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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 13d

Well this is supremely messed up 📜 📚

A Rash of Bomb Threats Hit College and University Libraries

At least 15 US colleges and universities received bomb threats targeting the library since Sunday as part of a nationwide swatting event.

bookriot.com

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 13d

On top of everything else...
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Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

www.404media.co

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 8d

Cool cool
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Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · 8d

Join us for an exclusive tour of Chester Beatty Library from 6.30-7.30 pm on Wed 5th November! The tickets are FREE and available to current members of the @aslibraries.bsky.social group. Places are limited so reserve your ticket now at tinyurl.com/v4vrx9fy

A class exhibition case containing three rectangular items. There are books behind glass walls on display on each side and a statue is visible in the background

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libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to Claire Dunne @ucdlibrary.bsky.social winner of the 2025 @conultraindev.bsky.social Library Assistant Blog Award! Read her blog post 'Shells, Shorthand, and Skipping Classes: Documenting Prize Bookplates in the John Manning Collection of Children's Books' now at www.libfocus.com

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · 21d

Don't miss this online e-portfolio workshop from @laicdgroup.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th October @ 6.30pm!

LAI CDG @laicdgroup.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Registration is open for our next event!

E-Portfolio Power: An Online Workshop for LIS Professionals. Join Isabelle Courtney and Robert Alfis in this webinar to explore the power of ePortfolios

📅 Tuesday, October 14th 6:30 to 8 PM
🎟️ €15, students/unwaged €10

🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/e-portfoli...

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Sep 15

Watch the inspiring talks from our #ASL2025 keynote speakers Helen Rimmer @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social and Claire McGuinness @clairemcguin.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social. Up on YouTube now and lovingly captioned by us so that you catch everyone important word! tinyurl.com/459c8vkj

A picture of a smiling woman. The text on the image reads: Keynote speaker: Helen Rimmer, the Kind Brave Leader. The ripple effect: How kindness transforms libraries and communities. A&SL Conference March 27, 2025, MoLI, Dublin. #ASL2025.

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libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · Sep 15

Unlike the current Irish weather our link-out is always reliable, bringing you the latest library & info news each month! Get up to date on the wicked scholarly publishing system, the endurance of libraries & the war on knowledge, AI & Open Access, the Google Graveyard and more at www.libfocus.com

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libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · Jul 28

Calling all library assistants in CONUL Libraries - have you submitted to the @conultraindev.bsky.social Library Assistant Blog awards yet? Only 3 days to go to be in with a chance to win 1 of 3 prizes including the top prize of €200 AND be published in @libfocus.bsky.social conul.ie/library-assi...

Hands typing on a keyboard below the text: CONUL consortium of national and university libraries training and development

Entries for the 2025 Library Assistant Blog awards for an article in the style of a blog post are now being accepted.

The competition is open to staff at all library assistant and equivalent grades in CONUL Training & Development member libraries.

The theme of your blog entry must be library related. This could include any aspect of your current work; your ideas on a particular library development; some training/developmental activity you undertook; an event/innovation in your library; a particular item in your library’s collection; your library building etc.

The closing date for entries is the 31st July 2025.

1st Prize €200

2nd Prize €150

3rd Prize €100

Please see the following Blog Guidelines and Judging Criteria for further details.

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jul 12

Members of the @aslibraries.bsky.social committee met for our annual planning meeting in Griffith College today. Huge thanks to @dimphne.bsky.social for hosting us and for showing us around the sun-dappled library!

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jun 29

Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution #PBS 📚
youtu.be/C-rKFOyOKN8?...

Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution

YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

youtu.be

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jul 1

"This corresponds to a male being 28.6%–185.5% more likely to be director." (Depending on the type of library). 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Current State of Female Representation in Library Leadership: A Comprehensive Analysis of Over 13,000 Open U.S. Libraries by Library Type, Collection Size, and State

Women are still underrepresented in library leadership. Previous research has focused on academic libraries, with samples of <1000 libraries. This is the first study to analyze >13,000 U.S. librari...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · Jul 6

Lavonnia Moore, the librarian fired for including one of my books on a display after a child requested it, sounds incredible and what happened to her should be a crime. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/05/l...

