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27 Apr 2022
Sure the Luxembourg Learning Centre is great. More surprisingly, I have this evening eaten both *roasted cauliflower with chocolate sauce* and *gnocchi with gorgonzola and grated chocolate* (both were excellent) #lag2022
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27 Apr 2022
Arrived in Luxembourg for library architecture seminar… I hadn’t expected to encounter *this much* architecture before we even get going… this is just off Avenue du Rock and Roll 🎸 at @uni_lu campus - urban regeneration of old steel works #lag2022 @LIBERLAG2022 @LIBEReurope
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27 Feb 2022
“We are at the forefront of the fight against fakes, misinformation and cyber threats … Every day, librarians work so that people, communities and society can distinguish true information from lies and resist information and psychological manipulation.” 🇺🇦
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25 Aug 2021
The Iron Island installation @SSGreatBritain finds the human in the Brunel Institute archive and presents a powerful and contemporary interpretation - poet @RovingRoshi describes the creation of an immersive experience with @LimbicCinema @HiddenOrchestra bristol247.com/news-and-feat…
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10 Aug 2021
The @UKRI_News #OpenAccess policy looks like a total barnstormer from @rachelbruce @dsweeneyUK et al ... absolute clarity on the public benefit and ethical arguments for making research freely available. Kudos!
6 Aug 2021
Today we're announcing a new #OpenAccess policy for research publications that acknowledge funding from our councils. Read it here: ukri.org/news/ukri-announces… /1
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10 Aug 2021
"There were some different positions put forward by publishing providers and stakeholders representing the research and higher education sector ...
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10 Aug 2021
... Some publishers suggested our immediate open access requirement would risk loss of income and damage the sustainability of the research publishing endeavour, but we judge this risk to be low."
28 Jul 2021
Fantastic curation by @mshedbristol presenting context and fostering debate about history, memory, and identity. Reinterpreting the past, in the present, to co-create the future #BlackLivesMatter
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23 Jul 2021
Powerful story from Professor @OlivetteOtele about the statue wars, politics of knowledge production, and the role of memory and archives in intergenerational trauma, entitlement, and social justice youtube.com/watch?v=UucRtUpU… #DCDC21 @RL_UK @BristolUni
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16 Jul 2021
Catch up with today's #RLUKDSF joint VDB-RLUK session, exploring #library spaces & openness post #Covid featuring @digitalfay, Konstanze Söllner @UniFAU, with Ewald Brahms #UniHI #UBHI & @torstenreimer @britishlibrary 🇬🇧🇩🇪🌎
Catch-up online now: bit.ly/3igg2nt
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28 Apr 2021
Today is the inaugural meeting of the @BrisUniPress Library Advisory Board, discussing the unique role of the University Press in the changing scholarly communications environment bristoluniversitypress.co.uk…
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28 Apr 2021
We'll be talking about post-pandemic impacts on academic engagement and student experience, the civic role of the university press, and of course open access transformation in scholarly publishing
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28 Apr 2021
With thanks to our board members @joanna_ball @librarianth @PepTorn @NCWright06 and others not on twitter, plus of course our @BrisUniPress hosts @AliShawBristol @julialmortimer @SimonBell74
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27 Apr 2021
VACANCY: Head of Content @BristolUniLib join us to drive forward open access transformation in scholarly communication and our digital-led support for blended learning. Focus on high quality experience, collaboration, data analytics. £44-49k, open-ended bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…
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22 Mar 2021
My talk from #RLUK21 on artificial intelligence in libraries: Artificial Scholars and Automated Collections is now available to watch youtube.com/watch?v=J7gqlnLC… thanks to all at @RL_UK
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23 Feb 2021
STOP. REALITY TIME
22 Feb 2021
You bore us. If science is a “commitment to truth” shall we site all the historical non-truths perpetuated by scientists ? Of course not. It’s not science vs Philosophy ... It’s Science Philosophy. Elevate your Thinking and Consciousness. When you measure include the measurer.
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9 Dec 2020
Delighted to share the news that I have been appointed Director @BristolUniLib and University Librarian @BristolUni it is a privilege and an honour to work alongside such inspirational colleagues
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5 Oct 2020
Today we reopen our physical libraries across campus and digital services for blended learning and research continue. This is the result of fantastic commitment and careful risk assessment from all teams @BristolUniLib and colleagues across @BristolUni thank you!
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14 Aug 2020
Fantastic team work delivering the information needs of students and academics @BristolUni
14 Aug 2020
Library staff were in the Wills Memorial Library! A fine example of book collecting.
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