Jo Fitzpatrick
@jofitz.bsky.social
I do the Accessibility work package for Copim/Open Book Futures at Lancaster University | Open Research librarian | Co-chair of NLISN.org | CILIP 125 Emerging Leader | Profile photo is my cat Little Bruce
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What's new on #CopimCompass 🧭
This month we're focusing on Book 09. Open Book Accessibility
There's so much new content thanks to @jofitz.bsky.social @rupertgatti.bsky.social @jordyfindanis.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/naVbu2T
Photo: @felirbe on Unsplash
#Accessibility #eBooks
1/6
This month we're focusing on Book 09. Open Book Accessibility
There's so much new content thanks to @jofitz.bsky.social @rupertgatti.bsky.social @jordyfindanis.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/naVbu2T
Photo: @felirbe on Unsplash
#Accessibility #eBooks
1/6
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What's new on #CopimCompass 🧭
This month we're focusing on Book 09. Open Book Accessibility
There's so much new content thanks to @jofitz.bsky.social @rupertgatti.bsky.social @jordyfindanis.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/naVbu2T
Photo: @felirbe on Unsplash
#Accessibility #eBooks
1/6
This month we're focusing on Book 09. Open Book Accessibility
There's so much new content thanks to @jofitz.bsky.social @rupertgatti.bsky.social @jordyfindanis.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/naVbu2T
Photo: @felirbe on Unsplash
#Accessibility #eBooks
1/6
Closing soon, our representation statistics survey. If you are ND and work in libraries archives and information then please fill this in, thankyou.
✨We're delighted with the response to our survey for #neurodivergent staff in the #library & information sector
It takes 10 mins, so if you haven’t already filled it in, please think about doing so (closing date is 30/11/25)⬇️
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
psst. Pass it on!
It takes 10 mins, so if you haven’t already filled it in, please think about doing so (closing date is 30/11/25)⬇️
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
psst. Pass it on!
a man in a tie says attention everyone
ALT: a man in a tie says attention everyone
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Closing soon, our representation statistics survey. If you are ND and work in libraries archives and information then please fill this in, thankyou.
NLISN is on YouTube now, and we've shared our best video as the first one :-)
"What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic person in the academic library workplace" An online presentation by @ahaire.bsky.social given on 20/1/25 for @nlisn.bsky.social
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
Amelia Haire presenting her research on autistic workplace information literacy.
YouTube video by NLISN
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
NLISN is on YouTube now, and we've shared our best video as the first one :-)
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@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/
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/
Case Studies
NLISN are collecting case studies that showcase stories from the network. We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demo…
nlisn.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
@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/
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/
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📢 Registration now open for our next event: Neurodiversity in Libraries featuring speakers Jo @jofitz.bsky.social & Andrew @playbrarian.uk, co-chairs of @nlisn.bsky.social and Elaine Chapman from TU Dublin
📅 Tuesday, December 9, 6:30pm (AGM 8pm)
📍 Online
🎟️ Free
🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...
📅 Tuesday, December 9, 6:30pm (AGM 8pm)
📍 Online
🎟️ Free
🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢 Registration now open for our next event: Neurodiversity in Libraries featuring speakers Jo @jofitz.bsky.social & Andrew @playbrarian.uk, co-chairs of @nlisn.bsky.social and Elaine Chapman from TU Dublin
📅 Tuesday, December 9, 6:30pm (AGM 8pm)
📍 Online
🎟️ Free
🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...
📅 Tuesday, December 9, 6:30pm (AGM 8pm)
📍 Online
🎟️ Free
🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...
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JOB KLAXON: Who wants to come work with us?! 💼
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Project Manager: Open Access Publishing
Project Manager (0.60FTE): Open Access PublishingEmployment type: Fixed Term Duration: up to three months, available to start from 1st February 2026 This is a 3-month, part-time maternity cover…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
JOB KLAXON: Who wants to come work with us?! 💼
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
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NLISN are collecting case studies that showcase stories from the network.
We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demonstrate how NLISN is making a difference to neurodivergent librarians.
We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demonstrate how NLISN is making a difference to neurodivergent librarians.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NLISN are collecting case studies that showcase stories from the network.
We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demonstrate how NLISN is making a difference to neurodivergent librarians.
