Colette

My #CityLIS dissertation "Section 28 and Black History Month: public libraries after the new urban left" is available on @humcommons #Section28 #BlackHistoryMonth #LibraryHistory Read here: hcommons.org/deposits/item/…

I am not here any longer, I’m on Bluesky now bsky.app/profile/colett…

@professor_dave and it doesn’t look like he has a @Wikipedia page! @jesswade any tips!? I’d love to help, some great sources in this thread

Timely to highlight the life and work of Ben Barres. Ben was a remarkable biologist who transformed our understanding of brain function. Born in 1954, he transitioned from female to male in the late 1990s.

This is this Wednesday!

🦇 This Halloween, get your spooky season thrills for free with @Kanopy! Enjoy classic and modern horror movies, ghost stories and more, featuring icons like Christopher Lee and Tilda Swinton. Download the app or visit kanopy.com.

Our new zine club at the library!

Ahead of Black History Month we are celebrating James Baldwin, pop into the library to borrow his great works and pick up a very cool #Baldwin100 bookmark @lamlibs

British History, Black Music, Racism & The Music Industry: 1507-2020 Oct. 15 2024, 6.30-8.30pm Clapham library+Zoom bit.ly/BritishHistory… @LBWG3 @rapclassroom @MirrorDarren @unisontheunion @lmhrnational @WeAreTheMU @AntiRacismDay @PentonStreetCML @AlisonKriel @NicolaRollock

Do you use your library? My discussion on BBC about how libraries provide value for money and also environmental benefits due to books being used again and again. As former @CILIPinfo libraries champion & current @readingagency charity ambassador, I will always use my voice to speak up for libraries. #Library #Book #BookWorm #Reading #librarylife #books #Bookstagram

Come along to our next Wikipedia meetup to write, edit and learn about the knowledge commons! Next Tues 24th September in the library meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Br…

BCA proudly presents the exhibition 'Race Today: Black History is British History', opening on 4th October. This exhibition explores the rich history of the Race Today journals, with a focus on the 1970s and 1980s. #BlackCulturalArchives #RaceToday #Exhibition

@HollyCasio ahhh thank you!!!

@Colette_lis I've just sent it to yr work email x

Can anyone with institutional access get this for me? emerald.com/insight/conten…

“Everyone in Britain should be issued with a “universal library card”” says Fabian Society amongst other appeals to increase popularity of the arts theguardian.com/education/2024…

'A free new service that aims to connect and share all the object records across all UK museums. Find out how this transformative service will work as it ramps up over the coming months, and search the millions of records we've already brought together.' buff.ly/3syoLut

Register your child to receive a free book in the post every month until they are 4 from @ImaginationLib at this link imaginationlibrary.com/check-availabi… 📚✨ For all under 5s in Lambeth!

Enjoyed @LambethArchives Shakespeare in Lambeth exhibition - featuring Norwood’s Ira Aldridge , the borough’s transpontine nature and some fantastic posters from Ovalhouse

@violetbfox I made one on ZineWiki i wanted to send you we we could trade but the international postage might be ott! could distro a scan maybe?

Libraries must be protected as places of learning and reading and as spaces "where you go to learn to behave, where you learn to show respect to other people, to listen, and to learn that you are important because this is for you" - @frankcottrell_b bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…