Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Sue Lacey Bryant @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social Visiting Professor, Knowledge & Information Mobilisation at MMU. KM Consultant. Hon Advisor, HIN KSS. Coach & mentor. Chair, Health & Digital Literacy Partnership; past President of CILIP; Walford & Cyril Barnard Awards. Former CKO for NHSE. Stationer.
Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social Uni business librarian, Mum, Researcher. #SystematicReview, searching. Books & reading, esp. scifi (& on tv). Hashtag obsessive. Blogger: https://researcherlibrarian.wordpress.com #AliceWrites
Past focuses: left wing politics, aphantasia, gentle parenting
Becky Scott @beckyscott.bsky.social Project Manager: Workforce and Skills at Libraries Connected interested in #LISstaffDevelopment #Mentoring #LISresearch, #SystematicReviews, #NarrativeInquiry, #CreativeMethods
AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellow 2023-24
Lives in South Wales- E @estherarens.bsky.social @estherarens.bsky.social Library systems, content, metadata, acquisition, team work, leadership. Choral music. Running.
Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social #RareBooks librarian working in #histmed, knitter, cellist, bi, feminist, woolly-liberal, terrified about the climate. She/her. 
MommySJ @mommysj.bsky.social (she/her) Unapologetic Librarian. Mom to a human. Servant of 2 cats. Reader. DIYer. Overthinker. Collector of rubber ducks. MN, USA
Alasdair MacDonald @macdonwald.bsky.social Former university administrator; happily married step-dad to three, and cat-servant to two. Also a “middle-class leftie remoaner lunatic" (wtt Dan Wootton). There are places to visit, books to read, guitars to play, and songs to sing.
@ruthburns.bsky.social @ruthburns.bsky.social Library person, bibliovore, retro gamer, goth, sporadic crafter
Kirsten the (ex) Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social Formerly Research Intelligence Librarian and NHS librarian. Co-founder of Fair Library Jobs. UCU member. Equity, pedantry, cats. She/her.
Sarah-Jane @porschespider.bsky.social Durham based mam of two small humans in a neurodiverse family. NHS Librarian. Reader, walker, cross stitcher, tea drinker. Perpetually tired but I try. She/Her. Views own etc.
Sarah Nicholas @sarahnicholas.bsky.social Mostly tediously twee nonsense. Sporadic enthusing about flamenco dancing and cycling to see Cardiff Bay's sunrises. Occasional passing references to being a weary, aging academic librarian.
Tina Reynolds @tinareynolds.bsky.social Chartered librarian. Interests include legal tech & innovation, KM, gin, languages/linguistics, reading especially Girls Own books, & road racing (mostly the classics). Usually found trying to improve my very rusty French or searching for sun. Herts/London
Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social Librarian, Knowledge Manager, Data Protection Officer and Records Manager. Let me know if I can be of any further help.
FairLibraryJobs @fairlibraryjobs.bsky.social Fair Library Jobs is a group of library workers aiming to improve recruitment & employment practices in libraries in the UK https://linktr.ee/fairlibraryjobs
Samantha (Samanthahalf) @samanthalf.bsky.social Librarian, crafter, wokerati, she/her. Knitting & spinning & chatting & sewing & reading & generally carrying on. Business librarian in higher ed. Easily distracted. Owns small child and giant baby, posts indulgently on the subject. Tries to be an Ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Andrew Preater @preater.com Always-already librarianing. 🍞🌹🌹
Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London; CILIP & SCONUL board member. Audax cyclist. (he/him)
Personal account: my own views. 💁♂️
🦣 @preater@hcommons.social
Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social The toast in the machine. NHS librarian, crossword compiler (Angel), Unch magazine editorial team, poet. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
Caroline Fielding @cazapr1.bsky.social Chartered School Librarian, CILIP @YLGLondon Committee, National conference exhibition manager, Bea keeper. She/her
J @librarywork.bsky.social Clinical librarian, exploring new views and ideas to use in my work.
Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social Librarian. Singer. Writer of pantomimes and murder mysteries. Crime fiction devotee. All views are my own.
