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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 20d

Great to see our research on the @authorsalliance.bsky.social blog as I feel I've spent my career trying to help people understand why copyright matters and why they should not fear it!

Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 20d

How confident are authors about their rights related to copyright? Is the fear of navigating copyright preventing non-infringing ‘user’ activities? How can we mitigate the damage caused by copyright anxiety and chill?

A guest post by @awakaruk.bsky.social, @jsecker.bsky.social, and Chris Morrison:

Are Copyright Anxiety and Legal Chill Hampering Your Work?

The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch This is guest post by Amanda Wakaruk, Jane Secker, and Chris Morrison. Amanda Wakaruk has worked as a copyright librarian since 2015 and is currently the Acting He…

www.authorsalliance.org

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 28d

And thank you so much for the chocolate!! You are really kind and I'm enjoying some with tea!

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks to everyone who attended or presented at #icepops25 - Manchester did us proud and we'll be sharing some photos and the slides from the event very soon..in the meantime, a few highlights....

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 29d

So great to see you Doug and what a brilliant presentation you gave..also enjoyed our karaoke! See you again soon I hope #icepops25

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's the day of #icepops25 and the sun is shining in Manchester and everything is yellow

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Aug 20

Still time to book a place at this autumn's copyright education conference, Icepops 2025. Find out more and book your place: copyrightliteracy.org/icepops-2025...

Icepops 2025: draft programme

Tuesday 9th September 11-12pm Private view of the John Rylands Library 12-1.15pm Registration and lunch available 1.15-1.30pm Welcome and introduction from co-Chairs, Chris Morrison and Jane Secker…

copyrightliteracy.org

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very excited to get another Copyright Waffle podcast out, Episode 28 with Monica Westin is a bit of a trailer for #icepops2025 soundcloud.com/user-2432741... #copyright

Copyright Waffle Episode 28 with Monica Westin

Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to upcoming Icepops keynote Monica Westin about her journey from library school, through to Google, Manchester Metropolitan University and now to Cambridge

soundcloud.com

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Wasn't @nicwhitton.bsky.social doing some research into personality types and preference for play and games? I personally like learning to be fun and am quite competitive but I am not interested in badges at all!

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Looking forward to tomorrow's Copyright and Online Learning webinar on audiovisual content - if you've not signed up, still time: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/01/c...

Copyright and audiovisual works: where are we now?

On Friday 18th July at 11am-12pm BST we will be running our 79th webinar. This session will be a closed session for those in the education community to discuss where we are with copyright issues re…

copyrightliteracy.org

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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · Jul 4

Copying the worst culture war moves from the USA, Kent County Council bans trans books in children’s library. 📚📜

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section

KCC says the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted them.

www.bbc.com

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Crimson_Cauldron @crimsoncauldron.bsky.social · Jul 4

someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Call for children's trans books to be put back in Kent libraries child sections

Protect these books under the Equality Act and protecting literature for education. Reach out to KCC about this harmful issue. Keep these age-appropriate trans books in children's sections.

petition.parliament.uk

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 4

Earlier today my line full of copyright literacy t-shirts after a busy few weeks at conferences

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tom Lowe opening keynote at Learning at City St George's nails it - this is what I was also saying yesterday about GenAI and the impact on HE @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 3

Lovely to see you Jo and all the best for the future! I had a great morning at the conference!

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 2

No that's a good answer!

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 2

Read up more on @creativecommons.bsky.social Signal Preferences here - a new social pact for how those who share data and AI companies can interact: creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/i...

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great to catch up with some folks at the #cilipconf25 but then major travel issues getting home so pretty exhausted and wishing I'd stayed longer!

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great to be part of this panel this morning at the #cilipconf25 I'm sorry to be dashing off after lunch today but we have our learning and teaching conference at work!

CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · Jul 2

AI & Copyright Regulatory debate with @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social, Seb Cuttill, @jsecker.bsky.social & Naomi Korn covering:
🔸Big Tech
🔸Unethical use of AI
🔸Craic - Creative Rights in AI Coalition
🔸Hallucination
🔸Misinformation
🔸Biased content
How can we trust anything we see? #CILIPConf25

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 2

CILIP commissioned a poem for the library profession. I love creative expression which is why I co wrote a song on information literacy with @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social you can listen here
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...

This LILAC song 2025

A song written for the 20th anniversary of the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2025 performed live at Cardiff University following Professor Jane Secker's keynote talk on Tuesday 15 April 2025

on.soundcloud.com

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 1

Important research on library leadership

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jul 1

"This corresponds to a male being 28.6%–185.5% more likely to be director." (Depending on the type of library). 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Current State of Female Representation in Library Leadership: A Comprehensive Analysis of Over 13,000 Open U.S. Libraries by Library Type, Collection Size, and State

Women are still underrepresented in library leadership. Previous research has focused on academic libraries, with samples of <1000 libraries. This is the first study to analyze >13,000 U.S. librari...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 1

Anyone else going to #cilipconf25 as delayed by trains but now en route to the conference hotel

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 1

Tomorrow I'm speaking at the CILIP conference on a panel about copyright and AI and I plan to wear my 'how does copyright make you feel' t-shirt

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 1

We could do some good promotion offering people actual Icepops if they book at #icepops25 today share.google/kCKXHyApCTZM...

International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars (Icepops)

Icepops 2025 Icepops is the International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars. The sixth edition of Icepops (Icepops 2025) is taking place at the John…

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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm arriving around 8pm tonight when it's cooler but would be up for a drink in hotel bar!

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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · Apr 25

Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...

#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky

ERICA to the Rescue!

ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

www.datarescueproject.org

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