There's no time like the present for presents, so we present to you the gift of new conference information- our Call for Papers will be in February, so plenty of time to plan!

We're excited to announce our FREE open-access #CILIPMembersFest26. The festival will again offer a selection of exciting workshops, trainings & discussions co-programmed by CILIP and our groups & networks. Explore our programme & book 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/MembersFest26#CILIPMembersFest26📅2 - 6 March 2026

Updated ALN Staff Development Weekly Update now available. Don't miss the last opportunity to get involved in our green OA event in December and take a look at the vacancies in the region - your next big move might be right here: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry. 📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.

This week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is now available. Don't miss the last opportunity to join the solo experts event on Monday 24 November and to get involved in our green OA event in December: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

This week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is now available. Lots to look at including a last opportunity to join the first Frontline Forum of the academic year, this time on use of social media, and a last call for contributions on a green OA event: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

This week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is available at academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo.... More job opportunities in the region this week, plus details of how to become a mentee on our next mentoring wave, a call for contributions on green OA and some interesting events.

This week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is available at academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo.... More job opportunities in the region this week, plus details of two calls for contributions - on solo experts and green OA. Get involved!

This week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is available at academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo.... Lots of job opportunities in the region this week, plus details of how you can get involved in our staff development programme for 2025/26, and some interesting looking external events.

In this week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update you'll find details of the first few events in 2025/26 programme, an opportunity to get involved in a solo expert event and a frontline forum event, as well as a host of job vacancies in the region: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

In this week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update you'll find details of the first few events in 2025/26 programme and a host of job opportunities in the region: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

In this week's ALN Staff Development Weekly Update you'll find details of a job opportunity with ALN; the first couple of events in 2025/26 programme; a first look at our new Staff Development infographic; and an NLISN neurodivergent library staff survey: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

🚨 OBC is hiring! We are looking to appoint a Community Engagement Lead to support our outreach work. The role would suit someone passionate about delivering a fairer, sustainable future for #OAbooks. Deadline August 17th. Please spread the word! openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-pos...

Check out these beautiful books, very kindly donated to us by our #ALN25 platinum sponsors, @manchesterup.bsky.social, for our analogue social media competition 📚 Thank you so much! Congratulations to our lucky winner, Kirsty Hemsworth 😊

Check out these beautiful books, very kindly donated to us by our #ALN25 platinum sponsors, @manchesterup.bsky.social, for our analogue social media competition 📚 Thank you so much! Congratulations to our lucky winner, Kirsty Hemsworth 😊

This week's ALN Staff Development Update details the last event in the 2024/5 programme, jobs and opportunities such as details of new ways to join the NLISN; EDI initiatives and SCONUL initiatives; and proposed dates for Frontline Forums 2025/26: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

Join @jisc.bsky.social online next week to explore how organisations can deepen collaboration to tackle shared challenges in #OpenAccess We have an exciting panel of speakers lined up for you! 🌐 Strengthening through collaboration 📅 21 July 2025 | 10:00–12:00 BST 🔗 www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...

What an incredible day at #ALN25 last Friday! 🎉 Huge thanks to our planning team, presenters, attendees, sponsors, and everyone who helped bring the day to life - we couldn’t have done it without you!

We’re about to host the closing talk of the conference, where we’ll announce the winners of our competitions and bring the day to a close #ALN25

Our sponsors help to make the conference the success it always is! Thank you to our silver sponsors: Content Online; De Gruyter Brill; HS Talks; The Social History Archive; VitalSource; Clarivate; and Bloomsbury Publishing. #ALN25

Our gold sponsor for the in-person day is OCLC (www.oclc.org/en/home.html). Thank you for supporting ALN Conference 2025 😊 #ALN25

Our Platinum sponsor for the conference is Manchester University Press (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk) @manchesterup.bsky.social Thank you for supporting ALN Conference 2025 😊

Now we're hearing a talk from our gold sponsor, OCLC #ALN25

love this! #ALN25

#ALN25. Brilliant wellbeing session Painting by numbers with Fred Milton. Decided to paint outside the lines but my chaffinch doesn't look too bad and I feel much more relaxed for it.

Now we've got some more workshops and short papers. We hope you're enjoying the day so far! 😊 #ALN25

Fantastic tour round the Manchester Poetry library: really got me thinking about art in library spaces and how welcoming it makes the space #ALN25

A visit to the rather wonderful (and only public one of its kind) Poetry Library. #aln25

We're running two competitions today! ✨ ➡️ Share a photo that sums up your experience of ALN 2025. Please email us at [email protected] or directly message us with your photo @academiclibrariesnorth on Instagram by 2pm.

Lunchtime in the sunshiiine! #aln25

How do we engage with AI? Possibly an existential threat to publishing and libraries. The library are one of the only bits of the library which have a director of AI, so working closely with them, putting their content in a LLM. #ALN25

Completely endorse recommendation from Simon Ross of Manchester Uni Press to visit the Manchester Poetry Library. If in Edinburgh, go to the Scottish Poetry Library! @byleaveswelive.bsky.social #ALN25

You can play at home...5 minutes to think, talk or draw one factor or issue related to your library work and think through the futures #ALN25 Monica Westin's keynote.

Going to be bright and warm today. Don't forget to hydrate if you're coming to #aln25.

Coming up next: workshops, short papers, and a guided tour of the Manchester Poetry Library! 📚✨ #ALN25

Did you know that a quiet space is available today at the in-person ALN Conference? 👀 Feel free to use this space throughout the day. See our programme for more details ➡️ docs.google.com/document/d/1... #ALN25

Next up is a talk from our platinum sponsor, University of Manchester Press. #aln25

Two core concepts in this talk: radical sustainability and a few models of obsolescence. Radical sustainability = a practice of choosing our priorities to stretch our values across time, change and inevitably the obsolescence of many of our current systems #ALN25

Our keynote talk by Monica Westin (Associate Director of Content and Discovery, Library and Cultural Services, Manchester Metropolitan University) is well underway #ALN25

Great start to the keynote from Monica Westin. We should design with obsolescence in mind. Microfiche was the future once! #aln25

Thank you to Rachel Beckett for opening the conference and welcome to Monica Westin, our keynote speaker for today. Monica will be discussing 'The 10,000 year librarian: Radical sustainability for enduring knowledge‘. #ALN25

The conference will be opened today by Rachel Beckett (Director, Library and Cultural Services, Manchester Metropolitan University) #ALN25

Backbeat the word is on the street that the 2025 ALN Conference is about to begin! #aln25

Today we’re hosting the in-person day of the ALN Conference 2025 at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School! And would you believe it - sunshine again? It’s always sunny at ALN 😏☀️ #ALN25

No cigarettes and alcohol at the ALN Conference today, just a stonking great programme of keynotes, talks, sponsor presentations and workshops. #aln25

We’ve got an exciting day lined up tomorrow at the in-person day of #ALN25! Keynote, workshops, short papers, lightning talks, sponsor talks, a wellbeing space and a tour of the Manchester Poetry Library. Can’t wait to see you there! academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/a...

Issue #71 (9 July 2025) of the ALN Staff Development Update is now available. There are a couple of reviews of SD events from this year; details of EDI initiatives and of SCONUL initiatives; as well as the proposed dates for Frontline Forums 2025/26. academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

We won't be supplying lanyards or name badges at the in-person day on Friday so please feel free to bring your own. academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/a... #ALN25

🎧 Have you checked out our brand new ALN Conference podcast yet?... (1/3)

A quite space will be available at the in-person day of #ALN25. Feel free to use this space throughout the day. See our programme for more details. docs.google.com/document/d/1...