Please RT far and wide, I have no advertising budget! Can I interest you in working with me? Excellent entry level opportunity in an FE library, happy to have an informal chat ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...

NAG Members: Coffee and Chat "There's no such thing as a free book! Dealing with Donations" Wed 16 Jul 10:30am Come and discuss your strategies and solutions with fellow professionals who understand and sympathise with the problem! nag.org.uk/event/chatju...

Joining forces with @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social to present 'Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' 🍿 FREE and open to everyone! Recording available #OA after event 😍 📆 Wed 25th June 🕰️ 2pm 🔗 buff.ly/TVoAoRu

Inconsistencies in your catalogue due to changes in standards compromise retrieval and resource discovery. The BDS RetroCon 2.0 service converts your legacy records to comply with current standards, ensuring reliable search results and consistent classification www.bdslive.com/libraries/ca...

Really looking forward to attending the #NAGcd15 'NAG Seminar 2025' tomorrow, and celebrating 40 years of NAGing. Lots of great memories of my own time with NAG too tinyurl.com/mud3j85s

Looking forward to the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Forum on Thursday. Travelling up early to avoid any train stress. NAG is FORTY this year 🎂 Know who else has a birthday? MIFFY IS SEVENTY 🎂 museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff... Also in Leeds. (@leedsmuseums.bsky.social)

As part of our #NAGstalgia to celebrate 40 years we are reaching out to past chairs for their memories. Here's the first in our series of blog posts with @heathersherman.bsky.social chatting to Sally Allen about her career and the impact of NAG nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...

Come and work for BDS! We are recruiting for two Subject Analysts based at our offices on the beautiful Crichton Business Park in Dumfries. More information at www.bdslive.com/job-vacancies/

"It's the final countdown!" Last few days to book for NAG Seminar and Forum! Don't miss out - join us and celebrate NAG turning 40 with a great range of papers for both public and academic libraries. Leeds, 15th May #NAGcd15 #NAGplf25 nag.org.uk/events/

As part of #NAG 40th birthday celebrations I was honored to be interviewed by Sally Allen on the part that being a member of the NAG Executive Committee, including a stint as Chair, has played in my professional life nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...

Last week's discussion on R4's Today on the need for the HE sector to work collaboratively and differently to address current financial issues was very interesting. One solution for academic libraries is UniCat. Contact me to discuss features, customer experience and long-term value, unicat.uk

"Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us!" Today is NAG's 40th Birthday and we're celebrating all year with our events in Leeds on 15th May and with our #NAGstalgia posts of NAG history throughout the year - we'd love to hear your NAG memories! nag.org.uk/events/ #NAGcd15 #NAGplf25

The clock is ticking! Get your bookings in for NAG Seminar to join us on 15th May in Leeds. Full programme and abstracts available at: nag.org.uk/event/semina...

BDS Celebrates 30 years. 1995 saw the first feature-length film created entirely in computer-generated graphics. Astronomers discovered the first distant star to have an orbiting planet. Microsoft launched Windows 95. And BDS was founded www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...

Waiting impatiently for NAG Seminar this May? Why not remind yourself of last year's Seminar papers in our latest edition of Taking Stock - out now for NAG Members: nag.org.uk/taking_stock... And make sure you're booked for 15th May in Leeds! nag.org.uk/event/semina... #NAGcd15

Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...

‘Working with UniCat has enabled us to simplify our metadata provision...we can be assured we will receive a high quality record from a single source. Due to the integrated workflows... importing these records is straightforward & efficient.' Connect with me at #uksg2025 to find out more

Deadline approaching for NAG's 2025 Public Library Project Grant. It's £5000 to spend on a project of your choice for one NAG member library! More info: nag.org.uk/public-libra... Closes 9th April.

Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...

We're looking forward to retaking this shot with our Seminar and Forum delegates at our Leeds event on 15th May! Huge thanks to our reception sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and BDS (www.bdslive.com) for making our celebration drinks and canapes possible. More info: nag.org.uk/events/ #NAGstalgia

This was our welcome desk back in 1993 and we're looking forward to giving you an equally big smile to welcome you to our NAG 40th birthday Seminar and Forum this 15th May in Leeds! Booking is now open at nag.org.uk/event/semina... for "Looking Back, Looking Forward" #NAGcd15 #NAGstalgia

Booking is open! Join us in celebrating NAG's 40th birthday at our 15th Collection Development Seminar for Academic Libraries this year in Leeds on 15th May. Full programme now available: nag.org.uk/event/semina... #NAGcd15 📚

