AHAHAHAHAHAHA none of the library laptops have been upgraded over the summer as they should have been and now none of them work HAHAHAHAHAHA

Still time to apply to be part of my gang of superheroes. Oh wait *checks notes* be part of my library team.

Abby Barker@abbybarker.bsky.social · last wk.

I promise I'm not a mean boss, or killing my team one by one, but we have another vacancy. It's for a part time, term time only Study Skills Officer. Happy to chat about the role ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...

I've spent all summer trying to get hold of an out of print book for an English teacher, I just emailed him to say I was struggling to find it, could he suggest an alternative title? He asked me if I'd looked on Amazon or Ebay.

Hello lovelies, I'm looking for two recommendations for Leeds, Can you suggest: 1. Somewhere for brunch on Sunday. Avocado things, eggs benedict, that kind of vibe; 2. Old-school greasy spoon, all-day breakfast, builder's tea, open on a Monday?

Teacher giving a tour of the library "this is Abby, she's in charge of the library". Me: "barely"

I had totally forgotten about Keir Starmer.

A call out to the network - I really like to talk to someone who has worked in prison libraries & has experience of providing LGBTQ+ books in that sector. Is this you? Or do you know someone who I could talk to?

Can't wait to go to work and cover the day long shift on the desk in our pc room that isn't an IT helpdesk and help all 6000 of our students sort out multi factor authentication. This is why I became a librarian!

Everyone with students returning tomorrow - eyes on the half term break, we can do this.

My constant inner monologue is FUCK OFF! FUCK OFF! FUCK OFF! FUCK OFF!

No, and I can't state this enough, ABSOLUTELY NOT

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 6d ago

More than 200,000 print editions and audiobooks of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be donated to schools, libraries and hospitals across the UK, US and other territories worldwide. Read more 👇

I promise I'm not a mean boss, or killing my team one by one, but we have another vacancy. It's for a part time, term time only Study Skills Officer. Happy to chat about the role ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...

I can't make this, but you absolutely should.

Katie Birkwood@girlinthe.bsky.social · last wk.

Leeds people! I'm given at talk at the Thackray Museum on Saturday 5 September, which is somehow rather soon. 10.30am, with the excellent Fiona Davison from the RHS. I'm talking about Elizabeth Blackwell's 'Curious' herbal. thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/thackr...

"It would be great to think that everyone went to the library…but not everybody is that way inclined and what we have tried to do is create a culture of books within the home." Alison Lilburn, project manager for Rotherham's 'Imagination' scheme, on how it built upon the existing (excellent) service

Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social · last wk.

My BBC Radio 4 documentary How Dolly Got Rotherham reading - all about her Imagination Library www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · last wk.

NOT DOLLY PARTON

I don’t know what the library equivalent of dimming our lights is but whatever it is, we should be doing it for Dolly because what that woman did for literacy deserves so much more recognition than it got

Also: I am so fed up of using computers. If I could hand produce these things it would be more enjoyable and take me half the flippin time.

The I Don't Want To is strong today. Every ADHDers worst day - finishing the tail end of three different projects.

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty ADHD: I knocked the cup over. Water is everywhere.

Library Hentut 💙⭐🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her@emmahalford.bsky.social · 2w ago

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Librarian: (("the cup is half" ADJ (full OR empty)).ab,ti.) NOT (Generative Artificial Intelligence/ OR ("generative AI" OR "generative artificial" OR "gen AI" OR "AI-gen$").ab,.ti))

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Librarian: (("the cup is half" ADJ (full OR empty)).ab,ti.) NOT (Generative Artificial Intelligence/ OR ("generative AI" OR "generative artificial" OR "gen AI" OR "AI-gen$").ab,.ti))

The Haunted Bookshop@thehauntedbookshop.com · 2w ago

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Bookseller: I swear to Quaritch, Myrtle, if you use your books as coasters one more time, I will never buy a book from you again

Lazy librarian request - if you work at an FE/HE institution that has a study skills team, is there a limit on how many appointments a student is offered?

CW: Weight The miracle of perimenopause - weighed on my first day of the trial - 70kg. Appetite surpressed as a side effect, weeks without sweet treats, purposefully moved more so I can monitor how my breathing is. Weighed today - 71kg.

Thank you for the reminder, just booked mine. FLU JAB TIME!

Dr Phoenix CS Andrews@thatdocphoenix.com · 2w ago

PSA for those still eligible for NHS Covid jabs: the system is now open to book appointments from 1 October and you can book the flu jab for same appointment again

This job will make you jump?

Just as a matter of interest, *any* use of AI in scholarly writing is tantamount to plagiarism. You don’t know whose work the AI has trained on, so you can’t give them proper acknowledgment or make an appropriate citation.

It's Father Larry Duff I feel sorry for #alert

I GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THE OTHER DAY I OPENED IT READ IT IT SAID THEY WERE SUCKERS ALSO THERE WAS AN URGENT RISK OF WILDFIRES

BRB just going to punch the sun in its stupid stupid face