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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Strange glitch is not letting me into @juliansshowings.bsky.social (which I manage on behalf of the Friends of Julian of Norwich). I wanted to share the lovely graphic the parish made to let everyone know about their services today. Everyone welcome. #julianofnorwich

Poster sharing services at 10:30am, 12 noon, 5pm and 6pm for the Feast of Julian of Norwich at St Julian’s Church, Norwich

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Portfolio due on Friday. Working on final few sketches of my houseplants. Euphorbia trigona in the wild (graphite) and on my windowsill (ink). Succulents module, Natural History Studies at Aber (online) 💚

Sketchbook, plant and fine liner on my desk.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

@cilip.bsky.social shared the recording of the @cilipmdg.bsky.social contribution to Members Fest 2026: presentations by MDG colleagues Will Peaden, Ceilan Hunter-Green and Fran Frenzel. Free and worth a listen: www.cilip.org.uk/page/Members... #metadata

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

Ornament of lady with Easter basket and two rabbits next to a small red rose.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

👀 @stuhennigan.bsky.social You were on the shelf at Bookseller Crow already! They said this is the second copy they’ve sold. (I think O picked up their last copy but they are ordering more).

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The latest issue of Catalogue & Index is out. Some really great articles by colleagues - journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... 🙏 C&I editors Karen Pierce and Fran Frenzel for including my checklist for non-Marc cataloguing - journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Thanks to Anastasia Kerameos and her British Film Institute library colleagues for hosting a visit from CILIP Metadata and Discovery Group yesterday. Really inspiring to see their Application Profile for Official RDA. There was also an overview of the BFI collections and time in the Mediatheque.

Film magazine open at article on Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A busy week this week: the July RSC Meeting takes place Monday-Thursday asynchronously, with synchronous meetings in Executive Session this evening and Public Session tomorrow. Attend the Public Session as an observer: www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/news #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata #bloomscrolling

Pink rose and sage in the Beginning Cataloguing Garden.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Looking for some Friday afternoon reading? Here’s a check-list for working outside MARC; a book of the month; exhibition of the month; news and events; and a quote on not believing everything we’re told. You can read online at beginningcataloguing.substack.com #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata

Image of nasturtiums, with the text: Beginning Cataloguing News, June-July 2025. A check-list for people working outside MARC; book of the month; exhibition of the month; news and events; and a quote on not believing everything we’re told.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just realised I forgot to share this news here! www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/anne2025... There are also announcements of my colleagues Jessica Grzegorski’s and Elisa Sze’s reappointments: www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/jessica2... and www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/elisa202... #cataloguing #cataloging

Me in 2024, standing in front of a flint wall, smiling and wearing a red sweater. My hair is streaked with grey and in a messy bun.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Lining up reference photos of plants to paint after I’ve submitted the portfolio for my Ferns module. #mygardentoday

Peach and lemon roses against a dark wood fence.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Another great afternoon sketching ferns at RHS Hyde Hall.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The latest Beginning Cataloguing News went out on Friday. A training download, last chance for the Beginning Bibliography self-paced course, a book of the month, quote of the month, and exhibition of the month. #beginningcataloguing #learningtocatalogue #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata

Orange roses with text superimposed that is repeated in the main body of this post.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Lovely sunny day sketching ferns (including the Royal fern in the foreground) at Hyde Hall. The portfolio for the module I’m taking on Natural History Illustration is due in a few weeks’ time. All about ferns 💚

Raising a glass of fizzy wine to the Royal fern this afternoon.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Thanks to @sophieherx.bsky.social for a great workshop @royalacademyarts.bsky.social this evening. Erasure poetry FTW.

Erasure poem based on a photocopy of a book about Victor Hugo, including black graphite illustration of Hugo and of me!

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Storming into Wednesday like a tiny highwayman character jug with the crosiers of two different ferns (polystichum setiferum (left) and polystichum munitum (right) if you want the specifics). “You’re metadata or your life!”

