Jessica Bates

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[BERA @BERANews]

📝 New BERA Blog Special Issue!

The heart of learning: Spotlight on school libraries in the UK and Ireland 📚
Edited by @Jessica_Bates @UlsterUni @JayneFinlay @sheffielduni

This special issue coincides with #NationalYearofReading2026 🙌

Read here: https://t.co/RFhF81U7Rh

[Jessica Bates @Jessica_Bates]

How can public libraries in Northern Ireland support children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and their parents/carers? Funded PhD opportunity ⁦@UlsterUni⁩. Please share with anyone who might be interested. https://t.co/gai388Jvux

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*Funded Phd Opportunity* @UlsterUni - How can public libraries in NI support children with SEN & their families? Please RT & share with anyone who might be interested in applying. #PhDResearch #PublicLibraries #SEN @UlsterEducation @LibrariesNI
https://t.co/gai388Jvux

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@RathlinRaven Great pics. Rocky (named by George who feeds it every day) hope it does ok in storm

[CILIP @CILIPinfo]

How can our sector spot and challenge fake news and misinformation? Follow these 8 simple steps from @IFLA giving you practical advice on how to verify what you're reading and check that what you're reading is telling you the truth. #FactsMatter https://t.co/0IkuYL1AIu

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@_Stickybeak Wow, a load alright. (A castaway of balls, a penalty of balls…) Have you seen this https://t.co/jpzsnKcE2g

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@bt_uk

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@bt_uk This is really poor

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@bt_uk @bt_uk Day 7 of no broadband and no information from BT to its service users. Wait time when you ring BT to speak to a human is 20-40 minutes!

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@bt_uk @bt_uk Yesterday we were told online & on phone (after 35 min wait on phone) it would be fixed by last night. This morning we are back to no fix date. 😡 postcode BT54

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Satellite communications to improve connectivity in remote areas - UKspace #Rathlin #RuralConnectivity #DigitalIsland https://t.co/5VY2lctfqt

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@bt_uk No @bt_uk that response isn’t good enough as all connections with online help lead to same response that there is no update on when connection will be restored. Postcode area BT54.

[N I Assembly Library @AssemblyLibrary]

This week we hosted a delegation from the University of Mosul @cl_uomas part of their visit to @niassembly.
Around one million books and rare manuscripts from the library were burnt when ISIS were in control of the city (June 2014- January 2017)

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@MargotMcCuaig And the best smile. RIP Michael. Go gently Margot and give yourself all the time you need to grieve. He will be remembered so well. Our love and deepest sympathies

[Richard Osman @richardosman]

Well the 'how do you arrange your bookshelves' question on #TheRestIsEntertainment has caused uproar. Thanks for all the photos, and I'm glad that my solution of sorting books by size seems to be more popular than @MarinaHyde's arcane system. Do keep sending us your photos! Including all you colour-coders. More next week I suspect.

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Great guest talk to our @UlsterEducation MSc&PgDip Library students from Ben Lee @Sharedintel on his Future Libraries and Futures Literacy projects, resources & Toolkit developed for @CILIPinfo for public libraries. #LibraryLeadership #FutureOfLibraries #OnlineLearning

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@OrkneyLibrary You are also very much in demand in the🧵 place

[Libraries NI @LibrariesNI]

We're hiring! 💼

There are currently 5 part-time temporary posts available:
📍 Omagh - 24h15m
📍 Enniskillen - 24h
📍 Irvinestown - 8h30m
📍 Fintona - 10h
📍 Lisnaskea - 20h15m

📅 Closing date: 22 Nov at 11:59pm

For more information and to apply 👉 https://t.co/15ygxPaPab