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BookTrust has launched its Christmas appeal, aiming to deliver 18,000 book parcels to disadvantaged children and those in care across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 👇 #BookSky
BookTrust launches 2025 Christmas appeal, aiming to deliver 18,000 parcels to young people in need
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
This week (13-19th Nov) is #Transgender Awareness Week 🏳️‍⚧️ It aims to highlight the issues faced by the #Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse community & leads up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) on the 20th.
a poster for transgender awareness week which takes place from november 13-19
ALT: a poster for transgender awareness week which takes place from november 13-19
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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lilacconf.bsky.social
The #LILAC26 Call for Presentations closes today. But there’s still lots of time, you have until 16:00 (GMT) to upload your proposal. Visit our website to find out more ➡️ buff.ly/lOl4Hfm
The logo for the LILAC 2026 conference. The logo is circular with a white background, the circle has a lilac outline. All text within the circle is a lilac colour and all images are white with a lilac outline, to show detail. At the centre of the circle there are two female figures. They are stood facing forwards but looking in different directions. They are wearing overalls and boots. They both have a cloth hanging out of a pocket and the figure on the right has goggles on her forehead. They each have one arm around the other and their other hand is on their own hip. The figures are based on the Women of Steel bronze sculpture that commemorates the women of Sheffield who worked in the city's steel industry during the First World War and Second World War. It was created by the sculptor Martin Jennings. Above the figures are the words LILAC: The information literacy conference, below the figures is the word Sheffield - all words are in capital letters. To the left of the figures is the number 20 and to the right of the figures is the number 26.
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Not UK specific, but interesting nonetheless:

'The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements'⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#LIS
#job
#EDI #DEI
#Disability
#LGBT
#Employment
The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements
A finding of the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s Workforce Diversity Trend Report was that the diversity of Australian communities has not translated to diversity in the libra...
www.tandfonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Be still my beating heart 😍✏️
presentcorrect.bsky.social Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 4d
Our annual Pencil Advent Calendar is back, and this year it’s a Japan special!
www.presentandcorrect.com/products/pen...

24 days of new, and vintage, for daily joy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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booksparrow.bsky.social
📄 Being a #Lesbian #Librarian, Collection Development in Lesbian
Librarianship, and #Archives as Lesbian spaces:
academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcont...

#OpenAccess #Glam #Library
academicworks.cuny.edu
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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profbanks.bsky.social
New ink making me happy. It’s like a funny secret. Thanks much to @thisone0verhere.bsky.social for the idea.
A white forearm with a tattoo that looks uncannily like a black ink stamp, with messy edges and slightly blurry text that reads “Not to be removed from the library”
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans'

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
#Bookban
#Book
LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans
"We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📰'LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves'
apnews.com/article/lgbt...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves
Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misge...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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librarianth.bsky.social
Revisiting this question once again...

Do audiobooks count as reading? Spoiler: YES

It must be correct because a Librarian told you its true, but also, read on for even more reasons

#books #ebooks #audiobooks #library #libraries #reading
Do Audiobooks Count as Reading? (Spoiler: YES!)
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the Great Audiobook Debate. It sounds like a wrestling match in the book club, and honestly, it sometimes feels like one. You know the scene: you're excited to discuss a new book, and you mention, "Oh, I listened to the audiobook," only to have someone reply, "So, you didn't actually read it?" Cue the eye-roll.
librarianth.home.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
'Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space'⬇️
publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v...

#Library
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Its black cat appreciation day 🐈‍⬛ and itsSpooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter
#PetsOfBluesky
librarykirsten.bsky.social Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · Oct 15
Goblin is Halloween coloured (black and orange) and has a spooky name!
Photo of a very pretty tortoise shell cat
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📘Book: 'Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians'
▶️ litwinbooks.com/books/out-be...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
Out Behind the Desk - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press
Number one in the series Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians is an anthology of personal accounts … R...
litwinbooks.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📘Book: 'LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector
The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950'▶️
www.routledge.com/LGBT-People-...

#LGBTQ
#GLAM
#Library
#Museum
#Archive
LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector: The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950
This book examines the complex and conflicting relationships between LGBT people and our cultural and heritage organisations including libraries, museums and archives. In this unique book established ...
www.routledge.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📝Recruiting & Retaining LGBTQ-Identified Staff in Academic Libraries Through Ordinary Methods⬇️
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/recruit...

#Library
#Librarian
#LGBTQ
#lgbtqia
#Academia
#HE
Recruiting and Retaining LGBTQ-Identified Staff in Academic Libraries Through Ordinary Methods – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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wabbits.bsky.social
*cackles in librarian*
astoldbynai.blacksky.app nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · May 29
2. What is something people romanticize that's actually way harder or less glamorous in real life?
May 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Posting a little late, but Happy ##InternationalPronounsDay. Some words from our Committee Member Binni:
black text on a cream background with watercolour flowers in the bottom as decoration. The text reads "Using the right pronouns helps us all feel respected and included. To introduce ourselves with our pronouns and put them in email signatures and social media bios is a small but impactful act that signals inclusion and understanding, making it easier for trans+ and non-binary people to feel safe and welcome (Binni, they/them/theirs)."
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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lselibrary.bsky.social
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
1/2
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
It's Spooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter
#PetsOfBluesky
📸my friends cat in something orange. That's spooky enough,right? anyone tried dressing up a cat!
photo of a tabby cat sitting on a table. The cat is wearing a padded collar/ruff in orange.
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📄Chaper 'The Hidden History of Queer Subject Access' from 📗'Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front'
edited by K.R. Roberto
#Cataloguing
#Cataloging
#Metadata
#CritLib
#LGBTQ

tinyurl.com/mr3tarfd
Radical Cataloging
This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line libra...
books.google.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📄Chaper 'The Hidden History of Queer Subject Access' from 📗'Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front'
edited by K.R. Roberto
#Cataloguing
#Cataloging
#Metadata
#CritLib
#LGBTQ

tinyurl.com/mr3tarfd
Radical Cataloging
This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line libra...
books.google.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
'Privacy and Transgender identities – a perspective from a (very tired) library student' ⬇️

hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2022/03/08/p...

#Library
#EDI
#Librarian
#Data
#LGBTQ
#Trans
#HE
#Academia
Privacy and Transgender identities – a perspective from a (very tired) library student
One of my extracurricular activities the last couple of months has been organizing a panel on the ethical use and privacy of using queer peoples’ data in research and libraries, which has led me to…
hacklibschool.wordpress.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
'Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review'⬇️
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decisti...

#Library
#EDI
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#Trans
Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Not UK specific, but interesting nonetheless:

'The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements'⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#LIS
#job
#EDI #DEI
#Disability
#LGBT
#Employment
The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements
A finding of the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s Workforce Diversity Trend Report was that the diversity of Australian communities has not translated to diversity in the libra...
www.tandfonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Wishing everyone a slightly early Happy #ComingOutDay! 🏳️‍🌈 (11/10/25) 📕📙💛📗📘💜
photo of a 3 book shelves full of books. The books are all different heights and are ordered in colour order. The colour order is representative of the pride flag.
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM