We are honoured to sponsor the National Acquisitions Group (NAG) Award for Excellence. Congratulations to this year's winner - Canterbury Christ Church University Library! www.bdslive.com/news/

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And the winner is.... Canterbury Christ Church University! Congratulations on winning the NAG Award for Excellence 2026. They were presented with their trophy and £500 thanks to our sponsors @bibliodataservices.bsky.social at NAG Seminar. #NAGcd16 nag.org.uk/nag-award-fo...

One of the benefits of having a two day event was the opportunity to have a drinks reception to close day one! A huge thank you to @bibliodataservices.bsky.social for sponsoring the drinks last night - we all had a fabulous time!

The Scottish Book Trade Conference is pivotal to enabling books and readers to connect. BDS is proud to support the Conference and supply the metadata needed to enable readers to discover books they will love. Read our summary of the day here: www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...

BDS AT THE BOOK TRADE CONFERENCE

BDS supported this year’s Scottish Book Trade Conference which took place on 12–13 May in Edinburgh. Jasmine James of BDS reports on an informative and inspiring day.

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We recently had the pleasure of sponsoring and attending Die Fledermaus at Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries. Performed by Opera Bohemia, the operetta starred Catriona Clark and Connor Smith and was conducted by Alistair Digges. What a fantastic performance! 👏

This week, we spoke to Jasmine, our Publisher Liaison Officer, about her journey over the past year – from attending the London Book Fair in 2025 as a publishing student to returning this year as a publishing professional. Read all about her full-circle moment below. www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...

JASMINE AT THE BOOK FAIR

BDSlife visited Jasmine to find out how she is settling into her new job and how her first major challenge, meeting BDS customers face-to-face at this year’s London Book Fair, unfolded.

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We're back after lunch with our Platinum Sponsor BDS @bibliodataservices.bsky.social and Director of Library Sales Sarah Armitage presenting "Thirty years of BDS metadata" #MetaFutures

The countdown to LBF is on! We still have some time available if you would like to come and say hello.

Jenny Wright @jenniferswright.bsky.social is Chief Metadata Officer at BDS @bibliodataservices.bsky.social Her session will examine how to bridge the gap between abstract bibliographic models, such as the IFLA LRM & RDA, and daily tasks in entity-based cataloguing. #MetaFutures #Conference

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#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March PM 🔦 Spotlight: #Training & #Management 🧑‍🎓 Pedagogical Bridges: Training Cataloguers in RDA & LRM Across Theory & Practice 🚄 Jenny Wright Explores training approaches that connect theory & practice by scaffolding learning from IFLA LRM entities & relationships

We are so excited to be returning to the London Book Fair in March! Please come say hello at stand 2A91 👋 Whether you're a small publisher, a new publisher or an established publishing giant, BDS almost certainly handles your metadata, so come and see us. www.bdslive.com/bds-at-lbf-o...

BDS AT LBF ON 2A91

BDS is once again on stand 2A91 at this year’s London Book Fair which takes place at London Olympia between the 10 to 12th March.

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We are so excited to be returning to the London Book Fair in March! Please come say hello at stand 2A91 👋 Whether you're a small publisher, a new publisher or an established publishing giant, BDS almost certainly handles your metadata, so come and see us. www.bdslive.com/bds-at-lbf-o...

BDS AT LBF ON 2A91

BDS is once again on stand 2A91 at this year’s London Book Fair which takes place at London Olympia between the 10 to 12th March.

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Congratulations to all organisations newly accredited with the BIC Supply Chain Excellence Award! These organisations have shown that they are modern, compliant with industry standards and practices, and more. We are still accepting applications for February 2026. Learn more: buff.ly/BzX7sIL

Last week, we celebrated Christmas with a festive lunch, bid farewell to a few esteemed colleagues, and sponsored a Concert by Candlelight by the Scottish Ensemble. We've been busy! Read more about it here: www.bdslive.com/a-christmas-...

A CHRISTMAS FAREWELL

The BDS staff held their annual Christmas lunch on the 5th of December and took the opportunity to say goodbye to Heather Sherman.

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We're feeling festive at Annandale House. Wishing everyone a happy holidays! 🎄

Storm Benjamin who? Nothing but autumnal scenes up here in The Crichton, home to our very own Annandale House 🍂

Another day at the Frankfurt Book Fair! Our fearless founders, Lesley and Eric, are there to talk all things metadata. www.bdslive.com/bds-at-frank...

BDS AT FRANKFURT '25

At the book industry’s biggest and busiest event, BDS will once again be meeting, talking and informing anyone interested in discovering BDS bibliographic metadata.

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We're making an appearance on BlueSky and at the Frankfurt Book Fair 😁