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... something great!

An extra note of thanks to the UKSG team for welcoming both of us into this wonderful community and giving us and our University the opportunity to be involved in such big and essential conversations.

@charlierapple.bsky.social @timjpleonard.bsky.social @beva.bsky.social

...was all about setting the groundwork, collaborating across departments,

teams and institutes and the importance of having a live yet structured policy to come back to. Our work UWTSD Birmingham Campus is very much in its infancy but we believe it has the potential to be the start of ...

It was yet again an honour to speak at my second UKSG Forum earlier this week alongside my wonderful colleague Taran Johal on behalf of Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Our presentation "UWTSD Birmingham and Generative AI: We're All In This Together"...

It was superb on every level - a really fascinating and brilliantly delivered presentation 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Here's to constant learning, creative thinking and being brave even when it scares you - a good mantra for 2026! Next stop: Glasgow!! #UKSGForum2025 @charlierapple.bsky.social @timjpleonard.bsky.social @drbeth.bsky.social @liamealbee.bsky.social @godwyns.bsky.social @littlebutfierce.bsky.social

So that's #UKSGForum2025 over for another year and yet again I am leaving overflowing with ideas and inspiration. Thank you for the wonderful feedback on our presentation and it was also great to see so many fabulous familiar faces throughout the day too....

...Here's to more learning, more creativity and being brave even when scared. I'm always here and very keen to discuss more! Next stop - Glasgow!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #UKSGForum2025

I must also mention the AMAZING team from UCA for the presentation on their Legacy project with the iconic Zandra Rhodes too! #UKSGForum2025

Not only does she produce stunningly creative presentations, @littlebutfierce.bsky.social produced a brilliant summary of our talk, as well as many others! One for you @samscoulding.bsky.social @uwtsdlib.bsky.social

Presentation of the day #UKSGForum2025 has to go to @littlebutfierce.bsky.social for her phenomenal film noir tinged take on systematic reviews. I have a new standard to aspire to in my future presentations now - look at these slides 😍😍😍😍

And you're the only one who got my High School Musical reference too 😂😂

What does good look like in AI adoption for a university? Great overview at #UKSGForum2025 from @mark-h-cymru.bsky.social

Post coffee break and a very sugary but delicious cake, the next talk is @kirahopkins.bsky.social from @copim.bsky.social

Building an info hub around open access books. It was massively overwhelming, so decided to create a hub of the existing resources

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One of my favourite presentations of the day - the most amazing project!!

two women standing next to each other with one saying " but what you don t know is that that sweater is not just blue Alt: Gif from Devil wears Prada "but what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis; it's actually cerulean"

Interesting perspective about changing keywords and metadata for public rather than research use. In a fashion digital collection nothing came up when you looked for blue 😂
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I'm so happy I wasn't the only one that thought of this reference 😂😂😂

Library get this downstream "our lecturer says we can use AI, how do we do it?" Library get to translate this into suitable tools that the University subscribes to.
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Students are often coming to uni only wanting to use their phone - laptops are new to them. So AI is big and scary to them.

UWTSD are encouraging the use of genAI rather than having lecturers saying you can't use it at all and making sure it's clear in the assessment.

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After coffee we've got UWTSD talking about AI : we're all in this together (Disney refernce - High School Musical?)

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Interesting to see how @uwtsdlib.bsky.social is engaging and supporting their student #community's adaptation to and using AI. @missoliviareads.bsky.social and her colleague, Tara Johal shares some inspirational processes deployed while remaining mindful of the evolving landscape. 👍🏾
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@missoliviareads.bsky.social and Taran Johal from U Wales TSD Birmingham at #UKSGForum2025 Wider role of the library in information literacy and digital literacy now extending to AI literacy - keeping up with the fast-moving baseline that is helping students progress into the world of work.

#UKSGForum2025 Steph Gibson from the University of Suffolk brought home the realities of supporting staff and students effectively while dealing with budget cuts, staff freezes and a mid year building move. I was blown away -what an awe-inspiring talk! A huge round of applause for the whole team 👏🏼

Big laugh of recognition and empathy at #UKSGForum2025 for Steph Gibson talking about limited systems and resources at U Suffolk. "No reading list management system - have a combination of Word docs and Sharepoint. We have to make decisions based on "usage data and vibes"." 😅

#UKSGForum2025 How community engagement can make an impact and the power of "the bigger picture" not just what the data says. The library as a "community centre of knowledge" - what a mesmerising keynote from @godwyns.bsky.social to start this day!

#UKSGForum2025 @godwyns.bsky.social starting us off talking about the "hidden points" between data - what is left unsaid, and the power of community. As an ex secondary school teacher, this brings me back to so many of the students who achieved so well personally, but by data made little progress 👏🏼👏🏼

Look forward to catching up later today :)

#UKSGForum2025 Here we go - the start of another amazing day. @charlierapple.bsky.social starting us off - myself and #TarandeepJohal will be talking all things @uwtsd.bsky.social @uwtsdlib.bsky.social and Generative AI at 11:35.

TSL EDI Special Edition Explore equality, diversity and inclusivity in the children's publishing landscape with this special edition of The School Librarian,

... contributors and to the Lit in Colour Team as well as Becky West and the whole SLA Team for their help and support!

Please read and share 💚🩷💚🩷

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TSL EDI Special Edition Explore equality, diversity and inclusivity in the children's publishing landscape with this special edition of The School Librarian,

...and the appreciation and thanks I have to the SLA Team for letting me do this knows no bounds.

An extra special thank you to @wheeliestagey @mirrormewrite @profsunnysingh @ayaan_moham #AliceLeggatt @ian.eagleton @simonjamesgreen @julian_sedgwick @faridahlikestea for being such wonderful ...

After a very long process of planning, creating and editing, the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Special Edition of @uksla TSL is out today - and I am honoured to call myself the EDITOR of it!

I never imagined in a million years I would have such a unique and special opportunity and ...