BBC World Service - The Documentary, Back to books: Sweden’s digital backlash Why tech-savvy Sweden is ditching screens for books and pens in its schools.

Sweden "is...reintroducing physical textbooks, limiting screen time, and investing heavily in school libraries....[and] embracing analogue learning once again". Driving the shift - anxiety over impact of heavy screen and how children process information." www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

The [library]"metadata supply chain..has not kept pace with developments in #OA, hybrid collections & rapidly changing platforms." New HELibTech "ViewPoint" www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... Also webinar 2 June connect.oclc.org/helibtech-er... "Metadata has become an executive ‘C-Level’ concern."

The UKSG 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow - Breakout sessions - Group A - UKSG The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world – librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants a...

"Is your research systems infrastructure fit for purpose?" I'm presenting sessions at the #UKSG conference 30 and 31 March (www.uksg.org/the-uksg-49t... ) How can we create a better infrastructure? I will share insights from my projects with UK universities.

The CARE approach for academic librarians: From search first to answer first with generative AI Students and faculty are increasingly beginning their research by asking AI systems for explanations rather than by searching library resources. Chatb…

Is AI making library discovery solutions obsolete? "Students.. are reading an AI answer before they ever see our library databases". Have we got things the wrong way round? Students need library assistants *to* AI more than AI assistants in discovery? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Autistic Representation in Picturebooks. Natasha, an experienced educator & bookseller specialising in literacy and inclusion, presents at the NAG forum 20th May (nag.org.uk/event/forum-...) #Neurodiversity #libraries

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ... Educator, bookseller and researcher Natasha Radford will share her experiences and recent (PhD) research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Her i...

Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar) 27 Oct. Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Educator, bookseller & researcher Natasha Radford will share her recent (PhD) research into autistic characters in children’s picture books.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ... Educator, bookseller and researcher Natasha Radford will share her experiences and recent (PhD) research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Her i...

Autistic children & picture books. Free webinar us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Educator, bookseller & researcher Natasha Radford will share her recent research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Free webinar

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Open by default: The role of open source software in building flexible, future-ready higher education libraries. FREE webinar. After registering, you will r... As higher education libraries adapt to rapidly changing technological and economic contexts, new approaches are needed for meeting user needs whilst delivering value and achieving institutional goals....

Open source software - building flexible, future-ready HE libraries. FREE Higher Education Library Technology webinar 13 October. 14.00 UK Time Register for the webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Librarians in the AI Age". Higher Education Library Technology 'ViewPoint' www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... A student knowledge gap around services from the library? "There’s no question that the near ubiquity of #AI now makes this a more pressing issue to solve than ever."

Do you want to write about library technology? Do you have an interesting or even radical perspective? Get published (Open Access) on Higher Education Library Technology. HELibTech 'ViewPoints : www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi...

"Beyond the British Library: How Crisis Reshaped UK Resource Sharing". "A complete shift in how we think about resource sharing." "RapidILL: The Unexpected Accelerator." " HELibTech 'ViewPoints'
www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... See also: www.helibtech.com/resource-sha...

The SCONUL Library Tech Landscape report- hugely valuable resource - in-depth analysis of the tech landscape in UK and Ireland academic libraries, covering 26 functional areas. HELibTech www.helibtech.com/core-library... @jisc.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social @mbreeding.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rethinking Student Engagement with Library Resources: Collaboration, Annotation, and the Librarian's Role. After registering, you will receive a confirmatio... Data from Librarian Futures Part II found that just 25% of students reported that librarians supported them in key areas including: thinking critically about the subject and finding good information. ...

Rethinking Student Engagement with Library Resources, HELibTech free webinar: 3 July 15:00 London Time. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I'll be discussing findings from the TfS Librarian Futures report technologyfromsage.com/librarian-fu...
@jisc.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

I am working with City St George's, University of London to review their #research system infrastructure across the merged institution and ensure it is fit for purpose for the upcoming Research Excellence Framework (#REF). www.kenchadconsulting.com/recent-proje...

Can a proprietary library system be more open than an open source one? Higher Education Library Technology 'Viewpoints' www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... Library service platforms LSPs all combine open source & proprietary elements.

The AI page in Higher Education Library Technology ) www.helibtech.com/artificial-i... summarises the discovery & metadata tools already in production in some library systems. It also summarises other AI tools for #students and #researchers

Writing for children is hard, and they need good books more than ever Children are ravenously hungry for ideas. We writers have a duty to provide them.

A powerful clarion call to libraries, publishers, authors bookshops, schools, agencies, councils & government to work together with a committed focus to improve life outcomes of children thro reading. Author Katherine Rundell @NewStatesman Dec www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023...

Higher Education Library Technology has published changes in market share since 2008 for library systems in UK Higher Education. helibtech.com/core-library... 'Library Services Platforms' (LSPs) helibtech.com/core-library... have been the winners