This is your LAST CHANCE to book #UKSG2026.
I โฅ๏ธ this description from @bethanylogan.bsky.social -- "proper learning, proper connections, proper value", "the whole glorious menagerie that is scholarly comms"
**BOOK THIS WEEK** or you will miss it!
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Countdown is on - just 9 days left to register for #UKSG2026. Everyone can learn something from the programme and everyone can benefit from the unique opportunity to build relationships with people across the information community. Register now! www.uksg.org/events/confe...
@uksg.bsky.social
Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
THIS Friday. Everybody welcome ๐
In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
๐The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast's back in 2026! @nickshepp.bsky.social talks to @jsendall.bsky.social about his career in academic libraries culminating in his recent appointment as Acting Librarian & Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social.
๐ฃ๏ธSpeakers:
๐ฝMelanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)
๐โโ๏ธBridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)
๐ฝAutumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)
๐โโ๏ธKate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
Let's take a deep dive into the new #OpenAccessibility Book on #CopimCompass ๐งญ
There are 6 chapters on principles, law, standards & strategy
๐ compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
#OpenAccess #Accessibility #Publishing
I'm looking forward to this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on usage metrics! It's happening a week after Uncovered, so you get two UKSG events in one month. Uncovered is about managing uncertainty and risk in our ever-changing world, and it's a cracker of a speaker line up: www.uksg.org/events/uksg-...
STP must be protected at all costs. I'm doing my part ๐
Three smiling people stood next to a large white metal sculpture, that looks like a freestanding curved piece of paper. Three words are punched out, reading: to leaf is.
Highs of 30 degrees in sunny Leeds this week ๐
What better time to explore our Public Art Trail?
Start with today's #MuseumJigsaw ๐งฉ
Juanjo Novella's 'Curtain', 2021, draws from the words of Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and experiments with literature.
Play now: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries
Thank you Jeff, this means a lot! ๐ค
Exhibition preview talks by 3 of our wonderful #FUAM2025 finalists at the exhibition launch @lulgalleries.bsky.social tonight!
Thank you David ๐ฅณ๐
Thanks Andy! ๐ฅณ I hope all's well with you ๐
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We're thrilled that @jsendall.bsky.social is stepping into the role of Acting University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection @UniversityLeeds ๐
His passion for inclusive leadership makes him the perfect fit to carry the Libraries forward. Exciting times ahead!
#Libraries #HigherEd
Making plans for our 50th Anniversary* in 2027!
We made a video for our 40th about UKSG, how we started and who we are - you might be interested :) dub.sh/G7KDxgi (hello @charlierapple.bsky.social)
(*Feels faint)
Image for UKSG Conference & Exhibition 2026 30 March-1 April, SEC Glasgow
Time is running out for your chance to speak at #UKSG2026 in Glasgow! Submit your ideas here: dub.sh/lGMfvyz or contact us to talk through your suggestion! bev [@]uksg.org
Inspired! I'm on board ๐
It was so lovely seeing you Katie ๐
And I spy the exceptional @cgknowles.bsky.social (and other great colleaguesโbut Claire!) ๐คฉ๐๐พ
#LIBER2025 An absolutely wonderful session from @williamjnixon.bsky.social on the value of informal professional networks for leadership development. Lovely hearing about the ongoing positive life of LIBER's Emerging Leaders programme and the many people who make it happen. Genuinely wholesome โค๏ธ๐คฉ
Hotel California and short pyrotechnics display? ๐
Last Friday, we hosted the Knowledge Futures Symposium ๐
We heard from inspirational speakers who examined how knowledge is created, shared and exploited today, and were challenged to think and discuss our role in creating a more equitable and open knowledge future.
#LKFS2025 #Library #LibSky
The collaborative learning area in our Health Sciences Library is now officially open!๐ซ
Many thanks to everyone who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony today.๐
#LibSky #AcademicSky
Concerned about the current state of attacks on knowledge, our role in providing access to & preserving authentic knowledge, and what would be the role of AI?
Join us at the inaugural Knowledge Futures Symposium on 27th June, 9am-4pm (BST), Online/In Person
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/knowledgefut...
Much practical wisdom about inclusion here, for anybody in any organisation. From Beth Montague-Hellen, Facet author, CILIP LGBTQ+ Network Chair, and Head of Library & Information Services at The Francis Crick Institute #EDI www.cilip.org.uk/news/696519/...
Of course... To gambol ๐
What's a gambol?
Oh that's amazing ๐คฉ
Is gully an alley or a gutter?
Island... A roundabout ๐ค
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