Rob Cawston
Design | Content | Data | Culture | Thoughts
Digital Director @ National Library of Scotland. Cambridge United fan.
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Public Sector Digital Culture People
A nice collection of people working across the public, digital and cultural sectors posting good things
@nickybandini.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster and presenter. The Guardian, ESPN, BBC & more.
@parkerbutler.bsky.social
Democracy and digital strategy. Former director of @KamalaHQ https://linktr.ee/parkerpbutler
@armchair-caver.bsky.social
Cultural heritage / collection management software / data access / occasionally seen caving. CEO, Vernon Systems.
@estene.bsky.social
digital scholarship, public humanities, museums, theatre. probably listening to the mountain goats. pic by Audrey Estok.
@shannonvallor.bsky.social
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, co-Director @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own.
@jysexton.bsky.social
Hoosier, Political Analyst, The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, Co-Host Muckrake Podcast, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, Board: The Change Campaign
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
@himself.bsky.social
http://www.henryfarrell.net Now out with Abe Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@khattamicah.xyz
I sometimes think about community technology, archives, novel interfaces and tech histories
@scientificdiscovery.dev
Science writer and chart maker. Researcher at Our World in Data. Co-founder of Works in Progress. Newsletter: https://scientificdiscovery.dev https://twitter.com/salonium 🏳️🌈
@lauragreenfield.bsky.social
Director, Services and Engagement, at Cambridge University Library @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
@thomaspadilla.bsky.social
Librarian and Community Builder https://www.thomaspadilla.org/
@seanmcnamara81.bsky.social
Director of CILIPS, the professional body for library and information workers in Scotland
@mikejonesphd.bsky.social
Archivist, historian (UTas), researcher (museums and collecting, archives, First Nations histories), freelance consultant, reader, film fan, occasional musician/DJ, dad, queer, goth, Naarm resident, and maker of lists. https://mikejonesonline.com
@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social
Longtime FEC Commissioner, 4-time Chair, lawyer, mom, wife, believer in democracy and rule of law
@davidprosser.bsky.social
Executive Director of Research Llibraries UK, supporting research libraries in the UK and Ireland. He/him
@natlibscot.bsky.social
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@timandraharkness.bsky.social
Writer, presenter, student of philosophy, lapsed comedian. Author: ‘Technology is Not the Problem’ & ‘Big Data: does size matter?’ Bayesian in the streets, Kantian in the sheets.
@simonjbains.bsky.social
University Librarian, University of Aberdeen https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/simon.bains Open research, digital preservation, library spaces, running. REF2029 People Culture & Environment pilot panel member Views my own, and often of nice sunrises/sunsets
@ilkayholt.bsky.social
I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG 🐾
@vlparkinson.bsky.social
Sometimes a metadata and systems librarian in a London uni. Mostly playing board games, reading sci-fi and fantasy, and crafting--sewing, crochet, embroidery. Learning how to do cryptic crosswords and to knit.
@innovationideas.bsky.social
Publishing Innovation & AI Strategy, Founder, Future Thinking, Systems Thinking, Easily distracted by anything new. Newsletter: https://pubtechradar.substack.com/
@ruthcarlyle.bsky.social
Health librarian who sings, sews and reads. Head of Knowledge and Library Services (NHS KLS Leadership) at @england.nhs.uk
@hazelsaunderson.bsky.social
Focused on creativity & health. Inspired by art, design, nature & music. Experimenting always. Living in Scotland. https://hazelsaunderson.substack.com/
@clearleft.com
We are Clearleft – strategic design partners. https://clearleft.com/ Proud to be #EmployeeOwned 🫶 Also, proudly responsible for https://uxlondon.com and https://leadingdesign.com/
@nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social
Medievalist and Digital Humanist at @leedsims.bsky.social doing @manuscriptsetc.bsky.social. Co-founder of @kismetpress.bsky.social. Director of @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social. Was at KU Libraries (KS, USA) & Arnamagnæan Insitute (Denmark). nkyavuz.com
@claireboardman.bsky.social
People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social (she/her)
@suelacey-bryant.bsky.social
Visiting Professor in knowledge and information mobilisation, MMU; Vice President, CILIP; KM consultant. Coach.
@eve.gd
Tech Lead @ Knowledge Commons/MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
@tomchatfield.bsky.social
Tech philosopher, author, dad. Critical thinking, AI ethics, future skills. Latest book: Wise Animals (Picador) https://tinyurl.com/WiseAnimals Views mine
@brucester74.bsky.social
My pleasure and privilege to be Communications Manager at National Museums Scotland. In the unlikely event of views being expressed, they will be my own.
@publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop. https://publicdomainreview.org
@addingtonnick.bsky.social
Chief Executive, William Grant Foundation | Trustee, Environmental Funders Network and Community Enterprise | Glasgow | Also posting @totheobelisk.bsky.social linktr.ee/addington
@gmacrae.bsky.social
Dad, charity worker (Assistant Director Shelter Scotland), humanist, rugby fan. (He/him)
@kirstenurquhart.bsky.social
Chief Exec Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social |Mum💙|She/Her |BEM | #YoungPeople | Transport Scot NSTAB | Scottish AI Alliance Community Advisory Group | Consumer Scot Advisory Committee on Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances | Scotrail stakeholder panel
@jimmccormick.bsky.social
CEO at The Robertson Trust, an independent funder for Scotland on Poverty and Trauma. Also on LinkedIn. No longer on the site known for tweets. All things solving poverty. Likes: walks by water, music, film, Morton FC. In Glasgow, born Dublin. Joined 08/24
@cdbirt.bsky.social
Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
@naomimc.bsky.social
Head of Policy and Research at Amnesty International UK. Co-Chair, Scottish Women's Aid. Scottish by choice. I do swearing and tweed. I am not a slave and I am not a master. She/Her.
@rd-palmer.bsky.social
Tech Lead in Digital Media at the V&A, but not speaking for them. Waiting for the return of Usenet but until then testing out all the social media platforms to find the least worst.
@simonwillison.net
Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/