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I post about being a Librarian, being Neurodivergent, and being a Pagan/Occultist
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NLISN people taking over the bottom right corner

I'll be appearing on the panel, "Empowering Neurodivergent Staff, Learners and Researchers: The Library as a Partner in Success" #uksg2025

It's out folks! Conference programme, list of abstracts and tickets for #CALC25. All details here πŸ‘‡ sites.google.com/view/calccon... #LISResearch #LISConference

πŸ“’ Want to shape the future of EDI in the information community? @uksg.bsky.social is seeking passionate individuals for our new EDI Working Group: 6-8 members (library & publishing/vendor) from diverse minority groups & allies. Interested? Apply by 21/3/25: forms.office.com/e/ueR3z5yMT9

@playbrarian.uk The thing arrived! It has pride of place between my altar candles.

Beyond Paywalls: Librarians Re-imagining Open Access Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 lancaster-uk.libcal.com/calendar/lib...

@nlisn.bsky.social We have a vacancy on our NLISN committee for someone to manage our Social Media and Forum. We currently use BlueSky and LinkedIn regularly, and have a forum on the platform Flarum which would benefit from some development.

VACANCY: We're looking for a full-time (until end April 2026) Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books! Based at Loughborough University and part of the Copim Open Book Futures project, come join this innovative and exciting work. Closing 3 March: https://buff.ly/4kbgCC6

My wizard name is Professor Arch-Priestess Vanessa, the simultaneously grumpy and giddy, and they never have that option in any taxonomies ever #rude

Our February newsletter is out now, detailing all the hard work happening behind the scenes from our outstanding committee

Haha

The absolute legend that is Gordon Brittas

What does a librarian use to go fishing? A bookworm. #dadjokes #booksky

I didn't mean to burst into a cloud of murder wasps and sting people's eyeballs, I only did it because I'm autistic, it's right there in the DSM V as symptom No. 1

"I acted in the awful terrible way because I'm autistic." Sorry, that's actually called Caughtism. Tempered by the others on the list at least. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kany...

Data piracy is a thing now

πŸ“£Our next event is now open for booking: 'Recruitment Experiences of Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff' www.eventbrite.com/e/recruitmen... #Library #Neurodiverse #Employment #LIS #job

NEW: Open data has potential to transform #research #management and sector efficiency says new @jisc.bsky.social report Read more ↩️ www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/ope...

Applications for the 2025 Alan Hopkinson Award are now open! πŸ™Œ We'll be sponsoring the recipient to attend this year's IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan 🌏 Find out more and apply here: bit.ly/3qmWvp9 Deadline - 21 March. Good luck 🀞 @iflaglobal.bsky.social

I am in an archive, doing my best thing i.e. making a scene in a library redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item?ke...

May your suffering be the anvil on which you are forged. May the fire in your belly become uncontained. May you perceive the colour Magenta, that links the previous cycle with the new.

Imbolc, observed February 1 or February 2, a cross quarter day hermetic.com/hermene... #calendar #recurring #observed #OTD #OnThisDay

Just booked tickets to this

Can you give me your favourite alternatives to mentimeter, preferably as many slides/Qs as I want for free, thanQ!

ahem *turns up the volume on the microphone* OOOOOK www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

πŸ“£Final call for speakers "Neurodivergency and #Library recruitment experiences" Proposals due 31/1/25 Submit here⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Employment #Job #librarian #LIS #Neurodiverse #Dyslexia #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #Dysgraphia #Dyspraxia #Dyscalculia #OCD

Join @clairemcgann.bsky.social and @tmorley24.bsky.social for the latest episode of Lancaster University Library's 'Talking around the library tree' podcast πŸŽ™οΈ They discuss Lancaster's involvement in the Open Book Futures and celebrate what the project has achieved πŸŽ‰ πŸ”—

The Librarians πŸ“šπŸ“œ

The MERL is here, and The Greatest Tweet of all Time has been migrated over too, hooray! #preservation

The recording of the second seminar in our Experimental Book Publishing in Practice seminar series organised by @copim.bsky.social and @postdigitalcultures.org' Post-Publishing group is now available on the Internet Archive discussing the collaborative annotation software Hypothes.is.

I'll be heading to Brighton this year, joining @heroicendeavour.bsky.social and @playbrarian.uk at UKSG. We are Plenary Session 3 on April 1st: www.uksg.org/events/confe...