We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demonstrate how NLISN is making a difference to neurodivergent librarians.
Me and my husband, Kingsman Paul Fitzpatrick
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Me and my husband, Kingsman Paul Fitzpatrick
"... best practices are better implemented as the default so that all candidates, regardless of whether they are neurodivergent or neurotypical, can benefit without the added burden of disclosure at potential personal risk."
Are We Implementing Neuroinclusive Hiring Practices?: An Investigation for Academic Library Positions by Liz Bellamy, Alex Flores Glosson, James Glosson, Mary Oberlies, Michael Runyon and Paul Showalter
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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🎉Don’t miss this #wdpd2025 blog — a new #whypreserve story🎉Sustainable digital preservation must make the case for why we preserve. This year’s theme is a great opportunity to explore what that means for individuals and organizations. Read Nancy MacGovern´s […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎉Don’t miss this #wdpd2025 blog — a new #whypreserve story🎉Sustainable digital preservation must make the case for why we preserve. This year’s theme is a great opportunity to explore what that means for individuals and organizations. Read Nancy MacGovern´s […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
📖 Library Colleagues! 📖
I've completed this first draft of some guidance on the topic of 'Accessibility for Librarians' and 'Discussing accessibility with small publishers' 🦽
compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
I've completed this first draft of some guidance on the topic of 'Accessibility for Librarians' and 'Discussing accessibility with small publishers' 🦽
compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
Accessibility for Libr... | Compass
Librarian Responsibilities
Accessibility applies to various aspects of libraries and there are seve...
compass.copim.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📖 Library Colleagues! 📖
I've completed this first draft of some guidance on the topic of 'Accessibility for Librarians' and 'Discussing accessibility with small publishers' 🦽
compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
I've completed this first draft of some guidance on the topic of 'Accessibility for Librarians' and 'Discussing accessibility with small publishers' 🦽
compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
Blessed Samhain night. May your ancestors look down upon you and be amazed that you're living like royalty. May you be without the slightest tiny whiff of the memory of fear. May you stand at the end of the line of the love of thousands. #Samhain
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Blessed Samhain night. May your ancestors look down upon you and be amazed that you're living like royalty. May you be without the slightest tiny whiff of the memory of fear. May you stand at the end of the line of the love of thousands. #Samhain
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The NLISN-NeuroGLAM Cooperative Coffee Catchup
Friday, November 7th, 8 AM - 9 AM BC time / 4 PM – 5 PM UK time
Join us for a joint coffee catch up with our Canadian friends NeuroGLAM!
More information: nlisn.org/upcoming-eve...
Registration link:
tru-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Friday, November 7th, 8 AM - 9 AM BC time / 4 PM – 5 PM UK time
Join us for a joint coffee catch up with our Canadian friends NeuroGLAM!
More information: nlisn.org/upcoming-eve...
Registration link:
tru-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Upcoming Events
The NLISN-NeuroGLAM Cooperative Coffee Catchup Friday, November 7th, 8 AM – 9 AM BC time / 4 PM – 5 PM UK time Reach out to other neurodivergent librarians and knowledge workers across the po…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The NLISN-NeuroGLAM Cooperative Coffee Catchup
Friday, November 7th, 8 AM - 9 AM BC time / 4 PM – 5 PM UK time
Join us for a joint coffee catch up with our Canadian friends NeuroGLAM!
More information: nlisn.org/upcoming-eve...
Registration link:
tru-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Friday, November 7th, 8 AM - 9 AM BC time / 4 PM – 5 PM UK time
Join us for a joint coffee catch up with our Canadian friends NeuroGLAM!
More information: nlisn.org/upcoming-eve...
Registration link:
tru-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Huge thankyou to CILIP Disability Network for awarding NLISN this Accessibility Award, which has now safely arrived in the post! We won as an organisation so although Jo and Andy are named, this award is for all of us. The committee, the network and all our allies. #cilip #libraries #accessibility
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Huge thankyou to CILIP Disability Network for awarding NLISN this Accessibility Award, which has now safely arrived in the post! We won as an organisation so although Jo and Andy are named, this award is for all of us. The committee, the network and all our allies. #cilip #libraries #accessibility
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We will be closing our representation statistics survey at some point in the next month, and we have already heard from more than 1000 neurodivergent librarians! #librarians #neurodiversity
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October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We will be closing our representation statistics survey at some point in the next month, and we have already heard from more than 1000 neurodivergent librarians! #librarians #neurodiversity
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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WCAG 2.2 is now an international standard www.w3.org/press-releas...
