For our November event, we'll be joined by @laramarshall.bsky.social from RNIB to talk about Enabling Accessibility in Libraries. Thursday 20th November, 6pm via Microsoft Teams. Sign up via: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... forms.gle/gxpwUhtSBJtm... Members free, non-members welcome for £4

Excited to be part of #HillingdonLibraries crime festival on 21 June & interviewing the fab #CLTaylor and #NicciFrench! If you're down that way please do pop along. Tickets are only £8 for a day of crime authors, talks, book signings and there's a bar 😉 discover.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/1442...

The best crime novels I've read in a long time and by someone I rather like too! Excellent holiday read 😎 @beckycbrynolf

Fantastic feedback from @laramarshall.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social following the Share the Vision visit: "I'm so pleased that you could be part of this tour and that we can promote even more the wonderful work that Swansea Uni is doing! ... thank you for being such lovely hosts." ☀️ #FeedbackFriday

📢 📢 Take a look English public libraries’ folk. The next round of the Libraries Improvement Fund is heading your way. The Libraries Improvement Fund (LIF) will open for expressions of interest on Tuesday 6 May 2025. Full guidance on @artscouncilengland.bsky.social’s website. 👇 👇

6 months without you Dad 💔 I am not resigned.

Words To Live By Number 202

22nd March - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #BookChallenge 1/2

21st March - The autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #BookChallenge 1/2

“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” Dave Willis The world doesn’t need more people pointing out what’s wrong - it wants even more people lifting others up. Use your own light to brighten other’s path! 🧡 #kindness #positivity Picture by Joyfulsmolthings

20th March - Shark Heart (A Love Story) by Emily Habeck. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

19th March - I am enough by Marissa Peer. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

18th March - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

The “Public Library of the Year” award is presented by @iflaglobal.bsky.social with the aim of honouring new public libraries. Baker & Taylor is the proud main sponsor of the award. You can apply from March 18th - May 25th 2025 designinglibraries.org.uk/news/call-fo...

16th March - Exquisite by Sarah Stovell The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

13th March - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge

9th March - The Story of my Life by Helen Keller. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

40% of Britons have not read or listened to a book in the past year - at what point do the reading stats add up to a national crisis? Librarians know how to help #LBF25

11th March - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day(or almost!). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

Reviewer @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com notes that Naomi Cohn's Braille Encyclopedia is a love story in which the author "learned to appreciate the tactile system of #braille the way she once loved written words." #BlindNewWorld (Story via @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social ⬇️)

10th March - Mermaids: Lusts and legends of a rebel sisterhood by Sophia Kingshill. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge #mermaids 1/2

Three years ago today, the day before my 31st birthday, I launched the Accessible Social website. Since then, more than 110,000 people worldwide have visited the site, representing nearly every country on the planet. I couldn't be prouder of Accessible Social and the many people it has helped. 🎉

9th March - Joyriding the Storm by Vanessa Kisuule The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

8th March - Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine Storr. The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

7th March - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. #booksky #books #bookchallenge 1/2

I've been looking for a new book challenge and this seems perfect! The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can). Fancy joining me? In the post below the person has chosen "In the Woods" by Tana French. #booksky #books #bookchallenge

I'm seeing SO MANY posts without alt text, all of a sudden. Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.

Swiss Cottage library is 60 years old and I was very excited to be invited along to her birthday party and launch of the new children's library. The children's library has loads of neat accessibility features and even Wurlitzer jukebox that plays audiobooks! Massive well done to the team!

Clit-erally the best thread you'll read all day. #Braille200

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

Early morning love poem.

We’re at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow until 3pm today, as part of our Braille and Beyond event! Come and say hello to us in the Moir Dyer room if you can!

We had a lovely visit to the Mitchell Library today, as part of our Braille and Beyond tour to celebrate #Braille200! We'd love to thank Glasgow Libraries for their support in organising the event! For more information about the Braille and Beyond Tour, visit our website: bit.ly/3E7Ro7c

readingagency.org.uk/library-of-t... Just remembered Library of the Year category has Deadline 30 Jan I gotta be in work on Tuesday for engineers so will finalise. My staff deserve to be celebrated for all they've done for our library community ✨️📚🖤

200 years ago, Louis Braille invented the 6-dot tactile written code that would become known as braille. Here’s what my first name would look like in braille. Happy #Braille200! Find out more about Braille 200 and how you can celebrate with us: rnib.org.uk/Braille200

less talking about adding alt text in 2025 more actually adding alt text in 2025

Im sorry but there’s a new standard now if we are talking about acting range.

Participating in cultural activites has a significant impact on people's quality of life, major new research suggests. Public #Libraries offer a huge range of free cultural activities. This new study is further evidence of the need to fund them adequately. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

We don't have an elf on the shelf but we do have a

Today’s poem is called ‘Needles’.

So excited for the #Braille200 launch event at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social tomorrow evening! A year in the making and so important in making sure literacy is accessible in every form. Please do join in the live stream through this link: tinyurl.com/23vwdzmz @rnib.bsky.social

Unfortunately, this happens too much. Please do take note, you would never ask someone to travel without their glasses, hearing aids or other sensory support devices. These dogs are fully trained and people are more likely to misbehave than they are @rnib.bsky.social

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

One thing I'm especially loving as part of #Braille200 is that whenever I'm lucky enough to go to a library in a different part of the country to celebrate we get to create some #BrailleBhajis! We only had enough to spell (capital B) Brl 200 but you get the idea. P.S Everything got eaten.

Sep 24-Aug 25 marks the 200th anniversary since the invention of Braille! Imagine never being able to read or have access to information and then someone from your community empowers you to read, write, be literate and independent. If you’d like to join in the celebrations get in touch #Braille200

We love audiobooks here, thanks for making your book accessible and if you want to talk/rant/cry about the process we'd love to talk to you on Read ON about it and plug it to our listeners! pod.link/ROTAS

Love these images and quotes from a threads account for #femalepoetssociety - I feel like reposting and sharing it on here, here’s some Frida Kahlo with your Friday morning coffee Xx #fridakahlo #fridayfrida #art #surrealism

📢📢 Calling all libraries folk! Join the European Cultural Foundation’s webinar series showcasing past and present library and community projects working towards a more vibrant, inclusive, green and connected Europe. There are some cracking projects here! culturalfoundation.eu/stories/what...