What AI did next : exploring AI’s role in European theological libraries TAGS: AI | cataloguing | conference | theology I was privileged to attend the BETH = Bibliotheques Europeennes de Theologie conference in Stavanger, Norway, 20-23 September 2025, which had the theme of exploring AI’s role in Theological libraries. …Continue reading →

What we learned from our conferences : Academic Support Librarians and professional engagement TAGS: artificial intelligence | Diversity | professional development | Systematic review The Academic Support Librarians are a learning team, who have attended professional development events in line with the prioritised themes in our team workplan. Ishbel Leggat attended the RLUK conference …Continue reading →

SCURL Conference 2025: increasing inclusion TAGS: conference | Diversity | online resources | research | resources To add to our recent schedule of conference reports, last month several members of our team attend the Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries (SCURL) Conference on the 19th …Continue reading →

Approaching critical library practice : CALC25 TAGS: antiracism | decolonialising | Diversity | Library I attended the online CALC25 [Critical Approaches to Libraries] Conference from 13 – 15 May 2025. The programme, slides and recordings are available at https://sites.google.com/view/calcconference/calc2025  It was great to see …Continue reading →

Reflections on Attending the BIALL Conference: Exploring AI and Legal Librarianship TAGS: AI | artificial intelligence | Law | legal information | Library | research This year, I was lucky enough to attend the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) conference for the very first time—and I hope it won’t be my last! …Continue reading →

Challenges, Changes and Collaborations– American Theological Library Association conference,  Pittsburgh June 18-21 2025 TAGS: artificial intelligence | conference | critical information skills | Library | theology I was delighted to be invited to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this year to speak at the Atla 2025 Annual meeting. It’s actually the second time I have been to a library …Continue reading →

AI vs the Imago Dei : views from US theological libraries TAGS: artificial intelligence | critical information skills | Diversity | Library | Philosophy | students | theology On Tuesday 18 June, I flew half way around the world to attend the Atla conference in Long Beach, California. There were two questions that Atla delegates asked me that …Continue reading →

Report from the annual LILAC information literacy conference Between 25-27 March a host of librarians from across the globe descended on Leeds Beckett University for the annual LILAC information literacy conference. Information literacy is a key concept in …Continue reading →

AI, Theological Libraries … and me TAGS: AI | artificial intelligence | conference The University of Edinburgh hosted the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries conference this year at New College on 21-23 March. As usual there was the opportunity for discovering …Continue reading →

Meeting the challenges facing ecclesiastical libraries TAGS: Divinity | partnership working | rare books BETH are a European group of national organisations representing librarians working in theological college, seminary, Church and monastic libraries. Solo librarians or librarians working in small teams are characteristic of …Continue reading →