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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Please share… Bookings are now open for the 2026 User Experience in Libraries conference in York in June 2026. We’ve curated a fantastic range of keynote speakers for this our 10th celebratory edition. We’d love to see you there! Sign up now for a discounted rate: uxlib.org/uxlibs2026/ #uxlibs

Poster showing York Minster and keynote speakers

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Reminder: the deadline for the Call for Papers for the 2026 UX in Libraries conference in York is in 2.5 weeks. We look forward to receiving your submission by 2 Feb! Full details: uxlib.org/2025/11/13/c... #uxlibs #userexperience #uxresearch #uxdesign #needs #behaviours #libraries

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

User Experience in Libraries 2026: we have just launched our theme - Pathways and Possibilities - and our Call for Papers for our next conference in York in June 2026. If you are interested in applying to present then visit our website for all the details: uxlib.org/2025/11/13/c... #userexperience

A man teaching to a small audience in a room

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

All ready for my keynote at the Business Librarians Association #BLA25 in Stirling on ‘Letting go of certainty’. I will be exploring: whether uncertainty has always been with us; if it’s good or bad for us; and what we can do about it in both our work and personal lives. #uncertainty #libraries

PPT slide with text reading ‘Letting go of certainty’ and ‘Andy Priestner’

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Wonderful to catch up with two other former Chairs of the Business Librarians Association (BLA) last night: Keith & Emma, between us we consecutively covered 2006 to 2016. #BLA25

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A little surreal to be back at the BLA (Business Librarians Association) after 10 years away. I’ll be keynoting tomorrow on ‘letting go of certainty’ #BLA25 #uncertainty #change #anxiety #failure

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Headed to Vienna to open the joint international business librarians conference tomorrow with a keynote on uncertainty entitled: ‘Letting go of certainty’. Can uncertainty be good for us? And what can we do when faced with too much uncertainty?

Vienna University of Business & Economics

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

All the details on the talented library staff who will be presenting papers - having been chosen through our call for papers - at this year’s UX in Libraries conference in Liverpool: uxlib.org/2025/04/08/u... Book your place at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

About to start a #UserExperience online training session for public libraries hosted by @cilip.bsky.social. I find my iPad full screen clock to be an essential tool.

Full screen clock on iPad with reflection of me, and notebook with handwritten course schedule

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

So excited to see signups from lots of new names/faces for this year’s #UXLibs (UX in Libraries). If anyone is nervous about attending for the first time we run a buddy scheme that is intended to connect you with like-minded people before you arrive. uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

New speakers announced for the UX in Libraries conference in Liverpool 2025! Plenaries: Joel McGeorge, Debbie Morris & Kate Kluttz Workshops: Dilay Sarpay, Scott Young Find out more at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/ #userexperience #uxdesign #uxresearch #libraries

Poster with a Liverpool waterfront backdrop also showing portrait photos of eight speakers.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Website paper prototyping at University College Cork today: can’t wait to write this experience up!

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Please share… Bookings are now open for UX in Libraries 2025 in Liverpool! If you’re involved in user experience work in libraries you won’t want to miss this conference. Find out about this years event & our two keynotes: Venessa Bennett and @stephaniewalter.bsky.social at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/

A Liverpool skyline at night and images of our keynotes Venessa Bennett and Stéphanie Walter.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Arrived in Hong Kong ahead of #UserExperience work with several universities. Was expecting big tech advances since my last visit in 2016, but not really apparent yet. Most notably, cash is still king here.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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

Microphone on stand and blue-pink lighting

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Premium content you just can’t miss: ‘How to peel a Post-it’ (part of my December takeover of the GreppaUX instagram account) #postits #UX #userexperience

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So I asked my course participants today “Who invented Post-Its?” The answer I was looking for: Romy from Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion. Of course.

Michele (Lisa Kudrow) and Romy (Mira Sorvino)

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Brilliant presentations from staff here at Derry/Londonderry today - after a day of testing prototypes with users. #uxlibs #prototyping #libraries #uxdesign

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Active discussions here in Derry/Londonderry about why we don’t prototype even though we can see the value of testing before investing. #prototyping #libraries #userexperience #uxlibs #uxdesign #designthinking

PowerPoint slide that asks why we don’t prototype things

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I’m terrible at seeing tourist attractions while away working but made it to the Giant’s Causeway this morning and it was completely stunning.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Beautiful blue winter skies in Coleraine, Northern Ireland - University of Ulster. Can you spot my training room? #uxlibs #userexperience

University building with glass and timber beside a river. The sky is a hazy blue and the winter sun is shining.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

As ever, I’m more intrigued by what library study furniture is not being used. In both cases I’m guessing it’s about desk space (and in pic 1: power). Staff will be actively researching this and other issues this afternoon #uxlibs #userexperience #UU #Ulster #Coleraine

Individual study booths with small round tables

Individual study tables with partitions and power sockets.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Belfast-bound again. Might have been cheaper to rent a flat for a few months! @o2stk.bsky.social

A man with hair and a man without hair on a plane. The man on the left is crazy about the man on the right.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Off to Northern Ireland again tomorrow - sixth visit of the year so far! This time working with the University of Ulster at all 3 campuses. First up: Coleraine. #userexperience #uxtraining #uxresearch #uxdesign #libraries #designthinking #codesign

Students at the very green University of Ulster campus in Coleraine.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Please share! The Call for Papers is now live for UX in Libraries 9, 10-12 June 2025 in Liverpool: ‘Trust the Process’. If you work in libraries and are involved in user experience research or design work then you might want to submit a paper proposal. Full details: uxlib.org/2024/11/14/c...

Microphone on stand bathed in blue/pink light

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Great to sign off on my consultancy with Queen’s Belfast Library today. Although User Experience has been a significant element, so has cultural transformation and staff workflows.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Only just realised that ‘the old place’ was rebranded as a ballot box ‘X’. How slow were we?

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

(2 of 2) More workshops & facilitators at UX in Libraries 8: Danielle Daugherty & Heather Cribbs (‘Enhancing organisational empathy’); Josh Herter (‘Empathy-rich behavioural mapping’); Marjanne Goossens (‘Body language as part of your UX toolkit’). #uxlibs uxlib.org/uxlibs2024/

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

(1 of 2) Excited to announce our UX in Libraries 8 workshops & facilitators: Rebecca Blakiston, Bob Liu, (‘Bringing teams together with a Design Studio’); Anita Benko (‘Using games to enhance the UX process’); Carl Barrow(‘Lessons from a librarian turned paramedic’) #uxlibs #libraries

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Last week we had the blind review of paper submissions to the 2024 UX in Libraries conference. SO much excellent user experience work going on everywhere. I can’t wait to find out who I scored highly!

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

Not at all convinced about people leaving Twitter (X). My post on #uxlibs: zero interactions. Meanwhile more engagement than ever on Twitter:

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Booking is now open for the 2024 User Experience in Libraries conference in Cambridge. Our keynote and plenary speakers have been announced. Book your place and find out more at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2024/ #uxlibs #userexperience #libraries #uxdesign #uxresearch #libraryUX

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

Bookings for the 2024 UX in Libraries conference open on 24 January. Meanwhile we’re looking for possible workshops. Anyone out there keen to present on a subject? #uxlibs #userexperience #uxresearch #uxdesign

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Unquestionably my favourite part of UX work - activating the data: turning user research data into ideas and then prototypes… here in Lausanne, frenetic rapid prototyping has just begun. Watch out Rolex Learning Centre we are on our way! #uxlibs #uxresearch #uxdesign

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

The end of my long Aussie tour! 9 institutions in 5 weeks. Today I left Perth hoping that the 3 different library staff teams I trained up there will form a UX community of practice. My thoughts are also turning towards running a #UXLibs ANZ in addition to the UK edition. #libraries #userexperience

15 staff of the State Library of Western Australia (and me) pose for a photo on completion of a UX training course. They are happy!

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