It’s taken me a week of news to realise it’s not Nickleback leading a principled stand against Ed Sheeran…

We lost a dear friend and an extraordinary person last month. The carers centre at tower hamlets was meaningful in her life and Lydia has set up a justgiving page for anyone to contribute in her memory. www.justgiving.com/page/carlagr...

In memory of Carla Groom

Help Lydia Nicola raise money to support Carers Centre Tower Hamlets

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Guess who won an Emmy!!!! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

8 years since this gem

her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 2mo ago

By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.

(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She

Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?

Timeline literally 100% united, many not even having to say her name. What a brilliant way to live your life. RIP

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Congratulations to Patrice Lawrence, the new @booktrust.org.uk Children's Laureate. Patrice's avowal to champion 'shared stories as a tool for bringing people together' is one shared by public libraries. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brighton-born author Patrice Lawrence named new children's laureate

Brighton-born Patrice Lawrence will be the main representative of children's literature until 2028.

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This looks fascinating

Simon@simonxix.com · 3mo ago

I was pleased to contribute to this collectively-authored book and to receive my physical copy earlier this week! The book was published using an experimental technical infrastructure and was one of the pilot projects that we nurtured over the course of the Open Book Futures project.

Extraordinary keynote from an extraordinary woman - and received a well deserved standing ovation!

Libraries Connected@librariesconnected.org.uk · 4mo ago

@librarianjones.com delivered a powerful keynote at #LCSeminar2026, outlining the pressures facing libraries in parts of the US. UK and US contexts differ but the principle is shared: the free exchange of ideas is central to public library services. 🔗 www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/us-libr...

Great to see all the winners here - but really special to see such a great showing from the north west - including two awards for Bolton libraries!

Libraries Connected@librariesconnected.org.uk · 4mo ago

🎊 Last night at #LCSeminar2026 we revealed our Awards winners for 2026. 🫂 All entries drew out the great theme of our Seminar: they 'build belonging', in their communities, through work that extends far beyond the physical walls of the library. 🔗 www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/librari...

Next up at #LCSeminar2026 Embracing responsible AI with @reemtalhouk.bsky.social Dr Talhouj is based at @northumbriauni.bsky.social and has worked with libraries across the North East

I am so very honored to be learning and speaking at the @librariesconnected.org.uk Annual Seminar in Kenilworth! #LCSeminar2026 #publiclibraries #librarylife

Excellent framework for ‘servant leadership’ from @nspcc.bsky.social Really highlights and reinforces the way that leadership is in service to the needs of children through the teams they lead. #LCSeminar2026

“The success of the library sector and the way it supports society is dependent on the health of this literary mycelial network we’ve created over the past century” Ed Jewell out outgoing president at #LCSeminar2026 #MushroomMetaphors

One of the world's most famous Librarians has checked out Feels like we need the Library version of a 21 gun salute

IGN@ign.com · 4mo ago

British actor Anthony Head, best known for portraying Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso, has died aged 72.

So proud for our organisation and sector to be represented by @ih1968.bsky.social yesterday - really powerful session and some excellent points by all contributors.

Libraries Connected@librariesconnected.org.uk · 5mo ago

📢 Our Chief Executive Isobel Hunter MBE gave evidence this morning to the Education Select Committee Inquiry, 'Reading for Pleasure'. 🌈 She emphasised that libraries are a unique free space where children and families can discover and enjoy reading about everything from rainbows to zombies!

I love this metaphor - especially when we extend it to the risks of misinformation etc to boiling a kettle or frying an egg on a bouncy castle. We'll still try to do the same stuff with google no matter how radically it changes.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5mo ago

finding it hard to put into words just quite upsetting I find the idea of Google getting rid of the "ten blue links" format of search entirely, genuinely feels like your landlord announcing he's removing your kitchen and replacing it with a bouncy castle, I need my kitchen, let me keep my kitchen

The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI ft.trib.al/qXd4JYk | opinion

The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI

As stewards of vast quantities of data, the sector could play a critical role in fuelling the digital economy

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The theme of this year's Dying Matters Awareness Week is 'Let’s talk about Death and Dying'. Public library services like Redbridge and Newcastle have been central to promoting these conversations through the 'Death Positive Libraries' initiative. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/projects/dea...

Possibly the best thing in Moma's current Duchamp show is this 1913 newspaper cartoon poking fun at his "Nude Descending a Staircase"

As ever a great episode and a brilliant shout out to libraries, librarians and The Librarians. @sturdyalex.bsky.social we launched the Libraries Alliance yesterday with a strong rallying cry from Jeanette Winterson: "libraries are the antidote to garbage" Much needed and a great source of hope

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🆕 Block, stock, and 2million smoking barrels 🛢️ BUMPER DOUBLE EPISODE ⛴️ The blockade of the blockade 🇻🇦 Popesplaining 🛡️ Indefensible defence spending 🇭🇺 Hungarian election 🗳️ expert deep-dive 🌲 Pee pee pines 🌀 Woke weather 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/66Zw... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

The excitement mounting here at @britishacademy.bsky.social for the Libraries Alliance launch - a few minutes to go with a brilliant line up including Jeanette Winterson, Lord Blunkett and more But more importantly a chance to hear from those delivering and using library services.

Libraries Connected@librariesconnected.org.uk · 6mo ago

We're at the stunning British Academy in London preparing for the formal launch of the Libraries Alliance later this morning. Libraries of all kinds are coming together as a unified voice, showing how libraries support people through every stage of life. Find out more: librariesalliance.org.uk

Libraries are vital - libraries under threat - libraries educate and connect which is why some see them as a threat

Stu Hennigan@stuhennigan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#LibrariesChangeLives. Let'e have some more please. @librariesconnected.bsky.social @iainmoore.bsky.social check my TL from last night and toda for more of these, let'e get it trending. #BookSky 📚📚📚📚📚

Librarians at the Bangor Public Library changed my life. They let me take out books from the adult section and read there for hours. It was nearly across the street from where I grew up. Amazing and beautiful place, and wonderful librarians.

Stu Hennigan@stuhennigan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.

My local libraries gave me a space to escape the chaos and emotional dramas that ensued in my home. It also gave me a space to study. I Just love the calmness and the huge amount of things you can now do in libraries.

I had the standard immigrant family childhood. My mum taught me to read at 3 and after that the local library was my second home. I then got a Saturday job in the library & met my oldest friend. Without the library I would be nothing. #LibrariesChangeLives

Stu Hennigan@stuhennigan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.

Sister-in-law is a writer and she still talks about the library her mum took her to as THE most magical place. By coincidence we live nearby, and it's the same library my kids go to about 4 days a week. Councils trying to balance their budgets is a very, very scary thing