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Clarivate launches Library Innovation Awards researchinformation.info/news/clarivate… Program designed to recognise and support innovation by academic, national, and public libraries worldwide @Clarivate

@CilipMDG invites participants to a WorldCafe Event at @ExploreWellcome, London, on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape. Wed 26th Nov 2025 11:00-16:00 Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw #cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics

Don't miss the 2nd Edition of the Collection Development in Africa (CDiA) Series, happening from 21-23 September 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa! This conference is in collaboration with @ITOCA_SA, @CLIRnews Casalini Libri and @chsconf #libraries #culturalheritalge #CDiA25

#BIBFRAME Workshop in Europe 16-17 September, 2025 Hosted by the University of Naples Federico II, the Workshop is a hybrid event with no participation fee (registration required). 👉View the programme and find out more on the conference webiste: bfwe.eu/naples_2025

#bibframe #catalogazione #biblioteche La 9ª edizione del BFWE (16-17 settembre 2025) è ospitata dall’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II e sarà accessibile anche online, con registrazione gratuita. Il programma è ora disponibile sul sito! bfwe.eu/naples_2025

MDG July 2025 Bulletin has now been distributed. Includes: events & training opportunities from our friends at ARLIS, @IAML_AIBM, @indexers, and @cigscot. Plus: Calls for Papers for MDG Conference 2026 and C&I Journal. Read it at tinyurl.com/yc2mmur #metadata #cataloguing

The paperback of my debut book is released in the UK this Thursday, and I'm still pinching myself that it's happening.

The June issue of our #journal Catalogue & Index is live focusing on the use of generative #AI within the #metadata world, including articles that critically examine the applicability of generative AI in library metadata creation and #cataloguing. journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-and-…

The President just fired our extraordinary Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. As Chair of Senate Rules I worked closely w/her. She was dedicated to the Library and highly respected by Democratic AND Republican senators. This is an outrage and a big loss.

Mandy Hill, our Managing Director of @CambridgeUP, has taken up the post of President of the @PublishersAssoc. 📚 🇬🇧 🔗 Read about Mandy's focus as President in the next year here: cambrid.ge/4iSpHhs

New release from Facet: The AI and Data Revolution researchinformation.info/news/new-relea… "A valuable resource for knowledge managers, information managers, data analysts as well as researchers and students" @facetpublishing

The CILIP MDG Bulletin for April 2025 has now been distributed to our mailing list and includes our Call for Proposals for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures in Bristol. You can see the web-version at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-1YVRR-48/… #metadata #cataloguing #events #news #conference

⚔️Pre-order Rupert with a 20% discount⚔️ A man woven into the 17th century - arts, engineering, exploration, politics, science, trade, and warfare. 📚tinyurl.com/58svf8h6 "makes extensive use of original sources and offers a number of new suggestions regarding its subject's career" Professor Ronald Hutton

Need a break? The Reading Room at the UL has a supply of colouring sheets and crosswords, as well as guides on coping with stress and exams. Readers can borrow what they need and return them when they're done - no need to ask staff! #StressAwarenessMonth

Our latest episode of Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG, learn more about the career journey of @ces43 Claire Sewell and how she became Head of Research Information Services at the @HouseofCommons youtu.be/W-YqOVuVzzc

In partnership with @bodleianlibs and @JonathanCape books, @blackwellbooks are pleased to announce a very special event with novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan. September 13th at 6pm, The Sheldonian Theatre. Book now eventbrite.co.uk/e/128402497626…

Prince Maurice is always overshadowed by his more glamorous older brother, but at Ripple Field and in the campaign leading up to it, he showed he was Rupert's equal or - whisper it - maybe even better, as a general!

Avicenna in Renaissance Italy The Canon and Medical Teaching in Italian Universities after 1500 Nancy G. Siraisi .Princeton Univ Pr 1987 PDF 🎯 archive.org/download/sirai…

The Sleeping Beauty, by English painter John Collier (1921). In private collection.