Old tapes, new life 🎞️ Introducing our new digitisation service where we can convert your home movies to digital formats! Details & fees here: buff.ly/QpVgVPP @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #digitisation
National Acquisitions Group (NAG)
@uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
An organisation for everyone interested in the acquisition, management and development of library resources. https:/nag.org.uk
It’s never too late to return a library book... even after 60 years. This book recently came back to the library after six decades out in the wild! Just graduated and forgotten to return a book? If you can’t make it back to Cambridge, use our freepost returns service: https://loom.ly/wf0LwIs
We are seeking an Archives & Special Collections Officer to join our team at the Penryn Campus! This is an exciting opportunity to support archives and special collections services across Falmouth University and @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk. Apply now via the link in our bio. Applications close 16 Aug.
Apologies but tomorrow's NAG Members Coffee and a Chat is postponed! We will be in touch with all ticket holders with a new date as soon as possible.
NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only
Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group
Seminar and Forum open for booking now!
nag.org.uk
Survey on digitising flap books, movable books, volvelles, that kind of thing! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #GLAMS 📚
Designing Interactive 2D for Movable Books or Other Texts - User Survey
Primary Question: What are researchers,’ book artists, paper engineers, & library professionals' goals for interactive digital surrogates (digitized versions) of movable books or other texts? For thi...
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I'm working on an article about videogames in local libraries — if anyone's local carries games, or if any librarians on here work in libraries that have games, can get games, or host games programs, shoot me a dm! @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only
Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group
Seminar and Forum open for booking now!
nag.org.uk
NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only
Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group
Seminar and Forum open for booking now!
nag.org.uk
🗓️ What’s on at #CILIP? This week: sessions to support you with Professional Registration + events from CILIPSW/YLG Cymru, & CILIP LGBTQ+ Network 🔸Sign up for CPD 🔸Events are FREE or discounted for members 🔸See full listings and book today: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/event_list.asp
#Free event on the 9th June 10-11am (UK time) Elizabeth Cardoso Fernandes will be discussing the needs and effects of masking and #disability disclosure at two Canadian #university #libraries www.eventbrite.com/e/i-the-mask... #librarian #libraryWorker #workplace #neurodivergent #neurodiversity
I, the mask: navigating work post-disclosure
Join NLISN and Elizabeth Cardoso Fernandes discussing the needs and effects of masking and disability disclosure.
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NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only
Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group
Seminar and Forum open for booking now!
nag.org.uk
Wikimedia Commons is a collection of freely licensed images, videos, and audio. Some of the ways you can use it might be … unexpected.
NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only
Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group
Seminar and Forum open for booking now!
nag.org.uk
If this time last week you were at NAG Seminar, please do remember to fill in a feedback form for us! tinyurl.com/nag2026
NAG cd16: Event feedback
Thank you for attending our sixteenth NAG collection development Seminar. Please give us your feedback below to help inform our next event. All answers are anonymous. You can also email the NAG…
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If you've been inspired by #NAGcd16, save the date for our Webinar Week 9-13th November! We'll be looking for presentations from across the library sector so please start thinking about your projects to share!
And that's a wrap! We had a fabulous time in Nottingham for #NAGcd16 and we hope you did too - please give us your delegate feedback at tinyurl.com/nag2026 to help us plan 2027
NAG cd16: Event feedback
Thank you for attending our sixteenth NAG collection development Seminar. Please give us your feedback below to help inform our next event. All answers are anonymous. You can also email the NAG…
tinyurl.com
Our final paper of the day! Ending NAG Seminar 2026 with @librarianth.bsky.social from @uoylibrary.bsky.social who says "People are Better than Systems!" #NAGcd16
It has been lovely to spend so much time chatting and networking with everyone here at #NAGcd16 especially over the delicious Ploughman’s buffet yesterday evening thanks to our sponsors Perlego.
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!
Here’s Brian Hole from Dromologics for our first Sponsor Lightning talk for day 2 of seminar
Staying with the wellbeing theme, next up we have "User-powered wellbeing and leisure collections" with Aster Weyer-Brown and Elle Lund from @exeterunilib.bsky.social #NAGcd16
Over to Debora Hodgson and Amelia Jedynak from the University of Bath for "The Book Nook: Acquisitions beyond Academics" #NAGcd16
Next up we have Hazel Bowley and Emma Latham from Arden University with "Librarians without a Library: intersections of identity, practice and place in an online library service" #NAGcd16
And we're off for Seminar day two with "Connecting Students to Knowledge: The Power of Library Events" from Cheryl Harris and Georgia Newman, from University of East London. #NAGcd16
Congratulations to our NAG Public Library Project of the Year Grant winners 2026: Oldham Libraries Lewisham Libraries Huge thanks to @openfifth.bsky.social for sponsoring one of these grants and coming along to meet the winners yesterday! #NAGplf26 nag.org.uk/public-libra...
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...
We are at #NAGcd16 today meeting with university library teams about improving digital access for students. Visit Snapplify's stand to explore practical approaches to scalable digital library access and ebook delivery. We look forward to connecting! #HigherEducation #AcademicLibraries #EdTech
