Heather Sherman
@heathersherman.bsky.social
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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 18, 2025 at 1:30 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
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26
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Here we go for #NAGWebinarWeek 2025!
Still time to join us for all our free webinars this week - booking at nag.org.uk/events/
If you can't make it live, all the sessions will be recorded and available #OpenAccess as soon as possible after the sessions.
Looking forward to some great conversations!
Still time to join us for all our free webinars this week - booking at nag.org.uk/events/
If you can't make it live, all the sessions will be recorded and available #OpenAccess as soon as possible after the sessions.
Looking forward to some great conversations!
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Here we go for #NAGWebinarWeek 2025!
Still time to join us for all our free webinars this week - booking at nag.org.uk/events/
If you can't make it live, all the sessions will be recorded and available #OpenAccess as soon as possible after the sessions.
Looking forward to some great conversations!
Still time to join us for all our free webinars this week - booking at nag.org.uk/events/
If you can't make it live, all the sessions will be recorded and available #OpenAccess as soon as possible after the sessions.
Looking forward to some great conversations!
I first got involved with libraries when I was still at school. I always knew what I wanted to do. Forty years on it's time for a new chapter, and I have taken the decision to finish work at the end of this year. www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
A CAREER HELPING LIBRARIES WORK SMARTER
Heather Sherman, a well-known face in the world of libraries and library metadata supply, has decided to take retirement.
www.bdslive.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I first got involved with libraries when I was still at school. I always knew what I wanted to do. Forty years on it's time for a new chapter, and I have taken the decision to finish work at the end of this year. www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
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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.
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
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.
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.
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Please RT far and wide, I have no advertising budget!
Can I interest you in working with me? Excellent entry level opportunity in an FE library, happy to have an informal chat ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...
Can I interest you in working with me? Excellent entry level opportunity in an FE library, happy to have an informal chat ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Please RT far and wide, I have no advertising budget!
Can I interest you in working with me? Excellent entry level opportunity in an FE library, happy to have an informal chat ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...
Can I interest you in working with me? Excellent entry level opportunity in an FE library, happy to have an informal chat ce0115li.webitrent.com/ce0115li_web...
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NAG Members: Coffee and Chat
"There's no such thing as a free book! Dealing with Donations"
Wed 16 Jul 10:30am
Come and discuss your strategies and solutions with fellow professionals who understand and sympathise with the problem!
nag.org.uk/event/chatju...
"There's no such thing as a free book! Dealing with Donations"
Wed 16 Jul 10:30am
Come and discuss your strategies and solutions with fellow professionals who understand and sympathise with the problem!
nag.org.uk/event/chatju...
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NAG Members: Coffee and Chat
"There's no such thing as a free book! Dealing with Donations"
Wed 16 Jul 10:30am
Come and discuss your strategies and solutions with fellow professionals who understand and sympathise with the problem!
nag.org.uk/event/chatju...
"There's no such thing as a free book! Dealing with Donations"
Wed 16 Jul 10:30am
Come and discuss your strategies and solutions with fellow professionals who understand and sympathise with the problem!
nag.org.uk/event/chatju...
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Joining forces with @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social to present 'Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' 🍿
FREE and open to everyone! Recording available #OA after event 😍
📆 Wed 25th June
🕰️ 2pm
🔗 buff.ly/TVoAoRu
FREE and open to everyone! Recording available #OA after event 😍
📆 Wed 25th June
🕰️ 2pm
🔗 buff.ly/TVoAoRu
Copim and acquisitions librarians present… Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times – National Acquisitions Group
New edition of Taking Stock available now
nag.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Joining forces with @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social to present 'Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' 🍿
FREE and open to everyone! Recording available #OA after event 😍
📆 Wed 25th June
🕰️ 2pm
🔗 buff.ly/TVoAoRu
FREE and open to everyone! Recording available #OA after event 😍
📆 Wed 25th June
🕰️ 2pm
🔗 buff.ly/TVoAoRu
Inconsistencies in your catalogue due to changes in standards compromise retrieval and resource discovery. The BDS RetroCon 2.0 service converts your legacy records to comply with current standards, ensuring reliable search results and consistent classification
www.bdslive.com/libraries/ca...
www.bdslive.com/libraries/ca...
RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION 2.0 from BDS
Retrospective Conversion 2.0 helps libraries move towards a Linked Data environment, the most important development in library catalogues for a generation.
www.bdslive.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Inconsistencies in your catalogue due to changes in standards compromise retrieval and resource discovery. The BDS RetroCon 2.0 service converts your legacy records to comply with current standards, ensuring reliable search results and consistent classification
www.bdslive.com/libraries/ca...
www.bdslive.com/libraries/ca...
Really looking forward to attending the #NAGcd15 'NAG Seminar 2025' tomorrow, and celebrating 40 years of NAGing. Lots of great memories of my own time with NAG too tinyurl.com/mud3j85s
Spotlight on the Chairs: Heather Sherman – National Acquisitions Group
tinyurl.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Really looking forward to attending the #NAGcd15 'NAG Seminar 2025' tomorrow, and celebrating 40 years of NAGing. Lots of great memories of my own time with NAG too tinyurl.com/mud3j85s
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Looking forward to the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Forum on Thursday. Travelling up early to avoid any train stress.
NAG is FORTY this year 🎂
Know who else has a birthday?
MIFFY IS SEVENTY 🎂
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff...
Also in Leeds.
(@leedsmuseums.bsky.social)
NAG is FORTY this year 🎂
Know who else has a birthday?
MIFFY IS SEVENTY 🎂
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff...
Also in Leeds.
(@leedsmuseums.bsky.social)
Miffy's 70th Birthday
Leeds City Museum | 7 Feb - 7 Sept 2025 | An exhibition celebrating 70 years of miffy and Dick Bruna's artwork in Leeds..
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
May 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Looking forward to the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Forum on Thursday. Travelling up early to avoid any train stress.
NAG is FORTY this year 🎂
Know who else has a birthday?
MIFFY IS SEVENTY 🎂
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff...
Also in Leeds.
(@leedsmuseums.bsky.social)
NAG is FORTY this year 🎂
Know who else has a birthday?
MIFFY IS SEVENTY 🎂
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff...
Also in Leeds.
(@leedsmuseums.bsky.social)
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As part of our #NAGstalgia to celebrate 40 years we are reaching out to past chairs for their memories. Here's the first in our series of blog posts with @heathersherman.bsky.social chatting to Sally Allen about her career and the impact of NAG
nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As part of our #NAGstalgia to celebrate 40 years we are reaching out to past chairs for their memories. Here's the first in our series of blog posts with @heathersherman.bsky.social chatting to Sally Allen about her career and the impact of NAG
nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
Come and work for BDS! We are recruiting for two Subject Analysts based at our offices on the beautiful Crichton Business Park in Dumfries. More information at www.bdslive.com/job-vacancies/
www.bdslive.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Come and work for BDS! We are recruiting for two Subject Analysts based at our offices on the beautiful Crichton Business Park in Dumfries. More information at www.bdslive.com/job-vacancies/
Reposted by Heather Sherman
"It's the final countdown!"
Last few days to book for NAG Seminar and Forum!
Don't miss out - join us and celebrate NAG turning 40 with a great range of papers for both public and academic libraries.
Leeds, 15th May
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
nag.org.uk/events/
Last few days to book for NAG Seminar and Forum!
Don't miss out - join us and celebrate NAG turning 40 with a great range of papers for both public and academic libraries.
Leeds, 15th May
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
nag.org.uk/events/
April 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"It's the final countdown!"
Last few days to book for NAG Seminar and Forum!
Don't miss out - join us and celebrate NAG turning 40 with a great range of papers for both public and academic libraries.
Leeds, 15th May
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
nag.org.uk/events/
Last few days to book for NAG Seminar and Forum!
Don't miss out - join us and celebrate NAG turning 40 with a great range of papers for both public and academic libraries.
Leeds, 15th May
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
nag.org.uk/events/
As part of #NAG 40th birthday celebrations I was honored to be interviewed by Sally Allen on the part that being a member of the NAG Executive Committee, including a stint as Chair, has played in my professional life nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
Spotlight on the Chairs: Heather Sherman – National Acquisitions Group
nag.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
As part of #NAG 40th birthday celebrations I was honored to be interviewed by Sally Allen on the part that being a member of the NAG Executive Committee, including a stint as Chair, has played in my professional life nag.org.uk/blog/chairs_...
Last week's discussion on R4's Today on the need for the HE sector to work collaboratively and differently to address current financial issues was very interesting.
One solution for academic libraries is UniCat. Contact me to discuss features, customer experience and long-term value, unicat.uk
One solution for academic libraries is UniCat. Contact me to discuss features, customer experience and long-term value, unicat.uk
UniCat - Unicat
UniCat from BDS, a single database for physical and digital books, and ebook collections, created by experienced cataloguers
unicat.uk
April 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Last week's discussion on R4's Today on the need for the HE sector to work collaboratively and differently to address current financial issues was very interesting.
One solution for academic libraries is UniCat. Contact me to discuss features, customer experience and long-term value, unicat.uk
One solution for academic libraries is UniCat. Contact me to discuss features, customer experience and long-term value, unicat.uk
Reposted by Heather Sherman
"Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us!"
Today is NAG's 40th Birthday and we're celebrating all year with our events in Leeds on 15th May and with our #NAGstalgia posts of NAG history throughout the year - we'd love to hear your NAG memories!
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
Today is NAG's 40th Birthday and we're celebrating all year with our events in Leeds on 15th May and with our #NAGstalgia posts of NAG history throughout the year - we'd love to hear your NAG memories!
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
April 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us!"
Today is NAG's 40th Birthday and we're celebrating all year with our events in Leeds on 15th May and with our #NAGstalgia posts of NAG history throughout the year - we'd love to hear your NAG memories!
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
Today is NAG's 40th Birthday and we're celebrating all year with our events in Leeds on 15th May and with our #NAGstalgia posts of NAG history throughout the year - we'd love to hear your NAG memories!
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd15 #NAGplf25
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The clock is ticking! Get your bookings in for NAG Seminar to join us on 15th May in Leeds.
Full programme and abstracts available at:
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
Full programme and abstracts available at:
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
April 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The clock is ticking! Get your bookings in for NAG Seminar to join us on 15th May in Leeds.
Full programme and abstracts available at:
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
Full programme and abstracts available at:
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
BDS Celebrates 30 years.
1995 saw the first feature-length film created entirely in computer-generated graphics. Astronomers discovered the first distant star to have an orbiting planet. Microsoft launched Windows 95. And BDS was founded www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
1995 saw the first feature-length film created entirely in computer-generated graphics. Astronomers discovered the first distant star to have an orbiting planet. Microsoft launched Windows 95. And BDS was founded www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
BDS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS
It was to change every public library in the UK and Ireland and established a model methodology for the efficient and rapid production of library-quality metadata...
www.bdslive.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
BDS Celebrates 30 years.
1995 saw the first feature-length film created entirely in computer-generated graphics. Astronomers discovered the first distant star to have an orbiting planet. Microsoft launched Windows 95. And BDS was founded www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
1995 saw the first feature-length film created entirely in computer-generated graphics. Astronomers discovered the first distant star to have an orbiting planet. Microsoft launched Windows 95. And BDS was founded www.bdslive.com/bdslife-onli...
Reposted by Heather Sherman
Waiting impatiently for NAG Seminar this May? Why not remind yourself of last year's Seminar papers in our latest edition of Taking Stock - out now for NAG Members:
nag.org.uk/taking_stock...
And make sure you're booked for 15th May in Leeds!
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
#NAGcd15
nag.org.uk/taking_stock...
And make sure you're booked for 15th May in Leeds!
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
#NAGcd15
April 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Waiting impatiently for NAG Seminar this May? Why not remind yourself of last year's Seminar papers in our latest edition of Taking Stock - out now for NAG Members:
nag.org.uk/taking_stock...
And make sure you're booked for 15th May in Leeds!
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
#NAGcd15
nag.org.uk/taking_stock...
And make sure you're booked for 15th May in Leeds!
nag.org.uk/event/semina...
#NAGcd15
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Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...
RELIABLE, EFFICIENT METADATA SUPPLY from BDS
When resource supply has been cast into confusion by rapid market changes, BDS continues to supply metadata to its client base as it has reliably done so for 30 years.
unicat.uk
March 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...
‘Working with UniCat has enabled us to simplify our metadata provision...we can be assured we will receive a high quality record from a single source. Due to the integrated workflows... importing these records is straightforward & efficient.' Connect with me at #uksg2025 to find out more
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
‘Working with UniCat has enabled us to simplify our metadata provision...we can be assured we will receive a high quality record from a single source. Due to the integrated workflows... importing these records is straightforward & efficient.' Connect with me at #uksg2025 to find out more
Reposted by Heather Sherman
Deadline approaching for NAG's 2025 Public Library Project Grant. It's £5000 to spend on a project of your choice for one NAG member library!
More info: nag.org.uk/public-libra...
Closes 9th April.
More info: nag.org.uk/public-libra...
Closes 9th April.
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Deadline approaching for NAG's 2025 Public Library Project Grant. It's £5000 to spend on a project of your choice for one NAG member library!
More info: nag.org.uk/public-libra...
Closes 9th April.
More info: nag.org.uk/public-libra...
Closes 9th April.
Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...
RELIABLE, EFFICIENT METADATA SUPPLY from BDS
When resource supply has been cast into confusion by rapid market changes, BDS continues to supply metadata to its client base as it has reliably done so for 30 years.
unicat.uk
March 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Want to find out about automated workflows that also deliver operational economies and the best quality book metadata? Come and talk to me at the UKSG conference in Brighton. Hear why other libraries think this is such a great service unicat.uk/seamless-cat...
Reposted by Heather Sherman
We're looking forward to retaking this shot with our Seminar and Forum delegates at our Leeds event on 15th May!
Huge thanks to our reception sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and BDS (www.bdslive.com) for making our celebration drinks and canapes possible.
More info: nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGstalgia
Huge thanks to our reception sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and BDS (www.bdslive.com) for making our celebration drinks and canapes possible.
More info: nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGstalgia
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We're looking forward to retaking this shot with our Seminar and Forum delegates at our Leeds event on 15th May!
Huge thanks to our reception sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and BDS (www.bdslive.com) for making our celebration drinks and canapes possible.
More info: nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGstalgia
Huge thanks to our reception sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and BDS (www.bdslive.com) for making our celebration drinks and canapes possible.
More info: nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGstalgia
Reposted by Heather Sherman
This was our welcome desk back in 1993 and we're looking forward to giving you an equally big smile to welcome you to our NAG 40th birthday Seminar and Forum this 15th May in Leeds!
Booking is now open at nag.org.uk/event/semina... for "Looking Back, Looking Forward"
#NAGcd15 #NAGstalgia
Booking is now open at nag.org.uk/event/semina... for "Looking Back, Looking Forward"
#NAGcd15 #NAGstalgia
March 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This was our welcome desk back in 1993 and we're looking forward to giving you an equally big smile to welcome you to our NAG 40th birthday Seminar and Forum this 15th May in Leeds!
Booking is now open at nag.org.uk/event/semina... for "Looking Back, Looking Forward"
#NAGcd15 #NAGstalgia
Booking is now open at nag.org.uk/event/semina... for "Looking Back, Looking Forward"
#NAGcd15 #NAGstalgia