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 approved as ISO/IEC international standard
WCAG 2.2 is now ISO/IEC 40500:2025. This standard enables more countries to formally adopt WCAG 2.2. ISO/IEC 40500:2025 is free from the ISO website. Supporting resources and translations are free fro...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
WCAG 2.2 is now an international standard www.w3.org/press-releas...
Myself and Jordy's blog post will be a topic for discussion at an upcoming ALN Research Support coffee morning. Here's the link to the group to find out more: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/activities/s...
![0th November 10:30-11:30: ALN coffee break
This one will be a reading group with a couple of short pieces on the topic of open access and accessibility:
[Accessibility standard implementation and OA publishers]
[Turning academic publishing's accessibility problem into an inclusion opportunity]
If you are doing any work around this, it would be an opportunity to discuss this.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eb4e6plcddazz2tyobir757x/bafkreia5pqpvap53i2nwrqqfd3kk6p4afd7id6q4isxlaldbeei5ryne2m@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Myself and Jordy's blog post will be a topic for discussion at an upcoming ALN Research Support coffee morning. Here's the link to the group to find out more: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/activities/s...
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Since 2022, we have released #OAWeek interviews to share more about who we are and what we care about when it comes to #OpenAccess books
The first interview this year is with @jofitz.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/1WmCrK9
2/6
The first interview this year is with @jofitz.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/1WmCrK9
2/6
Open Access Week 2025 Interview with Joanne Fitzpatrick - Copim
Since 2022, we have released Open Access Week interviews to share more about who we are and what we care about when it comes to open access books (here are th…
copim.pub
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Since 2022, we have released #OAWeek interviews to share more about who we are and what we care about when it comes to #OpenAccess books
The first interview this year is with @jofitz.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/1WmCrK9
2/6
The first interview this year is with @jofitz.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/1WmCrK9
2/6
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Reposted by Jo Fitzpatrick
Keep Your Research Data Safe.
Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm.
Don’t be the last to know. Book your place now: buff.ly/OXSKWlB.
Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm.
Don’t be the last to know. Book your place now: buff.ly/OXSKWlB.
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Keep Your Research Data Safe.
Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm.
Don’t be the last to know. Book your place now: buff.ly/OXSKWlB.
Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm.
Don’t be the last to know. Book your place now: buff.ly/OXSKWlB.
I got a Hookland goodnight, yeay.
Goodnight Jo. Dream deep.
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I got a Hookland goodnight, yeay.
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📣New online @nlisn.bsky.social event announced:
#Neurodivergent #Reading Practices in Swedish #Educational Contexts
www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiver...
We've decided that online events will be free however a donation supports the costs of hosting the website & in person events
#Dyslexia
#Autism
#ADHD
#Neurodivergent #Reading Practices in Swedish #Educational Contexts
www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiver...
We've decided that online events will be free however a donation supports the costs of hosting the website & in person events
#Dyslexia
#Autism
#ADHD
Neurodivergent Reading Practices in Swedish Educational Contexts
Join NLISN and the two doctoral candidates Katarina Hagberg and Karin Lund in this session on neurodivergent reading research.
www.eventbrite.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📣New online @nlisn.bsky.social event announced:
#Neurodivergent #Reading Practices in Swedish #Educational Contexts
www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiver...
We've decided that online events will be free however a donation supports the costs of hosting the website & in person events
#Dyslexia
#Autism
#ADHD
#Neurodivergent #Reading Practices in Swedish #Educational Contexts
www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiver...
We've decided that online events will be free however a donation supports the costs of hosting the website & in person events
#Dyslexia
#Autism
#ADHD
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Hot off the press 🔥
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books
Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hot off the press 🔥
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
Reposted by Jo Fitzpatrick
📢 NLISN In Person Event! 📢
Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00
Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...
Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00
Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...
September 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 NLISN In Person Event! 📢
Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00
Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...
Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00
Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...