Dr Jane Secker
@jsecker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Ed Develop. SFHEA. Online learning, info, digital & copyright literacy. Deputy Chair of CILIP Info Lit Group. Head of MA Academic Practice 🐱
Attending the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education this evening at St Jame's Palace..what a treat with @julievoce.bsky.social and @puiyin.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Attending the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education this evening at St Jame's Palace..what a treat with @julievoce.bsky.social and @puiyin.bsky.social
Great to be there today and learn from our Finnish colleagues!
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Great to be there today and learn from our Finnish colleagues!
Today we launched a new episode of the Copyright Waffle podcast with the RT. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob - our most distinguished guest copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/04/c...
Copyright waffling with Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob
We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new episode of the Copyright Waffle podcast, recorded at UCL School of Laws in January 2025. We were honoured to be joined by the Rt. Hon. Profess…
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November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today we launched a new episode of the Copyright Waffle podcast with the RT. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob - our most distinguished guest copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/04/c...
Great to see our research on the @authorsalliance.bsky.social blog as I feel I've spent my career trying to help people understand why copyright matters and why they should not fear it!
How confident are authors about their rights related to copyright? Is the fear of navigating copyright preventing non-infringing ‘user’ activities? How can we mitigate the damage caused by copyright anxiety and chill?
A guest post by @awakaruk.bsky.social, @jsecker.bsky.social, and Chris Morrison:
A guest post by @awakaruk.bsky.social, @jsecker.bsky.social, and Chris Morrison:
Are Copyright Anxiety and Legal Chill Hampering Your Work?
The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch This is guest post by Amanda Wakaruk, Jane Secker, and Chris Morrison. Amanda Wakaruk has worked as a copyright librarian since 2015 and is currently the Acting He…
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September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great to see our research on the @authorsalliance.bsky.social blog as I feel I've spent my career trying to help people understand why copyright matters and why they should not fear it!
And thank you so much for the chocolate!! You are really kind and I'm enjoying some with tea!
September 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And thank you so much for the chocolate!! You are really kind and I'm enjoying some with tea!
Thanks to everyone who attended or presented at #icepops25 - Manchester did us proud and we'll be sharing some photos and the slides from the event very soon..in the meantime, a few highlights....
September 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended or presented at #icepops25 - Manchester did us proud and we'll be sharing some photos and the slides from the event very soon..in the meantime, a few highlights....
So great to see you Doug and what a brilliant presentation you gave..also enjoyed our karaoke! See you again soon I hope #icepops25
September 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So great to see you Doug and what a brilliant presentation you gave..also enjoyed our karaoke! See you again soon I hope #icepops25
It's the day of #icepops25 and the sun is shining in Manchester and everything is yellow
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's the day of #icepops25 and the sun is shining in Manchester and everything is yellow
Still time to book a place at this autumn's copyright education conference, Icepops 2025. Find out more and book your place: copyrightliteracy.org/icepops-2025...
Icepops 2025: draft programme
Tuesday 9th September 11-12pm Private view of the John Rylands Library 12-1.15pm Registration and lunch available 1.15-1.30pm Welcome and introduction from co-Chairs, Chris Morrison and Jane Secker…
copyrightliteracy.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Still time to book a place at this autumn's copyright education conference, Icepops 2025. Find out more and book your place: copyrightliteracy.org/icepops-2025...
Very excited to get another Copyright Waffle podcast out, Episode 28 with Monica Westin is a bit of a trailer for #icepops2025 soundcloud.com/user-2432741... #copyright
Copyright Waffle Episode 28 with Monica Westin
Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to upcoming Icepops keynote Monica Westin about her journey from library school, through to Google, Manchester Metropolitan University and now to Cambridge
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July 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Very excited to get another Copyright Waffle podcast out, Episode 28 with Monica Westin is a bit of a trailer for #icepops2025 soundcloud.com/user-2432741... #copyright
Wasn't @nicwhitton.bsky.social doing some research into personality types and preference for play and games? I personally like learning to be fun and am quite competitive but I am not interested in badges at all!
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Wasn't @nicwhitton.bsky.social doing some research into personality types and preference for play and games? I personally like learning to be fun and am quite competitive but I am not interested in badges at all!
Looking forward to tomorrow's Copyright and Online Learning webinar on audiovisual content - if you've not signed up, still time: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/01/c...
Copyright and audiovisual works: where are we now?
