We’re delighted to announce the third #RLUK #AHRC @armauk.bsky.social Research Catalyst Cohort #REPRCC for academic libraries. Over the next year they will develop their research confidence, skills & capabilities bit.ly/47JXXty 🎉 Congratulations #librariesXresearch cohort! 👇

Or, well-known Manchester lady who founded an amazing library ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m not a natural flag waver. But having been to more than five proms this year we got into the ballot for the Last Night. It felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But slightly odd. Musically least satisfactory Prom I’ve been to this season and hard to tell how ironically people took it

A real pleasure to be at the launch of the #LightbulbMoments exhibition at the University of Liverpool's Victoria Gallery and Museum. An excellent exhibition in a fabulously refurbished space

As a result of a clear-out I have been gifted this 100-year-old booklet with the text of ‘a paper read before the Library Association Conference, Birmingham, September, 1925’

No prizes for guessing where I am…

Always a treat to visit Manchester University’s John Rylands Library. Today for a meeting of the RLUK Collections Strategy Network

Wow!

🔵 #RLUK26 #CFP | Stewardship in challenging times: the role of libraries in supporting civic society 📣The Call for papers is now open for the #RLUK26 virtual conference being held on 25-27 March 2026. The conference is open to all. 🔗 Find out more at bit.ly/RLUKconf

The @doaj.bsky.social is consulting on whether to retire their Added/Withdrawn change logs. There is a short survey and feedback is very welcome: blog.doaj.org/2025/07/14/l...

Imperial is recruiting for a newly-created role of Deputy University Librarian: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Tromsø in winter is a fascinating place to be and the Munin Conference always has an excellent programme: site.uit.no/muninconf/

I was asked for a comment on the UK's journal big deal negotiations. We are in a sector-wide consultation and so not appropriate to talk specifics - but there is an apparent lack of understanding by some publishers of the current financial position of UK HE

BBC4 on Sunday night!

The annual visit of @auroraorchestra.bsky.social has become a must-attend Prom for us. Stupendous Shostakovich 5. Very moving first half where they put the symphony in context, then a blazing performance of the full work It was recorded for TV. Look out for it - unmissable

We're very excited to open the Call for Papers for the next RLUK Conference. We welcome papers from all over the world, and not just from RLUK Members. So please do consider submitting a paper

As part of our work to revise the @rluk.ac.uk strategy we have been looking at possible futures over the next five years and classified some of the many uncertainties that we will have to work with. We have provided a (non-exhaustive!) list in this blog

The 14th OAI Workshop will take place online 10-14 November 2025, with the theme of Open Science in a changing world. Registration is free and open to anyone across the globe. - oai.events/oai14/.

🌐Congratulations to #DOAJ Managing Director @joannaball.bsky.social who joins the @oaspa.bsky.social Board in September Also acknowledging outgoing Board member DOAJ Deputy Director Dominic Mitchell, who completes his two terms www.oaspa.org/news/results...

Happy Birthday to @natlibscot.bsky.social‬ - here's to the next 100!

What excellent news - congratulations to @jsendall.bsky.social

We are hosting the UK premiere of the powerful documentary, ‘The Librarians’, directed by Kim A. Snyder. Come and join us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the screening, a panel discussion, and drinks! Co-organised with @rsliterature.bsky.social visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...

Exciting news from the Royal Society Publishing: our journals will be fully open access in 2026 as we move to adopt the 'Subscribe to Open' model:

'Our libraries cannot claim to be universal and comprehensive if they are not safe spaces to encounter dangerous ideas'. Have you read the reflections of @edjewell.bsky.social on one year as our President? www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/ed-jewe...

Recently our Special Collections and Heritage Network hosted a fascinating discussion on the challenges and opportunities offered by the public art held by our members. My colleague @ckamposiori.bsky.social has written a short summary of the discussions: www.rluk.ac.uk/managing-pub...

Each year as well as going to a few live Proms I try to listen to all the concerts on Sounds. I normally hear something that I wouldn't normally listen to, and I've just been blown away by Angeline Morrison and The Sorrow Songs Band: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Despite being a fan of the first two Bridgit Jones novels when they came out, I'm only just getting round to the third. In it, Daniel Cleaver is described as 'former chairman of Pergamon Press'. That feels oddly specific - but surely there isn't an implication that he is like the actual chairman...

Our first Prom of the season. A late-nighter celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday. Fabulous singing from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

A very valuable - and concerning - blog by ‪@aarontay.bsky.social‬ on the biases and omissions within AI tools. A lack of transparency makes it hard to rely on these tools for teaching and research.

We are all thinking about how we can use AI tool in our work. My colleague @williamjnixon.bsky.social has written about his experience of using ChatGPT in revisiting the RLUK Digital Shift Maturity Survey www.rluk.ac.uk/revisiting-t...

Delighted to be taking on the role of co-chair of SCONUL with the amazing Rachel Beckett and our treasurer Robin Armstrong. Will be a delight working with the SCONUL team to ensure we deliver value and impact for all our members

We're looking forward to an excellent day at this year's #GreenLibraries Conference - do join us

#History #SkyStorians @lselibrary.bsky.social are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to £5k. 3 themed fellowships available. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

What a fabulous treasure trove www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Wellcome boss: don’t judge research quality by journal brands. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

Sobering article in @theobserveruk.bsky.social where @richove.bsky.social‬ forensically outlines the attacks on US libraries. The UK often imports US' 'culture wars' battlegrounds and Richard puts us on our guard to resist any such moves here.

Add to the long list of AI getting it wrong…

🎉 Congratulations to the #RLUK #TheNationalArchives Professional Fellows 2025-26: Robert Chipperfield (TNA) & Manuela Pallotto Strickland (KCL) Their projects will explore long-term accessibility & preservation of library+archival content and development of inclusive collections ℹ️ bit.ly/4ktq9mW

An excellent appointment

We discussed sharing licences at #LIBER2025. The UK makes a number of our model licenses available through Jisc subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/about/jisc-m...

Our Future Memory: ourfuturememory.org #LIBER2025

Thanks to Dr Steve Baguley, NHS Grampian, for an excellent talk to #RLUKDSF today on the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability & impact of #AI for the NHS. Chaired by Susan Halfpenny. 📺 You can watch the recording of this talk at bit.ly/DSFonD

Our very own @annakclements.bsky.social talking @libereurope.bsky.social

Warm and inspiring presentation by @williamjnixon.bsky.social about the importance of informal networks for developing library leaders #liber2025, in the Emerging Leaders Programme cohorts @cgknowles.bsky.social

#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 ❤️🤩

My colleague @williamjnixon.bsky.social speaking on Professional Networks for Developing Leaders. #LIBER2025

#LIBER2025 Love to see you all in Lausanne, have a great time!

Looking forward to meeting with our library community at the #LIBER2025 Networking Power Session today at 1700. Please come by to give your input on @doaj.bsky.social’s plans for the future.

In Lausanne for #LIBER2025. I realised that this is my 19th LIBER Conference. If I get to 20 I’ll expect a commemorative mug…

🟢 #RLUKDSF EVENT As research libraries think about long-term sustainability of our systems & collections, what can we learn from other sectors? Join us this Wed (2 Jul) to hear Dr Steve Baguley share ongoing digital transformation & sustainability challenges for NHS 🎟️ Sign up: bit.ly/RLUKDSF