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Claire Sewell

@clairesewell.bsky.social
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Longtime librarian. Known as ces43 in a previous place. Does too much to fit into a bio. All opinions my own (she/her)

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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It’s the hottest day of the year and I’ve just seen Christmas chocolates in the supermarket 🎄
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Having missed the 1999 solar eclipse because I was on a different continent, I'm quite excited about tonight. Sadly no glasses but I managed to buy a colander before they all sold out!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Women get hysterical diseases all the time. It’s more common than you think”. What I think is that 1890 wants its doctor back!
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Journal of Information Literacy @jinfolit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Interested in research and writing for publication? The latest Chatting #InfoLit podcast is out and it features our very own JIL Managing Editor, Jess Haigh, in conversation with Kerrianne Orriss. Episode 14: Demystifying the publication process with Jess Haigh: on.soundcloud.com/nAjap0FrVzI6...
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Episode 14: Demystifying the publication process (with Jess Haigh)
“Get angry and then write us a piece about it”. In Episode 14, Jess Haigh (Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy) joins the podcast to demystify the publication process. She speaks t
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨New job alert 🚨 Want to feel like you're making a difference with your skills? Come and join a team of research support librarians working in the House of Commons. It's a great place to work and a really varied role. Full details: hrhoc.parliament.uk/ce0912li_web...
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Camp Summer2023: We're Hiring
Alt: Yellow background with animated text reading: We're hiring
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is a cat check point: relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.
Ginger cat curled up on a green blanket. Begging for tummy rubs.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Wonderful tribute to two of the loveliest people I’ve ever met x
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Happy @alcs.co.uk payment week to all who celebrate. Sadly I have to spend it on middle aged things like skips this year but it's always welcome. If you write anything and don't know about the scheme please do yourself a favour and read this: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works/
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Information for members
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The perfect librarian backpack really does exist! getreadycomics.com/shop/book-of...
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Book Of The Dead The Mummy Universal Loungefly Mini Backpack | Get Ready Comics
In-Stock and Pre-Order (shipping mid-March*) allocations have now sold out. There will be a small restock due at the beginning of April.  *Please note any orders placed after 7:50 pm on 2nd March wil...
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This has already been the kind of week where I’ve had to check what day it is twice.
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a man is standing next to a car with the words `` you guys work on sundays now ? '' written on it .
Alt: a man is standing next to a car and asks `` you guys work on sundays now ? ''. The reply “it’s Wednesday David”
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Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🌟Win a fully funded trip to #UKSG2026 Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places! 📍 Glasgow, UK 📅 30 March–1 April 2026 Apply by 15 February 2026 🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...
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Sponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference - UKSG
Sponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference  Your opportunity to win a free place at the UKSG 2026 Annual Conference and Exhibition!  UKSG is offering ten free places to attend the UKSG Annual […]
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Happy to share that our second CfP for #CALC26 is open 🥳 This is an open call so we accept proposals from any interested presenters. If you/your library have anything to share relating to critical library practice, we want to hear about it! ⏰Deadline: 6th Feb 2026 sites.google.com/view/calccon...
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CALC - Call for Papers
Stage 2 of our Call for Papers (CfP) is now open. In Stage 2 of our CfP we invite proposals from any interested speakers. The deadline for session proposals for CALC26 is Friday 6th February, 23.59. ...
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CILIP East @cilipeast.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We are looking for a new committee secretary. This is a great opportunity to get involved with CILIP activities in the East, meet other information professionals and add evidence to your CV. More details here: informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/secreta...
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Secretary, East of England
CILIP East Member Network are seeking a Secretary to support the Chair with essential committee functions, so that we can offer local support and development opportunities to Library and Information P...
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
OK then.
Screenshot of the word potato
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Dream visit achieved 🥰 I definitely want a book train now!
The New York Public Library. Image shows the facade of the building including a statue of a lion.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
One more weekend left to apply for our Open Day for library and information professionals. Closing date for applications is Monday 24th November at 11pm.
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Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Screen grab from Dropbox saying Emojis in file names are finally here!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Still thinking about applying for the House of Commons Library Open Day 2026? The webpage now includes a draft programme so you can see what's on offer on the day. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/content/uplo...
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 29/10/2025
My latest piece, on open access and scholarly publishing - revealing my inner fangirl to the world in the process (you are not shocked, I know) 📚 #AcademicSky
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How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing
Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The House of Commons Library Open Day returns in 2026! Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space. Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
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House of Commons Library Open Day
We are pleased to invite librarians, library staff and information officers to the House of Commons Library Open Day 2026.
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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📢We're ending an exciting week at #CILIP by looking into the future! Yesterday it was announced that we'll be hosting the World Library and Information Congress with @ifla.org. A wonderful celebration of their 100th and our 150th anniversary. #WLIC2027 www.cilip.org.uk/page/IFLAWLI...
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IFLA selects the UK to host the 2027 World Library and Information Congress
The most prestigious international library event will be in London in 2027 after a successful bid by a partnership including CILIP.
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House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · 13/10/2025
When the House sits late, the Commons library stays open 📚 On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Have an interest in Information Literacy and want to get started in academic publishing? JIL is looking for Associate Editors! journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce... this is a great opportunity to be mentored by Alison, and to see the inner workings of journals and research.
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The Journal of Information Literacy seeks 3-5 Associate Editors to co-manage the content, quality, and direction of the journal. | Journal of Information Literacy
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LILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Today is your last chance to apply to join the #LILAC review panel! Play a critical part in our conferences, contribute to the #infolit discussion & have something great for your CV ⬇️
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LILAC
LILAC is an annual conference covering all aspects of information literacy and is a firm favourite in the calendar of information professionals. The conference is brimming with new ideas, innovative…
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I love many things about autumn but one of my favourites is the chance to wear this necklace again 😍
Tatty Devine necklace depicting a silhouette of a woman walking across a windswept moor
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Katherine Burchell (she/her) @katherinehelen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Looking forward to hosting our second in this series! Join us!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Spotted in the window of Waterstones and presented without comment
Board game in a green box called Really loud Librarians
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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 13/08/2025
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
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Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It’s a ‘let’s go to the supermarket just to take advantage of the air con’ kind of day
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The giant Post It Notes are out. Let the planning commence! (Little sign is there to remind me of the important things 😂)
Huge yellow Post It note on a desktop. Pink sign in the background reads I work hard so my cat can have a better life.
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Helen Rimmer @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Have you seen the latest course launched as part of Empower? Teaching and Learning for Librarians is a 6-month course designed to support librarians in developing their teaching. Sign up individually for £795 or opt for an Empower membership... empowerlibraryskills.com/product-deta...
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Teaching and Learning for Librarians (TLfL)
Teaching and Learning for Librarians (TLfL) is a six-month development programme for library staff involved in teaching, training, or supporting learning.
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Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Teletext news #OnThisDay in 1996 : Cambridge University decided to ban mobile phones in its libraries following student complaints. #90s
MOBILE PHONES BANNED IN LIBRARY
Cambridge University has decided to ban the user of mobile telephones in its libraries after complaints that students chatting were disturbing thsoe trying to study.

