Back in London next week for another edition of the Brixton Library Readers and Writers #Zine Fair @colettet.bsky.social We looove the Brixton Library #zinefairs, if you love small and #grassroots #publications this is your place! See you there: 📅 13 June, 12-4.30pm 📍Brixton Library, London 🎟Free

Brixton Library Readers, Writers Zine Fair WE'LL BE THERE! Selling our books Talking about our stuff! Sat 13 Jun 12-4.30 Brixton Tate Library Brixton Oval SW2 1JQ Register+Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/readers-an...

Next week! Readers and Writers Zine Fair at Brixton Library, Sat 13th June 12noon-4.30pm, over 25 stalls of zinesters including: @bubblegumzines.bsky.social @lftwy.bsky.social @colossive.com @molluscdimension.bsky.social @vampirehag.bsky.social @domduongart.bsky.social @stefzinemaker.bsky.social 1/2

Over the moon that my presentation at EUROLIS about Lambeth Libraries' inclusive services got a write up in the CILIP @cilip-ilig.bsky.social Focus on international library work magazine, read here: www.cilip.org.uk/resource/col... @wikimediauk.bsky.social

Next stop: Brixton! We're back at Brixton Library on Saturday 13th for the Readers & Writers Zine Fair - organised by superstar librarian @colettet.bsky.social - alongside LOADS of our favourite zinesters. You'll be there, too, won't you? #zines #zinefair #brixtonlibrary

Save the date I will be tabling @colettet.bsky.social #brixtonlibrary Readers And Writers #zinefair next month 13th June. Selling one of a kind #zines and illustrations. You don want to miss out. #zineart #handmadezine #zinefest #indiezine #zineart

ALL OVER IT > Stanchion London Football Book Market at Brixton Library, Sat 30th May 2026 www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/05/lond...

The Colossive machine is moving into top gear: four events in three countries in the next eight days Scream if you wanna go faster!

Finding autistic representation in picturebooks with @natashasradford.bsky.social calls @roserobbins.bsky.social a “genius!” children’s author who dispells verbal stereotypes around autistic characters @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social #nagplf26

End user acquisitions! Exciting to hear about @librariesrising.bsky.social Lucy Banks work with 30 library services to build youth co-creation and redistributing power in stock decisions #NAGplf26

@bookgirla.bsky.social presenting on Tower Hamlets Libraries’ lego creativity! #NAGplf26 @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social

On my way to Nottingham for the NAG public library forum - excited to hear from librarians across the sector on the latest in acquisitions innovation! #NAGplf26

Lambeth Libraries are recruiting for evening assistant librarians - for anyone looking for very part time work, three evenings a week from 6-8pm in Brixton, Clapham, Streatham or West Norwood Library effe.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

So, I have read Make Believe by Mac Barnett, and shared my opinions (such as they are) here: teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/05/08/a...

Saturday 30th May it’s the London Football Book Market back at Brixton Library thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social free entry but you can book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-foo...

Did I mention that libraries and zine fairs are two of my favourite things? No? Well, they are. I'm VERY excited to be tabling at a zine fair in a library! Here are a few of the library and zine fair themed zines I’ll be bringing to Brixton Library on 13th June. #zinefair #lamlitfest26 #zine

Join author Lambros Fatsis and lawyers Brian Richardson and Ife Thompson from Nexus Chambers to discuss Black music, racism and criminal injustice, at Brixton Library next month. FREE tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/policing-t... #booksky #London

We are proud to announce that Professor Teresa Cremin will be our Keynote Speaker! @teresacremin.bsky.social One Day School Reading Role Models: Empowering adults to create a reading culture 15 May 2026 9 - 4 Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London SW2 Details at mailchi.mp/00ca2173c683...

Really brilliant programme in this afternoon online conference - free to CILIP members! Lots relevant to public libraries

Public library staff: Have you started your free training yet? You can complete it in under 4 hour or space out - whatever suits you! Register today & start using your #NewSkills to support your team & library service for future trends! https://forms.office.com/e/bm6Xxya21R

Strategaethau ymarferol i lywio sensoriaeth a chamwybodaeth! / Practical strategies to navigate censorship and misinformation! #CILIPCW26 www.cilip.org.uk/event/Cynhad...

Last week I attended the @cilipmdg.bsky.social World Café on subject analysis. darksideofthecatalogue.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/w...

enjoyed chatting with David Parker for an @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social / @ala-acrl.bsky.social blog about the #Homosaurus 🤗 www.choice360.org/tie-post/cre...

Has anyone utilised Wikidata for persistant identifiers in Axiell Collections or put me in touch with anyone who has?

