingham!
With ticket prices held and a later start time to increase accessibility for delegates, join us on 20th May for a day of talks, a visit and lots of networking time with colleagues from across the country:
nag.org.uk/event/forum-...
Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030
NAG Members: April Coffee and Chat
Join other NAG Members for a forum to discuss "Interlibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme" on Wednesday 22nd April at 1030 with @colettet.bsky.social, Amanda Foster and Sarah Hornby.
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...
East Midlands, NAG Seminar is coming to you!
20-21 May, Nottingham for our first two day seminar. We hope you can join us!
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
#NAGcd16
@ntuyourlibrary.bsky.social
@uonlibraries.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social
@uniofleicester.bsky.social
@uninorthampton.bsky.social
My bag is packed! Off to expand on some of my favourite themes with @librariesni.bsky.social & @cilipireland.bsky.social.
We'll be celebrating the impact of public libraries, exploring their contribution to health & wellbeing, looking at the development of the library workforce. @cilip.bsky.social
- People are Better than Systems (PCA practicalities and Reading List realities when leaving R&P agreements) (Anthony Sinnott, University of York) @librarianth.bsky.social
#NAGcd16
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
- User-Powered Wellbeing and Leisure Collections (Aster Weyer Brown and Elle Lund, Exeter University)
(plus a wellbeing panel with the speakers from Bath and Exeter)
#NAGcd16
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
-The Book Nook: Acquisitions Beyond Academics (Debora Hodgson and Amelia Jedynak University of Bath)
#NAGcd16
nag.org.uk/event/semina...