**JOB KLAXON!** What a fantastic opportunity! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH302/c...

📢 Check out the MDG Bulletin for April 2026, featuring news, events, calls for members, and links to MDG #MetaFutures Conference & RDA Day resources. View online at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-3TW3S-4... #metadata #cataloguing #news #events

I really must invest in a new ergonomic keyboard…

Programme and abstracts now on the #NLISN26 conference site! Get booking on to this neurodivergent library & information workers conference now... nlisn.org/conference/

That's a drill, but this is not a drill! If you want to apply for one of our sponsored places for #ALN26 then the deadline is Wednesday! Please get your applications in by 29th April- details at academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/a...

Our next free webinar focuses on harnessing the power of oral testimony to enhance content of blogs and walking and cycling routes with Andy Clark (see www.stir.ac.uk/people/894124). Fancy joining us nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news to book a place and more information. #MiningHistory

A similar picture in the north. Clear outbreaks, on very substantial levels of testing, in Kirklees, Tyneside and Teesside; Wigan having a rebound from its spike two weeks ago. 3/4

Join us at The Common Room on 23rd of April for an introduction to Doon the Waggonway: a Railway Heritage Walk, a brilliant new booklet by historian Les Turnbull that reclaims Tyneside’s rightful place as the true cradle of the railways. Free event.

To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Professor Michael Sanders @bronterre1.bsky.social will deliver an online talk on 20 May on the ‘Big Strike’ novels, exploring the works of Ellen Wilkinson and Elizabeth Gaskell. Find out more here: sslh.org.uk/2026/04/20/o...

Next week, join us for a dynamic day exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces, and communities 🩰 📆 Tuesday 28 April, 10am-4pm 📍 Durham Book your free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dancing-ac...

Saving paper back in 1727... This book works from either end! It made cataloguing tricky but it's now fully online with images to browse and download at: thecommonroom.corals.photos/app/?keyword...

Unexpected mining heritage on a day out at St Aidan’s RSPB site! Beautiful sunshine and an electric Tramper chair to borrow - hurrah!

Have you ever been criticised in public for using a Blue Badge? I’m looking to gather disabled people’s experiences for The Guardian to explore hostility around the Blue Badge and Motability schemes. We’ve made a quick form you can fill in here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... (Please share.)

Come see me talk about wellbeing collections in front of a... A massive organ apparently! What a space!

TOMORROW, 14 APRIL (11 CEST/10 BST): CLOSED LICENCES, CLOSED DOORS @europepmc.org & KR21 explore how copyright and licences attached to your research can determine its real-world impact in an increasingly AI-driven research landscape. SAVE YOUR SPOT: embl-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Ever heard of the CONARLs scheme? It's a way of accessing cheaper interlibrary loans by both libraries agreeing to a fee of £6.00. Open to all libraries & free to join. Come and chat to librarians who use it at our next NAG Members Coffee and Chat event on Wed 22nd April nag.org.uk/event/chatap...

Eek, Seminar and forum feel very close! Time to get those bookings in people please…. It’s always a very unnerving time watching the numbers slowly ticking up! #nagcd16 #nagplf26

Great day at Sudbury Hall @nationaltrust.org.uk with the kids and thanks to them having loan wheelchairs available I can even still move this evening. Hurrah! Some very cool off road models available if you ask too!

We always welcome your feedback! 💫📚 Tell us what you think about World Book Day 2026 in our short survey. https://www.worldbookday.com/news/world-book-day-2026-share-your-feedback-with-us/

Are you a new archivist or records manager working in the north of England? Do you want to meet other like-minded archivists or records managers to network and share ideas? Why not come along to our networking event at University of Liverpool: 6 May, 18:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-sfnp-t...

Very pleased to announce that BT Group Archives and UCL Department of Information Studies have a fully-funded PhD on offer. It's a really exciting one: to investigate how new computational methods can be used to get the most out of a digitised audiovisual collection. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Fellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection. More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians

I would really like to buy this Sainsbury’s gluten free choc pudding. But they keep shelving them in ambient in my Heaton store not the chiller despite the clear “keep refrigerated” labelling…..

Something for your pre-bank holiday to-do list this week: Book NAG Seminar! Get it ticked off to join us for two days of networking, discussions and papers in inspiring surroundings. 20-21 May, Nottingham #NAGcd16 With thanks to our Gold Sponsors @kortext.bsky.social and @vitalsource.bsky.social

I’m on the committee for the first NLISN Conference📚 🗓 16–17 July 2026 We’re looking for submissions on neurodivergence in library, information, or archive work; talks, workshops, or wildcard ideas very welcome. Deadline: 2 April 2026 Details + submissions form on the NLISN website.

Manchester Calling! #ALN26 is being hosted at @manmetuni.bsky.social To register (and take advantage of Early Bird prices) go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-l...

