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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 16/09/2026

❗ Summer Conference 2027 announcement! ❗ Dates: Wednesday 30th June - Friday 2nd July Location: the University of Sheffield INOX Conference Centre. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/07/2026

And that's a wrap! Thank you for everyone who attended our Summer Conference! We hope you had a lovely time, learned a lot and made friends with other professionals! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/07/2026

Huge congratulations to the wonderful Fred Milton – Teeside University, for winning Leslie Baldwin award for his presentation: "Would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling librarians: Unmasking AI ghost and phantom references"! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/07/2026

Our final Keynote presentation was delivered by Algirdas Kraunaitis and Cara Clarke. Their presentation focused on the partnership delivery model practiced at QAHE and highlighted some of the challenges/opportunities for librarians and lecturers. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/07/2026

#bla26 final day - final Key Presentation loading!

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

@alicecann.bsky.social , a long time BLA supporter is delivering our final Members Paper! Her knowledge on systematic searching, databases (such as EBSCO) is truly admirable and it is such a pleasure to watch her share things she is genuinly passionate about! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

The wonderful Hannah Porter presented our 5th Members Paper - an honest exploration on how to make teaching more interactive. This is something a lot of teaching librarians tackle, so her presentation is timely and quite inspiring! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

Making libraries more welcoming with gamification - what an interesting presentation by our 4th Members Paper speaker, Becky Whyley-Smith! #bla26 You can also read about this in our Year in Review publication.

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

A very special presentation by FT - our Silver sponsor! A bit of inside view of how FT prepares their publications, their guiding principles and hard work in contributing to a healthy research environment. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

@britishlibrary.bsky.social is a wonderful institution and we are honoured to have Mary Hickford speaking at the #bla26 conference! Information clinics sounds like a great innitiative and we hope our business students will take adventage of them!

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

Our members, hard at work completing the Sponsors Bingo in between talks! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

Statista - our Silver Sponsor - doing a little presentation! Statista is incredibly popular, being often a visual resource that students like to use. They have established itself as a reliable and diverse source for reseaech. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

Invaluable discussion about adopting open access resources. There is a sense that librarians are both keen and sceptical - University of Coventry is showcasing how an institution could champion this to their benefit! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

Many librarians have heard of Sylla, but not many libraries use it. Hearing about University of Coventry taking it up is truly inspiring. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/07/2026

What a start of the day! 2nd Keynote presentation, delivered by Lee Dickerson and Phil Brabban - University of Coventry. Starting strong, with a discussion about financial struggles in academic libraries and the importance of partnerships. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

Silver sponsor presentation - Clarivate. "Your students shouldn't be mini librarians." Clarivate positions itself as a good alternative to "easy sources", like Google, by providing structured search results. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

The relationship between AI hallucinations (ghosts) and predatory journals, a topic that needs further investigation. #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

Perhaps the best presentation title: "Would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling librarians: Unmasking AI ghost and phantom references", by the wonderful Fred Milton – Teeside University. AI remains a goldmine for exploration and investigation! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

Slight order change for Members' Papers, but fabulously delivered nevertheless - Léa Anderton, University of Manchester, told us about Bloomberg Market Concepts certification! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

Our golden sponsor EBSCO presentation. EBSCO consults librarians, work on avoiding AI hallucinations, improve their Business Searching Interface (make it more visual). We are very proud to be supported by EBSCO! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

"Librarians are educators!" What an important message! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

1st Keynote presentation by Chathushka Kiriella - UWE Bristol. It is fascinating to hear what lecturers have to say about librarians and what expectations they have for us! Also, Chathushka is presenting with such honesty - truly inspiring! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 01/07/2026

Absolutely wonderful speech by Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange), Professor Rusi Jaspal, opening the BLA Summer Conference! Highlighting the role librarians play in research and education, celebrating the wonderful work we do! Very inspiring! #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 10/04/2026

❗ BLA Year in Review: call for submissions! ❗ BLA members, tell us how the past year went! You can do this by filling out this form: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/0e89109... Or you can send a Word file to marketing@blalib.org. The deadline to send your submission is Monday 15th June.

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/02/2026

🎉 We are happy to announce that bookings for Winter Event are now open! 🎉 Date: 25th February 2026 Time: 12:30pm - 4:30pm Place: online Book your place by filling out this form: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/75d132d... Booking deadline: 12pm on 19th February 2026

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/02/2026

❗ Are you excited for this year's conference? ❗ Book your place here: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/91aa313... Early Bird discount closes on 1st March 2026. All bookings close on 30th March 2026. Find out about our Keynote presentations here: lnkd.in/e96twMpe #conference #librarianship #bla26

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 28/01/2026

BLA committee was delighted to visit University of Birmingham campus last week! Book your place here: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/91aa313... All bookings close on 30th March 2026. Here are some images taken during the tour. Photo credits: @sjoukjeschots.bsky.social #bla26 #conferences

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 15/01/2026

❗ Call for Members Papers! ❗ Send your proposals by filling out this form: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/9f47c71... Deadline: 20th February. #conference #bla26 #librarianship

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 12/01/2026

🎉 Announcing the Keynote presentations for our Annual Summer Conference 2026! 🎉 For more details about keynote presentations: lnkd.in/e96twMpe Book your place here: lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B Early Bird discount closes on 1st March 2026. All bookings close on 30th March 2026.

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 06/01/2026

❗ Bookings for the Annual BLA Conference 2026 are now open! ❗ Book your place here: bla1.glasscubes.com/form/91aa313... Early Bird discount closes on 1st March 2026. All bookings close on 30th March 2026.

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 26/11/2025

🎉 BLA summer conference announcement! 🎉 Save the date: Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd July 2026. Place: University of Brighton. This years theme will be "Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution". Bookings will be open soon!

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 02/09/2025

A reminder that our AGM will be held online tomorrow (Wednesday 3rd September) at 2pm. Voting for the position of Supplier Liaison Officer will close at midday tomorrow (one vote per member institution).

Graphic of a megaphone with text: AGM WEd 3rd SEpt 14:00-16:00 via Zoom

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 03/07/2025

Applications are now open for the five available committee roles. Further information about the roles and some of the tasks previous officers have worked on are available here: bla1.glasscubes.com/share/s/vsq2... Nominate yourself via bla1.glasscubes.com/form/5a00f28... by 1st August.

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 28/06/2025

Great to see these sustainability initiatives in the Mitchell Library: - Free reusable period products - Borrow cup scheme #GreenLibraries

free reusable period products in the library bathroom

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 28/06/2025

With Glasgow just 30 mins on the train from Stirling, it’d be rude not to pop over after #BLA25 and visit some libraries! First up: The Mitchell Library, which houses the BL Business & IP Centre Glasgow

British Library Business & IP Centre sign

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Business Librarians Association @blalib.org · 27/06/2025

Thank you Mary Lister for closing out our Kindness session with a wonderful story of the ripple effect in action. It all started with The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛 #BLA25