Anne Welsh
@annewelsh.bsky.social
Reading, writing and cataloguing books 📚
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A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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Join us online for our Lent Reading Group.
Full details and registration: julianofnorwich.org/blogs/news/l...
#friendsofjulian #lent2026
Full details and registration: julianofnorwich.org/blogs/news/l...
#friendsofjulian #lent2026
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Join us online for our Lent Reading Group.
Full details and registration: julianofnorwich.org/blogs/news/l...
#friendsofjulian #lent2026
Full details and registration: julianofnorwich.org/blogs/news/l...
#friendsofjulian #lent2026
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You can register for a Day Ticket to the RDA Day or join us for the entire 3-Day Conference in Bristol (11-13 March 2026).
www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
You can register for a Day Ticket to the RDA Day or join us for the entire 3-Day Conference in Bristol (11-13 March 2026).
www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
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Attendees will consider:
- What weight does your bridge need to carry? (resource types, levels of description, available resources/tools, time constraints, institutional support, etc.)
- What materials will you use? (entities, elements, relationships, vocabularies, etc.)
- What weight does your bridge need to carry? (resource types, levels of description, available resources/tools, time constraints, institutional support, etc.)
- What materials will you use? (entities, elements, relationships, vocabularies, etc.)
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Attendees will consider:
- What weight does your bridge need to carry? (resource types, levels of description, available resources/tools, time constraints, institutional support, etc.)
- What materials will you use? (entities, elements, relationships, vocabularies, etc.)
- What weight does your bridge need to carry? (resource types, levels of description, available resources/tools, time constraints, institutional support, etc.)
- What materials will you use? (entities, elements, relationships, vocabularies, etc.)
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There will be hands-on, interactive workshops to explore building RDA 'bridges' (application profiles), from the very basic upwards. Facilitators from UKCoR will provide the building blocks for each team to create their bridge from non-RDA/original RDA to official RDA.
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
There will be hands-on, interactive workshops to explore building RDA 'bridges' (application profiles), from the very basic upwards. Facilitators from UKCoR will provide the building blocks for each team to create their bridge from non-RDA/original RDA to official RDA.
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The RDA Day will also include sessions on:
- Official RDA implementation - worldwide case studies
- The language of RDA
- Using the Toolkit as a toolkit
- Navigating the Toolkit
- Which implementation method works for you?
- Official RDA implementation - worldwide case studies
- The language of RDA
- Using the Toolkit as a toolkit
- Navigating the Toolkit
- Which implementation method works for you?
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The RDA Day will also include sessions on:
- Official RDA implementation - worldwide case studies
- The language of RDA
- Using the Toolkit as a toolkit
- Navigating the Toolkit
- Which implementation method works for you?
- Official RDA implementation - worldwide case studies
- The language of RDA
- Using the Toolkit as a toolkit
- Navigating the Toolkit
- Which implementation method works for you?
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This presentation aims to contextualise the following questions & invite discussion:
- What does such a change mean?
- What impact does it have on our work?
- What is the current situation of libraries & other cultural institutions?
- Why do we still need standards in a world dominated by AI?
- What does such a change mean?
- What impact does it have on our work?
- What is the current situation of libraries & other cultural institutions?
- Why do we still need standards in a world dominated by AI?
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
This presentation aims to contextualise the following questions & invite discussion:
- What does such a change mean?
- What impact does it have on our work?
- What is the current situation of libraries & other cultural institutions?
- Why do we still need standards in a world dominated by AI?
- What does such a change mean?
- What impact does it have on our work?
- What is the current situation of libraries & other cultural institutions?
- Why do we still need standards in a world dominated by AI?
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#RDAday Keynote: "Countdown to Official RDA" -- Renate Behrens (RSC Chair)
In May 2027, the Original RDA Toolkit will no longer be available. For all user communities, the new Official RDA Toolkit, which has been available for several years, will then become the working basis....
In May 2027, the Original RDA Toolkit will no longer be available. For all user communities, the new Official RDA Toolkit, which has been available for several years, will then become the working basis....
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#RDAday Keynote: "Countdown to Official RDA" -- Renate Behrens (RSC Chair)
In May 2027, the Original RDA Toolkit will no longer be available. For all user communities, the new Official RDA Toolkit, which has been available for several years, will then become the working basis....
