Selena Killick
@selenakillick.com
Passionate about performance measurement and assessment in academic libraries.
@hammerslibrary.bsky.social I might be pushing my luck now, this article ciliphlg.com/wp-content/u... refers to a forthcoming report for NLH on the experience of piloting LibQUAL in 2006. I don't suppose anyone still has access? I'm writing a research paper on LibQUAL in the UK.
ciliphlg.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@hammerslibrary.bsky.social I might be pushing my luck now, this article ciliphlg.com/wp-content/u... refers to a forthcoming report for NLH on the experience of piloting LibQUAL in 2006. I don't suppose anyone still has access? I'm writing a research paper on LibQUAL in the UK.
Can any @cilip.bsky.social Health Libraries Group friends help me access the following article?
Atkinson, J. Getting the evidence... and using it? NLH/NHS England LibQUAL + Pilot Library Survey 2006: the RCN experience. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin 2006, 26, 3–11.
The #Cilip archive is down.
Atkinson, J. Getting the evidence... and using it? NLH/NHS England LibQUAL + Pilot Library Survey 2006: the RCN experience. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin 2006, 26, 3–11.
The #Cilip archive is down.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Can any @cilip.bsky.social Health Libraries Group friends help me access the following article?
Atkinson, J. Getting the evidence... and using it? NLH/NHS England LibQUAL + Pilot Library Survey 2006: the RCN experience. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin 2006, 26, 3–11.
The #Cilip archive is down.
Atkinson, J. Getting the evidence... and using it? NLH/NHS England LibQUAL + Pilot Library Survey 2006: the RCN experience. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin 2006, 26, 3–11.
The #Cilip archive is down.
Week 2 and I’m already out of the @oulibrary.bsky.social #gbbo sweepstake 😟
Seems appropriate somehow 🤣
Seems appropriate somehow 🤣
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Week 2 and I’m already out of the @oulibrary.bsky.social #gbbo sweepstake 😟
Seems appropriate somehow 🤣
Seems appropriate somehow 🤣
Can any of my Swedish (or otherwise) Library friends tell me if Bibsam is an acronym of something? And if so, what?
www.kb.se/samverkan-oc...
www.kb.se/samverkan-oc...
Bibsam Consortium
Since 1996 the National Library of Sweden negotiates licence agreements for electronic information resources and publishing agreements on behalf of Swedish universities, university colleges, as well a...
www.kb.se
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Can any of my Swedish (or otherwise) Library friends tell me if Bibsam is an acronym of something? And if so, what?
www.kb.se/samverkan-oc...
www.kb.se/samverkan-oc...
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In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.
Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇
Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇
August 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.
Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇
Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇
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Oh, and I have news - I've gone and got a new job. So pleased to be part of an amazing team at @oapenbooks.bsky.social
We're delighted to introduce Graham Stone as our new Head of International Projects.
Graham will have strategic oversight of our international project engagements & represent us in partnerships with other open infrastructures & relevant stakeholders.
Welcome to the team @graham-stone.bsky.social!
Graham will have strategic oversight of our international project engagements & represent us in partnerships with other open infrastructures & relevant stakeholders.
Welcome to the team @graham-stone.bsky.social!
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Oh, and I have news - I've gone and got a new job. So pleased to be part of an amazing team at @oapenbooks.bsky.social
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OUT NOW!
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess
20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖
Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#DigitalHumanities
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess
20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖
Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#DigitalHumanities
April 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
OUT NOW!
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess
20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖
Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#DigitalHumanities
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess
20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖
Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#DigitalHumanities
Libraries have worked hard to provide frictionless access to academic information, we might need to change this if information sources become fragmented. Digital and Information Literacy skills will be crucial. Great read @heroicendeavour.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cuts... 📚
As cuts mount, those used to one-click searching are in for a shock
If ‘big deal’ subscriptions become unaffordable, librarians will need to help students and academics conduct effective searches, says Caroline Ball
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Libraries have worked hard to provide frictionless access to academic information, we might need to change this if information sources become fragmented. Digital and Information Literacy skills will be crucial. Great read @heroicendeavour.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cuts... 📚
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🌟 Travel Awards deadline this Friday 🌟
LibPMC offers Travel Awards for conference attendees needing financial support. Apply by Friday, 21 March 2025. For details and to apply, visit: shorturl.at/oFgS8
Thank you to our sponsors AdvaNova, Alterline, Browns Books, @ebsco.bsky.social & PTFS Europe 🙏
LibPMC offers Travel Awards for conference attendees needing financial support. Apply by Friday, 21 March 2025. For details and to apply, visit: shorturl.at/oFgS8
Thank you to our sponsors AdvaNova, Alterline, Browns Books, @ebsco.bsky.social & PTFS Europe 🙏
March 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🌟 Travel Awards deadline this Friday 🌟
LibPMC offers Travel Awards for conference attendees needing financial support. Apply by Friday, 21 March 2025. For details and to apply, visit: shorturl.at/oFgS8
Thank you to our sponsors AdvaNova, Alterline, Browns Books, @ebsco.bsky.social & PTFS Europe 🙏
LibPMC offers Travel Awards for conference attendees needing financial support. Apply by Friday, 21 March 2025. For details and to apply, visit: shorturl.at/oFgS8
Thank you to our sponsors AdvaNova, Alterline, Browns Books, @ebsco.bsky.social & PTFS Europe 🙏
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Released today on Library Storytelling - The membership of Lancashire Libraries.
www.librarystorytelling.net/the-membersh...
Lancashire were brilliant and open to exploring types of library usage, the deprivation levels alongside % population of membership, as well as the urban/rural divide.
www.librarystorytelling.net/the-membersh...
Lancashire were brilliant and open to exploring types of library usage, the deprivation levels alongside % population of membership, as well as the urban/rural divide.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Released today on Library Storytelling - The membership of Lancashire Libraries.
www.librarystorytelling.net/the-membersh...
Lancashire were brilliant and open to exploring types of library usage, the deprivation levels alongside % population of membership, as well as the urban/rural divide.
www.librarystorytelling.net/the-membersh...
Lancashire were brilliant and open to exploring types of library usage, the deprivation levels alongside % population of membership, as well as the urban/rural divide.
The excellent team led by Charlie King (not on here) at the @oulibrary.bsky.social has completed user testing on the new #Primo AI Research Assistant. We've shared our findings here to help other libraries: oro.open.ac.uk/103099/
#HELibraries #UXLibs
#HELibraries #UXLibs
The Open University
oro.open.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The excellent team led by Charlie King (not on here) at the @oulibrary.bsky.social has completed user testing on the new #Primo AI Research Assistant. We've shared our findings here to help other libraries: oro.open.ac.uk/103099/
#HELibraries #UXLibs
#HELibraries #UXLibs
Thankfully library assessment methodologies have come a long way since 1968… 😳
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thankfully library assessment methodologies have come a long way since 1968… 😳
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Latest UK universities to post deficits: St Andrews (-£13m), York (-£9m), Leicester (-£8.3m), Brunel (-£13m), Hull (-£17.3m), Surrey (-£17.9m). Plus King's (-£19m), Nottingham (-£17m), Open University (-£10.3m), UEA (-£7.6m) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/york-an... via @patrickjack.bsky.social
York and St Andrews latest to post multimillion-pound deficits
Leicester, Surrey, Brunel and Hull also report losses in financial accounts for 2023-24
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Latest UK universities to post deficits: St Andrews (-£13m), York (-£9m), Leicester (-£8.3m), Brunel (-£13m), Hull (-£17.3m), Surrey (-£17.9m). Plus King's (-£19m), Nottingham (-£17m), Open University (-£10.3m), UEA (-£7.6m) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/york-an... via @patrickjack.bsky.social
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If you see someone doing an amazing job in customer service, take a moment to tell their manager. Compliments go a long way! #KindnessRipples #DailyKindness
January 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you see someone doing an amazing job in customer service, take a moment to tell their manager. Compliments go a long way! #KindnessRipples #DailyKindness
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Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal
The @york.ac.uk has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying it needs to adopt a “more financially sustainable approach”, @resprofnews.bsky.social has learned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The @york.ac.uk has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying it needs to adopt a “more financially sustainable approach”, @resprofnews.bsky.social has learned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
January 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal
The @york.ac.uk has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying it needs to adopt a “more financially sustainable approach”, @resprofnews.bsky.social has learned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The @york.ac.uk has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying it needs to adopt a “more financially sustainable approach”, @resprofnews.bsky.social has learned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
@maccamk.bsky.social great to see you today, thanks for a really interesting and beneficial conversation.
