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Carlin Parry

@carlinparry.bsky.social
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Writer and translator with a background in information management. No longer separating my personal and professional accounts. Fortean/weird stuff (no ethno-numpties please), coffee ☕, LGBTQ+, progressive politics, gym, ballet, opera, open source software.

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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Share: Sign the petition and say no to ID for online access action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-online...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Say No to ID for online access
Protect people. Regulate powerful platforms. Keep the internet open. The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws that require all adults to show ID to access to go online. They say this is ...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Support workers at the V&A, sign the petition! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pc...
megaphone.org.uk
PCS Demands Fair Pay and Safe Working Conditions at the V&A Museum
Support workers at the V&A, sign the petition!
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've signed this petition calling for all workers to be protected from insecure contracts like zero-hours. Ministers are running a consultation on this right now. Can you add your name before the deadline? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Google is requiring all Android developers to register centrally, pay a fee, and submit government ID. Apps from unregistered developers will be silently blocked. over 67 organizations oppose this. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org
keepandroidopen.org
Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/kl...
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Klimaschutz statt KI-Wahn
Der Rechenzentren-Boom kommt uns teuer zu stehen. Schon jetzt verbrauchen Rechenzentren in Deutschland doppelt so viel Strom wie das Land Berlin.[3] In den kommenden Jahren soll ihr Verbrauch auf zehn...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. I just signed, can you? This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming consultation. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: First Past the Post is broken. 🗳️MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them. Majority governments on a quarter of the vote. This isn't democracy. Sign the letter calling for electoral reform 👇 secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/191527/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
A broken system
The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: First Past the Post is broken. 🗳️MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them. Majority governments on a quarter of the vote. This isn't demo...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Right now, a cruel government decision is tearing child refugees apart from their parents. I'm supporting Safe Passage International's legal challenge to stop this - but there are just a few weeks to act. Please chip in today: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...
crowdjustice.com
Stop the Home Office’s cruel suspension of Refugee Family Reunion
Safe Passage International is a charity that provides legal and social support to families torn apart by war and persecution, helping them reunite safely. We work in the UK, France and Greece.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Prices are rising and working families face a Trump-made cost of living crisis. I've just signed this to show that working people refuse to pay the price for Trumpflation. Can you add your name too? actionnetwork.org/forms/workin...
actionnetwork.org
Working people must not pay the price for Trumpflation
Prices are rising and working families face a Trump-made cost of living crisis. Signed this to show that working people refuse to pay the price for Trumpflation.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/187342/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Get big money out of politics
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Right now, a cruel government decision is tearing child refugees apart from their parents. I'm supporting Safe Passage International's legal challenge to stop this - but there are just a few weeks to act. Please chip in today: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...
crowdjustice.com
Stop the Home Office’s cruel suspension of Refugee Family Reunion
Safe Passage International is a charity that provides legal and social support to families torn apart by war and persecution, helping them reunite safely. We work in the UK, France and Greece.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights!
Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.
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CILIP LGBTQ+ Network @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📚 Paid opportunity to catalogue an #LGBTQ #Library collection ⬇️ www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #LIS #LISJOB #JOB #Vacancy #LGBT
jobs.london.ac.uk
Library Assistant (Haud Nominandum Collection):London Senate House
The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Protect VPN use in the UK action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-governm...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK
Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log...
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We're sorry to announce the imminent closure of NetIKX. Unfortunately, attendance at both in-person and virtual events has decreased since the pandemic, and we've been unable to attract as many new members as we would have liked.
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We'll shortly be closing down our social media channels and the website. The NetIKX committee would like to thank you all for your support over the years. We're hoping to hold a farewell 'celebration of NetIKX' event in London later this year and will announce this to members in due course.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
actionnetwork.org
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats. The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
goodlaw.social
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Trump’s Kill Switch: secure our Digital Sovereignty
Imagine waking up tomorrow and finding the UK government, your bank, or even our hospital systems suddenly offline. Not because of hackers, but because a foreign company, or a foreign leader decided t...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Urgent - ask your MP to join Wednesday's debate on how new asylum proposals will affect LGBTQI+ people. We need them to speak up for LGBTQI+ people seeking safety. Join me & @rainbowmigration.bsky.social: rainbowmigration.good.do/speakupforlg...
rainbowmigration.good.do
Urgent - is your MP attending Wednesday's debate?
