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Jennifer Bayjoo

@epicbayj.bsky.social
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Librarian, crafter, assassin, and Coronation Street aficionado ✌🏽 she/her

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Workshops, breakout sessions, panels, plenaries, lightening talks and posters are all welcome - as are first-timers and veterans! We have such a varied programme across open research, publishing, e-resources, collections, leadership, EDI, AI... Deadline for applications is Tuesday 22nd July 🌞
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Binni Brynolf (they/them) @brynolf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Just over one week to the @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social webinar where I'll talk about being an ally to trans, non-binary & gender non-conforming people. We're a tiny minority under ongoing attack - allies are essential. Tuesday 27 May, 1-2pm on Teams and open to all! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It would also be nice if cis people with platforms actually spoke out publicly for a change and didn’t just message their trans friends privately to say that it sucks but keep quiet otherwise to avoid losing their newspaper columns
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Is anyone in the (chat disabled) ACS webinar? It's like being in bizarro world
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
First work day at #UKSG25 is over 🥂 - stand out for me was the Library CEO with Tony Zanders, @jessicagardner.bsky.social and @kmdames.bsky.social talking about library leadership. Authentic, vulnerable and people-centred - a reminder that in a world of e-resources & OA it’s people who create change
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Some really challenging questions (and interesting answers…) around the ethics and inequalities around AI, really brilliant to see our @uksg.bsky.social community holding us to account. And our fourth panel member, ChatGPT is holding their own 😂 #UKSG25
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Kirsten the Goblin Keeper @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
To all the lucky people in sunny Brighton for #UKSG2025 #UKSG, please remember to add alt text to your photos to make everyone equally envious of you.
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Such a lovely sunny morning to welcome us to #UKSG25 in Brighton 🌞 - who’s here (UKSG) and here (Bluesky)?
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Only a few days remaining to apply for this brilliant opportunity with @uksg.bsky.social
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Kira Hopkins @kirahopkins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
'We love working closely with our advisors except in this case, where we seemingly sprang this massive change on them post facto. We hope by extending this service by a few months you'll all stop complaining, even though the complaints were substantial/existential as well as temporal. Community <3'
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📢 Want to shape the future of EDI in the information community? @uksg.bsky.social is seeking passionate individuals for our new EDI Working Group: 6-8 members (library & publishing/vendor) from diverse minority groups & allies. Interested? Apply by 21/3/25: forms.office.com/e/ueR3z5yMT9
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Are you interested in guiding the UKSG's future? We have a vacancy in our 2025 election for a Publisher/Vendor/Intermediary - it could be you! Email info@uksg.org if you are interested in finding out more! Tagging this week's Board Highlight: @tashamc.bsky.social
Being part of the Board has given me a deeper understanding of how UKSG works to bring the whole community together, as well as allowing me to work closely with other volunteers and the UKSG Team.  Tasha Mellins-Cohen
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I got a sponsored place last year and it was a fantastic experience!
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Are you interested in guiding the UKSG's future? We have a vacancy in our 2025 election for a Publisher/Vendor/Intermediary - it could be you! Email info@uksg.org if you are interested in finding out more!
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Check out (and apply!) our 2025 Merriman Award - you get an expenses paid trip to #UKSG2025 in Brighton in March, registration for the @NASIG digital conference in May plus FREE access to any UKSG event in 2025! dub.sh/jVNqjXG Our thanks to @tandfresearch.bsky.social for their kind support!
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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
And super-helpful reminder of @epicbayj.bsky.social's Inclusive Recruitment Checklist. I read it at the time, but I could definitely benefit from going though it afresh and thinking about how it applies to the new role I'm advertising soon (leadership role around student library experience)
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Lesley Pitman @lesleypitman.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
New Chief Executive appointed at the British Library. No background in libraries, so I hope she is a fast learner. It couldn’t be a harder job right now. www.bl.uk/press/rebecc...
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Rebecca Lawrence appointed as new Chief Executive of the British Library
Rebecca Lawrence has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the British Library and will take up the role from 2 January 2025. She succeeds Sir Roly Keating, who has led the Library since 2012.
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Is anyone going to the Figshare User Conference on 6th November?
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Times Higher Ed has a column today about getting rid of accommodations for students with disabilities. It is breathtakingly ableist. It argues for the exclusion of people with disabilities from higher ed. I am not linking: it's click bait, but you can see the opening paragraph below.
"Giving students accommodations is a disservice to employers. Credentialing is a key good offered by universities by giving some students more help than others undermines it, says Justin Noia. October 23, 2024. Justin Noia. Recently, one of my students requested the use of a personal "memory aid" - a pre-written notecard - in an exam. According to my institution, the accommodation was "required for equal access," even though a memory aid obviously undermind the evaluation's major purpose: to text the student's ability to recall class content. I had to grade her exam like everyone else's as *if* she hadn't used a memory aid. Her grade, therefore, was a lie."
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Are you in a UKSG member institution (check here: bit.ly/2tO8gvn)? Then you should be reading our fortnightly community newsletter - UKSG eNews. Sign up here and start receiving this week! bit.ly/2NSwltu
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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
A reminder that you can watch the videos from our annual conference here: underline.io/events/463/l... hosted by our content partners, Underline - nearly complete! Putting together the final programme for #UKSG2025 now!
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Watch lectures from the best researchers.
On-demand video platform giving you access to lectures from conferences worldwide.
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Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Hooray - my team won the Teaching or Research Support Award for our work on our new Research Publications Policy, at the staff awards on Friday! I'm so proud of all the brilliant work they do and it's wonderful to have this recognised #McrMetProud
Dark blue and gold slide that says: Winner, researcher or teaching support award, open research team, manchester met staff awards 2024, celebrating your outstanding contribution.The open research team is standing on the stage holding their framed award and smiling at the camera.
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Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
At the University of Sheffield Library, we've collected the experiences of staff involved in creating & using Open Educational Resources (OER), empowered by our recent OER Policy. Hear about their experiences in our new collection of video case studies: sheffield.ac.uk/library/open...
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OER case studies
Learn more about the experiences of staff across the University of Sheffield involved in creating, using and sharing open educational resources.
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