@calire

Doing local gov digital stuff. Likes books.

 Plymouth UK
Joined April 2007
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Claire Back retweeted
shedsue@shedsue21 Oct 2023
@librarieshacked in the FT! Plus a story about libraries going #finefree ft.com/content/93cf6d42-52fd…

Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it

Fines are falling out of fashion but some institutions don’t want to lose the cash that hoarders bring in

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AM@Andr6wMale10 Aug 2022
#RIP the great Raymond Briggs. Please accept my words on this @BacklistedPod as my tribute, salute and farewell to him. backlisted.fm/episodes/159-r…

159. Raymond Briggs - Fungus the Bogeyman — Backlisted

We are joined by author-illustrator Nadia Shireen and writer Andrew Male for a smellybration of Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) by the great Raymond Briggs, the much-loved and bestselling picture book...

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"With the cost of living crisis impacting on so many people’s finances, we recognise another cost, although small, is the last thing that anyone needs.". South Lanarkshire Libraries goes fines-free dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-ar…

Library fines in South Lanarkshire cancelled by leisure authority

All fines, including existing ones, will be scrappedin a bid to reconnect locals with libraries

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Check out Paul's work in his first blog post. He's bringing a digital approach to enable customer focused library services across Cumbria. cumbria.localgov.blog/2022/0… #LocalGovDigital #DigitalLibraries

Free blog hosting for local councils

LocalGov Blogs is a free host for councils that want to start blogging, but aren't sure where to start. It's provided by Dave Briggs. All blogs are free No advertising Friendly support and help....

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“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” — Joan Didion (1934-2021)
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Kate Lomax@katelomax1 Dec 2021
Your regular reminder that accessibility improves UX and helps build a better web for everyone a11ymyths.com/
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November 26, 1971
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Claire Back retweeted
Robin@TheWildeRobin22 Nov 2021
This took me literal months to get round to finishing, but you can now enjoy 18,000 words of increasingly deranged stream of consciousness as I attempt to rank the logo design of all 399 UK local councils. robin-cg.medium.com/a-totall…

A Totally Objective Ranking of Every UK Local Authority Logo

The humble local council. Recipient for every half-informed beef of the British busybody, from potholes to bin collections to tree-felling…

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Here's what happens when you post a photo with no alt text on Twitter, because I think some of you don't understand what I have to do in response. First, it depends on what device I'm looking at it. 1/
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Reading around New York. nyti.ms/2ZSPkfN

Reading Around New York (Published 2021)

Even amid the clamor of a city of millions, New Yorkers have always been able to escape into a good book.

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Finished just in time for the @BacklistedPod Halloween episode. So looking forward to this one.
Mini iPad showing cover of a book. Something in disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

ALT Mini iPad showing cover of a book. Something in disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

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Very exciting book post from @Biggreenbooks @DanRhodes101
Hardback book Sour grapes by Dan Rhodes

ALT Hardback book Sour grapes by Dan Rhodes

Claire Back retweeted
artefacto@artefactors14 Oct 2021
A new web tool allows you to visualise your writing style by stripping away all but the punctuation,._,,,.__! via @lithub lithub.com/this-new-web-tool…

This new web tool gets rid of everything but punctuation—so you can see your hidden literary style.

How does one visualize a writer’s style? You can close read and accumulate observations; you can map the structure of a text through drawing; and now, a new web tool allows you to visualize any pie…

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This is Oslo’s new PUBLIC LIBRARY. It’s unbelievable. Completely free, open to everyone until 10pm every day. There is a wine bar. Views to die for. All the books.
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Save the date! 18 November is the next #DATAPlay. Watch this space for more info on tickets, challenges and itinerary.
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Today was a good day. We’ve removed almost 1,000 inaccessible PDFs from our health information pages and converted the most used to webpages. Now the work begins to audit, consolidate, rewrite and recreate the 1,000 as beautiful, simple pages. Here we goooo… #a11y #ContentDesign
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Claire Back retweeted
NY Public Library
@nypl6 Oct 2021
With the elimination of late fines, Lt. Joe Bookman, long-time colleague and library advocate profiled on @SeinfeldTV, is out of work. Happy retirement, joy-boy. #GoodbyeFines on.nypl.org/3Aho32v
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