Kate Lomax
@katelomax.bsky.social
Founder artefacto.org.uk, building digital things for libraries • creative technologist • coder • ex- librarian
Really enjoying following the development of this ARG project at the National Library of Scotland and the interesting discussions feeding into the project about collections, mysteries and (re)discovered things medium.com/@RussellDorn...
Can a library be a game? Here be weird things 🔍
The next step in our ARG project seemed straightforward enough: find a mystery worth telling. Since my last post, we have assembled an…
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Call for Next Library 2027 is out - May 22-25 in Aarhus, Denmark. "Next Library consists of inspirational talks, sessions, interactive elements and undefined surprises. Together we imagine what’s next" ❤️ www.nextlibrary.net/call-for-nex...
Call for Next Library 2027 - Next Library
Co-creation is part of our DNA – and now is the time to submit your proposal for Next Library: What do you want to share?
nextlibrary.net
If I can add to the mix: Art+Feminism Workers United created a task list for this editing campaign. Everyone is welcome to edit along with us :) meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Art%2BF...
Art+Feminism Workers United/TaskList - Meta-Wiki
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Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you've got some time in the next few days, the September #Wikipedia editathon to show solidarity with the new Wikimedia union is behind its goal of editing 10,000 articles. You can help by registering, finding a relevant article, & making it a little better! 📚 meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
Wish books from library association publishers etc were DRM free and just that little bit easier to get as ebooks
From the ImpactKit blog: Researcher feedback as impact evidence - a guide for academic libraries impactkit.com/blog/researc...
Researcher feedback as impact evidence - a practical guide for academic libraries
ImpactKit is a social impact platform for libraries — capture and share impact stories, case studies and other impact evidence.
impactkit.com
Radiating intent - "“Keep those around you appropriately aware of your next move.” 😏 ashfurrow.com/blog/radiati...
Radiating Intent
I had a new member of my team join recently and, when I met with them one-on-one for the first time, they complimented me on my standup updates. My team works remotely so standups are an important tou...
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The latest 5 for Friday on the Artefacto blog is all about experiential learning in libraries www.artefacto.org.uk/five-for-fri...
Five for friday - Experiential learning in libraries
Five different examples of experiential learning happening in libraries across the globe.
artefacto.org.uk
I think we should have one day a week when no-one is allowed to talk about AI, so we can have a rest
This sounds pretty amazing: "So what happens when user research, digital storytelling, and game design collide? A new experiment at the National Library of Scotland aims to find out". medium.com/@RussellDorn...
Can a library be a game? Weaving an ARG through a national collection
We have a sprawling digital estate, tricky user journeys, and a collection full of stories. Since libraries are already full of clues and…
medium.com
"The future of public knowledge will depend not only on what exists but on who has the initiative and incentives to preserve it. Even this article won’t be online forever. Should it?". thewalrus.ca/google-searc...
Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse | The Walrus
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing
thewalrus.ca
Shame she's not aware of the @librariesconnected.org.uk London Libraries Read On app that's already doing this, would be a great person to promote that www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?
With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit
theguardian.com
Lots of great stuff covered. But, format nerd alert, also really appreciate that there's an HTML version of this report available too ⬇️
Libraries Connected@librariesconnected.org.uk · 3mo ago📢 Today we're publishing our first impact report, showcasing how we're supporting our members to collaborate, innovate and respond to the changing needs of their communities. You can read and download the report here: www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/librari...
Monday reading - Some interesting Green Libraries resources announced in the past week or so www.artefacto.org.uk/monday-readi...
Monday reading - Green Libraries
Some light(ish) reading to start the week. In the last week, there have been some great Green Libraries resources announced.
artefacto.org.uk
ooooh, new CILIP website ... www.cilip.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
CILIP is the UK's only chartered professional body for library, information, knowledge and data professionals — the people who help the world make better decisions. For over 125 years, we have champio...
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The AI Resist List is here airesistlist.org - so much hope and positivity for crafting positive, different futures in the room and on the list.
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
airesistlist.org
Can't we have both? (but also big fan of artist-in-residence programmes) www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/07...
Why This Small Library Hired an Artist instead of a Librarian
One small library. One artist with no library experience. A surprisingly big result for Mukwonago Community Library's marketing.
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Already at issue 3 of our AI for Libraries newsletter and it's been interesting and challenging to choose just a few links for the week and try to get that signal to noise ratio right in such a noisy area (all killer no filler is still the goal 🙃 🙄) More info and sample issue at: ai.newslet.org
AI for Libraries - Curated weekly newsletter for Library Pros
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This reading app is such a great idea, glad to hear its expanding to other libraries @librariesconnected.org.uk www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/nationa...
National Year of Reading: "Couch to 5K for reading" app grows nationwide | Libraries Connected
Libraries across England are coming together to expand the Read On app, bringing its "Couch to 5K for reading" approach to new regions as part of the National Year of Reading 2026.
librariesconnected.org.uk
Write for 1 person. ❤️ this from @b0rk.jvns.ca wizardzines.com/comics/write...
write for one person
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"A sign of a good tool is that you don’t notice it". tbh didn't even realise that there was a hosted version of wallabag. But I never did get around to replacing Pocket so this sounds like it's worth testing out hamatti.org/posts/a-sign...
A sign of a good tool is that you don’t notice it - one year with wallabag
wallabag is a read-it-later service that I’ve been using for a year now. Despite using it every day, I hardly notice it. It’s a perfect tool for my needs and I’m a very happy user. Here’s how I use it...
hamatti.org
New on the Artefacto blog - Announcing AI for Libraries – a new weekly newsletter www.artefacto.org.uk/ai-for-libra...
Announcing the AI for Libraries newsletter
We’re launching a new weekly AI news update to share just a few important links, relevant and useful for library and information professionals
artefacto.org.uk
Unless you do a job that is actually properly useful or are a professional sender of life-changing my good news, after 3pm on a Friday you can almost def save all your outgoing external emails to draft and send them on Monday.
"With this book, I wanted to highlight how one would go on this journey of knowledge gathering just to realize that the ‘conventional’ ways of doing that through a library or archive might not work with Indigenous forms of knowledge". medium.com/everylibrary...
Julie Fiveash: We All Have Something New to Learn
How the cartoonist and librarian is redefining Indigenous representation from the drawing board to the library stacks
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Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag was one of those super influential A Book Apart titles for me with lots of best practices and advice that remains relevant. And it's now available for free! accessibilityforeveryone.site
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
“Because your curiosity doesn’t always fit into keywords…” 🙄 blog.google/products-and...
A new era for AI Search
We shared the next step in our journey to bring together the best of a search engine with the best of AI.
blog.google
welp, this sounds terrible techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...
Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce t...
techcrunch.com
"I believe information literacy is one of the most transformative skills a person can develop right now". cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/the-skill-...
The Skill That Stands Between Us and Panic
Why the ability to evaluate information is how fear becomes manageable.
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