On Friday 18th July at 11am-12pm BST we will be running our 79th webinar. This session will be a closed session for those in the education community to discuss where we are with copyright issues re…
copyrightliteracy.org
July 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Looking forward to tomorrow's Copyright and Online Learning webinar on audiovisual content - if you've not signed up, still time: copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/01/c...
Reposted by Dr Jane Secker
Copying the worst culture war moves from the USA, Kent County Council bans trans books in children’s library. 📚📜
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted them.
www.bbc.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Copying the worst culture war moves from the USA, Kent County Council bans trans books in children’s library. 📚📜
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dr Jane Secker
someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Call for children's trans books to be put back in Kent libraries child sections
Protect these books under the Equality Act and protecting literature for education. Reach out to KCC about this harmful issue. Keep these age-appropriate trans books in children's sections.
petition.parliament.uk
July 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Earlier today my line full of copyright literacy t-shirts after a busy few weeks at conferences
July 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Earlier today my line full of copyright literacy t-shirts after a busy few weeks at conferences
Tom Lowe opening keynote at Learning at City St George's nails it - this is what I was also saying yesterday about GenAI and the impact on HE @citystgeorges.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Tom Lowe opening keynote at Learning at City St George's nails it - this is what I was also saying yesterday about GenAI and the impact on HE @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Lovely to see you Jo and all the best for the future! I had a great morning at the conference!
July 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Lovely to see you Jo and all the best for the future! I had a great morning at the conference!
No that's a good answer!
July 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No that's a good answer!
Read up more on @creativecommons.bsky.social Signal Preferences here - a new social pact for how those who share data and AI companies can interact: creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/i...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Read up more on @creativecommons.bsky.social Signal Preferences here - a new social pact for how those who share data and AI companies can interact: creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/i...
Great to catch up with some folks at the #cilipconf25 but then major travel issues getting home so pretty exhausted and wishing I'd stayed longer!
July 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great to catch up with some folks at the #cilipconf25 but then major travel issues getting home so pretty exhausted and wishing I'd stayed longer!
Great to be part of this panel this morning at the #cilipconf25 I'm sorry to be dashing off after lunch today but we have our learning and teaching conference at work!
AI & Copyright Regulatory debate with @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social, Seb Cuttill, @jsecker.bsky.social & Naomi Korn covering:
🔸Big Tech
🔸Unethical use of AI
🔸Craic - Creative Rights in AI Coalition
🔸Hallucination
🔸Misinformation
🔸Biased content
How can we trust anything we see? #CILIPConf25
🔸Big Tech
🔸Unethical use of AI
🔸Craic - Creative Rights in AI Coalition
🔸Hallucination
🔸Misinformation
🔸Biased content
How can we trust anything we see? #CILIPConf25
July 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Great to be part of this panel this morning at the #cilipconf25 I'm sorry to be dashing off after lunch today but we have our learning and teaching conference at work!
CILIP commissioned a poem for the library profession. I love creative expression which is why I co wrote a song on information literacy with @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social you can listen here
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...
This LILAC song 2025
A song written for the 20th anniversary of the LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2025 performed live at Cardiff University following Professor Jane Secker's keynote talk on Tuesday 15 April 2025
on.soundcloud.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
CILIP commissioned a poem for the library profession. I love creative expression which is why I co wrote a song on information literacy with @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social you can listen here
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...
on.soundcloud.com/twgukQhMXEgD...
Important research on library leadership
"This corresponds to a male being 28.6%–185.5% more likely to be director." (Depending on the type of library). 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Current State of Female Representation in Library Leadership: A Comprehensive Analysis of Over 13,000 Open U.S. Libraries by Library Type, Collection Size, and State
Women are still underrepresented in library leadership. Previous research has focused on academic libraries, with samples of <1000 libraries. This is the first study to analyze >13,000 U.S. librari...
www.tandfonline.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Important research on library leadership
Anyone else going to #cilipconf25 as delayed by trains but now en route to the conference hotel
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anyone else going to #cilipconf25 as delayed by trains but now en route to the conference hotel
Tomorrow I'm speaking at the CILIP conference on a panel about copyright and AI and I plan to wear my 'how does copyright make you feel' t-shirt
July 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tomorrow I'm speaking at the CILIP conference on a panel about copyright and AI and I plan to wear my 'how does copyright make you feel' t-shirt