AlanFricker @alanfricker.bsky.social Still growing stuff, running and generally interested. Probably library chat will happen. 
Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social The librarian formerly known (on twitter) as @Phdgeek. Into nerdy stuff, open research, EDI campaigning, powerlifting and climbing. 🏳️🌈
Marie Lancaster @gingergalwales.bsky.social Red head Welsh Librarian, Wife, Mum, Dog Mum. Likes wine, crochet & rugby.
Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social Open Book Collective, #ebookSOS, WikimediaUK, NLISN. Easily swayed by rainbows, cupcakes, cats, Cheetos, unicorns, and all things sparkly and fabulous.
Selena Killick @selenakillick.com Senior User Researcher & Strategist. PhD Researcher. Interested in evidence-led service design, institutional impact, and making research accessible.
Often found watching cricket.
Lesley Pitman @lesleypitman.bsky.social Librarian at large. Chair of CILIP ILIG. Used to be a Slavonic librarian. Posts a random mix of libraries, Russia, food (gluten free) and the joys of life in Tooting.
https://hcommons.org/members/lesleypitman/
Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social Book lover. Tea drinker. Incorrigibly plural.
librariannb.bsky.social @librariannb.bsky.social Librarian for Maths, Physics and Computing at Imperial Library. 
Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social 
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
Iain Moore @iainmoore.bsky.social Interested in libraries, charities and the social sector and how together they can fix everything.
Once & future ultra runner. Macclesfield. Gay adopter. 🏳️🌈
Commercial Director, Libraries Connected
www.librariesconnected.org.uk
He/him
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social Leopard print is a neutral. Book drunk freak / Punk Ass Book Jockey/ #MedLibs. Collector of social media accounts apparently. She/her
Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com Head of Research Liaison, UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship. Librarian. PhD Student in DIS at UCL. Neurodivergent. Photographer. Anthropologist. Bullet Journal Enthusiast. Baker. Nerd. www.kirstywallis.com
Katherine Burchell (she/her) @katherinehelen.bsky.social Open Access Adviser - theul.bsky.social
MA in Library and Information Service Management - University of Sheffield
Chartered Member of CILIP
Chair of cilipeast.bsky.social & CILIP 125 Recipient
Social Media Editor for camlibgroup.bsky.social
Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social Manchester Metadata Maven
#Metadata Librarian (UK) #OpenAccess & #OpenInfras supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1390-2720
Mike Jones @thatlibraryman.bsky.social Academic librarian with interests in information literacy, library marketing and the impact of AI on the research process!
Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social Special collections / heritage / libraries / archives, education, Wikimedia, art, UCL, GirlGuiding, neurodiversity, geekery. 🌈📚📦✨
https://linktr.ee/octavosaurus
Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social Systems librarian at Lambeth Libraries (she/her) 🏴
Vanessa Freedman @vrfreedman.bsky.social Hebrew & Jewish Studies librarian at University College London. Co-convenor, Hebraica Libraries Group. Posts are my own views etc She/her
Hannah James @hannahjames.bsky.social Archives, records, and data protection. Derbyshire lass in exile, Beaver (Scout) leader, Friend, and proud Mummy.
Liesl R @littlebutfierce.bsky.social Copyright librarian. Expect much fangirling about books, theatre and Shakespeare here.
Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social Lecturer in Library and Information Studies at UCL.
PhD student researching social class in the academic library workforce.
Co-organiser of Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (CALC) and member of Fair Library Jobs. 
Katharine Schopflin @schopflin.bsky.social Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her. 
Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social "I don't know if this is a race thing or a lady thing but I'm mad as hell" Libraries, vampires and Sherlock Holmes. Very good bad influence. She/Her.
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social Me?
Prehistory. Normans. Recently Vikings. New Model Army. Asterix. Old Gods. Arsenal. Corinthian Casuals.
University Library Buildings Development Manager.
Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS.
