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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 10d

FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA

Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.

Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...

From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation

Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and h...

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15d

Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!

Internet Archive @archive.org · 15d

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?

📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.

📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

Promotional image for an online book talk titled 'After Disruption.' Left side shows portraits of Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern with text: 'After Disruption Book Talk, with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.' Center panel reads: 'September 25th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, Online. Join us for a book talk with Trevor Owens, author of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in conversation with Shannon Mattern, as they explore how libraries, archives, and museums can reclaim their role in shaping a just and sustainable digital present.' Logos of Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. Right side shows the book cover for 'After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory' by Trevor Owens, featuring a photo of a grand library entrance.

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University of Illinois RBML @illinoisrbml.bsky.social · 16d

The International Day of Sign Languages celebrates the linguistic identities of the Deaf community and all who use sign language. John Bulwer was the first person in Britain to advocate for the education of deaf people. His 1644 book explores the communicative and rhetorical power of hand gestures.

An engraved illustration showing a grid of 24 different hand gestures, labeled with their meaning in Latin.

Engraved frontispiece that includes tow classical figures, hand gestures, and an extended palm with a speaking face.

Engraved frontispiece featuring several classical orators using various hand gestures for rhetorical purposes.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 26

Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.

A copy of a book in front of Cambridge university library.

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 21d

"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...

Reframing Our Relationship to Technology
Confronting Data Centers, Deep-Sea Cables, and Colonial Legacies in the South Pacific
The Cloud is Dead: A Series on Living with Legacies of Resource Extraction

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 20d

Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Sep 5

@dculibrary.bsky.social @informedlearning.bsky.social @fergalor.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @westmeathlibraries.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @glsireland.bsky.social @theactualemma.bsky.social @leughleabhar.bsky.social please circulate if possible thank you :)

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Sep 5

One more week to complete this survey (closing 15 Sep). So far v few responses from #IrishLibrarians - would be great if @victoriarend.bsky.social could capture insights on linguistic diversity and #Gaeilge provision in #Éire & #TuaisceartÉireann #LeabharlannaPoiblí #PublicLibraries #LanguageRights

victoriarend.bsky.social @victoriarend.bsky.social · Jul 7

Calling all the UK public library workers! 📚 Seeking participants for UCL MA Library and Information Studies research project

#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research

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Anne Kosseff-Jones @annekosseffjones.bsky.social · Aug 18

All the ascendant instances of fascism, imperialism, oppression, and death-making we're seeing globally are interconnected, feeding on and gaining strength from each other. The ways we oppose those forces need to be equally interconnected and mutually empowering.

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 17

What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]

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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · Aug 16

From @theguardian.com:
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 15

A number of people who have read "Let This Radicalize You" are unaware that we made numerous resources and tools to accompany the book. You can find all of them here including a workbook, discussion guide, zines and more. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care — Interrupting Criminalization

What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You by Kely Hayes and Mariame Kaba is a practical and imaginative resource for activis...

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Naaz Rashid @naazrashid.bsky.social · Aug 14

💯 liberals love a bit of legislation but have no care for whether the actual problem is addressed

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · Aug 14

This essay considers the value of celebration and action in the face of racial injustice. It does this by asking if, 60 years after it came into force, the operation of the Race Relations Act 1965 justifies our celebration of the passing of the Act.
Short answer: No

folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...

What is there to Celebrate 60 years after the Passing of the Race Relations Act 1965?

Why should we celebrate limited progress that comes too late after more struggle than should really be necessary?

folukeafrica.com

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Library books dumped on pavement 'unacceptable'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Library books dumped on Croydon pavement 'unacceptable'

Croydon mayor apologises after books were discovered outside a library being cleared by contractors.

www.bbc.com

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy #NationalLibrariansDay and Happy 133rd Birthday to the Godfather of #LibraryScience #SRRanganathan ! #LibrariesAreMadeofPeople #LibraryWorkers #TheLibraryIsAGrowingOrganism
www.isibang.ac.in/~library/por...

A picture of Dr SR Ranganathan made of sand on the seashore, watermarked with Parthinar Times and reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR SR RANGANATHAN National Librarians Day 12 August

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Aug 12

Still time to contribute to this important UK-based #publiclibrary study by @victoriarend.bsky.social - do share with relevant networks and communities! #LibraryLanguages

Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Jul 7

Groundbreaking new #LIS study on how #publiclibraries serve #multilingual and #heritagelanguage communities by @victoriarend.bsky.social. UK-based public library workers: please consider participating and circulating! #LibraryResearch #LinguisticJustice #KnowledgeEquity #IntangibleCulturalHeritage

victoriarend.bsky.social @victoriarend.bsky.social · Jul 7

Calling all the UK public library workers! 📚 Seeking participants for UCL MA Library and Information Studies research project

#LibraryScience #Libraries #LibraryLife #LIS #LibraryTwitter
#LibTech #UCL #EDI #Librarians #LibraryStaff #CulturalHeritage #PublicLibraries #Research

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Aug 12

It seems a little ironic that it is still only available in print format given a large chunk of the book is about managing efficient delivery of digital content in library collections, especially for academic teaching! Will it be available in time for the new academic year in September?

Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hi @facetpublishing.bsky.social and @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social. Is there a reason why there is still no eBook edition of this book? I need it for imminent teaching on Collection Managmement MA LIS module at @ucl.ac.uk @ucllibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history.

This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide.

“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad.

#Gaza

The city of Beit Hanoun in the north east edge of Gaza is seen from above. It is completely destroyed, not a single building is standing. It is all rubble, as though the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The city had a population of 52,000

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Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social · Jul 8

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

Screenshot for the Social History Society’s Community Exchange blog, which says:

Our Community Exchange aims to foster links across history-making spaces-from museums and archives, streets and groups, stage and screen - and to open up dialogue between the many different audiences for social history. We welcome contributions showcasing public history events, as well as think pieces on community history, co-production, or how scholarship can be transformed by conversations beyond the academy.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Jul 9

Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

‘Full‐Fat, Semi‐Skimmed or Skimmed?’ The Political Economy of Immigration Policy since Brexit

Since the European Union referendum in 2016, UK net migration has increased to record levels. Despite the Leave campaign's promise to ‘take back control’—and a Conservative government that has adopte...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · Jul 9

@leughleabhar.bsky.social - this study by @victoriarend.bsky.social should be of interest to your members would be great if you could repost - thanks!

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Jul 9

New collections added, pt 1

• Afghanistan Today (English language magazine, 1987-88)
• De As (Dutch anarchism)
• The State Adversary (New Zealand)
• Variant Magazine (UK radical arts, 1980s-90s)
• Unidade e Luta (PAIGC, Cape Verde)

hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · Jul 9

"Thinking is difficult. That is why people prefer to judge." Jung

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Jul 8

1/11 History Reclaimed is still trying to invalidate the Church of England’s Project Spire reparative justice investment fund on historical grounds, with letters to the TLS and this rebuttal of the work of historians who examined the Church's complicity in slave-trading:

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Jul 3

Out in paperback now and cannot recommend highly enough:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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