Paola Marchionni
@pmarchionni-jisc.bsky.social
Head of engagement (digital transformation), working with university libraries and senior institutional stakeholders across academic, student, information, and research services. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/contact/staff/paola-marchionni
Congratulations to @lancasteruni.bsky.social Library for winning the SCONUL library design award for their library extension and to London South Bank University Library for winning the service design award for their student portal and app. #SCONUL conference
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Congratulations to @lancasteruni.bsky.social Library for winning the SCONUL library design award for their library extension and to London South Bank University Library for winning the service design award for their student portal and app. #SCONUL conference
Looking forward to the SCONUL conference today on Library transformation www.sconul.ac.uk/events/sconu... where I'll be presenting about the @jisc.bsky.social Digital transformation library lens www.jisc.ac.uk/taking-digit...
SCONUL | Society of College, National and University Libraries
www.sconul.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Looking forward to the SCONUL conference today on Library transformation www.sconul.ac.uk/events/sconu... where I'll be presenting about the @jisc.bsky.social Digital transformation library lens www.jisc.ac.uk/taking-digit...
Academic libraries lead digital transformation in different ways and for different reasons: here's a quick overview of how the pilot libraries in the Jisc digital transformation library lens programme are using the new library lens framework and why digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/2...
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Academic libraries lead digital transformation in different ways and for different reasons: here's a quick overview of how the pilot libraries in the Jisc digital transformation library lens programme are using the new library lens framework and why digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/2...
📢Just published: @jisc.bsky.social Digital transformation library lens www.jisc.ac.uk/taking-digit..., a tool for libraries to amplify, enhance and evidence their role in digital transformation. A big publication, but you can dip in and out! Thanks to SCONUL, @rluk.ac.uk and @cilip.bsky.social
Digital transformation library lens - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📢Just published: @jisc.bsky.social Digital transformation library lens www.jisc.ac.uk/taking-digit..., a tool for libraries to amplify, enhance and evidence their role in digital transformation. A big publication, but you can dip in and out! Thanks to SCONUL, @rluk.ac.uk and @cilip.bsky.social
📢New @jisc.bsky.social report on
Small Language Models for libraries and computational humanities: Practical opportunities and use cases for academic libraries and computational humanities researchers
repository.jisc.ac.uk/10286/1/smal.... Lots of practical tips and a bit of history!
Small Language Models for libraries and computational humanities: Practical opportunities and use cases for academic libraries and computational humanities researchers
repository.jisc.ac.uk/10286/1/smal.... Lots of practical tips and a bit of history!
repository.jisc.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢New @jisc.bsky.social report on
Small Language Models for libraries and computational humanities: Practical opportunities and use cases for academic libraries and computational humanities researchers
repository.jisc.ac.uk/10286/1/smal.... Lots of practical tips and a bit of history!
Small Language Models for libraries and computational humanities: Practical opportunities and use cases for academic libraries and computational humanities researchers
repository.jisc.ac.uk/10286/1/smal.... Lots of practical tips and a bit of history!
Interested in peer review for open access books? Join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar on 19 June with colleagues from the PRISM service on how they can help: www.jisc.ac.uk/events/facet...
Facets of trust: describing peer review procedure of open access books with PRISM” - Jisc
This event is an introduction to Operas’ Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) by Ronald Snijder from OAPEN, with some input from some researchers who will showcase how they use the ...
www.jisc.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Interested in peer review for open access books? Join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar on 19 June with colleagues from the PRISM service on how they can help: www.jisc.ac.uk/events/facet...
📖 Open book publishing - everything you've always wanted to know: check out the new #copimcompass compass.copim.ac.uk/books resources hub
Books | Compass
compass.copim.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📖 Open book publishing - everything you've always wanted to know: check out the new #copimcompass compass.copim.ac.uk/books resources hub
💎DIAMOND open access publishing: lots of new resources on sustainability from the #DIAMAS project toolsuite.diamas.org available now on @eudch.bsky.social including advocacy, tools, business model, evidence base
Welcome to the Diamond Open Access Tool Suite! | CAP portal
toolsuite.diamas.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
💎DIAMOND open access publishing: lots of new resources on sustainability from the #DIAMAS project toolsuite.diamas.org available now on @eudch.bsky.social including advocacy, tools, business model, evidence base
Implementing rights retention at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social: read how they did it in this guest blog post for @jisc.bsky.social by Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor (Copyright) research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/04/0...
