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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 9d

This is a very welcome development indeed IF the recurrent costs of funding school librarians is fully budgeted. ‘A pile of books is no more a library than a crowd of soldiers is an army’ to quote Gabriel Naudé who figured this out … 400 years ago… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · 23d

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

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🎉 Congratulations #librariesXresearch cohort! 👇

Research Catalyst Cohort 2025-26 announced

This programme consists of a tailored cohort training programme, open events, case studies, and resources to support colleagues working across the academic library community to develop their research ...

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 24d

Or, well-known Manchester lady who founded an amazing library ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The unknown Manchester lady who funded a Hogswart-style library

How Cuban-born Enriqueta Rylands spent more than £100m to set up the John Rylands Library.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 25d

I’m not a natural flag waver. But having been to more than five proms this year we got into the ballot for the Last Night. It felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But slightly odd. Musically least satisfactory Prom I’ve been to this season and hard to tell how ironically people took it

Last Night of the Proms flag waving audience

Last Night of the Proms audience and orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 27d

A real pleasure to be at the launch of the #LightbulbMoments exhibition at the University of Liverpool's Victoria Gallery and Museum. An excellent exhibition in a fabulously refurbished space

Dr Matt Greenhall Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries at Liverpool University introducing the Lightbulb Moments exhibition in a large Victorian lecture theatre

People at the University of Liverpool's Lightbulb Moments exhibition looking at display cases under an impressive wooden ceiling

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 27d

Some things don’t change…

A quote from the booklet on the impossibility of keeping up with the ever-growing literature

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 27d

As a result of a clear-out I have been gifted this 100-year-old booklet with the text of ‘a paper read before the Library Association Conference, Birmingham, September, 1925’

The brown cover of a 1925 booklet containing a speech on special libraries

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 27d

No prizes for guessing where I am…

The Liver Birds against a bright blue sky

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Sep 8

Always a treat to visit Manchester University’s John Rylands Library. Today for a meeting of the RLUK Collections Strategy Network

Neo-gothic corridor in the John Rylands Library

Main reading room of the John Rylands Library - a cathedral to knowledge in the Victorian neo-gothic style

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Sep 5

Built in 1975. It’s where I did all my revision.

It was refurbished about 10 years ago and was looking rather splendid. associated-architects.co.uk/project/edwa...

Edward Boyle Library - Associated Architects

Upgrading the student experience was key in our reinvigoration of the Grade II Listed modernist library.

associated-architects.co.uk

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Sep 5

I got a graduation handshake as well - Leeds 1988

There would have been a pic, but my parents double-exposed the film on a beach holiday later that summer…

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow!

aj boston @aj-boston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeah well whose fault is that??

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

🔵 #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

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 29

The @doaj.bsky.social is consulting on whether to retire their Added/Withdrawn change logs. There is a short survey and feedback is very welcome:

blog.doaj.org/2025/07/14/l...

Let us know! Is it time to retire the Added/Withdrawn change log? – DOAJ Blog

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 29

Imperial is recruiting for a newly-created role of Deputy University Librarian:

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tromsø in winter is a fascinating place to be and the Munin Conference always has an excellent programme:

site.uit.no/muninconf/

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

I was asked for a comment on the UK's journal big deal negotiations. We are in a sector-wide consultation and so not appropriate to talk specifics - but there is an apparent lack of understanding by some publishers of the current financial position of UK HE

Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Many UK universities likely to walk away from journal agreements after publishers put forward proposals with “year-on-year price rises” rather than cheaper deals demanded by national negotiators, @davidprosser.bsky.social tells @jgro-the.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/busines...

‘Business-as-usual’ offers from publishers raise walk-away fears

Disappointing offers which ‘miss financial reality’ faced by UK higher education have heightened speculation that institutions will ditch proposed deals

www.timeshighereducation.com

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 20

Looks splendid!

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Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra.bsky.social · Aug 16

BBC4 on Sunday night!

David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 16

The annual visit of @auroraorchestra.bsky.social has become a must-attend Prom for us.

Stupendous Shostakovich 5. Very moving first half where they put the symphony in context, then a blazing performance of the full work

It was recorded for TV. Look out for it - unmissable

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 16

It was fabulous, wasn’t it

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 16

The annual visit of @auroraorchestra.bsky.social has become a must-attend Prom for us.

Stupendous Shostakovich 5. Very moving first half where they put the symphony in context, then a blazing performance of the full work

It was recorded for TV. Look out for it - unmissable

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

🔵 #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

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

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.

Blog Post | Looking to the Future - Mapping the Environment for Research Libraries - Research Libraries UK

The current RLUK strategy, Transforming the Library, runs until the end of 2025. This year, we have been looking to draft a new strategy that will take us to 2030. Predicting the environment in which...

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ha - indeed! But they are ever two years. I think OAI-2 was the first one I went to, or it might have been 3…

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Previous OAI Workshops – OAI

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 11

The 14th OAI Workshop will take place online 10-14 November 2025, with the theme of Open Science in a changing world.

Registration is free and open to anyone across the globe. - oai.events/oai14/.

OAI14 – OAI

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