Weeknote #14-15: Friends reunited A two-week edition following a short break with university friends, recreating a pre-graduation trip to Rhodes. Less sun, swimming, and dancing. More walking, whiskey, and reminiscing about our forgot...

Rushing out a weknote late on a Friday.

Featuring lock-down vibes, a Borders escape and some nice internet things.

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ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.

Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.

ht @astrokatie.com

Weeknotes 13: Spring shadows A slightly shorter week with Monday and Friday as annual leave. Lots of sunshine and blue skies but, walking across the Meadows to work, frost remained in the long-shadows of the trees. I'm sure there...

A note for a shorter Easter week, featuring a mix of good and bad news - and getting lost down a YouTube rabbit hole.

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We definitley need to talk about this more...

Weenotes #12: Monsters Only A week of interesting chats, admin churn and unexpected tribulations. What happened this week? Monday began with a useful chat with one of our Board members about a large-scale AI roll-out across a...

A week of interesting chats, admin churn and unexpected tribulations.

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I love Scott Seiss

Fifteen steps, then a sheer drop

Memories. RIP.

Absolutely!

Weeknotes #11: EEAAO A slightly delayed note after a week where everything seemed to be happening everywhere all at once. What happened this week? An energising Monday morning discussion on the Library's Moving Image A...

A slightly delayed note after a week where everything seemed to happen everywhere all at once (including the sun coming out)☀️

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Weeknotes published on time and featuring time spent out of the office on training, committee meetings and conferences.

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Weeknotes #7-8: Emergency response After a relaxing half-term break in Fife, this week was all about catching up, planning for the worst and responding to unexpected changes. What happened this week? * The week started by reporting...

A belated weeknote including catching up after a week away, planning for the worst and responding to unexpected changes.

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A few days out this week with a cold, although I did focus on consuming some content....
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Weeknote #5: Topography A slightly curtailed week, with time spent getting back up to speed following my London trip and then being hit by a cold on Friday. The week-noting ritual is becoming easier as I jot down highlights,...

A belated weeknote - featuring cyber security testing, a celebration of maps and a Friday evening emergency cawston.ghost.io/weeknote-5-t...
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This looks like a super strong advisory group for the National Data Library. Ideally, it would include a library sector representative to advocate for the strengths, principles and standards behind the "Library" designation.

I was there at the weekend and my over-riding thought was "everyone is so young" (not: "I am very old")

A slightly belated week note, including a brief summary of the Remix Summit cawston.ghost.io/weeknotes-4-... #weeknotes

I can see sunshine outside my office window.

Over the past few years, the RLUK community has had many discussions on the opportunities and challenges of AI for the Research Library. As an open resource we have curated almost 20 presentations from recent events covering four main areas of interest.

www.rluk.ac.uk/ai/

Heating broken. Managed to hardwire a temprary fix. Feel like a real person.

This week's weeknotes, featuring Her Majesty, general business and AI gubbins cawston.ghost.io/weeknotes-3-... #weeknotes

Good to see major charities begining to disengage from a harmful platfrom. The case was strong back in 2024 but it takes time for organisations to assess the impact of stopping an engagemetn practice that has developed over a decade.

Weeknote #2: Pragmatic optimism After a frenetic return to the office, this week felt a little calmer with a chance to start planning for the year ahead. This was aided by a day-off on Wednesday to help the boy with his Maths revisi...

A second weeknote of 2026 for week #2.

Featuring a mix of pragmatism and optimisim for the year ahead.

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What is the film? I reckon it's pretty easy and, if challenged, say it's for their Media Studies course at school

USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government <p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year&mdash;with millions more online&mdas...

Interesting to see cultural orgs starting to bring in AI Product Manager roles - this from the National Gallery of Art in the US (with the usual very high salary in comparison to UK roles) www.usajobs.gov/job/854326500

Agree. These have become a staple listen and are perfectly pitched.

At least they included a "Close" option.

A strong piece from @hetanshah.bsky.social waving a flag for investemnt in National Libraries as research infrastructures:

"The government should treat the UK’s major manuscript collections as an important national and international resource..."

This was peak internet.