More resources on IRRP Jisc Teams channels www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved...
More resources on IRRP Jisc Teams channels www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved...
Navigating the introduction of rights retention: Lessons from Leeds Beckett University - Research
This is a guest post by Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor (Copyright), Library and Learning Services, Leeds Beckett University On 1 September 2024, Leeds Beckett University (LBU) formally introduced a new rights retention policy. This was the culmination of a year’s work. The project began in December 2022 with the appointment of our new […]
research.jiscinvolve.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Implementing rights retention at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social: read how they did it in this guest blog post for @jisc.bsky.social by Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor (Copyright) research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/04/0...
More resources on IRRP Jisc Teams channels www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved...
More resources on IRRP Jisc Teams channels www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved...
Would you like to contribute to an international multilingual portfolio of digital humanities "lessons"?
Consider peer reviewing for Programming Historian (English edition) @proghist.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Consider peer reviewing for Programming Historian (English edition) @proghist.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Peer Reviewing for Programming Historian (English edition)
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Programming Historian as a peer reviewer.
Reviewing for Programming Historian is a great way to learn new technical skills and engage with the digital h...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Would you like to contribute to an international multilingual portfolio of digital humanities "lessons"?
Consider peer reviewing for Programming Historian (English edition) @proghist.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Consider peer reviewing for Programming Historian (English edition) @proghist.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We're pleased to announce the first keynote speaker for #DCDC25 is Professor Katy Shaw, director of the AHRC Creative Communities programme. Find out more about her session and book your ticket here ➡️ ji.sc/3Epaje6
April 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We're pleased to announce the first keynote speaker for #DCDC25 is Professor Katy Shaw, director of the AHRC Creative Communities programme. Find out more about her session and book your ticket here ➡️ ji.sc/3Epaje6
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Updated @jisc.bsky.social records retention management guide provides advice and guidance to UK further and higher education.
www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/awa...
www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/awa...
Award-nominated guide update aims to help FE and HE organisations with records management - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Updated @jisc.bsky.social records retention management guide provides advice and guidance to UK further and higher education.
www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/awa...
www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/awa...
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Registration for DCDC25 is now live!
The National Archives, @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @jisc.bsky.social invite you to ‘Choose your own future’: explore challenges, celebrate achievements & work as a common to find sustainable solutions.
See you in Durham in July.
dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/
The National Archives, @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @jisc.bsky.social invite you to ‘Choose your own future’: explore challenges, celebrate achievements & work as a common to find sustainable solutions.
See you in Durham in July.
dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/
DCDC25 - DCDC25
A collective call to action, DCDC25 invites you to come together, no matter where you are in the world or the stage of your career, to Choose Your Own Future: to celebrate what is already being achiev...
dcdcconference.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Registration for DCDC25 is now live!
The National Archives, @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @jisc.bsky.social invite you to ‘Choose your own future’: explore challenges, celebrate achievements & work as a common to find sustainable solutions.
See you in Durham in July.
dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/
The National Archives, @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @jisc.bsky.social invite you to ‘Choose your own future’: explore challenges, celebrate achievements & work as a common to find sustainable solutions.
See you in Durham in July.
dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/
If you're a researcher in the social sciences or the humanities or work in a research support role, join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar to find out how the OPERAS European scholarly comms infrastructure can help you on 25 Feb www.jisc.ac.uk/events/the-l...
The launch of Operas UK - Jisc
Join us for the launch of Operas UK! This event will show how national communities play a pivotal role in establishing connection points, helping to identify needs and providing services and training ...
www.jisc.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you're a researcher in the social sciences or the humanities or work in a research support role, join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar to find out how the OPERAS European scholarly comms infrastructure can help you on 25 Feb www.jisc.ac.uk/events/the-l...
This is how @jisc.bsky.social is saving money to HE libraries that want to purchase in-perpetuity digital archival collections, courtesy of my colleague @kcols.bsky.social www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/uni...
Universities save £1.2m through digital archives group purchasing scheme - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is how @jisc.bsky.social is saving money to HE libraries that want to purchase in-perpetuity digital archival collections, courtesy of my colleague @kcols.bsky.social www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/uni...
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In further signs of a changing @britishacademy.bsky.social we have appointed Liverpool University Press as our new publishing partner
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/liverpo...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/liverpo...
Liverpool University Press selected as new publishing partner
The British Academy has chosen Liverpool University Press as the new partner for its prestigious and long-running publishing programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In further signs of a changing @britishacademy.bsky.social we have appointed Liverpool University Press as our new publishing partner
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/liverpo...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/liverpo...
Some early insights into libraries' own perceptions of their role, position and challenges when it comes to "digital transformation" from our @jisc.bsky.social Digital Transformation Library Lens project, courtesy of @pfin25.bsky.social digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/0...
Digital transformation library lens working group - some early insights - Digital collections
Do universities need digital strategies? As cuts in UK higher education start to bite, it has become clear that all universities should act strategically in deploying digital technologies. Jisc’s Fram...
digitisation.jiscinvolve.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Some early insights into libraries' own perceptions of their role, position and challenges when it comes to "digital transformation" from our @jisc.bsky.social Digital Transformation Library Lens project, courtesy of @pfin25.bsky.social digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/0...
If you're interested in open science and open scholarly communication, join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar on OpenAIRE services on 13 Jan www.jisc.ac.uk/events/the-o...
The openAIRE services for the UK - Jisc
This event is a presentation and discussion of OpenAIRE’s services and how they can be relevant for a UK context.
www.jisc.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you're interested in open science and open scholarly communication, join the @jisc.bsky.social webinar on OpenAIRE services on 13 Jan www.jisc.ac.uk/events/the-o...
Find out more about the National Library of Scotland Fellowship in Digital research to explore the opportunities AI can afford to cultural heritage collections using their excellent Data Foundry data.nls.uk/projects/dig...
The National Library of Scotland Fellowship in Digital Research 2025-26 – Data Foundry
data.nls.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Find out more about the National Library of Scotland Fellowship in Digital research to explore the opportunities AI can afford to cultural heritage collections using their excellent Data Foundry data.nls.uk/projects/dig...
I'm really liking the British Library Scholarly Communication Newsletter that @susan-librarian.bsky.social compiles every month, packed with news about projects, reports, conferences, reading and so much more! If you want to subscribe go to www.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Scholarly Communications Team
Scholarly Communications Team Email Forms
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December 3, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I'm really liking the British Library Scholarly Communication Newsletter that @susan-librarian.bsky.social compiles every month, packed with news about projects, reports, conferences, reading and so much more! If you want to subscribe go to www.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Discover how the @jisc.bsky.social group purchasing scheme saves HE institutions money on buying digital archival collections: www.jisc.ac.uk/digital-arch...
Digital archival collections group purchasing scheme - Jisc
Collectively lowering the cost of acquiring digital archival collections.
www.jisc.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Discover how the @jisc.bsky.social group purchasing scheme saves HE institutions money on buying digital archival collections: www.jisc.ac.uk/digital-arch...
Reposted by Paola Marchionni
Perhaps folks would like to see a work in progress I've undertaken with folks all across European Research Libraries. We're creating a set of gentle introductions for library professionals to Digital Scholarship and Data Science Essentials through Topic Guides. libereurope.github.io/ds-essentials/
Digital Scholarship & Data Science Essentials for Library Professionals
libereurope.github.io
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Perhaps folks would like to see a work in progress I've undertaken with folks all across European Research Libraries. We're creating a set of gentle introductions for library professionals to Digital Scholarship and Data Science Essentials through Topic Guides. libereurope.github.io/ds-essentials/
And here the right link to the Jisc and RLUK (then CURL) report I mentioned in previous post, rluk.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
rluk.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 5:10 PM
And here the right link to the Jisc and RLUK (then CURL) report I mentioned in previous post, rluk.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Listening to the policy recs from the #TaNC programme zenodo.org/records/1383... reminded me of the Jisc Digitisation in the UK: the case for a UK framework report (early 2000s) zenodo.org/records/1383...: a lot has changed, a lot has stayed the same
zenodo.org
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Listening to the policy recs from the #TaNC programme zenodo.org/records/1383... reminded me of the Jisc Digitisation in the UK: the case for a UK framework report (early 2000s) zenodo.org/records/1383...: a lot has changed, a lot has stayed the same
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I think the conclusion to the question "can or should you use machine learning to identify bias in collections?" was ... maybe. Best done very slowly and carefully. #unlockingcollections #TaNC
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I think the conclusion to the question "can or should you use machine learning to identify bias in collections?" was ... maybe. Best done very slowly and carefully. #unlockingcollections #TaNC