In May 2027, the Original RDA Toolkit will no longer be available. For all user communities, the new Official RDA Toolkit, which has been available for several years, will then become the working basis....
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We are thrilled to have Chair of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC), Renate Behrens, as our Keynote speaker.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
We are thrilled to have Chair of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC), Renate Behrens, as our Keynote speaker.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
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Spotlight on MDG Conference #MetaFutures Day 3: #RDAday on Friday 13th March 2026 (in Bristol) organised by the UKCoR Chair Anastasia Kerameos 🧵
The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details on BlueSky about the programme for the MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 - so stay tuned!
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Spotlight on MDG Conference #MetaFutures Day 3: #RDAday on Friday 13th March 2026 (in Bristol) organised by the UKCoR Chair Anastasia Kerameos 🧵
The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
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'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
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The dresses of Frida Kahlo on display in Mexico City. The artist adopted a brightly coloured folk style reflecting her promotion of indigenous arts embraced by the Mexican Renaissance movement and symbolic of cultural identity #womensart
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The dresses of Frida Kahlo on display in Mexico City. The artist adopted a brightly coloured folk style reflecting her promotion of indigenous arts embraced by the Mexican Renaissance movement and symbolic of cultural identity #womensart
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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Iris, circa 1630.
Artist unknown, but from a Dutch series titled "Various New Tulips and other Flowers". Available as a print to buy in our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/iris
Artist unknown, but from a Dutch series titled "Various New Tulips and other Flowers". Available as a print to buy in our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/iris
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Iris, circa 1630.
Artist unknown, but from a Dutch series titled "Various New Tulips and other Flowers". Available as a print to buy in our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/iris
Artist unknown, but from a Dutch series titled "Various New Tulips and other Flowers". Available as a print to buy in our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/iris
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We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
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This is Winnie the Harris hawk. She comes to the British Library twice a week to scare away the pigeons.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This is Winnie the Harris hawk. She comes to the British Library twice a week to scare away the pigeons.
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Interested in further details about the programme for the CILIP MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 ?
Check out this thread on Day 1 : bsky.app/profile/cili...
Conference Website: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
Check out this thread on Day 1 : bsky.app/profile/cili...
Conference Website: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Interested in further details about the programme for the CILIP MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 ?
Check out this thread on Day 1 : bsky.app/profile/cili...
Conference Website: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
Check out this thread on Day 1 : bsky.app/profile/cili...
Conference Website: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
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British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe
British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe
Exclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller Akenfield
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe
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Glasgow School artist Margaret MacDonald, Embroidered Panels, 1902, silk appliqué and bead decoration on linen, in her pioneering Art Nouveau style #WomensArt
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Glasgow School artist Margaret MacDonald, Embroidered Panels, 1902, silk appliqué and bead decoration on linen, in her pioneering Art Nouveau style #WomensArt
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‘In September, a suitcase filled with sculptural odds and ends was discovered beneath a spiral staircase in Louise Bourgeois’s house in Chelsea, New York. Bourgeois died in 2010, aged 98, but the suitcase hadn’t been touched in more than forty years.’
Jo Applin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin · Diary: Louise Bourgeois’s Suitcase
In September, a suitcase filled with sculptural odds and ends was discovered beneath a spiral staircase in Louise...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
‘In September, a suitcase filled with sculptural odds and ends was discovered beneath a spiral staircase in Louise Bourgeois’s house in Chelsea, New York. Bourgeois died in 2010, aged 98, but the suitcase hadn’t been touched in more than forty years.’
Jo Applin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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We are looking forward to being part of #CILIPMembersFest26 with an online session "To discovery and beyond! Making metadata practical" on Mon 2nd March at 1pm (GMT)
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We are looking forward to being part of #CILIPMembersFest26 with an online session "To discovery and beyond! Making metadata practical" on Mon 2nd March at 1pm (GMT)
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
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Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details on BlueSky about the programme for the MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 - so stay tuned!
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
January 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details on BlueSky about the programme for the MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 - so stay tuned!
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
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On the underimining of leading cultural heritage organisations under the Trump administration...
Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’
The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
On the underimining of leading cultural heritage organisations under the Trump administration...
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'I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned'
-Yayoi Kusama
-Yayoi Kusama
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 AM
'I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned'
-Yayoi Kusama
-Yayoi Kusama