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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There are now 11 poetry 'Rhyme Time' videos up on our YouTube Channel. They are meant for under-fives so that you can learn them together. Learning short poems is a great way for young children to make the bridge between oral and written. www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Official Michael Rosen Channel Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself. If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children. You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 26/08/2026

These are such interesting conversations on collaboration, community and learning from the @jisc.bsky.social Powered by People event ⤵️

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Goldsmiths, University of London @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Professor Joanna Newman MBE, FRSA, has been appointed the next Vice-Chancellor of Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Have you caught up with all of our #digifest26 Community Hub podcasts yet?! There's something for everyone - immersive learning, libraries, accessibility, AI, digital wellbeing and MORE. A great showcase of so many of our 2026 Champions and other sector colleagues. 🔊 soundcloud.com/jisccommunit...

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Digifest Community Hub 2026

Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn. We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 17/03/2026

"Students described adopting AI as a research discovery tool not because they prefer it to library systems, but because library systems have failed them." - the full @wonkhe.bsky.social report this is from will make for interesting reading 👀 wonkhe.com/blogs/an-acc...

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An accountability moment is what makes AI work for learning

Students aren't confused about AI – they're making rational choices in a system that has removed the incentives to learn. Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall preview findings from new research on learning...

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Are you at #digifest26 next week?! During our Community Hub workshop on Day 2, we'll be collecting stories about how learning communities have supported your professional development with all things digital. We want to hear from you! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/commu...

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Community-led digital skills: What's your story?

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 22/02/2026

‘Goldsmiths drops three out of five deals with big publishers’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o... (🔒) This was a values-based decision about publishers’ lack of commitment to move towards sustainable models for OA, but librarians have been making the financial point for years.

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Goldsmiths drops three out of five deals with big publishers - Research Professional News

University cites “financial and values-based” reasons for not renewing with Elsevier, Springer Nature and Wiley

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The @jisc.bsky.social Connect More call for submissions has been extended until the 18th Feb! We'd love to hear from you if you're working in FE or HE. The theme of the event is "be empowered to transform education through practitioner-led, ethical digital innovation." www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

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Submit your programme session ideas for Connect More - Jisc

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Connect More is running again in May 2026 and @jisc.bsky.social are looking for submissions from FE and HE practitioners on the theme of "be empowered to transform education through practitioner-led, ethical digital innovation". Deadline is the end of January! www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 01/01/2026

This performance by Lucy Dacus is wonderful. Happy New Year. 🍞🌹🌹

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 16/12/2025

#Whamageddon 16/24 - in Hackney, thanks to music being played by charity collectors inspired by the message of a certain radical, homeless Jewish preacher

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Our alumni community of @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions grows each year, and keeps building on the brilliance of previous years. Still got 10 days to get your nominations in for our 2026 cohort. Get your nominations in! #Digifest26 communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/11/2...

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Building on brilliance, how are community champions creating more connection and support? – Communities

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 30/11/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A very happy name day to everyone who shares my name, Andrew, Ἀνδρέας, Andrea, أندراوس, Андрі́й… 📸 Detail from a stained glass window at St Andrew's, Hove.

Detail of a stained glass window at St Andrew's church, Hove. St Andrew is shown in vibrant blue clothes as a "fisher of men" with three fish and a net.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We had loads of fun recording podcasts with our @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions at #Digifest25 earlier this year. Been re-listening to them as we prepare for our 2026 champions programme. Nominations for 2026 are now open! Link below in next post. soundcloud.com/jisccommunit...

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Digifest community hub 2025

Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn. We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Get your nominations in for our Community Champions 2026! I know there's loads of you out there doing great work in your respective professional communities. Calling all librarians, learning tech folk, teaching and learning and IT crew.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 20/10/2025

📚 News from Goldsmiths Library: we've launched our new Library Framework, our strategic plan for the next few years. I'm most pleased our Framework is values-driven and hope it includes what you expect from us: focus on critical #infolit / #critlib, anti-racism and community. Read it here ⤵️⤵️⤵️

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Library Framework 2025

The Library Framework sets out our goals and key areas of work for the Library at Goldsmiths.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Registrations for @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More on 2-3 December are now OPEN! And the deadline for speaker submissions has been extended until Wednesday 15th October, so get your submissions in ASAP if you want to take part! Link for submissions in next post. www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

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Connect More 2025 - Jisc

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 30/09/2025

If you're doing interesting work on digital innovation, here's a great opportunity to get involved with @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More. CfP details from Rosie…

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Helen Rimmer @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

This is a great job with a great team - jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head... @preater.com

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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 19/08/2025

📢 Goldsmiths Library is hiring a Head of Academic Skills! Lead strategy, shape learning and support students and staff in an inclusive, creative environment. Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...

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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out. I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Community is the glue work holding everything together - pass it on! 🤩 A great write-up of the key themes of our fantastic day in June with our Community Managers and @rosiesherry.com communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2... #community #communitymanagement

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Community: the glue holding everything together – Communities

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Helen Rimmer @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

This is a wonderful team and I would highly recommend my library friends apply!

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 28/07/2025

We're also hiring two Library Supervisors to lead day-to-day operations, support and manage frontline staff and deliver a high-quality, inclusive service at Goldsmiths. 2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug. ⤵️⤵️ jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...

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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 28/07/2025

We’re hiring! We’re excited to recruit four Senior Library Assistants, a new role for Goldsmiths Library. Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience. Closing 31 Aug. ⤵️⤵️⤵️

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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 28/07/2025

ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools. Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj... All closing 10 August.

