@ruthburns.bsky.social
Library person, bibliovore, retro gamer, goth, sporadic crafter
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💙📚 New Year, new book challenge. Every other year I try for 31 books by the end of the month in both January and December. I'm a speed reader hence the high total. This still involves spending most of the month reading, and January goes past very fast.
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Looking forward to this #UKSGwebinar on Open Access and AI "does free to read mean free to train?" with Caroline Ball (@heroicendeavour.bsky.social), Stephanie Decker, & Rob Johnson (@rschrobuk.bsky.social)
#openaccess
#openaccess
Interested in AI, ethics and open access? I’ll be speaking at this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on 5 February - it’s free to register, so please come along!
www.uksg.org/events/free-...
www.uksg.org/events/free-...
FREE UKSG webinar: The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train? - UKSG
This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar - Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and ...
www.uksg.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to this #UKSGwebinar on Open Access and AI "does free to read mean free to train?" with Caroline Ball (@heroicendeavour.bsky.social), Stephanie Decker, & Rob Johnson (@rschrobuk.bsky.social)
#openaccess
#openaccess
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2026 is the National Year of Reading! We think there’s a book out there to suit everyone, you just need to find it and we’ll be very happy to help! Pop in for a chat!
We have two book groups, an LGBTQI+ book group, a Folklore club, a poetry group and a Gaelic group! Join in! #GoAllIn2026
We have two book groups, an LGBTQI+ book group, a Folklore club, a poetry group and a Gaelic group! Join in! #GoAllIn2026
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
2026 is the National Year of Reading! We think there’s a book out there to suit everyone, you just need to find it and we’ll be very happy to help! Pop in for a chat!
We have two book groups, an LGBTQI+ book group, a Folklore club, a poetry group and a Gaelic group! Join in! #GoAllIn2026
We have two book groups, an LGBTQI+ book group, a Folklore club, a poetry group and a Gaelic group! Join in! #GoAllIn2026
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The date for our next event is the 25th Feb, so you've got plenty of time to get it booked😉
'The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries'
Join Claire Camp (Kings college) discussing her research⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-experi...
#Library
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HE
'The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries'
Join Claire Camp (Kings college) discussing her research⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-experi...
#Library
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HE
The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries
Join NLISN and Claire Camp discussing her research findings into the experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries
www.eventbrite.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The date for our next event is the 25th Feb, so you've got plenty of time to get it booked😉
'The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries'
Join Claire Camp (Kings college) discussing her research⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-experi...
#Library
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HE
'The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries'
Join Claire Camp (Kings college) discussing her research⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-experi...
#Library
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HE
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Interesting aspect - kinda spurned by argument with a local bore in the neighbourhood Facebook group.
I'll start 🧵w. seemingly unrelated Q, but bear w. me:
If an alcohol-serving business is a focal community hang-out point where you're likely to just turn up & run into ppl you know, is it a pub?
I'll start 🧵w. seemingly unrelated Q, but bear w. me:
If an alcohol-serving business is a focal community hang-out point where you're likely to just turn up & run into ppl you know, is it a pub?
I’ve written about our high streets, the Gorton and Denton by election, Brexit and how they all knit together, in a piece for LBC www.lbc.co.uk/article/high...
Listen to the high streets and they’ll tell you what must be done | LBC
High streets are where the abstract language of economics becomes visible, writes Naomi Smith
www.lbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Interesting aspect - kinda spurned by argument with a local bore in the neighbourhood Facebook group.
I'll start 🧵w. seemingly unrelated Q, but bear w. me:
If an alcohol-serving business is a focal community hang-out point where you're likely to just turn up & run into ppl you know, is it a pub?
I'll start 🧵w. seemingly unrelated Q, but bear w. me:
If an alcohol-serving business is a focal community hang-out point where you're likely to just turn up & run into ppl you know, is it a pub?
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Our new Wyrm dice trays and painted Dragon scrolls are finally available in the shop! Feel free as always to email us with requests for special leather colours (with or without sparkles) and we'll see what we have in stock ✨
www.speechlessbard.com 🐉
www.speechlessbard.com 🐉
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Our new Wyrm dice trays and painted Dragon scrolls are finally available in the shop! Feel free as always to email us with requests for special leather colours (with or without sparkles) and we'll see what we have in stock ✨
www.speechlessbard.com 🐉
www.speechlessbard.com 🐉
"I've just been to the bookshop, I don't need one from the vending machine as well, there probably won't be any in here I need, does that say Seishi Yokomizo? Well, there go those good intentions" 😁
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"I've just been to the bookshop, I don't need one from the vending machine as well, there probably won't be any in here I need, does that say Seishi Yokomizo? Well, there go those good intentions" 😁
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We're delighted to launch the call for papers for the ALN Conference 2026. 24 June online, 6 July at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
We're delighted to launch the call for papers for the ALN Conference 2026. 24 June online, 6 July at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
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One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Restock and Commission Openings coming in 1 hour!
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Restock and Commission Openings coming in 1 hour!
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Restock and Commission Openings coming in 1 hour!
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
10% of sales on my protest pots will be going to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which delivers assistance to families in Minneapolis.
Listing previews: amyraehill.com
Done with my January reading spree. It's always hard to decide how to split the genres but it's no surprise fantasy and mystery were heavily featured. For full list
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Done with my January reading spree. It's always hard to decide how to split the genres but it's no surprise fantasy and mystery were heavily featured. For full list
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
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I'll be joining a panel at the @copim.bsky.social Conference chaired by @thoth-metadata.bsky.social: "Metadata, dissemination challenges & open community solutions for open access books" 9:00 am on Friday 27th Feb 2026
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I'll be joining a panel at the @copim.bsky.social Conference chaired by @thoth-metadata.bsky.social: "Metadata, dissemination challenges & open community solutions for open access books" 9:00 am on Friday 27th Feb 2026
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
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This morning I am thinking about all of the work projects I need to move forward but are stalled because of a desire to move slowly and carefully... meanwhile, the university - including many of my library colleagues - are insisting we have to move quickly, risks be damned, on AI.
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This morning I am thinking about all of the work projects I need to move forward but are stalled because of a desire to move slowly and carefully... meanwhile, the university - including many of my library colleagues - are insisting we have to move quickly, risks be damned, on AI.
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📢We're delighted to announce Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social as our keynote for the in person day of #ALN2026
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 AM
📢We're delighted to announce Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social as our keynote for the in person day of #ALN2026
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Kou Machida is a punk rocker—his discography includes 10 albums. He published a volume of poetry in 1992 and a novel in 1996. He won the 2000 Akutagawa Prize for Rip It Up. Machida's writing has been compared to rakugo story-telling and to the work of early 20th century self-destructive I-novelists.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Kou Machida is a punk rocker—his discography includes 10 albums. He published a volume of poetry in 1992 and a novel in 1996. He won the 2000 Akutagawa Prize for Rip It Up. Machida's writing has been compared to rakugo story-telling and to the work of early 20th century self-destructive I-novelists.
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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📢 We're thrilled to announce Stephen Pinfield @stephenpinfield.bsky.social as our Keynote for the online day of #ALN26
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
📢 We're thrilled to announce Stephen Pinfield @stephenpinfield.bsky.social as our Keynote for the online day of #ALN26
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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Deadline approaching for our call for Papers!
"People Powered: human centred innovation"
NAG's 16th Collection Development Seminar in Nottingham, 20-21 May. We are doing TWO days so more space for fantastic papers & workshops.
Deadline: 1st Feb
More info: nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/
#NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
"People Powered: human centred innovation"
NAG's 16th Collection Development Seminar in Nottingham, 20-21 May. We are doing TWO days so more space for fantastic papers & workshops.
Deadline: 1st Feb
More info: nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/
#NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
January 19, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Deadline approaching for our call for Papers!
"People Powered: human centred innovation"
NAG's 16th Collection Development Seminar in Nottingham, 20-21 May. We are doing TWO days so more space for fantastic papers & workshops.
Deadline: 1st Feb
More info: nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/
#NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
"People Powered: human centred innovation"
NAG's 16th Collection Development Seminar in Nottingham, 20-21 May. We are doing TWO days so more space for fantastic papers & workshops.
Deadline: 1st Feb
More info: nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/
#NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Where can you find outstanding historical maps of Japan? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Sonia Favion on @thejohnrylands.bsky.social collection (Manchester) to find world maps, provincial & regional maps, political maps, maps of spiritual sites, and more! 🗺️🗾 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Where can you find outstanding historical maps of Japan? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Sonia Favion on @thejohnrylands.bsky.social collection (Manchester) to find world maps, provincial & regional maps, political maps, maps of spiritual sites, and more! 🗺️🗾 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
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This has been rattling around in my brain for days and I finally dug it up from my old teaching notes, but I don't have a citation. It's from a Mexico City newspaper from the 1840s (I assume in translation). Does anyone recognize it?
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This has been rattling around in my brain for days and I finally dug it up from my old teaching notes, but I don't have a citation. It's from a Mexico City newspaper from the 1840s (I assume in translation). Does anyone recognize it?