We built a thing impactkit.com/blog/announc...

"When was the last time a piece of technology sparked joy for you? When it surprised and invited you in, not through its efficiency but through delight?" Between this & reading up on the Society for Hopeful Technologists, a cautiously optimistic start to 2026 interactions.acm.org//archive/vie...

Artefacto's top library links for 2025 is now out, all the most clicked on links from our #libraries newsletter www.artefacto.org.uk/top-library-...

So exited to see this come to fruition!

One day to go before we go LIVE with our new professional development training programme: New Skills for the Future Library Leader. The self-paced training focuses on key topics: Digital Skills & Futures Literacy. Watch our intro video & module info: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/futurelibraryleader

Don't know that it's an anti or pro kind of thing but definitely think a healthy scepticism should be a requirement for teaching AI right now acrlog.org/2025/10/20/t...

Ahead of the November launch of our new training programme: New Skills for the Future Library Leader we're inviting you to register your interest. Open to emerging leaders in England public libraries. Register your interest today! www.cilip.org.uk/futurelibraryleader

Sad to see that Public Libraries News has come to an end, Ian has been an amazing source of info about public libraries in the UK over the past 15 (!) years www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2025/09/afte...

Monday read: The strange death of east London’s most radical bookshop www.the-londoner.co.uk/scarlett-let...

Metroteka opened this week in the Kondratowicza M2 line metro station in the Warsaw, with two reading areas for adults and children as well as a space for public readings and events. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

So far resisted this game because it sounds a bit too much like work. Or at least what people assume library work looks like anyway 🙃 theconversation.com/tiny-booksho...

Not just because our blog post is in this edition, your regular reminder how amazing Public Libraries News and Ian Anstice's work on this resource is www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2025/08/the-...

Moomintroll at the library! Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library hyperallergic.com/1030064/tove...

oh ffs boingboing.net/2025/07/24/s...

Have just completed a Koha upgrade for a library. This is something that I've done sporadically over the years so feeling particularly grateful atm for all those kind folks who contribute to open source documentation in any way 🙏

issue 159 of Artefacto's #libraries newsletter is now out. Sharing all the latest from the library sector, incl. the end of Open Access Button and InstantILL, a new value proposition for academic libraries, how to promote library databases & more Visit libraries.newslet.org for this issue & more

Nice! a new, terminal cheat sheet by @b0rk.jvns.ca. the debugging manifest is still one of my favourite things wizardzines.com

Photos of some different kinds of tiny libraries to enjoy on a dreary monday, Indonesion microlibraries and some community libraries in rural Australia www.theguardian.com/environment/... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

"Library branches not only create important community spaces. They can help reclaim and create new places from community". Great new post from @copystar.bsky.social librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/05/28/t...

I mean it's definitely not what it used to be but this is still sad news. Was still my default read it later app and I know a lot of people use Pocket with Kobo eReaders support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...

Helsinki University Library managed to get 3,536 (!) responses to the library’s customer survey www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...

Art pieces integrated throughout the library space include the Underwater Mural - huge octopus arms emerging from a bookshelf & holding water-related books written by local authors www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

This investigation into the ‘crime against ornithology’ in Charlie’s Angels is the best kind of random deep dive slate.com/culture/2025...

Always an interesting read. And always disconcerting how few vendors there are in libraries operating under a confusing array of names americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/05/01/2...

This exhibit @euilibrary.bsky.social is produced by Tactical Tech and DensityDesign Lab at Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with IFLA blogs.eui.eu/library/supe...

Our newsletter has been a bit sporadic lately but issue #255 is now out, bringing together lots of interesting & useful things from across the library sector(s) libraries.newslet.org

There's still time to apply for the Next Library Changemaker Award www.nextlibrary.net/next-library...

They had me at "How do spooky Muppets guide Scrooge through transformative learning?" information-literacy.blogspot.com/2025/02/peda...

Good time to remember about Archive Today as well as @harvardlil.bsky.social's Data Vault tool cogdogblog.com/2025/02/arch...

There are so many potential ways for users to discovery, navigate and explore collections - this is a neat visualisation of books using ISBNs with a bookshelf-view and the ability to 'fly' to a book phiresky.github.io/blog/2025/vi...

Scenario Planning for the AI-Driven Future of Research Libraries via Katrina Magazine @chashub.bsky.social katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Github is down. Panic stations

"90% of respondents reported that their Library use positively affects how much they love to learn new things" - & other findings from this NYPL survey lithub.com/its-official...

Issue 251 of Artefacto's #libraries newsletter is out today, featuring articles about blogging, making better videos, accidental librarianship & lots more. This and other recent issues available at libraries.newslet.org

"The data shows that makerspaces support the core missions of libraries in innovative and expanded ways, reflecting the core values of social equity, access, and public good." chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Some things are going the right direction yle.fi/a/74-20138690

Part 1 of this series on developing an interactive, goose-based exhibition at ACMI labs.acmi.net.au/videogame-in...

A good primer on RSS and why it matters for this gloomy monday morning www.johnwalker.nl/posts/escape...

"Bonus picture because I like the yellow and I love university merch. It’s a thing." karolina.andersdotter.cc/2025/01/libr...

ffs google's new ai 'assistance' in gmail is to suggest to 'Polish' my text and I keep thinking its offering to translate it into Polish. They didn't think this through

You really should! www.hughrundle.net/you-should-g...

Exploration of declared practice with respect to ILLs from journals. Notable they are aware of certain sources but claim not to use (ahem) 📚 via @katelomax.bsky.social and crew newsletter crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

Liking the search & browse UI for the new Public Domain Image Archive from publicdomainrev.bsky.social . Good, user-friendly search interfaces for collections are far and few between pdimagearchive.org

Was thinking about trying to reduce the number of newsletters I subscribe to for the new year but... linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/p/your-favor...

Museums in the Metaverse Audiences and Impacts Report - some interesting insights into general appetite for 'virtual museums'. But also interesting to see this kind of research being wholly reliant on survey data... www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Magic/tragic links 😂 - always thought these would catch on for library subscriptions and fulltext access tbh recyclebin.zip/posts/annoyi...

📣 Invitation to tender 📣 Libraries Connected Yorkshire & Humber is seeking a consultant or organisation specialising in advocacy to help ensure regional decision-makers understand the impact libraries make. Find out more: www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/librari...

No no no see it's not a batch script or a cron job or an API client it's a "virtual employee", that's much sexier

I'm here for the renaissance of linkblogs. Looking for more examples from libraries & related fields. Research Buzz, Stephen's Lighthouse, The Library Link of the Day, netbib? Any others out there that I'm missing? literarymachin.es/linkblog-fed...