Join us for a day of networking, discussion and Lego in Leeds for the NAG Public Library Forum on 15th May and help celebrate our 40th birthday! Booking open now: nag.org.uk/event/forum-... Places subsidised for NAG Members. (and yes, you get to keep the Lego....) #NAGplf25

Here @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social we are running a project called 'The Algorithimic Archive', funded by the Mellon Foundation on the challenges & needs for archiving social media data. We need your help- if you use such data can you help us with this survey? forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Applications are open for NAG's 2025 Public Library Project Grant. It's £5000 to spend on a project of your choice for one NAG member library! More info: https://nag.org.uk/public-libraries-project-of-the-year-grant/ Deadline: 9th April

Plus ça change.... We've been looking back through #Nagstalgia and came across our proceedings from 1987. Reading the list of topics we felt not much has changed! Anyone care to submit a paper for 2025 with an update on these? nag.org.uk/blog/plus-ca...

Closing soon! NAG Seminar and Forum - Call for papers Join NAG in celebrating our 40th birthday, in looking back at where we have come from, and looking forward to potential future developments. https://nag.org.uk/cfp25/ Event: 15th May, Leeds Closing date: 2nd Feb Our Gold Sponsor is Browns Books

NAG Members Exclusive: Coffee and Chat event. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss "Let it Go: The art of weeding print and eBooks." Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Tues 4th Feb, 1030am https://nag.org.uk/event/chatfeb25/

Our Call for Papers for NAG Seminar and Forum is still open for "40 Years of NAG: Looking Back, Looking Forward" so here's our earliest NAG Conference pic from 1993. Check out that overhead projector set up! Join us in Leeds - 15th May. We'll let you use a laptop though.... nag.org.uk/cfp25/

NAG Seminar and Forum - Call for papers! Join NAG in celebrating our 40th birthday, in looking back at where we have come from, and looking forward to potential future developments. https://nag.org.uk/cfp25/ Event: 15th May, Leeds Closing date: 2nd Feb Our Gold Sponsor for 2025 is Browns Books

We have officially left X/Twitter with the start of 2025! Hopefully we've made it super clear on our profile (thanks @nedpotter.bsky.social for the tips!) and our followers will find us over here too.

New NAG Members Webinar! Data Driven Decisions Leveraging Article Galaxy Scholar for Smarter Collection Development 16 Jan 2025 15:00 GMT with Tony Landolt, Research Solutions Dr Rachel Schulkins, Kath Halfpenny, & Helen Hall, University of Liverpool nag.org.uk/event/ags

Call for papers! NAG Seminar and Forum 40 Years of NAG - Looking Back, Looking Forward We invite you to join NAG in celebrating our 40th birthday, in looking back at where we have come from, and looking forward to potential future developments. Email us! Deadline 2nd Feb https://nag.org.uk/cfp25/

Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are now available for NAG's Seminar and Forum event in May 2025: nag.org.uk/sponsorship/ Don't miss out - places selling fast!

Recordings now available for NAG Webinar Week 2024! All available free to everyone. Huge thanks to all our speakers for making this week possible, and to all our attendees for their participation and questions. https://nag.org.uk/category/professional-development/?tag=webinarweek #NAGWebinarWeek

BDS held its UniCat Discovery Day at the British Library last month. The UniCat service from BDS automatically requests and imports high quality metadata for print books, ebooks and open access titles directly into the library system. www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...

One week to go for #NAGWebinarWeek! A range of free sessions open to everyone from #OA to #Metadata, from reading lists in Leganto to wellbeing through transformational tech. Want to know who/what NAG is? We have a session for that too! https://nag.org.uk/events/ Please repost & follow!

Enjoyed #OAWeek? Join us at #NAGWebinarWeek for our Open Access day on Wed 13 Nov for 3 free webinars about Open Book Futures, tools like MEMO and frameworks to support OA monographs. https://buff.ly/3BQ2PPH FREE and open to all @copim.bsky.social, @openingthefuture.bsky.social

An Introduction to NAG So much more than just a Seminar/Forum - come and hear about how to get the most out of your membership! Tues 12th Nov 1030-1130 nag.org.uk/event/nagint... Open to non members too - we promise not to do the hard sell! #NAGWebinarWeek

I am delighted that two libraries will be presenting at the UniCat Discovery Day at the BL, 23th October Andrew Knight - Imperial College, and Karen Carden and Siu-Ying Yip - University of the Arts London, will be talking about UniCat and its benefits. bdslive.com/bds-announce...

BDS are holding a UniCat Discovery Day at the British Library on 23rd October 2024, aimed at for senior practitioners and decision makers who are interested in generating efficiencies and reducing costs in collection management. RSVP [email protected] to secure your place.