Rachel Cobb

Chatered Librarian (School, now FE). Eats books for breakfast. Big Personality & Big Heart. Loves Listening & Learning. #CILIP

[Rachel Cobb @aka_Librarian]

@wylie_alan Knew this would happen! 😪

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

Handing Derby libraries to community set to cost taxpayers another £400k
https://t.co/qqOfnHFb5C - what a bloody and expensive mess 😡

[Barbara Band @bcb567]

#uklibchat Q1 the erosion & deprofessionalisation of the public library sector with the handing over of many libraries to volunteers impacts on other sectors-managers see this and think they too can run libraries with volunteers or by offering low salaries. It is all connected.

[Natasha S. den Dekker @TashadenDekker]

Enjoyed @uklibchat tonight. Feel like we barely scratched the surface and oddly no hard numbers mentioned
i.e.
•cost of commuting (just a couple of people)
•how wages can be so low 16-17k so how can you live?
•How london jobs are weighted etc.

[Nicholas Poole OBE Hon. FCLIP @NickPoole1]

In case you needed another reason to support the UK's wonderful #librarians, according to today's @thetimes if you want a long and happy marriage, marry a librarian! MT @CILIPinfo #LoveLibraries

[StudyHub at Wolvcoll @wolvcollstudy]

When you're asked what the cost of indoor skydiving is, as part of a student's induction task ...
#HeretoHelp #HappytoHelp #StudyHub #WeGetItAll #LoveLibraries

[HLG SIG @CILIPHLG]

Q4 #uklibchat yes miss Storify but @wakelet is good too

[DILON @libdiverse]

Q1 a benefit of a diverse library workforce is getting the best people for the job! Having a homogenous workforce & recruiting like for like results in only a narrow pool of people getting jobs, more so for senior positions. Widening the pool = better candidates #uklibchat

[#uklibchat @uklibchat]

The cost of becoming qualified and entering the profession has been mentioned several times as a clear financial disincentive to many people in society and might have helped exclude diversity from the workforce. If so, what can be done to change this? #uklibchat

[Julie Anna Douglas @JulieAnnaPoetry]

Our #ArtistsAndWritersForRosie auction is full of beautiful signed poetry collections, picture books, novels and artwork donated by 100 amazing authors, poets and artists. Please help us raise funds for little @RosieVeronica2 Do have a look.
@janeconsidine https://t.co/w4DjfA0gM0

[BBC Three @bbcthree]

Harry and Meghan, Imma let you finish but Greg Davies and Taylor Lautner are the best transatlantic couple of all time

[ilovelibraries.org @ILoveLibraries]

Whether they delight or disappoint, old books provide touchstones for tracking personal growth. https://t.co/Om5AKe41TJ via @TheAtlantic

[Goodreads @goodreads]

That's settled then: Books are perfect. (via @mariascrivan)

[Rachel Cobb @aka_Librarian]

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[Rachel Cobb @aka_Librarian]

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[National Library of Scotland @natlibscot]

Good morning! Which reader are you? 🤓

(Cartoon by the excellent @grantdraws)

#MondayMotivation #Librariesmatter

[CILIP @CILIPinfo]

"The role of libraries is not, and never has been, to solely provide access to books. The role of libraries is to equip the whole of society with the skills, information, connections and services they need to flourish" @NickPoole1 on #libraries https://t.co/pt6UFr11rt

[Rachel Cobb @aka_Librarian]

Ever get tempted to mix ya #coffee and ya #tea together because you so desperately want both? 😱 #FridayFeeling #cuppa #UltimateBrew

[KRATU @IncredibleKratu]

#FridayFeeling #FridayMotivation #feelings #EnergyWithin
Today its fuelled by love, gratitude and kindness 🔥😍🙏🐶✨🦅🦢

[Nicholas Poole OBE Hon. FCLIP @NickPoole1]

Thanks @imrana_g for the challenge. 7 days of BW photos of #librarylife, no people no context. Day 1