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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic to meet our new AHRC @rluk.ac.uk Research Catalyst Cohort colleagues at our RCC3 launch yesterday & delighted to be partnering with @armauk.bsky.social Lots of learning, networking & engagement in the room. Wishing you all every success on your research journey and we are here for you

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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · 13d

Ready and waiting for our third AHRC @rluk.ac.uk Research Catalyst cohort here in Senate House for today’s launch in partnership with @armauk.bsky.social #librariesXresearch find out more at www.rluk.ac.uk/rluk-ahrc-re...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 15d

Are you interested in digital collections, policy management,, outreach & training? Then you could be our next Digital Preservation Officer!

Digital Preservation Officer (Maternity Cover). Closes 26 Sept 12:00.
Apply: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs.

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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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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 26d

We're coming to Aberdeen! 🥳

Our OUTWITH programme kicks off this Saturday by bringing our earliest publication of Scottish secular music to Aberdeen Art Gallery (whose Cowdray Hall concert venue is also having a big birthday this year).

Songs and Fancies lies open in a display case, with a person kneeling down to look at it closely. The photograph is taken close up, with the book in the foreground.

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Coalition for Networked Information @cni-org.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kathleen Shearer shares the results of a @coar-repositories.bsky.social survey designed to better understand the effects of the growing number of 🤖 AI bots and crawlers, which can disrupt repositories and other scholarly communications infrastructures: youtu.be/oXjSwofZF-A

Artificial Intelligence Bots and Repositories—Results and Next Steps from COAR Survey

There are a growing number of artificial intelligence (AI) bots crawling repositories. These automated bots, or crawlers, navigate the internet, gathering data and indexing information for search…

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LIBER Europe @libereurope.bsky.social · Sep 8

Abstract submission closes next week! #LAG2026

The seminar will dive into topics from emerging trends to challenges & innovative ideas in library architecture. We seek Standard Presentation or a Lightning Talks on new library projects in Europe.
👉 Topics & submission guidelines: ow.ly/L9jB50WTclG

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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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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ambridge must have a really strict library service with the amount of fretting Adam was doing over a missing library book (although missing and lost library books are no laughing matter…) in the #thearchers tonight

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Sep 8

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Thinking Fast & Slow about #AI | 🗓 8 Oct

Join us in Oct to hear Paul Gooding (Glasgow) discuss principles for determining ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ approaches to #AI implementation to help libraries better respond to the challenges of implementing new technologies

🎟️ Sign up bit.ly/RLUKDSF

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COAR - Confederation of Open Access Repositories @coar-repositories.bsky.social · Sep 8

Read our new blog post outlining COAR's proposed new approach to multilingual discoverability across the global repository network: "Breaking language barriers in science through semantic multilingual search" coar-repositories.org/news-updates... Very exciting!!!!

Breaking language barriers in science through semantic multilingual search

September 8, 2025 by Lautaro Matas and Kathleen Shearer Introduction Every day, researchers around the world publish knowledge in hundreds of languages — Spanish in Argentina, Portuguese in Brazil,…

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excellent piece by Mark Lawson in today’s @theguardian.com reviewing ‘Now Whitehouse’, the new play by @carolinebirduk.bsky.social on Mary Whitehouse. Caroline used the Mary Whitehouse archive @bodleian.ox.ac.uk as part of her research for the play. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

‘The one thing it doesn’t have is actual sex’: the new Mary Whitehouse play that would have infuriated Mary Whitehouse

She was the morality crusader who became a figure of ridicule. Now Whitehouse is the subject of a new production starring Maxine Peake. We meet the gay feminist playwright who wrote it

www.theguardian.com

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LIBER Europe @libereurope.bsky.social · Sep 2

The dates are set for the next LIBER Annual Conference: 1-3 July 2026!

Themed 'The Power of Libraries in an Uncertain World', #LIBER2026 is where the European research library community comes together to share knowledge & drive libraries forward.

More details will follow 🌟 liberconference.eu

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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Sep 2

Registered for OAI14, online in November this year from 10-14 November with 5 sessions dedicated to Open Science in a Changing World. Register at oai.events/oai14/

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Knowledge Equity Network @knowledgeen.bsky.social · Aug 21

We’re excited that @masudk.com will represent #KEN at the inaugural Global Innovation Circle on Higher Education (GICHE) this October in Hannover - shaping conversations on inclusive, resilient, and innovative futures for higher Education. #GICHE #CollaborativeLeadership #FutureGenerations

A professional portrait of Masud Khokhar, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and teal tie, smiling at the camera. To the left is a block of text where he expresses his honour in joining the inaugural Global Innovation Circle on Higher Education 2025 in Hannover this October. He highlights the importance of trusted, inclusive partnerships for a fairer knowledge future and the role of shared values, collaborative leadership, and innovation. Logos for GICHE and the Knowledge Equity Network appear at the bottom.

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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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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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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are seeking expert support to develop a new strategic plan that will guide us and the public #Library sector through a period of significant change.

The closing date for applications for tender is 8 September.

Find out more:

www.librariesconnected.org.uk/opportunitie...

A man pushes a buggy in a library; he is seen through the perspective of a blue circular object.

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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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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great to see that @coar-repositories.bsky.social Notify functionality is now available to ePrints users, find out more at coar-notify.net/catalogue/im...

Information about COAR Notify for EPrints

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · Aug 8

And #DHOx2025 goes out on a high! 🎉 Big thanks to our participants, speakers, convenors & events team for making this Summer School a success, we loved it and hope you did too! ❤️🙌 Until next time!

#digitalhumanities

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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Aug 8

Delighted to have you and colleagues join us from Leeds today, and love that you ran it as a mini-strand with our AI Libraries strand. Wishing you all every success and thanks so much for leading such an engaged and rich session - and to your colleagues.

Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · Aug 8

It was lovely to join the #DHOxSS2025 #AILibraries online cohort this morning to share our University of Leeds Libraries AI Principles and how we developed them, as well as 4 use cases from Frances Varley, Eddie Meehan, Stuart Bowes and Simon Popple. @dcch-leeds.bsky.social

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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Aug 8

It felt like the Radio 4 Today studio! Really great range of talks in our #DHOxSS2025 @rluk.ac.uk #AILibraries strand and a pleasure and privilege to be part of Team DHOxSS this week. Thanks to our online participants and all our fabulous speakers.

David De Roure @david.deroure.org · Aug 8

Day 4 at #DHOxSS2025 (yesterday...) I took this shot in the online strand studio. Convenors William and Andrew, ops Daisy and Ayla (right to left). And just to add, the online participants have been fab!

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William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy Birthday NLS 🎂, here’s to the next 100 years and beyond as a champion of curiosity, discovery and connection #NLS100

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣 We're hiring: Head of Service Delivery

The #HeadofServiceDelivery holds strategic responsibility for the service delivery function for #researchers at the @nlireland.bsky.social.

⭐ More info + #apply: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor...

📅 Apply by: 3pm, 19 September 2025

#jobfairy #libraryjobs

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