#MDANT
Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social Archives, history, heritage. Women and Parliament. #NecessaryWomen. London. COYS https://www.maritakayanagi.com
Librarianth @librarianth.bsky.social University of York Acquisitions Librarian. Professional Northerner. Bang on about armchair politics, books, ebooks, coffee, & Boro. Views/opinions personal. UTB
Helen Clough @helenclough.bsky.social Associate Director at the Open University Library interested in relationship management, strategic planning, and supporting distance and online learners in HE libraries. She/her
NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social Neurodiverse Library and Information Staff Network, Supporting Neurodivergent Talent in Library & Information Staff in the UK & Ireland. Find us at NLISN.org
Banner: Photo of NLISN committe at UKSG Conference by
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy- S Siobhan @siobhanh.bsky.social Systems & Discovery Manager (Librarian) |
Open Access, Publishing, Diversity, IT, Libraries & (Digital) Collections.
Tech, cooking and moorwalking |
She/Her | Views (unfortunately) my own.
Jess @bookelf.bsky.social I'm a librarian. I also do a lot of crochet and cross stitch. I do a fair bit of stuff but it's mostly around #infolit #critlit etc. Managing Editor for JIL.
Claire Warren @clairewarren.bsky.social Lead learning facilitator (head librarian) for a large UK college. Qualified + chartered librarian, also a freelance independent reading/library consultant. She/her. Pan. www.clairewarrenconsulting.co.uk
Kristofer Keane @kris.scot Library worker! Trade unionist! Pro-independence!
www.kris.scot
Manda Laine @eldelphia.bsky.social She/her. Librarian. Senior library manager. FHEA. Often staff to cats. Lover of tech, gaming, mythology, old places, rock & trashy literature! LGBTQIA+ ally. Mental Health First Aider.
Lilly Evans 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇷🇸 @alherix.bsky.social Curious, keen follower of current events worldwide, teenager at heart. Multicultural, multinational & multilingual granny/ baba
Recreating community of diverse thinkers and doers. Parish councillor trying her best
She/ her
Jo Cornish @jocornish.bsky.social "Knowledge is justice, and all should be welcome in the temples of taxonomies". Fellow of CILIP, FRSA.
Bridges, baseball, cheese.
That's me.
David Clover @davidclover.bsky.social Librarian and student services manager. 
Julia @lawlibjulia.bsky.social Level 31
🍹 Dreaming about books, food, and travel
⚖️ Law librarian
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally in all forms
🖖 hailing frequencies open
Collector of hobbies: cross-stitch and lover of video games
National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social An organisation for everyone interested in the acquisition, management and development of library resources.
https:/nag.org.uk
Kathryn Marsh @mrsmarshlibrary.bsky.social NHS Library Assistant, a musician (when the chance arises), former lots of things including Primary School Teacher, School Librarian, Retail Manager, ♥️ live music, ♥️ Sci-Fi & Fantasy. Yes, I’ve worn many hats. Currently focusing on marketing and outreach.
Dr Alyson Tyler @alysonresearch.bsky.social Independent researcher, library policy background, formerly Wales now Scotland (https://alysontyler-research.uk/); also web editor at Ethical Consumer, yoga teacher and massage therapist (all jobs p/t). Treehugger. 😻🌳🌼💚🏴 🇪🇭 🧘♀️ ☮️🕊️
Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social Director of Business @icaew.bsky.social, supporting our 65/170k+ members working across businesses of all shapes, sizes, and sectors https://www.icaew.com/
Journal of Information Literacy @jinfolit.bsky.social The Journal of Information Literacy is the international, peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal of CILIP’s Information Literacy Group. Our comms do not represent CILIP policy. https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/index #InfoLit #OpenAccess 💎🔓
emmatonkin.bsky.social @emmatonkin.bsky.social Researcher, sometimes lecture - currently digital health, data ethics, misc other. Charity swimathons. Ink, fiction, occasional yarn. Zombologiste à temps partiel. Citoyenne de nulle part. Franglaise. πόλλ’ ἠπίστατο ἔργα, κακῶς δ’ ἠπίστατο πάντα.
Alice 📚 @librarygirlalice.bsky.social 28 #actuallyautistic 🇬🇧 Part-time library assistant and book reviewer, 24/25/26 Wilbur Smith Prize Librarian Judge, 24/25 BBC 500 Words Librarian Judge 📚
West Country, UK based 🥰
Aspiring Children’s Librarian and lover of #KidLit 🥰
I also write poetry 📝
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Heather 🦉 @heatherflorence.bsky.social Library Metadata & Moves Assistant 📚
23 • London
www.linkedin.com/in/heather-florence-taylor
Luke Oakes @lukeoakes.bsky.social Library Development Manager at Cambridgeshire Libraries 
Mary Burgess @cambliblife.bsky.social Local history author and researcher. Local Studies Librarian for Cambridgeshire Libraries - usually found in the Cambridgeshire Collection. Bit deaf 🦻. She/they.
Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social STEMM librarian at the University of Cambridge, interested in open research and EDI. Also a disabled feminist, bookworm, barbershopper, musical theatre nerd 🎶
David Brown @davidbrown.bsky.social Library-assistant and anxious goblin (Powered by Sertraline and Propranolol).
Pre-successful writer, enjoys a green tea and blueberry muffin.
Food provider, fuss giver, and occasional bed for cats.
Born in Scotland, living in North East England.
Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social Director, Libraries at Arts Council England. Data, emerging tech, literacies, reading for pleasure and the joy of libraries. ‘Libraries gave us power.’ Personal views only.
CG @greslib.bsky.social Librarian, & occasional knowledge counsellor. All sorts. Retweets are not an endorsement.
Masud Khokhar @masudk.com Higher Education, Libraries, IT, Leadership, Digital, and Inclusion. Chief Digital and Information Officer at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masudkhokhar/ All views are mine. Love Cats & Coffee!
Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd Assoc. Project Director @ Knowledge Commons, MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
Kristabelle Williams @libthroughthis.bsky.social School Librarian in South East London, UK. Literacy Co-ordinator + studying for NPQLL. MA LIS. SLA School Librarian of the Year 2020/2021. Trade Unionist @NEULibrarians #JoinAUnion #GreatSchoolLibraries
Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social Librarian at Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections & Archives 📚 | Loves history, books, libraries | 'Be more kind my friends, Try to be more kind' (FT) | Prefers to be surrounded by books & drinking tea | She/her 🌞🏴 All views my own 📍London
Stef Dickers @stef-dickers.bsky.social Archives Manager at Bishopsgate Institute. Rather passionate about London, Activist, LGBTQ+ & Fetish Archives. Bass Player.
Charlotte Dormer @cnkdormer.bsky.social Academic Liaison Librarian running a library for trainee teachers. Previously a primary school librarian. MCLIP, AFHEA. She/they. Autistic. Opinions my own etc. (Languages: 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 )
YLGSE Committee & Carnegies Judge 25-26
Amy McEwan 🌱 @amcewan.bsky.social Health Librarian (higher education) and new parent based in Devon, UK
Keith Webster @cmkeithw.bsky.social Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon. Professional futurist. Speaker. Facilitator. Coach. Librarian. Running. Classical music.
British-American
@cmulibraries.bsky.social
@carnegiemellon.bsky.social
https://www.library.cmu.edu/
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Cartoon Art Museum @cartoonart.bsky.social Founded in 1984, CAM is a San Francisco-based, educational arts nonprofit that has something for everyone—from comic strips, comic books, and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix. Come visit our galleries: cartoonart.org
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate
Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.
www.auschwitz.org | lesson.auschwitz.org | podcast.auschwitz.org
Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social Callipygian statues 👍🏛🍑
'Cheeky, Witty, Funny' - The Bookseller;
'Crude' - Daily Express 🤣
(curated by @thehistoryboy.bsky.social & @jackshoulder.bsky.social)
Buy our book here:
linktr.ee/museumbums
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org TEMPORARILY CLOSED. The Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research at La Brea Tar Pits will reopen in 2028.
🐾 http://linktr.ee/thelabreatarpits
Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social The largest museum in Canada - we showcase art, culture, and nature from around the world and across the ages.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
💜 http://linktr.ee/nhmla
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Jerwood Library @jerwoodlibrary.bsky.social Libraries of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, UK, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk