💬 "Libraries are so much more than books. They’re about people, and about communities." Peter Reid, Professor of Librarianship and lecturer at RGU has offered this thoughts on the topical library debate. Professor Peter Reid 🏳️‍🌈🇩🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😻 | Aberdeen City Libraries | Read in full🔽loom.ly/lT0fGuM

There is a fantastic selection of events coming from the CILIPS community this month! Including those from SLG Scotland & CILIPS Students & New Professionals Community ⚡️(And a little birdy tells us spaces are filling up!🐣) To find more details and register visit our events page here: cilips.org.uk/events/

Conversations about AI – and especially Chat GPT – seem to be everywhere at the moment. If you would like to join OneHE in May for a 30 minute webinar about the educational perspective on them, please sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It has been a week since Cults Library (the first of the 6 libraries to close its doors) has been shut. We are just beginning our campaign to see these libraries re-opened. Sign & share our petition to re-open the six libraries: change.org/p/re-open-our-…

You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. —Maya Angelou, born #OTD in 1928 poets.org/poem/still-i-r… #NationalPoetryMonth

#SNPCJobAlert! 🚨 Falkirk Libraries (Falkirk Libraries) are looking for a recent LIS school graduate to join their team! Fixed-term until 2025, the postholder will aim to raise digital skill levels across the council area via project work: myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falki…

FREE Student Research Showcase Thursday 27th April, 2pm BST Students of Library & Information Science (LIS) & related programmes will talk about their research. Gain insight into current research & emerging topics of interest in the LIS academic community eventbrite.co.uk/e/onehemindset…

Really looking forward to this collaboration between OneHEmindsets @SALCTG and the students from four universities speaking about their research. Lovely to see these relationships between universities being fostered, and student work being celebrated!

Today is #WorldDraculaDay because Bram Stoker's classic novel was first published #otd in 1897. It's also the day we remind you that if the author hadn't come across the name Dracula in a book while researching in a LIBRARY the main character was going to be called Count Wampyr.

📢We're very excited to announce our first panel event of 23/24 - Perspectives on Generative AI in Higher Education. We'll be hearing from Helen Partridge and See me on LinkedIn - I've quit X (Phillip Dawson) from Deakin University University and Allison Wylde from GCU London. 🗓️Thu, 14 Sep 2023 🕑9AM BST/6PM AEST 📍Zoom

“Kids don’t read anymore.” They do, and they will read a lot if you give them a wide range of #books to #read including comics and manga, a dedicated #library space and a #librarian who enthusiastically promotes said books. #readingforpleasure #booksworthreading

Have you got a brilliant idea, a burning issue or something to get off your chest about #libraries, #information or knowledge? The CILIP Ideas platform is open to everyone to tell us your ideas (or browse other people's suggestions)! cilipideas.org.uk #WeAreCILIP

Time and time again I hear variations of the same tired argument "when we've recovered the economy, we'll be able to invest in public services". It is a fundamental fallacy - by investing in public services, you create the conditions for people to learn and enterprise to flourish

From the Silence of the Stacks, New Voices Rise 🗣️ We are proud to announce the publication of the fourth volume of our Emerging Writers Programme anthology, featuring work from 39 writers from our 2022/23 cohort. ✍️

On #THECampus: primary source literacy instruction is instrumental in teaching transferable critical thinking and research skills that help prepare students for their academic careers and real-life scenarios, write Michaela Ullmann 💪🇺🇦 ❤ and Ariana Varela USC timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-tea…

Disgruntled scribes, protective owners, artists interrupted... In this talk, available online now, Mary Wellesley traces the stories of the people who made, loved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts. youtu.be/MUv2DfAQaVA?si…

The EU aims to put an end to greenwashing, which is when companies claim to be greener than they are. In addition consumers should be provided with more information on the durability of the products they buy. Find out more: europa.eu/!Mwnk8w