And that's a wrap for day 1 of #UKSG2026
Join us at the Taphouse later tonight for #CopimCorner & 'a quality selection of the finest craft ales, spirits and cocktails' ...
And of course, the finest #OABooks chat 📚
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Aha that's where you are! 👇
Hello #UKSG2026!
Just done registering delegates at the welcome desk.
I LOVE that job - it's a great excuse to meet everyone, seeing how you're all doing and having a quick chat. I've said, "Have a lovely conference" about 300 times this morning, but I really mean it! Have a great UKSG everyone.
We have a splendid list of candidates standing for election as a Trustee this year - thank you to all of them! If you are a voter, please look out for the email! Candidate details here: dub.sh/sjRhVcz
18 days until Open Research Week 2026!
Fully free & online, we start with Dr Ameet Doshi from Princeton University, who asks how the public actually uses #OpenAccess research, drawing on his own empirical work.
145 people signed up so far, want to join us?
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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Disinvite Iran Regime FM Araghchi from UN Human Rights Council!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/di...
One month to go to the start of Open Research Week 2026 #ORW2026 - Register here libcal.essex.ac.uk/event/4465239 for our opening keynote -What is the public value of openly accessible research?
Magic! I'm sending it to a couple of ILL colleagues right away...
I think I've found one. Northeastern University has an Educational AI Strategy, published last month: faculty.northeastern.edu/senate/wp-co...
...I don't suppose they're available online anywhere so I can show my colleagues?
It was a riveting presentation on its own, but those slides were absolutely stunning Tom. Best ones I've seen in years! Great storytelling 👏👏
I'm keen to hear if any HE institution 'has the roof on' and now has that AI strategy in place. Hard and risky to do, when the tools are changing so fast
What does good look like in AI adoption for a university? Great overview at #UKSGForum2025 from @mark-h-cymru.bsky.social
A presentation slide
Shout out for you @katrinesundsbo.bsky.social !
Godwin onwuchekwa at #uksgForum2025 citing the OA Escape Room as a good example of community engagement in libraries
@hannahcrago.bsky.social
A conference talk
#UKSGforum2025 is a lovely event. Really glad to have the chance to see everyone, hear ideas and talk scholarly comms all day
"A retraction by any other name would still smell as bad".
Great quote by Matthew Hodkinson from DOAJ.
He was talking about how we term breaches in research integrity.
#UKSG2025
"Village idiots are not constrained to the villages anymore, they're everywhere"
- enjoyed this quote from Alan Oliver in the context of misinformation online and dubious influencers
Trundling along the rail network towards #UKSG2025.
Getting from Essex to Brighton still confuses me as I've not been in the South East long, but I think I'm not heading towards Kent at least
I am, but whilst on the train!
"As a profession, in libraries, we are not diverse. We are overwhelmingly white. It's not good enough. We need to do something about it and we need to be accountable for that." Sarah Pittaway at #UKSGForum2024
'Rubbish in, rubbish out'!
When given a not-great input/question, I like to think a librarian would prefer to ask for a better input that give a rubbish answer
Really lovely to talk AI over lunch, and people kindly mentioning this talk!
#uksgforum2024
Note to self: 'make it a lightweight british version' does not yet work as an effective GPT prompt for preparing a uksg-suitable talk.
...Really funny intro from Annette Dortmund from OCLC 😄
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Very much enjoyed listening to Peter Barr from Sheffield about collection development & tackling the issue of the ‘print burden’ , will have to check out their strategy #uksgforum2024 - www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/libr...
Josh Sendall delivering the UKSG Forum keynote on AI
Sharon Stevens from Worcester speaking about skills in open research support
Nicki Clarkson and Lucy Marr from Southampton speaking about career journeys and development
I've failed to keep up with #UKSGForum2024 posts but it's been a great morning crossing diverse themes including AI, open research, career journeys and now collections and metadata
'A push out of the starting blocks'. That's a good way to describe some of the decent but not impressive outputs that we get from GenAI tools
A man presenting slides from a podium
#UKSGforum2024
Josh is taking a really accessible approach to introducing AI. Really useful for a lot of us!
Charlie noted that we want to be shaping or influencing the future where we can, not just talking about it. Strongly agree, and this extends to AI services. Let's talk about that on the discussion tables!
