Rosie Hare, Community intelligence and impact lead at Jisc, is joined by two members of the steering group from Jisc's FE Library LRC Community. Jacinta Jolly is Deputy Head of Library Services at NPTC Group of Colleges in Wales and also the Chair of the FE Library LRC Community and Louise Ord is Learning Resource Centre Manager at Exeter College in Devon, and one of the newer members of the community's steering group. 

Rosie, Jacinta and Louise talk about all things FE Library related and how their community supports library workers across the FE sector. This community is one of our most vibrant and longest-standing communities and is a kind and supportive space for FE library staff, who have gone through a lot of change in their sector over the last decade. This episode is a great conversation about the importance of these supportive spaces and how co-creating these community spaces with our members can make our communities a highlight of people's professional lives and a source of useful, cost-effective CPD.  

You can join our FE Library LRC community by visiting our Get Involved page: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved/library-communities

Podcast transcript link: https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10027/1/fe-library-lrc-community-with-jacinta-jolly-and-louise-ord-transcript.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: The FE Library LRC Community with Jacinta Jolly and Louise Ord

Join us for another great episode recorded from our Digifest 2025 community hub in March. This episode features two amazing professionals from Higher Education libraries, who are part of our 2025 cohort of Community Champions: Rosie Jones from Teesside University and Caroline Ball, formerly an Academic Librarian at University of Derby and (as of October 2025) Community Engagement Lead at the Open Book Collective.

Hosted by Rosie Hare, Community Intelligence and Impact lead at Jisc, this conversation covers a wide variety of topics from leadership, digital and information literacy and the impact of working with communities of practice.

Join us for another great conversation, and please share with your networks!

Podcast transcript: https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10028/1/academic-libraries-leadership-and-impact-with-caroline-ball-and-rosie-jones-transcript.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: Academic libraries, leadership and impact with Rosie Jones and Caroline Ball

Join Community Champion alumni and Assistant Principal from Ashton Sixth Form College, Jo Fletcher-Saxon, interviewing one of our 2025 Champions: Bryony Evett Hackfort from Coleg Sir Gar | Coleg Ceredigion.

Bryony shares her experience running the informal AI network for UK FE and how this community grew from a space for Welsh providers to become a bigger space for FE educators all across the UK to come together and share practice on AI in Further Education and Skills. Bryony's work on this network is what led to her winning a 2025 Community Champion award and her passion and enthusiasm for connecting others and fostering a supportive environment has been invaluable to those working in FE. 

Podcast transcript: https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10011/1/podcast-10-ai-and-community-with-jo-fletcher-saxon-and-bryony-evett-hackfort.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: AI and community with Jo Fletcher-Saxon and Bryony Evett Hackfort

Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn.

We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.

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