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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

You listening #medlibs?

The MLS isn't meant to be a substitute for hiring and training early career librarians.

The more you expect it to, the faster our little piece of the library landscape will collapse.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, including employers, who, despite constantly begging for critical thinking and imagination, constantly insist that education take over their responsibility to train employees.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 1d

📚librarian sky might have some open access bods!

Megan All Hallows' Eve 🦇 @meganeve.bsky.social · 1d

📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2d

Sandy was a mentor to me when I was just starting out in libraryland with the Social Responsibilities Round Table. He saw libraries as potentially revolutionary institutions. He is one big part of why I am the kind of librarian I am. He is 92 today. I am forever grateful to him. Happy Birthday Sandy

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 2d

Librarians, booksellers, & educators— when you talk about banned books, please focus on the thousands of CONTEMPORARY books that are being banned right now.

For example….
#BannedBooksWeek

Book cover: last night at the telegraph club

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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Medical Library Association @medlibassn.bsky.social · 7d

🥳 Happy National Medical Librarians Month!

October is here to officially celebrate the unsung heroes of healthcare. This year’s theme says it best: Better Information. Better Decisions.

Learn how to join the celebration by visiting MLANET: https://bit.ly/4o2eFcp

#medlibs #healthinformation

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 12d

The first of this term's LIS research seminars is starting in just under 30 mins. I'm looking forward to seeing those of you who've registered there.

If you've not registered yet, you can still do so from this page cassyni.com/events/RY5W1...

A website panel which says "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustic in academic publishing - Nataliia Kaliuzhna and Zeynep Aydin

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Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social · 13d

Accelerated Reader destroyed my son's love of reading, and I will hate it forever, and every single advocate of it, because of that.

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 13d

Be handy if the sent time showed the poster's local time not my timezone; I think I could filter out a lot less crazy if I could see they're posting codswallop at 3am

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 14d

If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 14d

Weeeeey! Love to see this. Now go bag yourself a copy! 🧜‍♂️🐺👹🧛

Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 14d

Remember all my mad book drama?

(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)

Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!

An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social

Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼‍♂️

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 14d

Remember all my mad book drama?

(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)

Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!

An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social

Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼‍♂️

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 14d

They are?
Maybe this is a UK/Europe thing?

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 14d

The pump nozzles for unleaded and diesel should be different sizes or shapes that don't fit if it's the wrong fuel for your car.

Thee Spooky BlackSky👨🏾‍🍳 @xavierbeloved.blacksky.app · 14d

Ayo serious Question
Quote this with your biggest pet peeve about Driving

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Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 14d

I got distracted by Kevin the strike dog when this photo was being taken #PupsOnPickets #StrikeDogs

Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 15d

We've been eating pancakes @uonucu.bsky.social telling the world that UoN does not need to cut jobs

Pancake picket says No Compulsory Refundancies

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 15d

This week is a great time to make sure your collection development policy has language about information accuracy. Budgets are limited and we have a responsibility to our communities.

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Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 23d

We have 3 days of joint action with Unison so will be out with colleagues across UoN libraries! Please share your best #AngryLibrarians picket signs for inspiration.

University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

Strike action is ON!!!

Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices.

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 23d

When I was attacked for stating my politics plainly—something everybody else is doing too even if they don’t know it—the universal response from liberal institutions was to tell me to stop talking. Universal. The idea that any of this is about “free speech” is so infuriating.

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ianjsimpson @ianjsimpson.bsky.social · 24d

This accessible, local service is saving Brits £1,473 a year. www.better.org.uk/news/this-ac...

Love your #library

This accessible, local service is saving Brits £1,473 a year.

Better leisure centres, libraries, swimming pools, gyms, spas, pitches and other community spaces. Find you nearest centre and join the movement.

www.better.org.uk

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 24d

I can only speak of hair grips not pins; but if secreting them on every available surface, in every box and in every drawer is an indication of mild mania, then yes, this theory may have some weight.

Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 24d

DO HAIRPINS CAUSE INSANITY?

STARTLING THEORY ADVANCED WHICH MAY RETIRE THIS FEMININE HAIR RETAINER.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 7, 1897

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 27d

More tired misunderstandings about what we actually do 🙄

The *library assistant* will kill you, the librarian will fill in the paperwork afterwards.

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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 NLISN In Person Event! 📢

Adjustments in the LIS Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
Monday, October 6 · 10am – 3:30pm GMT+1
Leeds Beckett University, Headingly Campus
£25.00

Book here 👉
www.eventbrite.com/e/adjustment...

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

Yeah well whose fault is that??

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · Sep 4

Really sad and infuriating to see this happening. Waseem Farooq of the Aga Khan Library was talking about this very issue at #CALC back in 2020 👇
sites.google.com/view/calccon...

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · Sep 2

a man in a jacket says i say we take off and nuke .

Alt: Gif from the film Aliens, shows Ripley saying to a group of commandos "I say we nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"

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