Jen Hillyard
@mininglibrarian.bsky.social
Library & Archives Manager at The Common Room in Newcastle and Business Development Manager for NAG. Ex Carnegie-Greenaway judge. Mobility issues thanks to MCTD - I’m the one with the purple crutches...
Disabled 🏳️🌈 parent.
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In case anyone is looking for links:
We looked very quickly at an ESTC record: datb.cerl.org/estc
Other good sources for identifying and cataloguing rare books include:
EEBO: proquest.libguides.com/eebopqp
ECCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
NCCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
Hope this helps!
We looked very quickly at an ESTC record: datb.cerl.org/estc
Other good sources for identifying and cataloguing rare books include:
EEBO: proquest.libguides.com/eebopqp
ECCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
NCCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
Hope this helps!
English Short Title Catalogue
datb.cerl.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In case anyone is looking for links:
We looked very quickly at an ESTC record: datb.cerl.org/estc
Other good sources for identifying and cataloguing rare books include:
EEBO: proquest.libguides.com/eebopqp
ECCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
NCCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
Hope this helps!
We looked very quickly at an ESTC record: datb.cerl.org/estc
Other good sources for identifying and cataloguing rare books include:
EEBO: proquest.libguides.com/eebopqp
ECCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
NCCO: gale.com/primary-sour...
Hope this helps!
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Free event for members and non-members: join the M25 Consortium Diversity Group and Beth Montague-Hellen at our EDI and Libraries Workshop 18 November, Middlesex University. Book your free place now www.m25lib.org.uk/events/edi-a...
EDI and libraries: learning from each other to make real change - M25
18/11/2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm - Join the M25 Diversity Group and Beth Montague-Hellen at this in-person workshop to collaborate in creating practical tips to take back to your workplaces in the a...
www.m25lib.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Free event for members and non-members: join the M25 Consortium Diversity Group and Beth Montague-Hellen at our EDI and Libraries Workshop 18 November, Middlesex University. Book your free place now www.m25lib.org.uk/events/edi-a...
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🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Save the Date! NAG Seminar and Forum is coming to Nottingham for 2026 and we're making it a two day event 🎉
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Save the Date! NAG Seminar and Forum is coming to Nottingham for 2026 and we're making it a two day event 🎉
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
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NAG Webinar Week:
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? with @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
Thursday 20 Nov 12pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? with @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
Thursday 20 Nov 12pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
NAG Webinar Week:
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? with @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
Thursday 20 Nov 12pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? with @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
Thursday 20 Nov 12pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
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NAG Webinar Week:
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NAG Webinar Week:
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
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Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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One day only THIS THURSDAY 10/30! @nickgarcia.bsky.social, @merbroussard.bsky.social, and @bb.usefairuse.com will be talking legal and ethical issues in AI for libraries and librarians! Register to attend (or get the recording and all the links)!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One day only THIS THURSDAY 10/30! @nickgarcia.bsky.social, @merbroussard.bsky.social, and @bb.usefairuse.com will be talking legal and ethical issues in AI for libraries and librarians! Register to attend (or get the recording and all the links)!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
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NAG Webinar Week:
The Caring Library: Championing carers in the workplace, community and collections with @timbuckle.bsky.social
Mon 17 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/caring/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
The Caring Library: Championing carers in the workplace, community and collections with @timbuckle.bsky.social
Mon 17 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/caring/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NAG Webinar Week:
The Caring Library: Championing carers in the workplace, community and collections with @timbuckle.bsky.social
Mon 17 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/caring/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
The Caring Library: Championing carers in the workplace, community and collections with @timbuckle.bsky.social
Mon 17 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/caring/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
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NEW WEBINAR: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access” hosted by Copim, @sparc-eu.bsky.social and @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
"Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access" (11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]) - Copim
Please register to attend the online webinar via this Zoom link. We will be recording the event, and will circulate speaker presentations & slides after the w…
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NEW WEBINAR: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access” hosted by Copim, @sparc-eu.bsky.social and @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
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NAG Webinar Week:
Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso
Tues 18 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/inclus...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso
Tues 18 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/inclus...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NAG Webinar Week:
Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso
Tues 18 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/inclus...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso
Tues 18 Nov, 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/inclus...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
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Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
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NAG Webinar Week 2025 is available to book! Join us free for one or all of these great sessions from librarians across the UK who are sharing their projects!
nag.org.uk/events/
Don't worry if you can't make it live; open access recordings will be available for all.
📚 #NAGWebinarWeek
nag.org.uk/events/
Don't worry if you can't make it live; open access recordings will be available for all.
📚 #NAGWebinarWeek
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NAG Webinar Week 2025 is available to book! Join us free for one or all of these great sessions from librarians across the UK who are sharing their projects!
nag.org.uk/events/
Don't worry if you can't make it live; open access recordings will be available for all.
📚 #NAGWebinarWeek
nag.org.uk/events/
Don't worry if you can't make it live; open access recordings will be available for all.
📚 #NAGWebinarWeek
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And levels remaining flat don't help when positivity is so high already, as in Cumbria, Durham, Sunderland.
Teesside looks pretty labile still: Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool spiking further.
6/7
Teesside looks pretty labile still: Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool spiking further.
6/7
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
And levels remaining flat don't help when positivity is so high already, as in Cumbria, Durham, Sunderland.
Teesside looks pretty labile still: Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool spiking further.
6/7
Teesside looks pretty labile still: Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool spiking further.
6/7
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Look a new thing
Librarians you should become experts in that new thing
No we aren't gonna give you new staff so you can hire or train specialists
You all just need to be experts at that and whatever else you're doing too
Don't drop anything though
We'll get mad
You have to do the new thing
Librarians you should become experts in that new thing
No we aren't gonna give you new staff so you can hire or train specialists
You all just need to be experts at that and whatever else you're doing too
Don't drop anything though
We'll get mad
You have to do the new thing
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Look a new thing
Librarians you should become experts in that new thing
No we aren't gonna give you new staff so you can hire or train specialists
You all just need to be experts at that and whatever else you're doing too
Don't drop anything though
We'll get mad
You have to do the new thing
Librarians you should become experts in that new thing
No we aren't gonna give you new staff so you can hire or train specialists
You all just need to be experts at that and whatever else you're doing too
Don't drop anything though
We'll get mad
You have to do the new thing
Is it just me or is this a bit weird?
“Due to the number of steps and narrow passages after The King’s Hall wheelchairs, walking aids and crutches aren’t allowed due to health and safety requirements.”
Narrow I can see is challenging but is banning walking aids really the answer?
“Due to the number of steps and narrow passages after The King’s Hall wheelchairs, walking aids and crutches aren’t allowed due to health and safety requirements.”
Narrow I can see is challenging but is banning walking aids really the answer?
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is it just me or is this a bit weird?
“Due to the number of steps and narrow passages after The King’s Hall wheelchairs, walking aids and crutches aren’t allowed due to health and safety requirements.”
Narrow I can see is challenging but is banning walking aids really the answer?
“Due to the number of steps and narrow passages after The King’s Hall wheelchairs, walking aids and crutches aren’t allowed due to health and safety requirements.”
Narrow I can see is challenging but is banning walking aids really the answer?
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Any recommendations for the best cake in London?
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Any recommendations for the best cake in London?
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Help: I need photos of *Bengal Annual* 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834 & 1836 at @britishlibrary.bsky.social
BL isn't doing digital scans for remote patrons, tho
a/o in London who mt be able to get to the BL?
@rs4vp.org @victstudies.bsky.social @jimmussell.bsky.social
BL isn't doing digital scans for remote patrons, tho
a/o in London who mt be able to get to the BL?
@rs4vp.org @victstudies.bsky.social @jimmussell.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Help: I need photos of *Bengal Annual* 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834 & 1836 at @britishlibrary.bsky.social
BL isn't doing digital scans for remote patrons, tho
a/o in London who mt be able to get to the BL?
@rs4vp.org @victstudies.bsky.social @jimmussell.bsky.social
BL isn't doing digital scans for remote patrons, tho
a/o in London who mt be able to get to the BL?
@rs4vp.org @victstudies.bsky.social @jimmussell.bsky.social
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NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is all about AI in Acquisitions Workflows. Do join us on Zoom, Friday 24 Oct 11am
nag.org.uk/event/chatoc...
All NAG members welcome. If you're not sure whether your organisation is a member please do just get in touch! No hard sales pitch, we promise.
nag.org.uk/event/chatoc...
All NAG members welcome. If you're not sure whether your organisation is a member please do just get in touch! No hard sales pitch, we promise.
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is all about AI in Acquisitions Workflows. Do join us on Zoom, Friday 24 Oct 11am
nag.org.uk/event/chatoc...
All NAG members welcome. If you're not sure whether your organisation is a member please do just get in touch! No hard sales pitch, we promise.
nag.org.uk/event/chatoc...
All NAG members welcome. If you're not sure whether your organisation is a member please do just get in touch! No hard sales pitch, we promise.
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After a year off, I’m thinking of volunteering for #Newcastle #PintOfScience again next year. Any local scientists interested in giving a 20 minute accessible talk on your research to members of the public? #SciComm #Research #Academicsky #PhDSky @pintofscience.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
After a year off, I’m thinking of volunteering for #Newcastle #PintOfScience again next year. Any local scientists interested in giving a 20 minute accessible talk on your research to members of the public? #SciComm #Research #Academicsky #PhDSky @pintofscience.uk
Anyone else still waiting impatiently for the 10am email to book Fenwick Santa on the Roof? Or have they just forgotten me… 🥺
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Anyone else still waiting impatiently for the 10am email to book Fenwick Santa on the Roof? Or have they just forgotten me… 🥺
More “visiting other people’s libraries on holiday” again - this time at the V&A where part of the “Design 1900-now” galleries are surrounded by beautiful oversize books. Really enjoyed the exhibition - and checking out the book titles….
October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More “visiting other people’s libraries on holiday” again - this time at the V&A where part of the “Design 1900-now” galleries are surrounded by beautiful oversize books. Really enjoyed the exhibition - and checking out the book titles….
I don’t get it… Why is it helpful for all the passengers for one station to use the same luggage rack? Doesn’t that create more congestion at exiting? #Lumo
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I don’t get it… Why is it helpful for all the passengers for one station to use the same luggage rack? Doesn’t that create more congestion at exiting? #Lumo