DucklingWatch The DucklingWatch citizen science project, led by Hannah Coburn at the University of Essex, returns for its second year. Submitting your records of Mallard ducklings will help improve understanding of duckling survival rates and drivers of population trends.

My 6yo made me proud tonight. She was talking about why the book in her hand was non fiction then completely unprompted came out with “but AI is fiction!”

Transcription help please! My volunteers have this lovely table of workmen at Killingworth in 1761 they're transcribing but what on earth is the final heading?

Just set up another "Intro to Lego Serious Play" event aimed at people using it for training or support of adults. 5th June (pm), bookings open now! All online with a pack of Lego sent out, so UK or international equally welcome... legojune2026.eventbrite.co.uk

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership project: 'Children's reading & cultural engagement across libraries & community spaces in Leeds' - BL & Uni of Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc.... Now open for student applications! Deadline: 24 April

Protecting sporting heritage starts with knowing what exists. Our Collections Database maps sporting-related collections across the UK, from club archives and museum stores to community-held memorabilia.

This year, NAG Seminar and Forum is celebrating people; all the human factors that go towards making Library Acquisitions work. Without people, a library would just be a silent room of books. Come & join us and hear about the people making it happen! Nottingham 20-21 May nag.org.uk/events/ #NAGcd16

Tomorrow afternoon, Johnny Handle will be joined by Benny Graham, Jim Mageean, Ingrid and Barrie Temple who will perform a selection of songs and poems from the book Coalfields of Song and Verse, a collection of coal mining songs and poems. Doors 1pm. Read more thecommonroom.org.uk/event/coalfi...

🚨 We're looking for a new Project Archivist 🚨The main objective of the project is to catalogue the papers of Harriet Harman. [Full time, 2 years fixed contract] The deadline for applications is 3 April 2026 with interviews planning to be on the 14 April 2026 buff.ly/mhMCz8E

Newcastle friends - Free folksong gig! Johnny Handle launching his new book "Coalfields of song and verse" at @thecommonroomgn.bsky.social Tuesday 24th Mar at 1pm with musical friends. Free, no tickets, just come along thecommonroom.org.uk/event/coalfi... Please share!

CILIP & CILIP School Libraries Group continue supporting this school librarian member through this unprecedented and worrying situation

New to CILIP, or just wondering how to get the most out of your membership with us? Join us for our New Member Welcome webinar - an intro to the CILIP community & a friendly, informal drop-in session to help you get started! 🗓️ 14 April 2026 🕐 1 - 2:00pm https://ow.ly/YfMn50YwLv0

We've got a great programme, we've got tickets, now we need you! Tickets and bursary applications now available for #CALC26, taking place online from Tuesday 12th-Thursday 14th May. Hope you can join us! sites.google.com/view/calccon...

A hugely important role as CEO at the British Library, which is a key partner for CILIP on many levels. Leading a team of c.1,600 & caring for over 170m items. Deadline 13 Apr, up to £174k informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chief-e... #libraryjobs #vacancy #job #infoprojobs

Opportunity | Become our new Policy Officer 👤 We're looking for a part-time policy officer (22.5 hours per week) to play a leading role in developing our policy and campaigns work. Scroll/tap to find out more 👇

✨📢Call for Speakers! We’re hosting a community led webinar on embedding digital preservation into everyday workflows using simple, low cost tools. Got tips, lessons learned, or examples of what works (or doesn’t)? We’d love to hear from you! 📧 [email protected] #DigitalPreservation #Archives

I made a whole workshop based on this paper uf-repro.github.io/data-organiz...

NAG Members: April Coffee and Chat Join other NAG Members for a forum to discuss "Interlibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme" on Wednesday 22nd April at 1030 with @colettet.bsky.social, Amanda Foster and Sarah Hornby. nag.org.uk/event/chatap...

By popular demand, NAG Seminar is TWO DAYS for 2026! With lots of time for networking and all these papers to enjoy: - Step into the Spotlight: Illuminating Every Team (Sarah Coulbeck and Georgina Young, University of Nottingham) #NAGcd16 nag.org.uk/event/semina...

Project Archivist FTE: 0.5 (17.5 hours per week) Term: Fixed (24 months) Closing date: 29 March 2026 strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

🚨FIXED TERM ARCHIVE JOB KLAXON🚨 We are looking for an experienced archivist to develop and implement a scoping project to re-catalogue and make available the York Archdiocesan Archive (6 months full time, or 12 months part time). Full details at the link: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/proj...

Jobs! Three jobs! I am hiring three full-time, three-year postdocs to research the long history of song at Newcastle, from any disciplinary background (within reason), starting 1 October 2026. Spread the news far and wide – all details in the link below... jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

☀️ What’s on your summer wishlist for The Common Room? 🏛️ We’re planning our programme and want your ideas! Tell us what you’d enjoy via our survey to help shape a brilliant, family-friendly summer: forms.gle/Wt4KxPo642Gj... Comment & reshare to help us get the word out!