Jonathan Best
@jon1616.bsky.social
Senior Information Assistant at Ulster University library
A fascinating final talk at Darts9 conference from Frankie Marsh and Lucy Woolhouse about making research more inclusive to ensure research support is available for all #Darts9
May 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A fascinating final talk at Darts9 conference from Frankie Marsh and Lucy Woolhouse about making research more inclusive to ensure research support is available for all #Darts9
Fascinating talk this morning from Tim Wales where he shared publishing tips that can help librarians with publishing their research #Darts9
May 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fascinating talk this morning from Tim Wales where he shared publishing tips that can help librarians with publishing their research #Darts9
A fascinating talk from Gillian Siddall on her use of visual research methods to explore student experiences and how her results have helped to improve the experience for international students at the University of Northampton #Darts9
May 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A fascinating talk from Gillian Siddall on her use of visual research methods to explore student experiences and how her results have helped to improve the experience for international students at the University of Northampton #Darts9
A very inspiring and thought provoking talk to start the Darts9 conference which really resonated with me about the crucial qualities that librarians can offer #Darts9
May 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A very inspiring and thought provoking talk to start the Darts9 conference which really resonated with me about the crucial qualities that librarians can offer #Darts9
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Our CEO @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social highlights the “lack of robust evidence” about how widespread censorship is in the UK and which books are not available. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our CEO @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social highlights the “lack of robust evidence” about how widespread censorship is in the UK and which books are not available. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
April 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Crystal clear evening allowed for some brilliant photos of the moon
#moonlovers #moonphotography #Astrophotography
#moonlovers #moonphotography #Astrophotography
April 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Crystal clear evening allowed for some brilliant photos of the moon
#moonlovers #moonphotography #Astrophotography
#moonlovers #moonphotography #Astrophotography
BBC News - Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display
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Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display
A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on display for the first time from Saturday.
www.bbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
BBC News - Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
BBC News - Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Betty Webb MBE worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two intercepting enemy messages.
www.bbc.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
BBC News - Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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BBC News - Double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies aged 86
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Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at Surrey home
Counter-terrorism police are assisting the coroner, but his death is not being treated as suspicious.
www.bbc.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
BBC News - Double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies aged 86
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Had a great day attending the CONUL Teaching and Learning 2025 seminar listening to brilliant talks about how librarians are collaborating with colleagues and working together to support each other and library users. #CONULTL25
March 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Had a great day attending the CONUL Teaching and Learning 2025 seminar listening to brilliant talks about how librarians are collaborating with colleagues and working together to support each other and library users. #CONULTL25
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Jonathan Best and Patrick Keenan, of @UlsterUniLib next, speaking on career development opportunities for Assistant Librarians #CONULTL25
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Jonathan Best and Patrick Keenan, of @UlsterUniLib next, speaking on career development opportunities for Assistant Librarians #CONULTL25
An early start this morning as I head down to Dublin for the CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2025. Not a bad view from the train.
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
An early start this morning as I head down to Dublin for the CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2025. Not a bad view from the train.
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News | New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army – Untold: The Museum will span two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen
New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army - Museums Association
Untold: The Museum will span two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen
www.museumsassociation.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
News | New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army – Untold: The Museum will span two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen
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We’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site.
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
March 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site.
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
Lovely picture of the moonscape captured with my telescope and camera attachment
March 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Lovely picture of the moonscape captured with my telescope and camera attachment
It's the weekend so I'm very excited to unpack and set up my new telescope. Hopefully it's a clear sky tonight and I can see some interesting things in the night sky 🌠 🌕
March 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's the weekend so I'm very excited to unpack and set up my new telescope. Hopefully it's a clear sky tonight and I can see some interesting things in the night sky 🌠 🌕