"The corridors of the library were being used more and more like an extended telephone kiosk" says deputy librarian.

Students haveb een told taht they must switch off their mobiles before entering the library.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Looking myself up on databases (for work related reasons) and finding that my record is mixed up with someone with the same name but clearly a much more interesting life!
Screenshot of a Web of Science page for C. Sewell. Features titles: A Hard Kick in the Nuts: Lessons from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life and Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood through One Singular Career.
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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Would you like to go to the CILIP conference but can't afford it? Do you identify as LGBTQ+? Then apply for the LGBTQ+ Network's bursary lottery! forms.office.com/e/zcF9v1KyaS
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Microsoft Forms
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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Exciting news - we have 5 fully funded bursaries to attend #icepops25 in September at John Rylands library, University of Manchester copyrightliteracy.org/2025/05/15/i...
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Icepops 2025: bursaries available
We are delighted to offer 5 full funded bursary places for this year’s Icepops conference, thanks to the generosity of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and the CILIP Information Literacy …
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Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Icepops 2025 call for papers - this is your 1 month warning to come up with an idea on Copyright, Sanctuary and Safe Spaces. Happening in September at John Rylands, University of Manchester: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/04/23/i...
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Icepops 2025 is go!
We are very pleased to announce that after difficult decision to postpone our trip to Harvard, Icepops 2025 will be taking place at the University of Manchester John Rylands Research Institute and …
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sad news to wake up to. SLA has given me many friends and opportunities over the years and I was honoured to be President for SLA Europe’s 50th anniversary year. It will be missed sla.org/news/697073/...
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SLA Announces Dissolution - Special Libraries Association, Inc.
The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a global organization dedicated to supporting information professionals and specialized librarians, has announced it will begin a dissolution process after 116 years of service to the profession.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A huge thank you to @alcs.co.uk for helping to make this Monday a little brighter #ALCSDay
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Lovely to chat with the wonderful @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social and @uksg.bsky.social for my first podcast experience. My episode of Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG is out now - available in all good podcasting outlets linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
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uksgpodcast - Listen on Spotify - Linktree
View uksgpodcast’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Apparently it’s Love Your Pet Day. Any excuse to share photos of the little poser. Puss in Boots in his role model.
Orange cat lying on a blanket facing the camera with his paws tucked under his chin
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Looking forward to welcoming colleagues from across the UK to our annual Library Open Day. Always great to show off our beautiful space.
Houses of Parliament seen from across the river. Image shows the whole Palace including Big Ben.
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Train carriages where laptops are banned. Who’s with me?
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Those of you in UK HE sector right now: a reminder that no matter how passionate you are - a job is a job. It might feel like you could never land anywhere else. You can, and will, should you need to. And wherever you end up, your new workplace will be lucky to have you.
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We have ten expenses paid places for our Annual Conference this year! You can apply here: dub.sh/waarYbr See you in Brighton!
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Sponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference - UKSG
Your opportunity to win a free place at the UKSG 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition! UKSG is offering ten free places to attend the UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition in Brighton, United […]
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Lots of great looking jobs about at the moment. I’ve applied for MANY jobs over the past 20 years and the biggest piece of advice I can give is apply even if you don’t meet absolutely all the criteria. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New year, new challenge? Come and help support the Parliamentary research community in this exciting new information professional role. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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Senior Research Librarian (Policy, Research and Analysis Community) - Houses of Parliament
Title: Senior Research Librarian (Policy, Research and Analysis Community). Employer: House of Commons. Salary: £41,340 - £47,975 per annum. Closes: 02/02/2025, 23:55
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The number one movie at the box office on your 10th birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you. This does not fill me with confidence!
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a close up of a man 's face with his finger pointing
Alt: Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator putting on a pair of sunglasses
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Katherine Burchell (she/her) @katherinehelen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Places still available - contact myself or Teresa to sign up!
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
OK then …..
Word rampage on a white background
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Claire Sewell @clairesewell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Last working day of 2024. As much as I love my job I’m very much ready for the break!
Wooden Big Ben hanging decoration on a brightly lit Christmas tree
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