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Librarian, technology, digital experience, project management, quilting, caravanning. On Kombumerri Country.

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Trish Hepworth @trishhepworth.bsky.social · Jul 21

Library Resource sharing is a super power, and it’s going through a lot of change right now. Come and join the ALIA Resource Sharing Special Interest Group for a mini-share that considers the ILRS and what's next. Celebrating #LIW2025

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Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · May 1

Yay! There's a new GLAM Lab in town. The State Library of Victoria is sharing code, datasets, and tutorials through its new SLV LAB site: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/ #collectionsasdata #glam #digitalhumanities

lab.slv.vic.gov.au

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Mar 25

ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/39569... -- UX improvement for educators in #Leganto votes and comments welcome

Make new edition suggestions actionable for instructors from the detailed notification letter

There is a workflow issue for instructors starting from the detailed leganto notifications letter. Scenario: 1. Librarian suggests a new edition for a citation in Alma 2. Instructor receives the deta...

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Feb 24

Shocked! I hope this gets sorted quickly.

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Jan 28

Why doesn’t the library accept my donation? 📚
Is it because librarians are book-hating villains drunk on power? #libraries #librarysky #booksky

(Spoiler: No. Library staff love your generosity, but there are behind-the-scenes reasons we can’t take every donation.) 🧵

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Jan 7

Guess I will try to be unicorn-like 🦄

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Trish Hepworth @trishhepworth.bsky.social · Jan 7

I am very much looking forward to this!

Everything Open @everythingopen.au · Jan 7

We are excited to announce @trishhepworth.bsky.social as a keynote presenter for Everything Open 2025! She will be examining the roots of libraries' love affair with open and their onward journeys.

Get your ticket today to hear from our amazing lineup of speakers! Just under two weeks to go.

Everything Open 2025 | Keynote: Trish Hepworth

2025.everythingopen.au

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Dec 11

Summer making its impact

Basil bush with lush grass and a young pawpaw (In Australia) tree.

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Nov 24

Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Librarian: Which one? By Eric O'Keefe, Richard Whitehead, D.P Hardwick, Melissa Addey or Alex Lukeman.
#BibliographicControl

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Nov 22

Footpath under the green canopy of trees. Near the National Library of Australia.

Footpath under trees. Bollards on the right, a bus stop shelter on the right.

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Nov 22

Looks like there might be some action happening. Fingers crossed for LibraryBlueSky

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tilpa Weir on the Darling River, Australia #sunset Hundreds of birds mostly cormorants and herons.

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Mar 10

Add gardener. Thank you.

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Mar 10

Bees of various species have found the bush basil #Gardening.
Blue banded and other tiny native bees, as well as a honey bee.

A bush of basil in a raised garden bed. It is flowering profusely in front of a wire fence. In the foreground, a ground cover called pigface.

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Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Dec 13

My understanding is that Jisc owns OpenAthens, Ebsco is a 3rd party reseller. #LibrarySystems

Peta @petahopkins.bsky.social · Dec 12

Waited so long for the invitation you would think I'd have a pithy first post ready to go..
#Nope