Andrew Preater
@preater.com
Always-already librarianing. 🍞🌹🌹
Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London; CILIP & SCONUL board member. Audax cyclist. (he/him)
Personal account: my own views. 💁♂️
🦣 @preater@hcommons.social
Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London; CILIP & SCONUL board member. Audax cyclist. (he/him)
Personal account: my own views. 💁♂️
🦣 @preater@hcommons.social
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We had loads of fun recording podcasts with our @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions at #Digifest25 earlier this year. Been re-listening to them as we prepare for our 2026 champions programme. Nominations for 2026 are now open! Link below in next post. soundcloud.com/jisccommunit...
Digifest community hub 2025
Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn.
We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.
soundcloud.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We had loads of fun recording podcasts with our @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions at #Digifest25 earlier this year. Been re-listening to them as we prepare for our 2026 champions programme. Nominations for 2026 are now open! Link below in next post. soundcloud.com/jisccommunit...
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Get your nominations in for our Community Champions 2026! I know there's loads of you out there doing great work in your respective professional communities. Calling all librarians, learning tech folk, teaching and learning and IT crew.
Nominations are now open to celebrate our new community champions of 2026! Is there someone who shares invaluable knowledge that sparks new ideas or inspires thought provoking action? Get those names in ⤵️
Community champions - Jisc
Celebrating extraordinary people supporting communities.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Get your nominations in for our Community Champions 2026! I know there's loads of you out there doing great work in your respective professional communities. Calling all librarians, learning tech folk, teaching and learning and IT crew.
📚 News from Goldsmiths Library: we've launched our new Library Framework, our strategic plan for the next few years.
I'm most pleased our Framework is values-driven and hope it includes what you expect from us: focus on critical #infolit / #critlib, anti-racism and community.
Read it here ⤵️⤵️⤵️
I'm most pleased our Framework is values-driven and hope it includes what you expect from us: focus on critical #infolit / #critlib, anti-racism and community.
Read it here ⤵️⤵️⤵️
Library Framework 2025
The Library Framework sets out our goals and key areas of work for the Library at Goldsmiths.
www.gold.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Registrations for @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More on 2-3 December are now OPEN! And the deadline for speaker submissions has been extended until Wednesday 15th October, so get your submissions in ASAP if you want to take part! Link for submissions in next post.
www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more
www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more
Connect More 2025 - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Registrations for @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More on 2-3 December are now OPEN! And the deadline for speaker submissions has been extended until Wednesday 15th October, so get your submissions in ASAP if you want to take part! Link for submissions in next post.
www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more
www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more
If you're doing interesting work on digital innovation, here's a great opportunity to get involved with @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More. CfP details from Rosie…
Hello BlueSky friends! The call for papers for Jisc's Connect More December event is now open! Closing date: 10th October. We're now doing two of these events per year, so there's plenty of opportunities to put something forward.
www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...
www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...
Submit your programme session ideas for Connect More - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you're doing interesting work on digital innovation, here's a great opportunity to get involved with @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More. CfP details from Rosie…
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This is a great job with a great team - jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head... @preater.com
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
jobs.gold.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is a great job with a great team - jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head... @preater.com
📢 Goldsmiths Library is hiring a Head of Academic Skills! Lead strategy, shape learning and support students and staff in an inclusive, creative environment.
Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...
Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
jobs.gold.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📢 Goldsmiths Library is hiring a Head of Academic Skills! Lead strategy, shape learning and support students and staff in an inclusive, creative environment.
Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...
Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...
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Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
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Community is the glue work holding everything together - pass it on! 🤩 A great write-up of the key themes of our fantastic day in June with our Community Managers and @rosiesherry.com communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2... #community #communitymanagement
Community: the glue holding everything together – Communities
communities.jiscinvolve.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Community is the glue work holding everything together - pass it on! 🤩 A great write-up of the key themes of our fantastic day in June with our Community Managers and @rosiesherry.com communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2... #community #communitymanagement
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This is a wonderful team and I would highly recommend my library friends apply!
ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
July 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is a wonderful team and I would highly recommend my library friends apply!
We're also hiring two Library Supervisors to lead day-to-day operations, support and manage frontline staff and deliver a high-quality, inclusive service at Goldsmiths.
2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...
2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
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jobs.gold.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We're also hiring two Library Supervisors to lead day-to-day operations, support and manage frontline staff and deliver a high-quality, inclusive service at Goldsmiths.
2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...
2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...
We’re hiring! We’re excited to recruit four Senior Library Assistants, a new role for Goldsmiths Library.
Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.
Closing 31 Aug.
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Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.
Closing 31 Aug.
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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
jobs.gold.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’re hiring! We’re excited to recruit four Senior Library Assistants, a new role for Goldsmiths Library.
Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.
Closing 31 Aug.
⤵️⤵️⤵️
Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.
Closing 31 Aug.
⤵️⤵️⤵️
ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
All closing 10 August.
We are hiring! We’re seeking two Subject Librarians to lead relationship management with our academic schools and deliver engaging teaching for students at Goldsmiths.
Closing 10 Aug.
1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
Closing 10 Aug.
1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
July 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are hiring! We’re seeking two Subject Librarians to lead relationship management with our academic schools and deliver engaging teaching for students at Goldsmiths.
Closing 10 Aug.
1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
Closing 10 Aug.
1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
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This looks nice but I’m worried it might cost me an arm
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This looks nice but I’m worried it might cost me an arm
Excellent conversation here with @ellycope.bsky.social at Jisc #Digifest25 on systems, metadata and community connections. Check it out.
