Ken Chad
Ken Chad
@kenchad.bsky.social
Working with library tech' - strategy, needs and solutions - for a variety of sectors including education, central and local government, health and business.
Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar) 27 Oct. Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Educator, bookseller & researcher Natasha Radford will share her recent (PhD) research into autistic characters in children’s picture books.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
Educator, bookseller and researcher Natasha Radford will share her experiences and recent (PhD) research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Her i...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Autistic children & picture books. Free webinar us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Educator, bookseller & researcher Natasha Radford will share her recent research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Free webinar
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Autistic characters in picture books - providing the best experience for children (FREE webinar). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
Educator, bookseller and researcher Natasha Radford will share her experiences and recent (PhD) research into the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picture books. Her i...
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October 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Open source software - building flexible, future-ready HE libraries. FREE Higher Education Library Technology webinar 13 October. 14.00 UK Time Register for the webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Open by default: The role of open source software in building flexible, future-ready higher education libraries. FREE webinar. After registering, you will r...
As higher education libraries adapt to rapidly changing technological and economic contexts, new approaches are needed for meeting user needs whilst delivering value and achieving institutional goals....
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October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Librarians in the AI Age". Higher Education Library Technology 'ViewPoint' www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... A student knowledge gap around services from the library? "There’s no question that the near ubiquity of #AI now makes this a more pressing issue to solve than ever."
Librarians in the AI Age: Established Skills, New Technologies
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
www.helibtech.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Do you want to write about library technology? Do you have an interesting or even radical perspective? Get published (Open Access) on Higher Education Library Technology. HELibTech 'ViewPoints : www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi...
Style Guide
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
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August 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Beyond the British Library: How Crisis Reshaped UK Resource Sharing". "A complete shift in how we think about resource sharing." "RapidILL: The Unexpected Accelerator." " HELibTech 'ViewPoints'
www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... See also: www.helibtech.com/resource-sha...
HELibTech viewpoints
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
www.helibtech.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The SCONUL Library Tech Landscape report- hugely valuable resource - in-depth analysis of the tech landscape in UK and Ireland academic libraries, covering 26 functional areas. HELibTech www.helibtech.com/core-library... @jisc.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social @mbreeding.bsky.social
Market overview
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
www.helibtech.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rethinking Student Engagement with Library Resources, HELibTech free webinar: 3 July 15:00 London Time. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I'll be discussing findings from the TfS Librarian Futures report technologyfromsage.com/librarian-fu...
@jisc.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rethinking Student Engagement with Library Resources: Collaboration, Annotation, and the Librarian's Role. After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...
Data from Librarian Futures Part II found that just 25% of students reported that librarians supported them in key areas including: thinking critically about the subject and finding good information. ...
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June 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am working with City St George's, University of London to review their #research system infrastructure across the merged institution and ensure it is fit for purpose for the upcoming Research Excellence Framework (#REF). www.kenchadconsulting.com/recent-proje...
Projects - Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
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June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Can a proprietary library system be more open than an open source one? Higher Education Library Technology 'Viewpoints' www.helibtech.com/helibtech-vi... Library service platforms LSPs all combine open source & proprietary elements.
HELibTech viewpoints
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
www.helibtech.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The AI page in Higher Education Library Technology ) www.helibtech.com/artificial-i... summarises the discovery & metadata tools already in production in some library systems. It also summarises other AI tools for #students and #researchers
Artificial intelligence
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
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January 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A powerful clarion call to libraries, publishers, authors bookshops, schools, agencies, councils & government to work together with a committed focus to improve life outcomes of children thro reading. Author Katherine Rundell @NewStatesman Dec www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023...
Writing for children is hard, and they need good books more than ever
Children are ravenously hungry for ideas. We writers have a duty to provide them.
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January 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Higher Education Library Technology has published changes in market share since 2008 for library systems in UK Higher Education. helibtech.com/core-library... 'Library Services Platforms' (LSPs) helibtech.com/core-library... have been the winners
Market overview
A starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher Education
helibtech.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:25 PM