Dan Weir @danweir.bsky.social Research and Policy Manager at moneyandmentalhealth.org
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Hereditary Crystal Palace fan
Mostly just musing here.
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
GaryR @groebuck77.bsky.social
MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
Ann O’Sullivan @osullivanannie.bsky.social Law Librarian with wanderlust living in Dublin 🍉 @biall.org.uk @laibluesky.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social #repealedthe8th #vitaminsea
Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
Henry Moeran @henrymoeran.bsky.social Commentator and reporter for BBC Sport
Phillip Barlow ⚒️ 🇬🇱 @hammerslibrary.bsky.social West Ham fan who happens to be a medical librarian. Views are mine alone.
Research Consulting @researchconsulting.bsky.social Research Consulting is a specialist consultancy firm focused on research
Megan @wiley9000.bsky.social Cardiff-based HE library director. Hobbies, greyhounds, being-mostly-vegan, ADHD. Have I mentioned I'm from Derbyshire?
Luke Dickens @lukedickens.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCL. Teaching on Knowledge Information and Data Science (KIDS) MSc. Member of KIDS (UCL) and SPIKE (Imperial/UCL) research groups.
Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and author of 'Technology and the Historian' (Illinois, 2021).
Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social Social historian. Devoted to archives, including their social histories. Easily distracted by women's history, local politics (Oceania), and methodologies.
TLDR: Geek.
www.colourfulhistories.com.au
Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
Sjoukje Schots @sjoukjeschots.bsky.social Special interest in business, law, technology, education, engineering, languages, KM, IM and librarianship.
Innovate UK @innovateuk.bsky.social Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. It helps businesses develop the new products, services and processes they need to grow through innovation.
Website
https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Amy Johnstone @amyljohnstone.bsky.social Lecturer in Museum Studies, University of Glasgow.
Michelle J Halpin @jenroseald.bsky.social Socialist. Neurospicy 'blatant lefty’. Graphic designer morphed into data analyst and now aspiring to morph into data scientist.
Kate O’Neill @katefoneill.bsky.social Former librarian, still disputatious, still banging on about open research. Obsessive sports watcher and inveterate wanderer.
Katherine Ahnberg @teach-research.bsky.social Assessment & UX at Princeton University Library| Bay Area expat, found in museums, between trees, and thinking about how to make libraries a place for everyone.
Op-eds my own.
Martha @ bluesky @marthakyrillidou.bsky.social vision, strategy, planning, evaluation, quality, service, innovation, learning, research, libraries, education, health, consulting
Graham Stone @graham-stone.bsky.social Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
Library Think Tank #ALATT @librarythinktank.bsky.social The BlueSky account for the Library Think Tank, unofficially associated with the American Library Association. Originated on Facebook, now here on BlueSky!
?s to group, use #askLTT
Use #librarythinktank, #ALATT, #skybrary, #librarysky, #skybrarians
Simon Calder @simoncalder.bsky.social Travel news and advice shared here, on TikTok @caldertravel and answering questions at weekends with my 5.30pm UK Instagram Live: http://instagram.com/simon_calder/
I read all relevant posts but cannot reply to everyone.
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Elizabeth Dill @elizabethdill.bsky.social Library dean, dog mama, baseball fan. My opinions do not represent my employer.
Jo Fitzpatrick @jofitz.bsky.social Research Data Manager at Lancaster University and Co-chair of NLISN.org
Sarah Ormes @sormes.bsky.social Research Analytics Librarian at the University of Bath. Helping academics to demonstrate the impact of their work.
LibraryThingTim @librarythingtim.bsky.social LibraryThing founder. Father, hacker, bibliophile, ex-classicist, Mainer, Catholic. I tweet books, libraries, technology, culture.
LibraryThing: @librarything.com
Thomas Meehan @orangeaurochs.bsky.social Cats, cows, lego. Work in a library. Sandy, Bedfordshire. https://instagram.com/orangeaurochs
Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social Cambridge University Library
Ben Bradley @benjamin-bradley.bsky.social He/him
Systems Librarian @ the University of Maryland
🏳️🌈Gay 🧑🏫Sweater-clad, cat-dad librarian
Talk to me about: 🧶crochet, 🎲board games, 🎮video games, 📝 role-playing, housing, and transit
Martin Clarke @mvclarke.bsky.social Professor of Music, The Open University. Interested in music and Christianity in C18th-19th Britain, and Welsh music history. Co-editor of Nineteenth-Century Music Review (Cambridge University Press). Organist. Crime fiction reader. Cricket watcher.
Libraries Rising @librariesrising.bsky.social We are a collaborative network creating libraries of tomorrow with children and young people today.
Libraries Rising is the working name of Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians (formerly known as ASCEL)
Kay Ecclestone @kfecclestone.bsky.social #InfoProfessional 30+ years' experience in academic, industrial & public libraries. Dinghy Sailor. Socialist.
