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National Acquisitions Group (NAG)
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An organisation for everyone interested in the acquisition, management and development of library resources.
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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
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
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"The Caring Library" webinar has been rescheduled to Monday 12th January 2026 due to compassionate leave.
All tickets remain valid, a recording will be available if you are unable to make the new date.
#NAGWebinarWeek
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 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
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The global academic publishing ecosystem is under growing strain and not equipped to meet future challenges without urgent, sector-wide reforms.

Our new report advocates for collective action to establish a more sustainable and equitable future. 🔗 https://cup.org/47YivxZ
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 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
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Celebrating NAG's 40th anniversary, the next of our "Spotlight on the Chair" blogs is live with our 2013-2014 Chair, Karen Carden:
nag.org.uk/blog/chairs-...

#NAGstalgia
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Public #Libraries and arts centres across the North East are embracing 'Our Freedom: Then and Now' with great creativity.

North Tyneside Libraries will host an art installation from 14 November based on responses to the idea of 'freedom'.

www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
Exciting projects and events across the North East to reflect on ‘Freedom’ 80 years after WWII
Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new, UK-wide arts programme exploring what ‘freedom’ means to communities today, marking 80 years since VE/VJ Day.
www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 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
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We've got a new job available here in the archive! We're looking for an Archive Assistant to support our collections team.

For more information, head to jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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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
"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…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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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
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 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
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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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.
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Deadline approaching! Get in touch by 10th Oct
NAG Webinar Week 2025: share your recent library projects with the wider community, running 17-21 November
nag.org.uk/webinar-week...
NAG membership not required to present or watch; all sessions will be open to everyone and all recordings open access.
October 6, 2025 at 3:53 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.
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Our CILIP LGBTQ+ Network seeks a new Chair. You'll act as a leading officer & inform the decisions made to raise awareness & advise Library, Knowledge & Information workers in UK on LGBTQ+ subjects. Role open to those who identify as LGBTQ+ or Queer. informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chair-u...
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM