See you in 2026! Stay tuned for our next events.

📄'How do LGBTQ+ library catalog users talk about subject searching?'🔽 doi.org/10.1108/JD-1... #Library #Research #Catalogue #Metadata #LGBTQ

@nlisn.bsky.social are collecting your stories! If you wish to share something about the work/impact of our network, we would be really appreciative💜 Eg: how have NLISN made you reflect did we highlight support available did you attend a network event have we helped you More➡️ nlisn.org/case-studies/

See you in 2026! Stay tuned for our next events.

Wishing all our followers a lovely rest and recharge 💚 See you in the new Year! 📘🎄

Seen elsewhere but worth a share: LGBT+ Support Lines Over Christmas:

'Trans Folks in the Library – A Meditation on Personal vs Public' hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/t... #Library #LGBTQ #Trans #Queer

Seen elsewhere but worth a share: LGBT+ Support Lines Over Christmas:

Shout out to the guy at the bus stop earnestly telling his friend that women who work in libraries are called 'lesbians'. His friend has asked whether he means 'librarians'? Much confusion. "No?"

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about

📄'How do LGBTQ+ library catalog users talk about subject searching?'🔽 doi.org/10.1108/JD-1... #Library #Research #Catalogue #Metadata #LGBTQ

The #CILIP Data Protection Conference returns next June & the programming team is calling for speakers. Talks should be around the theme of data protection, particularly within the contexts of libraries, education and healthcare. To apply click here 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/DataConf26

We're gearing up for the FREE webinar session: New Skills for the Future Library Leader. Gain an insight and see demos on the features and how the training flows. Book now and start your New Year with a BANG: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2011458&group=

Call for speakers! 📚 On 18.03.26 @nlisn.bsky.social is running a full-day online event on neurodivergency and entry into the LIS profession. We welcome proposals from current students, recent graduates, early-career, long-term staff, recruiters, anyone! More info & form - forms.gle/MjT2djGSXp1o...

Anyone need some tree library boots? www.offbeatsweetie.com/products/tre...

'The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure' csar.lse.ac.uk/articles/58 #Library #Archive #History #Research #Heritage #Collections #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

To celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities (3/12) @cilip.bsky.social are recognising the achievements of the Lynne Mackie Accessibility Award winners & gaining insights into being more inclusive: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... This is FREE, you do not need to be a CILIP member

From last year, but worth a share this World AIDS day #WorldAIDSDay #1stDec

'The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure' csar.lse.ac.uk/articles/58 #Library #Archive #History #Research #Heritage #Collections #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

🏅And the award for best title goes to⬇️ ‘I can’t even read straight’: Exploring the influences on LGBTQ+ library collections through an artificial-intelligence-mediated parallel-synthesis-scoping-review approach journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #Library #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans

🏅And the award for best title goes to⬇️ ‘I can’t even read straight’: Exploring the influences on LGBTQ+ library collections through an artificial-intelligence-mediated parallel-synthesis-scoping-review approach journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #Library #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans

📑thesis: 'To collect our own histories: community archiving in the Lesbian and Gay History Movement' ⬇️ iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outp... #Library #Archive #History #Research #Heritage #Collections #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

Available to watch online: 'Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays' 📚⬇️ #edi #DEI #Library

💠 #RLUKSPACE | Embedding #EDI principles in library spaces & practices | 🗓 2 Dec Join us for this virtual event exploring how library design and practice intersect to create environments that support equitable access to knowledge and strengthen community connections. 🎟 Register at bit.ly/RLUKSPACE

A woman walked into a #library and asked if they had a book on Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dog. The #librarian said 'it rings a bell but I don't know if it's here or not'! #joke #pun

Announcement! The Fair Library Jobs newsletter is getting off Subtack. Sign up to our contact list to receive future blog posts via email docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🟠 #RLUKICIL | From Overthinking to Action: Making Library Activism Everyday | 27 Nov This interactive workshop, led by Sara Huws (Cardiff), is an opportunity for library professionals to reflect on their social purpose & explore how 'everyday activism' can make positive changes 🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing: Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.

Perhaps of interest to #archive folks: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d... #EDI #DEI

Here's another, 130 years old: in 1895, Oscar Wilde was barred from the British Museum’s Reading Room after being convicted of gross indecency, a charge used to punish gay men in Victorian times. Last week, his access was symbolically reinstated as the British Library issued a card in his name 🤣

Not sure if we have many followers stateside? but if we do, this one is for you 🔽

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues. 1/2 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

*cackles in librarian*

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance 🏳️‍⚧️ hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/t... Link to former posts highlighting resources about Transgender library staff: bsky.app/profile/cili... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #Trans #Queer #TDoR #TDoR2025

This week (13-19th Nov) is #Transgender Awareness Week 🏳️‍⚧️ It aims to highlight the issues faced by the #Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse community & leads up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) on the 20th.

Be still my beating heart 😍✏️

New ink making me happy. It’s like a funny secret. Thanks much to @thisone0verhere.bsky.social for the idea.

📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans' www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #LGBT #Gay #Bookban #Book

📰'LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves' apnews.com/article/lgbt... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #LGBT #Gay

'Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space'⬇️ publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v... #Library #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

Its black cat appreciation day 🐈‍⬛ and itsSpooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter #PetsOfBluesky

📘Book: 'Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians' ▶️ litwinbooks.com/books/out-be... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

📘Book: 'LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950'▶️ www.routledge.com/LGBT-People-... #LGBTQ #GLAM #Library #Museum #Archive

Posting a little late, but Happy ##InternationalPronounsDay. Some words from our Committee Member Binni:

It's Spooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter #PetsOfBluesky 📸my friends cat in something orange. That's spooky enough,right? anyone tried dressing up a cat!

📄Chaper 'The Hidden History of Queer Subject Access' from 📗'Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front' edited by K.R. Roberto #Cataloguing #Cataloging #Metadata #CritLib #LGBTQ tinyurl.com/mr3tarfd

'Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review'⬇️ www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decisti... #Library #EDI #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #Trans

Not UK specific, but interesting nonetheless: 'The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements'⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Librarian #LibraryWorker #LIS #job #EDI #DEI #Disability #LGBT #Employment

Wishing everyone a slightly early Happy #ComingOutDay! 🏳️‍🌈 (11/10/25) 📕📙💛📗📘💜

CILIP & 6 partners wrote @ Chancellor welcoming £10m investment in school libraries & offering support from our expert members to max long-term impact, & outlined how support for school/public librarians, & School Library Services could do even more for kids e.g. www.greatschoollibraries.org.uk