Springshare @springshare.bsky.social We develop practical web applications built specifically for libraries and educational institutions. We work closely with our clients to develop tools to share knowledge & information.
Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social Academic librarian at Swinburne University #researchpublishing #openaccess #scholarlycommunications
My posts do not represent anybody's opinions or values but my own.
Profile pic: Southern Boobook Owl
Clare Brumpton @clarebrumpton.bsky.social She/Her, International School Librarian, IB Librarian, Teacher Librarian, student-led Research Institute, ECIS Lib & Info SIG committee member.
#reading #informationliteracy #research #librarian #inquiry #IBLibrarian #IB #EduSky #UKKidLit
Alicia Wise @wisealic.bsky.social Keen on accessibility, archaeology, digital preservation, goats, libraries, open access, open science, publishing, and running
Kay Grieves @kayg73.bsky.social HE Libraries. Universities. Learning, Teaching Research. Impact and Engagement. Travel. Plants and Growing things.
Lesley Watts @ljwattswales.bsky.social Retired librarian with 27 years in the rip-roaring world of libraries (last 13 years in a school library) Books, films, gardens, nature and fretting about climate emergency.
https://mrswatts101.edublogs.org/
Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org Current issues in Higher Education · Digital Education · Artificial Intelligence Biomedical Science · Neuroscience · Research · Graduate Careers · Culture
🌐 katherinestiles.org 👁️ @katherinestiles.bsky.social 👁️𝕏𓅫 https://x.com/_K_Stiles
Amelia Haire @ahaire.bsky.social AuDHDer with special interests in books, books about books, neurodivergence, information literacy... There's a theme here.
Secretary @NLISN
Librarian @QAHE
Hal Kirkwood @halkirkwood.bsky.social Bodleian Business Librarian, University of Oxford
Ruth Ng @ruthlibraries.bsky.social Librarian working in academic & public libraries - interested in playful teaching & learning. Book reviewer. Crocheter.
Alice Harvey @libliblibrary.bsky.social Library worker type, currently at London College of Communication. Work-ish account to keep me thinking.
Andrew Sayer @andrewsayerbcu.bsky.social Retired Librarian, trying to make the most of my time. History, pizzas and Middlesbrough F.C.
Richard Wallis @richardwallis.bsky.social Teach and research at The Media School, Bournemouth University in the UK.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-wallis-8161976/
Academic profile: https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/rwallis
JR Finch 🙏🌍📚☮️ @jrfinch.bsky.social Chair of CILIP Cymru Wales (CCW). Former Chair, UK CILIP ILIG 2019-2021. My third professional family is the BLA. Chat with me about Wales, libraries, retro gaming, films, and business.
Next Move Opportunities @youthopportunities.bsky.social Next Move - Opportunities for Everyone
Scholarships, Internships, & Career Tips
Empowering you to take your next step.
Become a member: https://shorturl.at/pAsOd
Mercian Collaboration @merciancollab.bsky.social The Mercian Collaboration is a professional network of Higher Education libraries in the UK's East & West Midlands.
https://merciancollaboration.org.uk/
Our #Mercian25 Conference will be held in the TechnoCentre in Coventry on 10th September 2025.
Weave: Journal of Library UX @weaveux.bsky.social Weave: Journal of Library User Experience. Open access peer-reviewed journal published by Michigan Publishing and managed by a team of passionate library UXers. journals.publishing.umich.edu/weaveux/
Laura Connaughton @lauraconnaughtonmu.bsky.social Head of Academic Services, Maynooth University Library
LibPMC @libpmc.bsky.social We are the International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, a community centred around library assessment, performance measurement, & evidence-based decision-making. Join us for our 16th conference in Liverpool, UK, on 3-4 June 2025!
Richard Holliman @richard-holliman.bsky.social Luton Town fan & engaged Open University academic. Social scientist working with environmental, ecological & Earth scientists. https://www.open.ac.uk/people/rmh47
Anna Sexton @annasexton.bsky.social Associate Professor, Archives and Records Management, UCL. Interested in person-centred and trauma-informed archives and records practice
Katie Piatt @katiepiatt.bsky.social Tech, Learning & Games
Head of Educational Enhancement
CoChair Playful Learning Association
LGBT+ Ally 🏳🌈
she/her
https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p541621-katie-piatt
Jackie Oliver @jackieo41.bsky.social A HE librarian based in a University in the NE of England. Interested in AI, digital upskilling and understanding student needs. All views are my own. Transitioning from X.
White Rose Libraries @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social The university libraries of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. Supporting shared repositories, White Rose University Press, and innovating through collaboration.
Visit our website: whiteroselibraries.org
Nuffield Foundation @nuffieldfoundation.org We fund research that changes people’s lives.
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NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
Jude Bennett @missjudeb.bsky.social Cardigan-wearing cat-owning cake-baking camera-snapping music-loving very-sweary librarian. All views are entirely my own.
Dr Pam McKinney @pammckinney.bsky.social MA Librarianship @ University of Sheffield programme director, information literacy researcher
Lara Marshall @laramarshall.bsky.social Bibliophile, library-lover, braille-student and cat-lady. Fond of hyphens and interrobangs. Treasurer for Share the Vision @ReadingSight and Libraries Engagement Manager @RNIB ❤️
David Main @dmain76.bsky.social Dad | Librarian | Runner
Libraries & Archives Team Lead, ANGUSalive
#autism Dad, #MentalHealth champion,
Yorkshireman (ergo views always my own).
Woke and proud.
Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social Senior Learning Designer at The Open University and prolific podcaster at Pedagodzilla and The Infinite Escape Room
Nlaglibs @nlaglibs.bsky.social We are an NHS library & Knowledge Service serving Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust as part of the NHS Humber Health partnership. Our aim is to deliver knowledge to enable excellence in healthcare.
Karin Perols @karinperols.bsky.social Librarian working with metadata
Ed Jewell @edjewell.bsky.social Chief Librarian for Jersey | President @libsconnected | Speaker & strategic leader in libraries, learning, culture & public service | Advocate for literacy, digital inclusion & community wellbeing | Building future-facing, inclusive public services
David Pearson @dj-pearson.bsky.social Librarian at SOAS Library
Anthropology, Linguistics, Migration, Food Studies, Teaching, HEIs
https://soas.libguides.com/
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social Group Head of Archives and Libraries at Science Museum Group. Mum, Aunt, Christian, knitter, gardener, York resident, views my own
Simon Hart @schart-otago.bsky.social Librarian, Otepoti Te Waipounamu Aotearoa
Wendy White @wendysotonlib.bsky.social Libraries, digital innovation, design, nature, art, photography, culture, heritage, place making.
Thomas Gerdes @thomasgerdes.de Head of Library at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Göttingen. | Passionate about open science and supporting research. | thomasgerdes.de
Cathal McCauley @cathalmccauley.bsky.social University Librarian Maynooth University & St Patrick’s College Maynooth | Library Association of Ireland President 21-23 l CoChair WLIC 22 l Chair of OMARC | #ebookSOS #ynwa #scout
Chris Banks @chrisabanks.bsky.social Recently retired library director, somehow busier than ever being Co-Chair Besson Street Trust, soprano @LPChoir, #gardener, & continuing #OpenResearch #OA & #music interests
Ed Fay @digitalfay.bsky.social Director of Library Services at the University of Bristol
Robert H. McDonald @rhmcdonald.bsky.social Senior Vice Provost and Director of @utlibraries.bsky.social | #OnlineLearning #libraries #archives #OER #openaccess
Jessica Gardner @jessicagardner.bsky.social University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books.
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Dominique Walker @dominiquewalker.bsky.social Programme Officer - eResources with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC)
Developing a single digital platform and a national e-resources collection for Scotland's public libraries.
https://scottishlibraries.org/
@drsammurphy.bsky.social @drsammurphy.bsky.social Associate Head of School at The Open University. Interested in all things death-related, sociological, cats and wine.
Institute of Educational Technology @ietatou.bsky.social The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology (IET) is a global leader in the field of pedagogy, known for advancing open and distance learning globally since 1970.
https://iet.open.ac.uk/
Jocelyn the Law Librarian @librarianleaves.bsky.social Just a person you know, you know?
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
Claire McGuinness @clairemcguin.bsky.social Assistant professor, UCD School of Information & Communication Studies. Librarians as teachers; Digital, Media & Information Literacy.
UCD Profile: https://people.ucd.ie/claire.mcguinness
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-mcguinness-schoolofics
Association of Research Libraries @arl.org Advancing an equitable, enduring, research information environment. On the web at ARL.org. Code of Conduct: http://bit.ly/ARLconduct
Hugh M @hughm.bsky.social Libraries, Liverpool FC, PhD in early 19th century Irish history, interest but no PhD in comics or historical fiction, unfortunately
Librari Kari @purcascade.bsky.social Cats. Libraries. Soccer. Human Rights. 🧙♀️
K Garnett @kategarnett.bsky.social School Librarian (Primary and Secondary) formerly Guernsey 🇬🇬 now East London
Dr Jane Garner @drjanegarner.bsky.social Academic at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Researching the role of libraries in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, particularly people living in prisons and people experiencing homelessness.
Leanne @younglea.bsky.social Vegan library worker in northeast England & true crime podcast listener. I'm not good at writing bios or remembering to post on socials but I used to enjoy reading tweets on the bird app before it became a hellscape so hoping to revive that here.
Tom Flint @tomflint.bsky.social Junior Vice Dean of Vibes, or better known as the Research Culture Engagement Officer at the University of Leeds.
https://researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/about/
#researchculture
He/him.
Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social Coordinated by OAPEN • OPERAS • Open Book Publishers • SPARC EU • #OAbooks news, events & discussions • info@oabooksnetwork.org • Join us! • openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org