Scottish Academic Libraries Co-operative Training Group
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Scottish Academic Libraries Co-operative Training Group
@salctg.bsky.social
SALCTG is a community of 21 academic and national libraries, established as a provider of good quality training courses appropriate to the needs of academic libraries. Read our blog here: https://salctgblog.wordpress.com/
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The Archaeology Data Service is seeking input in order to make their archaeological collections more accessible through APIs 🔍 👀

Help shape the future of archaeological data access by taking this 6-8 minute survey!🏺

➡️ Take the survey: buff.ly/PIKBgsq
May 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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📢Call for papers for the MDG Conference 2026 (11-13 March) #MetaFutures
#Cataloguers, #indexers and other #metadata specialists have a significant role to play in the future of information services and it’s something worth shouting about!
Full details: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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New episode w/Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack about @ria.ie's collection incl. many of Ireland's most precious medieval manuscripts e.g. the Cathach, the Stowe Missal, Leabhar Breac & The Book of the Dun Cow. FREE TO ALL. Check out www.ria.ie/library/
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The Royal Irish Academy Library with Barbara McCormack
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
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May 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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We’re partnering with @cilip.bsky.social, @britishlibrary.bsky.social, CAG Consultants + 10 public libraries on the Green Library Hubs programme

With £1.2M from The National Lottery Community Fund, we’re supporting libraries to lead local, inclusive climate action

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Green Libraries: New £1.2 million programme to transform UK libraries into community climate action hubs - Julie's Bicycle
JB are pleased to be part of a new initiative to establish 10 Green Library Hubs across the UK over the next three years. Launched by CILIP – the UK’s library and information association – the Green L...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Scholarship is evolving—multimedia, websites, interactive features. But can it all be preserved?

A new @jstordaily.bsky.social piece explores tools from @nyulibraries.bsky.social, Portico & partners helping #publishers & #libraries plan for long-term digital preservation. Read more: bit.ly/4jLocCN
Expanding the Possibilities for Preservability - JSTOR Daily
A new tool from NYU Libraries helps authors, publishers, and preservation specialists assess the preservability of evolving digital scholarship.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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It'll be interesting to see what happens when a big academic publisher (e.g. Springer, Elsevier) is brought down by a cyber attack.
May 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Exciting opportunity from The Open Library of Humanities 👀
🚨The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025 is open for applications! Individuals and organisations can apply for up to £500 to support events, projects, or activities focused on #OpenAccess: www.openlibhums.org/news/781/

🗓️ Deadline: 30/06
The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …
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May 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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📷| A new blog post just landed on the @edinburghnapier.bsky.social's Library Blog.

Photography student Yzella talks about her trimester-long work placement with the Heritage Collections, showcasing some of her brilliant work.

blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/2025...

#Photography #Heritage
Capturing History - The Library Blog
Capturing History: A work placement photographing the Heritage Collections. Capturing history for the present and the future.
blogs.napier.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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May 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Join us for a discussion on Digital Carbon Literacy and the environmental implications for digital records and preservation

📅 Monday 30 June (13:00 – 14:30)

Any questions? Contact ASL@nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Digital Archive Learning Exchange (DALE) – Digital Carbon Literacy
Join us for a high-level discussion on Digital Carbon Literacy and the environmental implications for digital records and preservation.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We have a vacancy on our New Professional's Committee!

If you are a new professional or a student with an interest in Information Literacy, this position will be perfect for you.

Find out more in our blog post - we are looking forward to hearing from you! 💚

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ILG New Professionals Committee vacancies – Information Literacy Website
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May 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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@scotunipress.bsky.social continues to grow and evolve, and you can now publish an #OpenAccess textbook via Scottish Universities Press, allowing your students to download and read teaching texts for free. You can find out more via our press release: www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis...
Scottish Universities Press unveils new open access textbook programme for 2025 — Scottish Universities Press
We are proud to announce that Scottish Universities Press (SUP) is launching an open access textbook programme, commencing in May 2025. We are now open for textbook proposals from authors affiliated ...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Join us at our Fighting Fake News webinar on Tuesday 24 June.

Discover more about misinformation and disinformation: what it is, how to recognise it and tips and techniques for countering it.

Book your free place now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1319724143...
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Job alert: Project Archivist, St Paul's Cathedral www.stpauls.co.uk/vacancies/pr...
Project Archivist | St Paul's Cathedral
We are currently seeking a Project Archivist to join our Collections team on a part time, fixed-term basis.
www.stpauls.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Per @washingtonpost.com: 'President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position. She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email'.

#DrCarlaHayden #LibraryofCongress.
May 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Work in public libraries? We'd love your input for the development of two new modules we're creating on leadership: Digital Skills & Futures Literacy. Complete the online form here to join one of our focus groups: forms.gle/3AGDA4zKFrVW...
May 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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📢 This month in @hiljnl.bsky.social we're spotlighting Marketing & Promotion in Health Libraries! This study explores how NHS libraries market their services—what works, what doesn't & why outreach is proving most effective. Read for free:
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley....
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May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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So pleased to see these go live - new workflows for digital preservation: one on emails and one (a bit more conceptual) on line of business systems: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

These should help you get your brain around steps and options in these format-specific headaches.
Preserving digital collections - Archives sector
Digital preservation is a vital issue for almost all archives and there is an increasing demand for storage of, and access to, digital information in a discoverable format. There is an expectation tha...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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On Saturday 3rd May we'll be welcoming book lover, broadcaster and Youtuber Simon Savidge who is visiting Orkney Library & Archive as part of the Share the Vision Challenge, visiting libraries across the UK to highlight services for people living with visual impairment.
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Book Aid International is looking for a dedicated and highly organised Partnerships Executive to support the delivery of their global book donation programme - take a look at this great opportunity. #LISJobs #libraries #books @CILIPSLG
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Partnerships Executive, Hybrid working
Book Aid International is looking for a dedicated and highly organised Partnerships Executive to support the delivery of our global book donation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to play a k...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The Open University is a proud member of the Scottish Universities Press (SUP), a fully open access and not-for-profit press managed by Scotland's university libraries.

The second title from SUP is launching soon... take a look 👇
How are new technologies transforming #DigitalEditions?

Join us for the launch of our next book on 14 May and peek into the future of digital scholarly editing! #DigitalHumanities

Find out more here 👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-fir...
April 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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The #Callforpapers for #RBSCG25 continues!

The CILIP RBSCG Conference 2025 will take place 3-5 September. This year will be online only, with sessions taking place in the afternoon (GMT).

The theme is ✨Standards, Systems and the Discoverability of Special Collections.✨
April 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Major Job Klaxon! A really important role in our @ucclibrary.bsky.social library opened for applications today. Come join our team as Head of Content Services to lead our teams on collections. More details and apply at: andersonquigley.com/ucc-library/ #lisjobsie
University College Cork - Head of Content Services
University College Cork - Head of Content Services vacancy represented by Anderson Quigley executive search firm in London, UK.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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We are delighted that the 2025 Edinburgh Open Research Conference programme is live: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
EORC: 2025 Programme
On the 4th of June we are coming together to ask the question, "What's stopping us?" We are asking what barriers we face, the challenges slowing progress, and searching for strategies to overcome them...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM