Sjoukje Schots
@sjoukjeschots.bsky.social
Special interest in business, law, technology, education, engineering, languages, KM, IM and librarianship.
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Bookings for the BLA Summer Conference are now open.
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
How many have you read? www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art...
Quiz: How many classics have you read?
Take our quiz to find out how many classic books you've read, spanning authors from Virginia Woolf to Fyodor Dostoevsky.
www.penguin.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
How many have you read? www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art...
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The @infolitgroup.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk Department of Information Studies are proud to announce the return of the Information Literacy Award at #LILAC26 The award is open to all practitioners, researchers & academics working in #infolit in the UK. Nominations close 6 Feb (17:00 GMT).
LILAC
LILAC is an annual conference covering all aspects of information literacy and is a firm favourite in the calendar of information professionals. The conference is brimming with new ideas, innovative…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The @infolitgroup.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk Department of Information Studies are proud to announce the return of the Information Literacy Award at #LILAC26 The award is open to all practitioners, researchers & academics working in #infolit in the UK. Nominations close 6 Feb (17:00 GMT).
Bookings for the BLA Summer Conference are now open.
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Bookings for the BLA Summer Conference are now open.
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
* 1 - 3 July 2026 @ University of Brighton
* Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution
Book ▶️ lnkd.in/e2eVfi2B
Early bird 🔒 on 1 March 2026.
All bookings 🔒 on 30 March 2026.
#BLA26 #BusinessLibrarians
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We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
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We need your help! Vote for THE LIBRARIANS for the Cinema Eye Honors Audience Choice Award!
Support our hero librarians & the Freedom to Read movement by voting for us!
Voting opens NOW until Dec 16th!
Vote here, often & share the news: www.CinemaEyeHonors.com/Audience-Choice-Voting/
Support our hero librarians & the Freedom to Read movement by voting for us!
Voting opens NOW until Dec 16th!
Vote here, often & share the news: www.CinemaEyeHonors.com/Audience-Choice-Voting/
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We need your help! Vote for THE LIBRARIANS for the Cinema Eye Honors Audience Choice Award!
Support our hero librarians & the Freedom to Read movement by voting for us!
Voting opens NOW until Dec 16th!
Vote here, often & share the news: www.CinemaEyeHonors.com/Audience-Choice-Voting/
Support our hero librarians & the Freedom to Read movement by voting for us!
Voting opens NOW until Dec 16th!
Vote here, often & share the news: www.CinemaEyeHonors.com/Audience-Choice-Voting/
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Experience the Bodleian like never before on this exclusive guided tour! ✨
🗓️ Selected dates in December 2025
📍 At the Bodleian Library
🎟️ £20 per person
Book now: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/tours/after-hours-tour
🗓️ Selected dates in December 2025
📍 At the Bodleian Library
🎟️ £20 per person
Book now: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/tours/after-hours-tour
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Experience the Bodleian like never before on this exclusive guided tour! ✨
🗓️ Selected dates in December 2025
📍 At the Bodleian Library
🎟️ £20 per person
Book now: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/tours/after-hours-tour
🗓️ Selected dates in December 2025
📍 At the Bodleian Library
🎟️ £20 per person
Book now: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/tours/after-hours-tour
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💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI - Impact of Social Sciences
Considering the legal standing of creative commons licenses & copyright, Martin Eve suggests legal protections for academic work are unlikely to be forthcoming.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
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We have updated our guidance on the use of ChatGPT, and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language model systems (LLMs), following recent case law at the High Court and the fast-paced development of the technology.
Read the guidance ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijAv9E
Read the guidance ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijAv9E
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We have updated our guidance on the use of ChatGPT, and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language model systems (LLMs), following recent case law at the High Court and the fast-paced development of the technology.
Read the guidance ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijAv9E
Read the guidance ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijAv9E
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Everybody has a right to make their own mind up, informed by a range of good information - that's power. It's also a fundamental issue for our profession. Yet is under attack. CILIP members & non-members can join this new #IntellectualFreedom Committee www.cilip.org.uk/news/713670/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Everybody has a right to make their own mind up, informed by a range of good information - that's power. It's also a fundamental issue for our profession. Yet is under attack. CILIP members & non-members can join this new #IntellectualFreedom Committee www.cilip.org.uk/news/713670/...
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We're excited to announce our FREE open-access #CILIPMembersFest26. The festival will again offer a selection of exciting workshops, trainings & discussions co-programmed by CILIP and our groups & networks.
Explore our programme & book 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/MembersFest26
📅2 - 6 March 2026
Explore our programme & book 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/MembersFest26
📅2 - 6 March 2026
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're excited to announce our FREE open-access #CILIPMembersFest26. The festival will again offer a selection of exciting workshops, trainings & discussions co-programmed by CILIP and our groups & networks.
Explore our programme & book 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/MembersFest26
📅2 - 6 March 2026
Explore our programme & book 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/MembersFest26
📅2 - 6 March 2026
✨Dates for your diaries✨
BLA Summer Conference 2026
More details TBC.
Want to sponsor? Contact suppliers@blalib.org.
#BLA26 #Brighton #BusinessLibrarians
BLA Summer Conference 2026
More details TBC.
Want to sponsor? Contact suppliers@blalib.org.
#BLA26 #Brighton #BusinessLibrarians
🎉 BLA summer conference announcement! 🎉
Save the date: Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd July 2026.
Place: University of Brighton.
This years theme will be "Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution".
Bookings will be open soon!
Save the date: Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd July 2026.
Place: University of Brighton.
This years theme will be "Libraries as Strategic Partners: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Institution".
Bookings will be open soon!
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
✨Dates for your diaries✨
BLA Summer Conference 2026
More details TBC.
Want to sponsor? Contact suppliers@blalib.org.
#BLA26 #Brighton #BusinessLibrarians
BLA Summer Conference 2026
More details TBC.
Want to sponsor? Contact suppliers@blalib.org.
#BLA26 #Brighton #BusinessLibrarians
Likely many other services too, including library ones - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Likely many other services too, including library ones - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rut
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
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There are three days left to vote for the OU's Open Societal Challenges (OSC) collaborative research platform in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025! ⏰
Learn more about the OU's research projects and cast your vote 👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
#Research
Learn more about the OU's research projects and cast your vote 👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
#Research
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are three days left to vote for the OU's Open Societal Challenges (OSC) collaborative research platform in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025! ⏰
Learn more about the OU's research projects and cast your vote 👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
#Research
Learn more about the OU's research projects and cast your vote 👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
#Research
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We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
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📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
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Recording now available - Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt...
🔸 @kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸 @rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸 @joedeville.bsky.social
🔸 @joannaball.bsky.social
🔸 @theblochian.bsky.social
Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
🔸 @kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸 @rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸 @joedeville.bsky.social
🔸 @joannaball.bsky.social
🔸 @theblochian.bsky.social
Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond Regional perspectives, Shared Futures
YouTube video by Open Library of Humanities
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Recording now available - Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt...
🔸 @kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸 @rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸 @joedeville.bsky.social
🔸 @joannaball.bsky.social
🔸 @theblochian.bsky.social
Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
🔸 @kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸 @rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸 @joedeville.bsky.social
🔸 @joannaball.bsky.social
🔸 @theblochian.bsky.social
Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
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Great to see how @brianlfrye.bsky.social and @jmiers230.bsky.social helping clarify #IPLaw issues around creating #LegalAi for #LegalResearch.
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
As the long-running litigation between Thomson Reuters and ROSS Intelligence has moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an interlocutory appeal of the trial judge's copyright rulings in fa...
www.lawnext.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great to see how @brianlfrye.bsky.social and @jmiers230.bsky.social helping clarify #IPLaw issues around creating #LegalAi for #LegalResearch.
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
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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 2:07 PM
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 ⤵️