Email your MP and get them to support LGBTQI+ people seeking safety by speaking up at the debate on 17th December
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If we don’t act now, many child refugees will be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads. Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >> act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
act.safepassage.org.uk
Stop the family reunion suspension: Email the Home Secretary
The government has just suspended refugee family reunion – the main safe route for children to join their refugee parents in the UK. We can’t let them tear families apart in our name. This cruel decis...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
High electricity prices are threatening industrial jobs across Britain and holding the country back. I've just signed this petition asking the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cut industrial electricity prices at the Budget. Add your name too! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/cu...
megaphone.org.uk
Cut Industrial Electricity Prices in the Budget
High electricity prices are threatening industrial jobs across Britain and holding the country back. Sign the petition asking the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cut industrial electricity prices at the ...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.
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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Article 8 of the ECHR is the protection on which not only all positive trans law rests but also most LGB rights to, as well as those of families where one parent wasn't born in the UK. It prevents asylum seeking families from being split. It is utterly monstrous for Labour to want to weaken rights.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Workers at Airedale Hospital do NHS work. But the Airedale Board is refusing to give them full NHS pensions, pay and conditions. I just signed this petition to support these frontline workers. Add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/de...
megaphone.org.uk
Demand NHS Terms for NHS Work - Airedale Hospital
SUPPORT STAFF AT AIREDALE HOSPITAL DEMAND EQUAL TERMS FOR EQUAL WORK Porters, domestics, catering and security staff who work for AGH Solutions (AGHS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Found...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of millions of workers who will benefit from the Employment Rights Bill. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minister letter.megaphone.org.uk
letter.megaphone.org.uk
Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: Sign the open letter
Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Outsourced Mitie workers at Sellafield are fighting for fair pay, while their CEO earns £14.7 million - 575 times the average worker's salary! Can you sign the worker's petition? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...
megaphone.org.uk
Support Mitie Workers at Sellafield: Demand Fair Pay Now!
Outsourced Mitie workers at Sellafield are fighting for fair pay, while their CEO earns £14.7 million - 575 times the average worker's salary! Can you sign the worker's petition?
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I've donated to the crowdfunder to keep Bristol's radical bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social open, please consider contributing if you can #bristol www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--...
crowdfunder.co.uk
bookhaus - Bristol's radical home
I have managed bookhaus since the beginning. The owners have decided to retire, and I am raising the funds to buy it and carry on our legacy
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...
stoptrump.org.uk
Petition: Keir Starmer – Oppose Trump’s war on Iran
Stop Trump Coalition
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Countless children are forced to risk their lives at sea to reach safety & family. I won't stand for this. I just donated to @safepassageintl.bsky.social to fund life-changing support & reunite child refugees with loved ones. Join me and DOUBLE your donation: act.safepassage.org.uk/double-your-...
act.safepassage.org.uk
Double your impact for child refugees 🧡
Photo: Hassan's 13 and 11-year-old daughters found safety from Taliban persecution, after years without seeing their dad Deaths at sea are at a record high. More children than ever are forced to risk ...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
act.safepassage.org.uk/prime-minist...
act.safepassage.org.uk
Prime Minister: Stop playing politics with refugees’ lives
This week, the Prime Minister introduced drastic new immigration plans – warning the UK could become an “island of strangers”. This isn’t just harmful rhetoric. These proposals would tear families apa...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Return Eagle House to the community
Eagle House Youth Club was shut down in 2014 before being leased to a church, which have the building until May 2026. Throughout this time, residents have been clear they want the building returned to...