December 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
@maccamk.bsky.social great to see you today, thanks for a really interesting and beneficial conversation.
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"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024."
Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...
Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...
Updates on access to Library resources (journals).
In January, there will be changes to access to some Library resources (journals).
www.sheffield.ac.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:07 AM
"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024."
Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...
Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...
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Hi Bluesky! We're the Mercian Collaboration, a consortium of higher education libraries in the east and west midlands of England. Expect updates about training events and our #mercian25 conference www.merciancollaboration.org.uk
Mercian Collaboration
www.merciancollaboration.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Hi Bluesky! We're the Mercian Collaboration, a consortium of higher education libraries in the east and west midlands of England. Expect updates about training events and our #mercian25 conference www.merciancollaboration.org.uk
Higher Education Library Folk: What journals are you reading these days?
I'm supporting someone who's got a great idea for an article and we're trying to find the right journal for it.
Must be OA (practice what you preach...) 📚
I'm supporting someone who's got a great idea for an article and we're trying to find the right journal for it.
Must be OA (practice what you preach...) 📚
December 2, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Higher Education Library Folk: What journals are you reading these days?
I'm supporting someone who's got a great idea for an article and we're trying to find the right journal for it.
Must be OA (practice what you preach...) 📚
I'm supporting someone who's got a great idea for an article and we're trying to find the right journal for it.
Must be OA (practice what you preach...) 📚
Reposted by Selena Killick
Day 2 of welcoming our wonderful Affiliated Research Centre colleagues to Open University campus @oulibrary.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Day 2 of welcoming our wonderful Affiliated Research Centre colleagues to Open University campus @oulibrary.bsky.social
Recently the @oulibrary.bsky.social received an accessibly audit of the Library website from the UK Government Digital Service. Being The Open University, we have created a free course "Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo VE" based on our experience, enjoy! 📚
OLCreate: PUB_8749_1.0 Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo VE
www.open.edu
November 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Recently the @oulibrary.bsky.social received an accessibly audit of the Library website from the UK Government Digital Service. Being The Open University, we have created a free course "Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo VE" based on our experience, enjoy! 📚
Reposted by Selena Killick
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Helpful question at #SCONUL conference on how we can educate our students on Cyber security. If you want to use it, the free Open University course on cyber security is here:
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online
This free course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how ...
www.open.edu
November 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Helpful question at #SCONUL conference on how we can educate our students on Cyber security. If you want to use it, the free Open University course on cyber security is here:
Like many, the @oulibrary.bsky.social has been grappling with GenAI and what it means for our students. We've created a suite of online skills to help, which are available to anyone: www.open.ac.uk/libraryservi...
Just let us know if you're linking to them so we can keep you updated of changes 🙂
Just let us know if you're linking to them so we can keep you updated of changes 🙂
The Open University
www.open.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Like many, the @oulibrary.bsky.social has been grappling with GenAI and what it means for our students. We've created a suite of online skills to help, which are available to anyone: www.open.ac.uk/libraryservi...
Just let us know if you're linking to them so we can keep you updated of changes 🙂
Just let us know if you're linking to them so we can keep you updated of changes 🙂