“All the data are de-identified”. No probs then. 🤷‍♀️

This little book is delightful. I recall it being pointed out that the book fits perfectly in a human hand.

Happy for Hungary - hopeful for humankind.

“Books are patient where we are slow to understand, allow us to go over the hard parts as many times as we wish, and are never critical of our lapses. Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.”

— Carl Sagan

Next week, Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, a landmark exhibition of the late Queen’s fashion opens at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

The exhibition represents the largest display of the Queen’s fashion ever staged: ft.trib.al/hKAtQae

Book banning is an arrogant practice, which has little to do with safeguarding children. It has more to do with restricting access to ideas. Schools should encourage pupils to read widely, and to think critically.

*television

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

In the UK we can watch The Librarians documentary on iPlayer

It's vital. Defend the knowledge base, defend libraries, defend librarians.
They are the stewards of our culture and progress.

Brilliant news! Congratulations Jack 😎

An oil painting of a country scene with trees in blossom along a path. The colours are greens, white, blues and pinks.

Today marks the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere meaning winter is officially behind us!

This idyllic scene was painted by English-born painter Charles Conder.

A lovely preservation story.

Library conferences on BlueSky A list of library and information science conferences, with links to their hashtags on the social media platform BlueSky.

Exciting news - I have actually updated the Library Conferences on BlueSky page, and it now has current and previous 2026 sections! Lots to do to add in events I have noted in screenshots and saved emails, but good progress.

Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop - Fashion and Textile Museum From A Room with a View, to Downton Abbey and Peaky Blinders, explore some of the most famous costumes from film and television.

Enjoyable visit today to the Fashion and Textile Museum to see Costume Couture: sixty years of Cosprop. The company was founded by John Bright in 1965, and has an outstanding collection of original and commissioned costumes for film, relevions and theatre. fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitionsd...

Humans 40,000 y ago developed a system of conventional signs | PNAS As humans, we store and share information. This allows us to distribute knowledge necessary for survival and to coordinate large groups. Our homini...

Study finds signs and symbols on central European artifacts between 43,000 and 34,000 years old, appear statistically similar to protocuneiform from approx 3500-3200BC. #TheStoryOfDocuments www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Reading any book can lead to understanding, which is something of a joy.

Now open!

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Middle Temple Library For the first time ever, Middle Temple’s law library will be opening its doors to the public for heritage tours of the collection.

Extra tour date announced for Wednesday 9th April.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

Job losses at research-intensive universities double in two years - Research Professional News Exclusive: Scale of redundancies revealed branded a “disaster” for UK research capacity

Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years.

Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”.

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

Thinking just isn’t profitable.

Never underestimate a cat.

This @historytoday.com article is FREE for 7 days to mark the 200th anniversary of London's first university #UCL200 @ioew.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

The study shows association with a reduced risk, rather than a definitive link - but still encouraging!

Exposition of Libraries Alliance from founder @richove.bsky.social in conversation with Rob Green @cilip.bsky.social - importance of technologically up-to-date library staff. Listen to the end for clear statement on what libraries mean to society.

📚 Two centuries of student life reveal a dynamic, changing London.

To mark UCL’s 200th anniversary, Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital is out today- free to read and download: bit.ly/3NcnXpi
#StudentLondon #LondonHistory #HigherEducation #OpenAccess

History Unfolded Conservators treat crumpled, fragmented papyrus texts from Egypt.

MAGAZINE MONDAY | From fragile fragments to the digital world: Library conservators treat crumpled Egyptian papyrus texts and bring them to a global audience online. lcm.loc.gov/issue/january-february-2...

How did skills take over higher education? One short history - HEPI Over the weekend HEPI published blogs on the freezing of student loan thresholds, and the Westminster Hall debates on duty of care. This blog was kindly authored by Dr. Josh Patel, Senior Education an...

' Ronald Barnett describes the contemporary fascination with skills as a form of ‘bewitchment’ (others have put it more strongly elsewhere)....When individuals are defined in this way, they become more easily interchangeable in the labour market, increasing workers’ vulnerability.'

Photo of a variety of purple crocuses in a lawn, in February.

An uplifting photo of our crocus lawn. Every single bulb moved there from under the trees by resident squirrels over the years 🐿️ No yellow ones. I guess they eat those straightaway.

It’s never a good thing to dictate what other people’s children can read. School libraries are spaces for every child.