Registration is now open for @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Public Library Forum 2026, a day conference in Nottingham on 20th May. Presentations from @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social libraries on their LEGO workshops... (1/2)

Asking the #glam people here: Do you know glam catalogues that use and expose #wikidata IDs? I'm looking for examples where places, people, subjects etc. or the objects themselves etc. are (visibly) linked to the Wikidata item in the web frontend. If you know any such catalouges, let me know! thanks

Fancy a visit to Drawing Room, London? drawingroom.org.uk @cilip.bsky.social Members can join a @cilipmdg.bsky.social visit on Wed 20th May 2026 hosted by Drawing Room Librarian Yamuna Ravindran - full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #libraries #visits

I helped write up this month’s @wikipedia.org @wikimediauk.bsky.social GLAM UK newsletter entry featuring Wiki relevant bits of @cilipmdg.bsky.social #Metafutures conference & more! See outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Ne...

“[Archives] cataloguing work can be seen as similar to Wikipedia editing, where most volunteers may only contribute a very small part but it all adds up to an impressive whole” great quote from Gill Ryan in Feminist Librarianship ed. Kirsten Macquarrie @cilip.bsky.social

Upcoming - the @ylglondon.bsky.social have a brilliant looking day conference for librarians Friday 15th May, at Brixton Library (varying paid rates for members/non) feat Teresa Cremin & authors like Patrice Lawrence, @chrishaughton.bsky.social & Ken Wilson-Max ! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

The March 2026 issue of our OA journal #Catalogue&Index #C&I is available at: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... This issue focuses on the topics of subject indexing and classification #changethesubject #LCSH #subjectanalysis #indexing #metadata #cataloguing #libraries 📚🐈

Concerned by subject terminology in LCSH? Attend a World Cafe on #SubjectAnalysis to discuss alternatives 🌍☕World Cafe @cardiffuni.bsky.social 📆Tue 21st April, 10:30-16:00 tinyurl.com/WorldCafeCar... 🌍☕World Cafe @liverpooluni.bsky.social 📆Wed 29th April, 10:30-16:00 tinyurl.com/WorldCafeLiv...

Important news for anyone funded by Cancer Research UK - changes in their #OpenAccess publishing policy announced today; reasons behind the withdrawal of funding for Open Access charges are given in this @resprofnews.bsky.social article I'm interested in thoughts from research & library people

Last August, BIC launched a new version of the UK Standard Library Categories (UKSLC) Scheme: V2.0. View the new version, the accompanying BIC Bite, user guidelines, and worked examples, for free on BIC's website. Learn more: buff.ly/y2HGZTT

Phd funding opportunity for leeds based studies into children’s library use perhaps @stuhennigan.bsky.social if you know anyone!

Want some library merch that does good? Check out these rad Friends of the Library stores: bookriot.com/friends-of-t...

Lambeth Libraries are recruiting for a new library manager for Brixton Library. My workplace which I love to bits! effe.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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...

Alison Harland and Andrew Knight representing the services from @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social for today's @cilip.bsky.social #CILIPLondon lunchtime webinar talking all things acquisitions, stock, cataloguing and more!

Hannah Hillen of Thoth explains their services to publishers - metadata is open itself and utilises subject headings like thema and BISAC #MetaFutures

LSE’s Fran Frenzel covers the SB & Vancouver statements on collections as data ethics - excellent idea to make datasets available for various technical levels - means learning to use data is not too intimidating! #MetaFutures

Leeds University’s BIBFRAME export utilises the structure of FRBR down to item level (less possible in MARC) and adds in Wikidata authority link #MetaFutures

On the @cilipmdg.bsky.social #Metafutures welcome desk - say hi!

Initial testing with Copilot Enterprise version was not great; the AI LLM suggested plausible headings - but they were not Wessex! Copilot couldn't access Wessex and index it. #MetaFutures

Some really good examples LSE’s work on Wikimedia linked data and contributions to the open web - looking at what libraries can do to support users (researchers or the general public) to contribute knowledge - we are doing parallel work in Lambeth Libraries too!

Great thread if you’ve ever been curious about indexes - at this week’s #MetaFutures conference

The @cilipmdg.bsky.social #Conference 2026 starts tomorrow! Looking forward to welcoming speakers, sponsors & delegates to Engineers' House in Bristol for 3 days of exciting sessions & discussions about all things #metadata & #discovery - See you there! Follow the conference hashtag #MetaFutures

Debate 3pm Thurs 5 Mar on World Book Day, by Helen Hayes. Make school libraries & professional librarians statutory commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... Commons research briefing (by professional librarians), shouldn't our kids get the same support as politicians? #GoAllIn #WBD #NYoR