Great conversation all about library systems and metadata work and how supporting each other and working together is vital to this work. Elly is one of our 2025 community champions and it's been great to have more library folk at #Digifest25 @ellycope.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/jisc-communi...
soundcloud.com/jisc-communi...
Digifest community hub 2025: Shining a light on the world of libraries systems with Elly Cope
Elly Cope, head of access and acquisitions at the University of Leeds talks with Carolina Barnes, Jisc community specialist about how she has been changing perceptions in the world of library systems
soundcloud.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excellent conversation here with @ellycope.bsky.social at Jisc #Digifest25 on systems, metadata and community connections. Check it out.
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I'm really excited to announce that I have had my first article published in the @jinfolit.bsky.social! I hope this article sparks conversations about how workplace information literacy is experienced by autistic librarians.📑📑
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic librarian in the academic library workplace?
| Journal of Information Literacy
journals.cilip.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm really excited to announce that I have had my first article published in the @jinfolit.bsky.social! I hope this article sparks conversations about how workplace information literacy is experienced by autistic librarians.📑📑
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
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If you haven't read this yet, today is your lucky day! Genuinely jealous of all the people about to read it for the first time 🥰
Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you haven't read this yet, today is your lucky day! Genuinely jealous of all the people about to read it for the first time 🥰
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Reading this extremely useful article by @patchedelbows.bsky.social, Teresa Crew, @rosiehare.bsky.social, Krishna Maroo and @preater.com ahead of some UX fieldwork interviews tomorrow.
On social class and academic libraries: it is quality stuff.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
On social class and academic libraries: it is quality stuff.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
View of ‘They burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why’
journals.cilip.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reading this extremely useful article by @patchedelbows.bsky.social, Teresa Crew, @rosiehare.bsky.social, Krishna Maroo and @preater.com ahead of some UX fieldwork interviews tomorrow.
On social class and academic libraries: it is quality stuff.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
On social class and academic libraries: it is quality stuff.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
#AmReading “ADHD and the early career teaching librarian: an autoethnography” by Jocelyn Swick-Jemison. This is very interesting indeed.
🔗 doi.org/10.33137/cja... (OA 🔓)
🔗 doi.org/10.33137/cja... (OA 🔓)
ADHD and the Early Career Teaching Librarian: An Autoethnography
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
doi.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#AmReading “ADHD and the early career teaching librarian: an autoethnography” by Jocelyn Swick-Jemison. This is very interesting indeed.
🔗 doi.org/10.33137/cja... (OA 🔓)
🔗 doi.org/10.33137/cja... (OA 🔓)
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Want to find out more about this @jisc.bsky.social co-creation project?! Here's the podcast we recorded with Laura Hutton, Subject Specialist in Accessibility, and two of our FE Acessibility Training Matrix project members at #Digifest25. on.soundcloud.com/V5aCabKXNheJ...
Digifest community hub 2025: the FE Accessibility Training Matrix project
Laura Hutton, Subject Specialist in Accessibility at Jisc, is joined by Vicki Penny from Hartpury University and Colin Smith from Cornwall College.
Vicki and Colin are part of a co-creation project
on.soundcloud.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Want to find out more about this @jisc.bsky.social co-creation project?! Here's the podcast we recorded with Laura Hutton, Subject Specialist in Accessibility, and two of our FE Acessibility Training Matrix project members at #Digifest25. on.soundcloud.com/V5aCabKXNheJ...
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Just over one week to the @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social webinar where I'll talk about being an ally to trans, non-binary & gender non-conforming people.
We're a tiny minority under ongoing attack - allies are essential.
Tuesday 27 May, 1-2pm on Teams and open to all!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
We're a tiny minority under ongoing attack - allies are essential.
Tuesday 27 May, 1-2pm on Teams and open to all!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
May 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just over one week to the @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social webinar where I'll talk about being an ally to trans, non-binary & gender non-conforming people.
We're a tiny minority under ongoing attack - allies are essential.
Tuesday 27 May, 1-2pm on Teams and open to all!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
We're a tiny minority under ongoing attack - allies are essential.
Tuesday 27 May, 1-2pm on Teams and open to all!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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The post-Digifest content keeps on coming! If you're after an interesting Friday afternoon listen, please check out this podcast episode I recorded with the wonderful @heroicendeavour.bsky.social and @rosiejhjones.bsky.social on our #Digifest25 Community Hub back in March.
Got a spare 25 minutes to listen to me and @rosiejhjones.bsky.social talk about academic libraries and leadership and communities of practice and current challenges? You know you want to…
Digifest community hub 2025: Academic libraries, leadership and impact with Rosie Jones and Caroline Ball
Stream Digifest community hub 2025: Academic libraries, leadership and impact with Rosie Jones and Caroline Ball by Jisc community on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on Sound...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The post-Digifest content keeps on coming! If you're after an interesting Friday afternoon listen, please check out this podcast episode I recorded with the wonderful @heroicendeavour.bsky.social and @rosiejhjones.bsky.social on our #Digifest25 Community Hub back in March.
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On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people"
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people"
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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CILIP always has and always will support the whole library, knowledge and information workforce, and all service users – including trans people. Read our statement: www.cilip.org.uk/news/699534/...
Statement on Supreme Court ruling
CILIP always has and always will support the whole library, knowledge and information workforce, and all service users – including trans people.
www.cilip.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CILIP always has and always will support the whole library, knowledge and information workforce, and all service users – including trans people. Read our statement: www.cilip.org.uk/news/699534/...