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What do we *know* about GenAI

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Published: February 12, 2026 13:25

There is an unending stream of reports, think-pieces, puff-pieces and hit-pieces on GenAI. You’d need a lifetime to get through it all even if they stopped being written tomorrow. The trouble is so much of it is speculative. GenAI shills talk uncritically…

Elevating voices: my keynote at UXLibs 10

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Published: February 6, 2026 15:46

You are about to read a blog-post devoid of nonchalance or professional cool… Because this summer I am delivering a keynote speech at my favourite conference of all time, User Experience in Libraries, on its 10th anniversary, in my home City of York. I am…

Posting carousels is like an Instagram cheat code in 2026

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Published: January 12, 2026 09:46

What is a Carousel on Instagram?First things first: in Instagram terms a carousel is a single post containing multiple images or videos. They appear on the Grid, and you view the different images by swiping right. Since mid-2023 you can add music to your…

It might not be Imposter Syndrome... We need to talk about Trespasser Syndrome

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Published: July 30, 2025 12:51

Back in 2014 I wrote on this blog that Imposter Syndrome ran through librarianship like a vein. Writing now in 2025, I consider that a misdiagnosis.Imposter Syndrome is defined as a psychological condition, characterised, as Miriam-Webster has it, by…

New video: library social media in a post-twitter world

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Published: July 9, 2025 08:30

Earlier this year I spoke about the social media landscape for public libraries in particular, at the Edge Conference in Edinburgh. It was a great room full of interesting and passionate people, and one of those slightly intimidating setups where you’ve…

How many hashtags is too many hashtags?

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Published: May 22, 2025 15:39

I just ran a social media workshop in which one of the brilliant attendees posed this age old question: “We’ve been having a huge debate about using hashtags. Are they still a thing? Should…

Rebuilding the library community in a post-Twitter world

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Published: May 14, 2025 08:07

I had an amazing experience at the end of last month. I was invited to Dublin to keynote the LIR annual seminar on mine and my wife’s 20th wedding anniversary! We took the tip together, the weather was beautiful, and the conference was great. I learned so…

If you need a lift, look at these innovative public libraries...

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Published: April 4, 2025 08:53

The library landscape is incredibly bleak at the moment with events in the US, so I wanted to flag up a couple of brilliant examples if library innovation that might give information professionals reason to smile. In March I presented at the Edge Public…

An interview in Information Today

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Published: April 2, 2025 14:29

This is just a preview - download the PDF below to read A couple of months or so before the current Museum and Library cuts in the US kicked in, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my…

The end of the SLA

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Published: March 27, 2025 17:15

I found out yesterday that the Special Libraries Association is dissolving, citing "shifting industry dynamics, changing professional needs, and financial realities." I've always found the SLA to be an engaged, supporting, uplifting organisation and I'll…