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW. ✍️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
actionnetwork.org
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 02/05/2025
Lots of very high profile UK biologists sign a letter saying that biological sex isn't binary or immutable and that the Supreme Court's ruling is scientifically wrong! We really need to hammer home how the anti-trans side is anti-science (you can add your name still if you are in a relevant field)
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
informuk.org
informuk.org
Inform UK
The truth about the Reform party
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Today marks two years of brutal war in Sudan, which has taken countless lives and put the future of children like Syed on hold. Read his story: www.safepassage.org.uk/syeds-story
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Two years of war in Sudan - Syed's story — Safe Passage
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We're sorry to announce that the upcoming seminar on "Innovative, high quality discovery and retrieval systems for libraries, information centres and digital archives", scheduled for Friday 28 March, has been cancelled due to lack of bookings. We hope to reschedule this seminar for a later date.
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just booked for this @folkloresociety.bsky.social online conference. Looks amazing. #folklore #DigitalHumanities #DigitalPreservation
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Carlin Parry @carlinparry.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I'll be attending remotely, other committee members will be at Canada Water Library. Do please join us! #libraries #TDNet #Koha #ResourceDiscovery
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Two weeks to go! "Innovative, high quality discovery and retrieval solutions for libraries, information centres and digital archives using Koha and TDNet" 28 March 2025 at Canada Water Library and online www.netikx.org/events/ #TDNet #Koha #libraries #ResourceDiscovery
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NetIKX event information including upcoming seminars, past events etc.
NetIKX event information including upcoming seminars, past events archive, etc. Details include speakers, timetables, venues, costs, future programmes etc. (Suitable for IKM professionals).
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Booking now open! "High Quality Retrieval Solutions for Libraries, Information Centres and Digital Archives" 28 March 2025 at Canada Water Library and online www.netikx.org/events/ #TDNet #koha #libraries #ResourceDiscovery
netikx.org
NetIKX event information including upcoming seminars, past events etc.
NetIKX event information including upcoming seminars, past events archive, etc. Details include speakers, timetables, venues, costs, future programmes etc. (Suitable for IKM professionals).
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
Yessss! My article 'Those Lucky Enough to Transcend Gender' is now available open-access at Feminist Legal Studies. Please feel free to share with your networks in law, theatre, trans studies, etc. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Those Lucky Enough to Transcend Gender: Travis Alabanza, Radical Transfeminism, and the Law - Feminist Legal Studies
Travis Alabanza is a Black British transfeminine author and playwright, best known for their play Burgerz and their memoir None of the Above. This article places these works in conversation with the p...
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
One week to go! Promoting public literacy in economically challenging times, with Ed Jewell and Sarah Mears, 23 May 2024 at British Dental Association and online www.netikx.org #DigitalLiteracy #libraries
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NetIKX: a community interested in information & knowledge management
NetIKX is an independent community interested in information & knowledge management (IM & KM). We offer members seminars, networking & sharing opportunities, quality resources & more.
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
2 weeks to go! Promoting public literacy in economically challenging times, with Ed Jewell and Sarah Mears, 23 May 2024 at British Dental Association and online www.netikx.org #DigitalLiteracy #libraries
netikx.org
NetIKX: a community interested in information & knowledge management
NetIKX is an independent community interested in information & knowledge management (IM & KM). We offer members seminars, networking & sharing opportunities, quality resources & more.
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
3 weeks to go! Promoting public literacy in economically challenging times, with Ed Jewell and Sarah Mears, 23 May 2024 at British Dental Association and online www.netikx.org #DigitalLiteracy #libraries
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NetIKX: a community interested in information & knowledge management
NetIKX is an independent community interested in information & knowledge management (IM & KM). We offer members seminars, networking & sharing opportunities, quality resources & more.
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
4 weeks to go! Promoting public literacy in economically challenging times, with Ed Jewell and Sarah Mears, 23 May 2024 at British Dental Association and online www.netikx.org #DigitalLiteracy #libraries
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NetIKX @netikx.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Booking now! Promoting public literacy in economically challenging times, with Ed Jewell and Sarah Mears, 23 May 2024 at British Dental Association and online www.netikx.org #DigitalLiteracy #libraries
netikx.org
NetIKX: a community interested in information & knowledge management
NetIKX is an independent community interested in information & knowledge management (IM & KM). We offer members seminars, networking & sharing opportunities, quality resources & more.
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