New LIBER Digital Scholarship & Data Science Topic Guide focused on Digital Sustainability! Explore digital sustainability and learn how GLAMs can measure and reduce their digital footprint libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-gui...

Thanks to Geraldine Hunwick, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison & Erika Delbecque @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL on how collections can help libraries meet #EDI goals 📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND

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! 👇

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

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

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Thinking Fast & Slow about #AI | 🗓 8 Oct Join us in Oct to hear Paul Gooding (Glasgow) discuss principles for determining ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ approaches to #AI implementation to help libraries better respond to the challenges of implementing new technologies 🎟️ Sign up bit.ly/RLUKDSF

In a new #RLUK blog post, @davidprosser.bsky.social looks at how we can anticipate future challenges for research libraries & how this may shape the development of RLUK’s next strategy.

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Re-entangling the visual archive | 23 Sep Join us to hear reflections on @theul.bsky.social project with Zambian visual artists exploring new ways to engage with archival material inc. problematic colonial-era & collaborating outside library’s ‘traditional’ user base bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Towards equity & inclusion through special collections & archives | 20 Oct This seminar will hear case studies from @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social on how collections & archives help research libraries meet EDI goals 🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🔵 #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

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...

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...

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

🎉 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

We are looking for three new members of our governing collective to help shape the development of the Association. If you think this could be you, please submit a brief expression of interest by Friday 11 July. forms.office.com/e/4Zfmu6eG4L Find out more: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2025/05/30/o...

Here's a great story alongside #LKFS2025 about one of the AHRC @rluk.ac.uk fellows Jonathan Bush "The Fellowship not only shaped the trajectory of my professional life but also opened up new possibilities for collaboration, advocacy, and long-term impact." www.rluk.ac.uk/blog-post-a-...

This looks like it will be a fascinating presentation from an angle that we don't always see in research libraries

Thanks to Dora Petherbridge & Patrick Hart @natlibscot.bsky.social for speaking at #RLUKICIL today about the Fitba Research Club project & the challenges & opportunities of ‘community’ for libraries & #GLAM orgs. Chaired by @ckamposiori.bsky.social 📺 You can watch the full talk @ bit.ly/ICILOND

There's still time to sign up for this #RLUKICIL event taking place this Thursday, 5 June at 14:00 (BST). The #RLUKICIL series aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice for collections. These events are free to attend and open to all.

🔵 #RLUKSPACE EVENT | 🗓️ 23 Jun Libraries are often at the forefront of innovative sustainability initiatives This free, virtual event will explore how libraries can help shape a more sustainable campus via greener spaces, sustainable practices & environmental awareness & action 🎫👇 bit.ly/RLUKSPACE

#DigitalHumanities folk in Ireland and the UK, please consider completing this UK-Ireland DH Association survey on advocacy within and for DH. Your responses will help to shape Association policy and practice in the future. Thank you!

Don't forget! Proposals for AI4LAM's Fantastic Futures 2025 conference must be in by Sunday night! https://sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/fantastic-futures-2025 https://www.conftool.org/fantastic-futures-2025/ Questions? Please ask today! #AI4LAM #FF2025

The wait is over - you can submit your #FF2025 proposals! Please see https://sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/fantastic-futures-2025 for details, FAQs (including review criteria) and links. The deadline is midnight anywhere, Sunday 1st June 2025.

Thanks to Catherine Ross & Maureen Pennock for joining us at #RLUKDSF this week to share insights into the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy. Chaired by @timjpleonard.bsky.social 📺 You can watch this event at bit.ly/DSFonD

🟠 #RLUKICIL virtual event | 🗓️ 5 June Join us on 5 June to hear about the Fitba Research Club community research project & the role of libraries in facilitating and actively constructing new research communities with Dora Petherbridge and Patrick Hart @natlibscot.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Towards equity & inclusion thru special collections & archives | 🗓️ 24 June Join us to hear from @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @dulib.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how #speccolls #archives help research libraries & institutions meet their EDI goals 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🟠 Join us next Wed (2 Apr) for an #RLUKICIL free online talk on The Internet of Musical Events: Co-designing for Participation, Inclusion and the Ephemeral in Three Community Digital Archiving Projects with Rachel Cowgill, Alan Dix, Victoria Hoyle, and David Bainbridge 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Recordings from the #RLUK25 Conference are now available to view at bit.ly/RLUKconf or on our Youtube Channel bit.ly/RLUK-YT 🧵

Whether you are an early-career researcher, a librarian or archivist interested in contributing to scholarly research, or an experienced prof seeking to expand your research engagement, #RLUKRSP offers valuable insights, connections & opportunities for professional development.

The Research Shift Programme #RLUKRSP is a new RLUK series of free, online #librariesXresearch events designed to empower and support librarians, archivists, information professionals, and colleagues across the #GLAM sector to actively engage in research Find out more & sign up at bit.ly/RLUK-RSP

🟠 #RLUKICIL | 🗓️ 2 April The Internet of Musical Events: Co-designing for Participation, Inclusion and the Ephemeral in Three Community Digital Archiving Projects with Rachel Cowgill, Alan Dix, Victoria Hoyle, and David Bainbridge 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

A literal snapshot of our fabulous #RLUK25 attendees and speakers, thank you so much for joining us

At the @victoriagallery.bsky.social for the #RLUK25 drinks reception and dinner.   A few words from the new RLUK Chair @janeharvell.bsky.social thanking departing Chair @masudk.com and Board members Diane Job & Jill Taylor-Roe for their immense contributions during their time on the Board.

We are very pleased to have Olha Krytska and Yana Fandikova from Sumy State University 🇺🇦 with us at #RLUK25   📸 with RLUK Chair @masudk.com Vice-Chair @janeharvell.bsky.social & @davidprosser.bsky.social & Kirsty Lingstadt   #RLUK stands with all our colleagues in Ukraine

Five years on from the start of Covid-19, the role that public #Libraries played in keeping communities connected is only becoming clearer. Discover more in our 'Libraries in the Pandemic' report. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-02/Libraries%20in%20the%20pandemic.pdf

I can fully recommend the fascinating presentation by Guha Shankar Repairing and Restoring Cultural Memory: The Library of Congress’s Ancestral Voices Initiative a Decade Later. Given as part of RLUK's Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries series the recording is available at: bit.ly/ICILOND

There is still time to register for a drop-in session to learn more about how to apply to the RLUK/ TNA Professional Fellowship Scheme 2025-26. To register, visit: www.rluk.ac.uk/professional... @rluk.bsky.social

🟠 #RLUKICIL | 🗓️ 4 Mar Join us next Tuesday to hear Guha Shankar (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) on the Ancestral Voices initiative - addressing issues re: representation, co-curation, knowledge repatriation & preservation of Native American community 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Interested in applying to the RLUK/ TNA Professional Fellowship Scheme 2025-26? Join us for a drop-in session to learn more about the scheme and ask questions about the process of becoming a Professional Fellow. To register, visit: www.rluk.ac.uk/professional... @rluk.bsky.social

If you work at an RLUK institution,* I really recommend this. I've been a fellow and mentored others, and I reckon it can help focus your development whatever career stage you're at. Or just pursue a nagging interest, if it takes you so. *or TNA, come to that

The recently signed RLUK and The National Archives 2024-2027 collaboration agreement has now been published: www.rluk.ac.uk/rluk-and-the... @rluk.bsky.social

We are delighted to be launching the 2025-26 round of the RLUK/ The National Archives Professional Fellowship Scheme which is open to colleagues from RLUK member institutions and TNA. To find more about the scheme and how to apply, please visit: www.rluk.ac.uk/professional... @rluk.bsky.social

You can now catch-up with 2 great (free!) webinars from @rluk.bsky.social held this week. Adopting, implementing & supporting open digital infrastructure in libraries - bit.ly/DSFonD Machine Learning Approaches to Gender Bias in Archival Curation - bit.ly/ICILOND