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Sure the Luxembourg Learning Centre is great. More surprisingly, I have this evening eaten both *roasted cauliflower with chocolate sauce* and *gnocchi with gorgonzola and grated chocolate* (both were excellent) #lag2022
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Arrived in Luxembourg for library architecture seminar… I hadn’t expected to encounter *this much* architecture before we even get going… this is just off Avenue du Rock and Roll 🎸 at campus - urban regeneration of old steel works #lag2022
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“We are at the forefront of the fight against fakes, misinformation and cyber threats … Every day, librarians work so that people, communities and society can distinguish true information from lies and resist information and psychological manipulation.” 🇺🇦
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Ukrainian Library Association statement: "Libraries are places of power where people find themselves. In daily communication, librarians do their best to make everyone who comes to the library love books, love their language, love Ukraine." ula.org.ua/en/
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The Iron Island installation finds the human in the Brunel Institute archive and presents a powerful and contemporary interpretation - poet describes the creation of an immersive experience with
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... Some publishers suggested our immediate open access requirement would risk loss of income and damage the sustainability of the research publishing endeavour, but we judge this risk to be low."
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"There were some different positions put forward by publishing providers and stakeholders representing the research and higher education sector ...
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The #OpenAccess policy looks like a total barnstormer from et al ... absolute clarity on the public benefit and ethical arguments for making research freely available. Kudos!
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Today we're announcing a new #OpenAccess policy for research publications that acknowledge funding from our councils. Read it here: ukri.org/news/ukri-anno /1
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Fantastic curation by presenting context and fostering debate about history, memory, and identity. Reinterpreting the past, in the present, to co-create the future #BlackLivesMatter
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Powerful story from Professor about the statue wars, politics of knowledge production, and the role of memory and archives in intergenerational trauma, entitlement, and social justice youtube.com/watch?v=UucRtU #DCDC21
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With thanks to our board members @PepTorn @NCWright06 and others not on twitter, plus of course our hosts
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We'll be talking about post-pandemic impacts on academic engagement and student experience, the civic role of the university press, and of course open access transformation in scholarly publishing
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Today is the inaugural meeting of the Library Advisory Board, discussing the unique role of the University Press in the changing scholarly communications environment
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VACANCY: Head of Content join us to drive forward open access transformation in scholarly communication and our digital-led support for blended learning. Focus on high quality experience, collaboration, data analytics. £44-49k, open-ended bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta
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My talk from #RLUK21 on artificial intelligence in libraries: Artificial Scholars and Automated Collections is now available to watch youtube.com/watch?v=J7gqln thanks to all at
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STOP. REALITY TIME
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You bore us. If science is a “commitment to truth” shall we site all the historical non-truths perpetuated by scientists ? Of course not. It’s not science vs Philosophy ... It’s Science + Philosophy. Elevate your Thinking and Consciousness. When you measure include the measurer. twitter.com/drewgrey/statu…
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Delighted to share the news that I have been appointed Director and University Librarian it is a privilege and an honour to work alongside such inspirational colleagues
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Today we reopen our physical libraries across campus and digital services for blended learning and research continue. This is the result of fantastic commitment and careful risk assessment from all teams and colleagues across thank you!
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Fantastic team work delivering the information needs of students and academics
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Library staff were in the Wills Memorial Library! A fine example of book collecting.
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37% by the way, the adjusted operating profit of some of these monopoly businesses. Funded from student fees and publicly funded research and development, money which should be used for - wait for it - education and research
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Research Libraries UK has released a statement about the financial realities in the HE sector, the implications for libraries and access to academic content necessary for education and research, and the measures required to achieve sustainability in scholarly publishing
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So much hard work from so many people to get to this stage. And so much appreciation from colleagues who recognise how difficult it is. As with libraries across the world, we are essentially redesigning entire services from the ground up. Steady as we go...
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Our Covid-Secure certification is now proudly displayed on the front door of the Arts & Social Sciences Library. Well done to all our colleagues for their hard work behind the scenes in making this happen.
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Essential that universities and academic publishers work together to mitigate the financial impacts of #COVID19 and ensure that research and education which drive social recovery are not negatively impacted by restrictive business models
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Jisc and Universities UK call for publishers to reduce their fees to maintain access to essential teaching and learning materials | Jisc: jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-and-
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This is not to say that there aren’t problems of representation in our collections and community engagement as well as culturally problematic interpretations. These are issues we absolutely need to work on, in partnership with historically silenced voices #BlackLivesMatter
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Commemoration of a slave trader “rejected” by the citizens of #Bristol it is nonsense to suggest this is erasure of history - which is very much alive in our libraries, archives, and museums including memory being created and recorded about this pivotal moment #BlackLivesMatter
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“When nothing is sure, everything is possible” Margaret Drabble #IARLA
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Smiley face in the Bristol sky 😃
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From regulation walks in Bristol lockdown 2/2
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From regulation walks in Bristol lockdown 1/2
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Bit of Friday nostalgia for the wfh office: the Curation Lifecycle Model mousemat! “Virtually indestructible under normal use” apparently
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At we’re supporting well-being in our community with mindful games, playlists, and readings bristol.ac.uk/library/access and academic needs with digital content, virtual study skills retreats, and expert advice bristol.ac.uk/library/access #crisislibrarianship
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How are you serving your communities at the moment? Please share what you are doing digitally to support your users. I'd like to hear what is working well, & what could we improve. #crisislibrarianship 2/4
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Our fantastic team have put together a one-stop shop for priority Library services during #COVID19: newly accessible content — study skills and well-being — "get me something I need" — accessibility and inclusion — keep in touch! bristol.ac.uk/library/one-st
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Overwhelmed by the dedication of colleagues in supporting the education, research, and well-being of our community in the most difficult of times. Our buildings are now closed but our library continues bristol.ac.uk/library/
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Librarians all around the country are currently running through arguments in their heads about why finance shouldn't just take the savings...
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Chancellor has just announced the abolition of VAT on all reading matter, including academic publications. (Avoiding the temptation to add a smiley face).
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Busy week with discussing responses to the #openaccess policy review. Yesterday was virtual assemblies, today the Collection Strategy Network #RLUKCSN
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Welcome to Bristol, ! We're cheering on all the youth climate strikers today.
Interested in how the Library Services are trying to reduce our environmental impact? Take a look at our 'Green Library' webpage: bristol.ac.uk/library/about/
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I was just coming out of greggs with my vegan steak bake, and...
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