South Georgia library manager fired for trans-inclusive display

The branch manager at the Pierce County Library was fired after displaying a trans-inclusive children's book in a public display.

roughdraftatlanta.com

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libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Always on the lookout for the latest info and #library news? In our July link-out you'll learn about language bias in scholarly publishing, essential skills for library staff, AI & technology in #libraries, the pioneering Irish project recovering lost historical records and more at www.libfocus.com

a woman in a floral shirt says a little more information please on netflix

Alt: a woman in a floral shirt says a little more information please on netflix

media.tenor.com

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 26

Why @libfocus.bsky.social - with these @conulconference.bsky.social reviews you're really spoiling us! Three reviews from the #Conul25 bursary winners were posted on the libfocus blog this week - read all about it over at www.libfocus.com

Snapshots of three articles with thumbnails with the titles: "Is This How Men Always Feel?": The Power of Being Surrounded by Female Leaders at CONUL, Blog on the Conul conference 2025: Shaping tomorrow, Reflections and new directions, Changing careers from tech into librarianship

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 19

How brilliant that the Writing Skills for LIS Professionals webinar inspired Isabell Seeger to write this article. The event was jointly hosted by @laicdgroup.bsky.social and @aslibraries.bsky.social in May and presented by A&SL committee members @martinoconnor.bsky.social and Marta Bustillo.

libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our latest guest post is from Isabell Seeger, soon-to-be MLIS graduate from @ucdischool.bsky.social. She outlines her motivation for a career change from tech into librarianship and the surprising parallels and transferable skills from one to the other over at www.libfocus.com

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Irish Health Libraries @healthlibraries.bsky.social · Jun 18

It's always a pleasure to have our Summer networking evening with @aslibraries.bsky.social, a great time was had by all! Thanks to our wonderful speaker @aphrak.bsky.social for her insights on AI literacy and check out algowatch.eu for more info.

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 17

What a great evening for our joint networking event with @healthlibraries.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who joined us today, to Dr Aphra Kerr @ucdischool.bsky.social for her fascinating talk and to The Mansion House for hosting us.

A crowd of people talking in a wood panelled room

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 17

Huge thanks to guest speaker Dr @aphrak.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social who is joining this @healthlibraries.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social event to talk about the role of librarians in algorithmic and AI literacy

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 17

Niamh Lucey chair of @healthlibraries.bsky.social and Fiona Logan chair of @aslibraries.bsky.social start off proceedings at the Summer Celebration networking evening in The Mansion House

Summer celebration networking evening graphic

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Summer Celebration networking evening has moved a few doors up from @ria.ie to the Oak Room in The Mansion House. Another beautiful space for current @healthlibraries.bsky.social‬ and @aslibraries.bsky.social members to catch up with colleagues and enjoy Prof. Aphra Kerr's talk!

A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · May 22

Join us for our joint Summer Celebration networking evening on 17 June in The Royal Irish Academy! Current @healthlibraries.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social members are invited to book their free tickets to catch up with library colleagues & enjoy a talk by Prof. Aphra Kerr tinyurl.com/mve6k6h3

Summer celebration: Joint HSLF and A&SL members networking evening 2025. Tuesday 17th June 2025 from 5pm. Royal Irish academy, Dawson St, Dublin 2. Guest speaker: Professor Aphra Kerr, UCD ischool. Background shows melon sections on sticks below the HSLG and A&SL logos.

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 12

Only 5 days to go to this Summer networking evening in @ria.ie. If you're a current @healthlibraries.bsky.social or @aslibraries.bsky.social member register for your free ticket today!

A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · May 22

Join us for our joint Summer Celebration networking evening on 17 June in The Royal Irish Academy! Current @healthlibraries.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social members are invited to book their free tickets to catch up with library colleagues & enjoy a talk by Prof. Aphra Kerr tinyurl.com/mve6k6h3

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SETU Libraries @setulibraries.bsky.social · Jun 9

📢 Check out this review of the #ASL2025 Conference! 📢
Our LLL & Research Support Assistant Librarian, Kirsteen Walters, delivered an insightful presentation on "Empowering Library Users with AI Literacy: Developing High-Quality Resources to Foster Knowledge Growth" at the #MOLImuseum 27th March.

A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 6

Don't miss Ann Marie Barrett's review of #ASL2025 in @laibluesky.bsky.social's An Leabharlann! Read about the brilliant talks from our speakers including the powerful speeches from @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social Helen Rimmer and @clairemcguin.bsky.social www.libraryassociation.ie/an-leabharla...

A picture of a woman beside a screenshot of an article with the title: Cultivating Connection: Libraries championing quality, wellbeing and inclusivity conference review

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · Jun 6

Don't miss Ann Marie Barrett's review of #ASL2025 in @laibluesky.bsky.social's An Leabharlann! Read about the brilliant talks from our speakers including the powerful speeches from @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social Helen Rimmer and @clairemcguin.bsky.social www.libraryassociation.ie/an-leabharla...

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A&SL @aslibraries.bsky.social · May 28

We hope all our library colleagues heading to Tullamore today have a great time at the @CONULconf. We'll be keeping up to date with proceedings on #CONUL25!

CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · May 16

Not long to go until #CONUL25! There's still time to register to attend and you can find the programme at the following link: conference.conul.ie/programme-2025/
Don't forget to use the #CONUL25 hashtag to keep up to date with all that's going on. We'll see you there!

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