Andrew Preater

Community-led digital skills: What's your story? Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Are you at #digifest26 next week?! During our Community Hub workshop on Day 2, we'll be collecting stories about how learning communities have supported your professional development with all things digital. We want to hear from you! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/commu...

Goldsmiths drops three out of five deals with big publishers - Research Professional News University cites “financial and values-based” reasons for not renewing with Elsevier, Springer Nature and Wiley

‘Goldsmiths drops three out of five deals with big publishers’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o... (🔒)

This was a values-based decision about publishers’ lack of commitment to move towards sustainable models for OA, but librarians have been making the financial point for years.

On feminist librarianship Investment in libraries is investment in women, says Kirsten MacQuarrie.

On feminist librarianship by Kirsten MacQuarrie. Book out in March for #WHM26 with @facetpublishing.bsky.social - very much looking forward to reading this

The @jisc.bsky.social Connect More call for submissions has been extended until the 18th Feb! We'd love to hear from you if you're working in FE or HE. The theme of the event is "be empowered to transform education through practitioner-led, ethical digital innovation." www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes.

Connect More is running again in May 2026 and @jisc.bsky.social are looking for submissions from FE and HE practitioners on the theme of "be empowered to transform education through practitioner-led, ethical digital innovation".

Deadline is the end of January! www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

This performance by Lucy Dacus is wonderful. Happy New Year. 🍞🌹🌹

#Whamageddon 16/24 - in Hackney, thanks to music being played by charity collectors inspired by the message of a certain radical, homeless Jewish preacher

Our alumni community of @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions grows each year, and keeps building on the brilliance of previous years. Still got 10 days to get your nominations in for our 2026 cohort. Get your nominations in! #Digifest26 communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/11/2...

Detail of a stained glass window at St Andrew's church, Hove. St Andrew is shown in vibrant blue clothes as a "fisher of men" with three fish and a net.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A very happy name day to everyone who shares my name, Andrew, Ἀνδρέας, Andrea, أندراوس, Андрі́й…

📸 Detail from a stained glass window at St Andrew's, Hove.

Digifest community hub 2025 Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn. We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.

We had loads of fun recording podcasts with our @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions at #Digifest25 earlier this year. Been re-listening to them as we prepare for our 2026 champions programme. Nominations for 2026 are now open! Link below in next post. soundcloud.com/jisccommunit...

Get your nominations in for our Community Champions 2026! I know there's loads of you out there doing great work in your respective professional communities. Calling all librarians, learning tech folk, teaching and learning and IT crew.

Library Framework 2025 The Library Framework sets out our goals and key areas of work for the Library at Goldsmiths.

📚 News from Goldsmiths Library: we've launched our new Library Framework, our strategic plan for the next few years.

I'm most pleased our Framework is values-driven and hope it includes what you expect from us: focus on critical #infolit / #critlib, anti-racism and community.

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Registrations for @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More on 2-3 December are now OPEN! And the deadline for speaker submissions has been extended until Wednesday 15th October, so get your submissions in ASAP if you want to take part! Link for submissions in next post.

www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

If you're doing interesting work on digital innovation, here's a great opportunity to get involved with @jisc.bsky.social's Connect More. CfP details from Rosie…

This is a great job with a great team - jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head... @preater.com

📢 Goldsmiths Library is hiring a Head of Academic Skills! Lead strategy, shape learning and support students and staff in an inclusive, creative environment.

Salary £52,511-£60,224. Apply by 28 Sept: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/head...

Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.

I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!

Community is the glue work holding everything together - pass it on! 🤩 A great write-up of the key themes of our fantastic day in June with our Community Managers and @rosiesherry.com communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2... #community #communitymanagement

This is a wonderful team and I would highly recommend my library friends apply!

We're also hiring two Library Supervisors to lead day-to-day operations, support and manage frontline staff and deliver a high-quality, inclusive service at Goldsmiths.

2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...

We’re hiring! We’re excited to recruit four Senior Library Assistants, a new role for Goldsmiths Library.

Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.

Closing 31 Aug.
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ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.

Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

All closing 10 August.

Unfortunately we would not be able to sponsor a visa for this role, but it is open to anyone with right to work in that UK

We are hiring! We’re seeking two Subject Librarians to lead relationship management with our academic schools and deliver engaging teaching for students at Goldsmiths.

Closing 10 Aug.

1 FTE (permanent): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...
0.6 FTE (1 year fixed): jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

the blue skies piece
the internal targets piece
the apprenticeships piece
the consistency piece
that whole interactivity piece
the public sector piece
that consistency across the institution piece
an elevation piece
that externality piece
this change management and cultural shift piece

#TeamPiece

the time traveller piece
the accessioning piece [and…]
the deaccessioning piece
that continuous enhancement piece
the usage piece
the REF comms piece
the progression piece
the maintenance piece
the educational gains piece
that crossover piece
the buy-in piece
a big evaluation piece

#TeamPiece

This looks nice but I’m worried it might cost me an arm

Excellent conversation here with @ellycope.bsky.social at Jisc #Digifest25 on systems, metadata and community connections. Check it out.

I'm really excited to announce that I have had my first article published in the @jinfolit.bsky.social! I hope this article sparks conversations about how workplace information literacy is experienced by autistic librarians.📑📑
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...