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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 08/07/2025

We are hiring! We’re seeking two Subject Librarians to lead relationship management with our academic schools and deliver engaging teaching for students at Goldsmiths. Closing 10 Aug. 1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj... 0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This looks nice but I’m worried it might cost me an arm

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 18/06/2025

Excellent conversation here with @ellycope.bsky.social at Jisc #Digifest25 on systems, metadata and community connections. Check it out.

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Amelia Haire @ahaire.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I'm really excited to announce that I have had my first article published in the @jinfolit.bsky.social! I hope this article sparks conversations about how workplace information literacy is experienced by autistic librarians.📑📑 journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...

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What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic librarian in the academic library workplace? | Journal of Information Literacy

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Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

If you haven't read this yet, today is your lucky day! Genuinely jealous of all the people about to read it for the first time 🥰

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Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Reading this extremely useful article by @patchedelbows.bsky.social, Teresa Crew, @rosiehare.bsky.social, Krishna Maroo and @preater.com ahead of some UX fieldwork interviews tomorrow. On social class and academic libraries: it is quality stuff. journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...

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View of ‘They burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why’

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 22/05/2025

#AmReading “ADHD and the early career teaching librarian: an autoethnography” by Jocelyn Swick-Jemison. This is very interesting indeed. 🔗 doi.org/10.33137/cja... (OA 🔓)

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ADHD and the Early Career Teaching Librarian: An Autoethnography | Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Want to find out more about this @jisc.bsky.social co-creation project?! Here's the podcast we recorded with Laura Hutton, Subject Specialist in Accessibility, and two of our FE Acessibility Training Matrix project members at #Digifest25. on.soundcloud.com/V5aCabKXNheJ...

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Digifest community hub 2025: the FE Accessibility Training Matrix project

Laura Hutton, Subject Specialist in Accessibility at Jisc, is joined by Vicki Penny from Hartpury University and Colin Smith from Cornwall College. Vicki and Colin are part of a co-creation project

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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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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The post-Digifest content keeps on coming! If you're after an interesting Friday afternoon listen, please check out this podcast episode I recorded with the wonderful @heroicendeavour.bsky.social and @rosiejhjones.bsky.social on our #Digifest25 Community Hub back in March.

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Binni Brynolf (they/them) @brynolf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people" I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now... Register and share please! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

CILIP always has and always will support the whole library, knowledge and information workforce, and all service users – including trans people. Read our statement: www.cilip.org.uk/news/699534/...

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Statement on Supreme Court ruling

CILIP always has and always will support the whole library, knowledge and information workforce, and all service users – including trans people.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 09/04/2025

Help shape @cilip.bsky.social's new strategy for 2026-2030. We're developing a new strategy and want your views on how CILIP can best support our members and the wider sector and information professions to 2030. Please take part. 🙏 Details on two Town Halls here: www.cilip.org.uk/news/698262/...

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Help shape CILIP’s new strategy for 2026–2030

CILIP is developing a new strategy for 2026–2030. Can you help to shape a future where libraries and knowledge services thrive and lead in a fast-changing world?

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 04/04/2025

Happy birthday to my book, I Heart Politics, which came out a year ago today. If everyone who follows me bought a copy, I might get to write another one

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Phoenix in front of the Disneyland Paris castle wearing I Heart Politics Mickey ears

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Black cat sitting on a copy of I Heart Politics

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 03/04/2025

Degree classifications won't end any time soon, but I think the very least we employers can do is not insist on a particular degree result within person specifications when we recruit—I have seen a few of these recently and I'm amazed it is still around 🤯 (paging @fairlibraryjobs.bsky.social)

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Reflections from our Community Champions alumni panel at #Digifest25. Collaboration and bringing people together is hard work and takes a lot of energy. Our Champions alumni are testament to how education work needs passionate and dedicated people. communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/04/0...

Photograph of the alumni panel on stage at Digifest.

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We're up to 107 registrations for #CALC25! 🥳 Join us for 3 days exploring #CritLib in all its many and varied forms. We've got a huge programme of sessions and tickets are only £15 with bursaries available. #LibrarySky #Skybrarians #LISConference 📚 sites.google.com/view/calccon...

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CALC - CALC2025

CALC2025 will take place online from Tuesday 13th May - Thursday 15th May 2025. Tickets are available from Monday 3rd March as well as the bursary lottery for attendees from underrepresented and/or ma...

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Oh she's here with another work related message. Have any of you had a library apprentice in your team? Could I pick your brains?

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I am screaming about this in every talk I give. I find a way to work it in, esp because when I screamed about the fact that we should just change racist subject headings and then figure out the back links later, years ago I was told that I was naive that it was not that easy.

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Alice Corble @dralicecorble.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Very much looking forward participating in this online Critical Approaches to Librarianship Conference #CALC25 - what a 🔥🔥🔥 programme! Kudos and thanks to @patchedelbows.bsky.social & @michelleab.bsky.social for putting this together. So much juicy #CritLib listening and learning on offer here.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 12/03/2025

The #digifest25 Community champions alumni panel is making me reflect on what makes for a successful, psychologically safe and inclusive community that still has a purpose and direction (so is technically 'exclusive'). The @jisc.bsky.social champions are the real deal 🤩

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 12/03/2025

📚 Library hive mind question, does anyone know of any academic libraries that use RFID for circulation, but do not also use it for security?

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