I cannot recommend highly enough NOT using AI images in your library marketing and comms. They’re fast becoming a byword for inferior quality, and risk significant harm to the credibility of the institutions that use them. 📚

My timeline is full of people talking about how they don't get why anyone has an issue with the block button, but not a single example of anyone who actually *has* an issue with the block button.

I have finally got the library virtual tour to the point where it is genuienly updatable - the dream! 😱 This year I added some footage of our new sensory rooms, moved some stuff about, and re-recorded some of the narration. 📚 It took 3 hours; sometimes it's taken me 3 days... youtu.be/Acv8b70fZVE

2024 Library Virtual Tour | University of York #UoYTips

YouTube video by York Library, Archives and Learning Services

Omg where do I sign up for these 👀

I feel like this is an answer to the 'what is a thing about your profession which insiders get but others don't realise?' question... For academic libraries, our 'Gifts Teams' are quite Orwellian, name-wise, in that they spend a lot of time trying to fend donations off 😄

Side-note: if you GET this job please have me back for more of the webinars + workshops organised by this role, I’ve really enjoyed running them 😄

I am delighted to inform you that our cat Shnoops is actually named for Grace’s mispronunciation of a ‘Snoops’ in a picture book of cats she had when she was 3. Snoops was her favourite and she’d cry out ‘SHNOOPS’ delightedly when we got to that page.

This is the venue for the UCISA #ux event today. I thought Manchester was supposed to be rainy? Also I think I’m almost the only one here from the library UX side of things, everyone else is developers / designers. I hope my workshop is relevant to them 😬

I’m going to a UCISA one day UX conference event thing today. Presenting a workshop on comms in UX. Never been to a UCISA joint so I’m looking forward to it. 📚

Behold the #ImmaculateVibes of my run route 😮