Character jug on a bookshelf next to a stack of bibles. Fern crosiers in the jug, as detailed in the body of the post.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Fab way to start the weekend: reading about the Victorian fern craze. 📚 #booksky

Stack of books about ferns on a desk with my sketchbook and pen in the London Library.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Had a marvellous time in Leeds with colleagues at the National Acquisitions Group Forum, but am equally happy to be working from home this week, especially with the Beginning Cataloguing Garden in bloom. Hope the weather is being kind to you wherever you are. #freelancelife #workingfromhome

Yellow Iris in the border with hebe and salvia.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Made it along to the Hiroshige exhibition at the British Museum. Stunning artwork. We will be back before it closes in September. #londonlife

Cricket; cockerel, rabbits; poppies; and quail - four panel wood prints.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Heading home after a restorative day in Norwich, with a brilliant @writerscentre.bsky.social event this evening on nuns in fiction 🧡

Digital display at the Dragon Hall advertising the event

Hetta Howes, Sally-Anne Lomas and Catherine Coldstream on stage at the Dragon Hall.

The National Centre for Writing’s distinctive sign with its stunning g dragon.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today (8 May) is Julian’s day - the day she was said to have experienced her revelations of divine love in 1373. We know very few biographical facts about her - even the name by which we know her is derived from the church in which she had her anchor hold, St Julian’s on Rouen Road, Norwich.

A bouquet of flowers in shades of blue in a simple glass vase.

Close-up of Julian’s shrine, with lots candle and the vase of blue flowers.

Julian’s shrine and window with the door open to the church.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

There’s a little secret copse nearby that’s just frothing with bluebells at the moment. I keep expecting to see flower fairies any moment, come to pick new hats.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Beginning Cataloguing News for April is out now - in the dying embers of the last day of the month. But I promise you a brilliant book of the month and some exciting library news, as well as shout-outs to some of my favourite librarians and library organisations: beginningcataloguing.substack.com

Lilac tree in bloom with the text superimposed on the picture:

Beginning Cataloguing News 2025

Just sneaking in on the last day of the month with a training download, library news, book of the month, quote of the month and a lovely lilac in bloom.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

One month until the National Acquisitions Group Forum and Seminar. The NAG events are taking place at the Marriott but there’s always time for owl-spotting in Leeds. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues from across the UK and beyond. Registration: nag.org.uk/event/forum-...

Golden owl statue in Leeds. Photo by T.R. Woodson on Unsplash.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Yesterday I made my first ever botanical drawing. It’s the crozier of a tree Fern, based on a reference photo the class tutor sent us. I can see I have a lot to learn and improve but this time last year I hadn’t picked up a pencil to draw anything since I was 12, so this small sketch brought me joy.

Graphite drawing of the crozier of a tree fern.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

An absolutely stunning start to the week, in Greenwich Park. I still feel at home there, even though I was only there for my first two years in London.

National Maritime Museum and Royal Naval College from the Observatory.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Just to let the Monday crowd know that Beginning Cataloguing News is out. beginningcataloguing.substack.com Subscribers receive a discount on training courses, and it’s the first place to find out about free downloads. Plus a book of the month and a quote of the month. #cataloguing #cataloging

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Beginning Cataloguing is 5 today! 🎂 To celebrate, I’ve decided to focus on a year of training activities. If you are interested, sign up for beginningcataloguing.substack.com to be the first to know about each opportunity. Beginning Cataloguing News for March goes out tomorrow (28 March).

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Huge thanks to the staff at Bristol Central Library yesterday for their warm welcome and brilliant hosting of CILIP South West Cataloguing workshop yesterday. We were in a lovely modern meeting room for the event - this is a photo of their rare books room.

Rare Books Reading Room with Grinling Gibbons fireplace.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Packing for Bristol on Friday, where I’m delivering a training on Common Cataloguing Challenges for CILIP South West. Sadly, the Folio Society set of The Chronicles of Narnia won’t fit in the suitcase, but, as they say, you can’t have everything! (Will use pictures 📷 📚) #cataloguing #cataloging

Boxed set of 7 hardback volumes - The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Pleased to see @cilipmdg.bsky.social on here - @emmabooth.bsky.social’s obviously hard at work to make that happen. #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata

A host of golden daffodils (to represent a host of golden cataloguers assembling).

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

One week to go until the CILIP South West training on Common Cataloguing Challenges in Bristol. Today I’m finalising the workbook and making sure all the examples fit in my suitcase. Looking forward to meeting participants next week. Image: Nathan Riley on Unsplash. #cataloguing

Hot air balloons over the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If you were hoping to attend our sold out CILIP South West training but missed out you can always let me know you’re interested in small group training by completing the no-obligation form in the Beginning Cataloguing newsletter - beginningcataloguing.substack.com #cataloguing #cataloging #metadata

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Our CILIP South West workshop on Common Cataloguing Challenges has sold out. Looking forward to meeting the participants in this session, which looks at less usual things we encounter more frequently than non-cataloguers might imagine. With examples from my suitcase of books (and maps and “stuff”)

Photograph of the main reading room of Bristol Central Library with the words “Common Cataloguing Challenges: half day training in Bristol” and a sold out sign superimposed.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Spring is here, along with lots of upcoming training opportunities and the start of conference season. Plus news of a crime fiction festival discount, a book of the month and a quote of the month. beginningcataloguing.substack.com #cataloguing #cataloging #learningtocatalogue #metadata

Picture of the Brunel statue at Bristol Temple Meads.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Happy St David’s Day / Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! This photo’s from a few years ago, when the weather was not so different from today, but was cheered by actually being in Wales on the saint’s day. Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Daffodils in fog and rain, with the words “Happy St David’s Day” superimposed in yellow.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Friday 21 March, 2025 Join Anne Welsh for Common Cataloguing Challenges, a focused half-day workshop in Bristol for librarians and information professionals, designed to address the complexities that arise in everyday cataloguing. www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing

Bristol Central Library - exterior view.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The Fundamentals of Cataloguing rerun organised by @libraryassociationofireland Cataloguing and Metadata Group is fully booked. Looking forward to seeing registered attendees online on 27 February.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Facebook Memories reminded me that 13 years ago I was in Antwerp to give a paper based on research from my Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. With terrible short hair. And my best ever winter coat. Photo taken when touristing at Museum aan de Stroom (MAS).

On the viewing deck at MAS, with snowy Antwerp in the background.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Beginning Cataloguing News is out now on Substack, including the first glimpse of our fifth anniversary training offer; events; book of the month; and quote of the month: beginningcataloguing.substack.com

The view to Southend from the end of the pier.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Book Now: Common Cataloguing Challenges - a workshop in Bristol Central Library organised by CILIP South West, Friday 21 March 2025. Addresses the complexities that arise in everyday cataloguing. Builds on foundational cataloguing skills. Optional library tour. www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Looking forward to seeing Irish colleagues for the rerun of the Fundamentals of Cataloguing online workshop. Please note: in order to offer the training at this affordable price, LAI CMG subsidises it so it’s open solely to those in Ireland. Full details and booking: laicmg.com/2024/09/29/f...

Picture of cat with books and the text:
For Colleagues Based in Ireland
Online Training 27 Feb
Fundamentals of Cataloguing
LAI CMG is rerunning October’s sold-out event

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

‘News from the RDA Steering Committee (RSC)’ is out in the latest IFLA Metadata Newsletter (10(2), December 2024: 13-16), repository.ifla.org/server/api/c... With thanks to the editors for including us in their section on Standards News. #cataloguing #cataloging

Screenshot of IFLA Metadata News including photo of the RSC outside ALA Washington Office in November.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Looking forward to heading back to Bristol in March to deliver a training on Common Cataloguing Challenges for CILIP South West. Watch their comms for announcements, and/or sign up to the Beginning Cataloguing newsletter to be among the first to know about events: beginningcataloguing.substack.com

Door opening to Bristol Central Libraru, showing archways with chandeliers.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Christmas is almost here! One thing I always do as a sole trader is take myself out for a “work Christmas night out”. This year I chose The Jugged Hare and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and I enjoyed every second of it. (Second plate is my partner’s).

Cheers! Raising a glass of wine at the Jugged Hare, near the Barbican. On the table: cheese and crackers and Christmas pudding.

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The view from my desk this evening. Early dusks aren’t all bad news.

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