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We went to the beach.

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British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece

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📢📢Take a look libraries people in England. A fourth round of the Libraries Improvement Fund worth £5.5 million is heading your way. It will enable public library services across England to upgrade buildings and technology. 👇👇

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New event alert! Sign up here to attend our event with LibraryOn's Content Strategist Stuart Waterman 👇 When: Thursday 20th February, 17:30 - 18:30 Where: Online (free) Registration and more details: tinyurl.com/CILIP-London...

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Our ★★★★★ exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words must close 2 March. Make sure to pre-book to guarantee your entry to see 140 stunning items that speak to medieval women's artistry, courage and resourcefulness. Book now: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...

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Finally, a purple category I could get early on: Connections Puzzle #618 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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Found it! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton...

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Interested in gaining research experience at the Library? Our PhD placement scheme for 2025 is now open, offering doctoral researchers the chance to develop skills and expertise outside the university sector. View the full list of projects and apply by 21 February: bit.ly/BLPhD2025

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Whether it’s a Lego Club in @hulllibraries.bsky.social, board games in Bath or a digital arts workshop in St Helens, libraries have you covered: libraryon.org/events #LibraryOn #lovelibraries 📚

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Come to our Open Mic Event on Saturday 15th! The theme is love for all things books, libraries and reading. Something we are sure that everyone loves! Do you have a piece that might fit? Perhaps you just wish to join in and listen - all are welcome and it is a free event! We'd LOVE to see you there

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This looks excellent - I know of many brilliant library projects that have happened because of these grants and really keen to see the evaluation.

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Find out how The British Library’s LibraryOn £1.5m grants programme has increased the digital impact of public libraries. #ACEsupported @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social

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The amazing @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social have got you covered for LGBTQ+ History Month and #Library needs. Check out CILIP LGBTQ+ Network - Resources: tinyurl.com/v8nentxe #Librarian #LGBTHM #LGBTQHM #LGBTHM2025 #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

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Great to catch up with International colleagues for @iflaglobal.bsky.social Public Library Section first meeting for 2025 - topics covered - libraries & democracy, Library Guidelines & much more

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We have an announcement. It's the 1st February and WE HAVE SNOWDROPS! ❤️

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You might have noticed something looks a little different on our profile... 🛞 That's because, to mark our 100th birthday in 2025, we're refreshing our look! Read more about our brand refresh > media.nls.uk/news/our-bra... #NLS100

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The iconic red elevator of The Standard Hotel London, England

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The psychology behind the well-being benefits of libraries phys.org/news/2025-01...

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Our PhD Placement Scheme is BACK! Call for applications for 3-6 month placements at The British Library. All current PhD students registered with a UK university are eligible. Deadline 21st Feb, 5pm. For more information, & how to apply, please see our temporary website: www.bl.uk/more/researc...

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I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.

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This tap knows its own worth.

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Just look at these fantastic spaces in brand-new libraries opened across the Brooklyn, NY, and Queens library systems last year (Sunset Park, Inwood, Far Rockaway)

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Interesting discussion as part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AIDebates about the role of libraries (of all kinds) as trusted, collaborative and knowledge-infused spaces.

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Tonight

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I am delighted to advertise an executive leadership position in my team - Director of Cultural Collections and Curatorial Practice - Permanent - Grade 10 - Salary range £69,757 to £83,079. #LibraryJobs #ArchiveJobs #Library #Archives #Jobs berwickpartners.co.uk/opportunitie... Come join us at Leeds.

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Got a lovely little chart from the British Library telling me my books were loaned 3,000 times last year, and 2,000 of those were for my two kids books. I love that so much — libraries are wonderful, and I’m so pleased children can access those resources and discover new books

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Thank you to every single reader who borrowed one of my books from the library! Every loan = a few pence royalty. And those pennies add up! This scheme is called PLR AKA free money for published writers, illustrators, editors, translators & audiobook narrator. Register for PLR here! www.bl.uk/plr/

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I'm looking forward to an excellent panel at @britishlibrary.bsky.social 's #AIDebates on 'Libraries and AI' on Thursday, with @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @sveinarne.bsky.social and Svein Arne Brygfjeld thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/event/librar...

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Pre-teen son split a cup of milk over his new keyboard and I discovered him hand washing individual keys in the kitchen sink. He’s now clicking them all back in and it’s a very satisfying kind of ASMR.

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It's hard to believe it was a year ago that Marina Warner, Kelly Link, @amalelmohtar.com and I had the pleasure of talking about fairy tales & Angela Carter, a vastly important figure in the Modern Fairy Tale Lit Revival. The discussion is online here: living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/ange...

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Suffering huge #ukgc25 FOMO (or maybe just MO), but thanks to everyone sharing updates!

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UKRI commits funding in response to the recommendation from the Prime Minister’s Council of Science and Technology that ‘public investment in R&D in the creative industries should reflect the size, economic contribution and future growth potential of the sector.’ www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Live scenes from #TheTraitors Castle 🏰

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End of the Day, by Alexander Millar, Newcastle-based Scottish artist. #NorthernArt

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"A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users." Our physical space and resources matter greatly! bookriot.com/innovative-s...

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While libraries are on my mind. Please pause for a moment and realize how amazing the library is. You walk in and say, I would like this book/info/space to sit/reading hour/book club/knitting circle. And they say, welcome. Our doors are open to you. They are lighthouses of democracy. Fight for them.

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Ice skating ducks

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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

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Durham Cathedral before the snow melts

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Please share… There’s less than a month until this year’s #UXLibs Call for Papers closes. Do you want to present on user experience initiatives at your academic or public library at our conference in Liverpool? All the details you need: uxlib.org/2024/11/14/c... #libraries #userexperience #UX

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Today, mitsmr.bsky.social published ten essential leadership tips for 2025 to "build your leadership skill set & solve tough challenges in the new year": sloanreview.mit.edu/article/10-e... Interesting how many of them are so called "soft skills". Perspectives of leadership are changing.

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I've created a Starter pack for Irish Libraries & Libraries. It's by no means comprehensive so please let me who I should add to it. And let's try to build a lovely little Irish Library community like we used to have on the other place. go.bsky.app/HZuHx7y

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Good to see @bennettinstitute.bsky.social recognise public libraries as vital social and cultural infrastructure, free and open to all https://buff.ly/3PlF0CV #Libraries #CILIP #LibrariesChangeLives @cilip.bsky.social

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Sad news. I remember David Lodge speaking as a guest lecturer when I was an undergrad. He was warm, funny, inspiring and unassuming and we knew we were in the presence of a literary giant. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Loved the RSC’s tender and melancholic production of Twelfth Night at Stratford. Outstanding performances all round.

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Robert Walser: “New Year’s? Don’t the words almost smell a bit like wistfulness? When a year stops, another instantly commences, as if one were turning the page. The story keeps on going, and we see the beauty that lies in connectedness.” (“New Year’s Page,” tr. Bernofsky)

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