Carlos LR
@carloslr.bsky.social
Bibliotecario | Librarian 📚 working in Higher Education. 🌈 📍London (Views are my own, of course).
The Cotton Genesis (Cotton MS Otho B VI, 5th century) was one of the tragic victims of the Ashburnham House fire in 1731. Today, we’re delighted to release new multispectral imaging of the manuscript, allowing us to read its texts for the first time in hundreds of years. www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Rescued from the flames: the Cotton Genesis restored to life
New multispectral imaging at the British Library has helped us to read one of the earliest surviving illuminated Bibles.
bl.uk
I had to pay a visit to my library’s closed-access stores today, and that can only mean one thing: revisiting some good old, dear friends. I especially enjoyed looking again at this catalogue from one of my favourite collections, where I first began training in codicology.
Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia 📅 10 June 2026 🕑️ 9:00-18:00 📍 University College London (in-person only)
Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia
'Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE' project workshop
ucl.ac.uk
Don’t forget to cast your vote today! 🗳️ Polling stations are open until 10pm, still time to have your say. #LocalElections2026
Ivan Sparling Jr.'s incredible World War I diary, written on cigarette rolling papers during his time in France, were recently given to the Library by Sparling's great-granddaughter Molly on behalf of his descendants. Veterans History Project donations like this one are so interesting and special!
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
Charlotte Brontë was born #OnThisDay in 1816. This video features Charlotte's own copy of the Book of Common Prayer and Psalms. It was a gift from Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father’s curate and the man she would later marry. Collection items used in this video: Rit.d.775.1 XIX.58.42 Mm.23.46
"Copy, moon joy." 🌕✨ The #ArtemisII mission's stunning new images of the moon are making us think about the lunar maps created long before space travel was possible for humankind. This one is by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), often referred to as the founder of lunar topography. 🧵
Today we gathered at the Royal Geographical Society for another inspiring #NACIRA Conference and AGM, exploring how our collections continue to navigate an increasingly digital information landscape. l am also honoured and grateful to have been elected to serve another term on the NACIRA committee.
Happy #WorldBookDay, folks! If you’re looking for a great read to mark the day, try Adam Smyth’s The Book-Makers: a History of the Book in 18 remarkable lives
“The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) plans to stop covering article-processing charges (APCs) for its researchers publishing in dozens of high-cost international #OpenAccess journals”, via @researchinfo.bsky.social: www.researchinformation.info/news/chinese...
Chinese Academy of Sciences “to stop funding for expensive OA journals” - Research Information
Move "likely aimed at controlling spiralling costs and potentially strengthening domestic Chinese journals"
researchinformation.info
I'm thrilled to share that the new platform for the SOAS Digital Collections is now live! I had the privilege of spending ten months seconded to the best digitisation team I could ever have dreamt of as interim digitisation manager, supporting the move into the new site: digital.soas.ac.uk
Lunch breaks in Bloomsbury hit different… and the Senate House Library truly is one of a kind.
The University of California took a similar step back in 2019: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/u... UC raised a key issue in the debate: open access to publicly funded research.
UC terminates subscriptions with world’s largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite...
universityofcalifornia.edu
Carlos LR@carloslr.bsky.social · 9mo agoFrom Times Higher Education: New offers from big five ‘still too costly’ for UK universities. ‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-off...
From Times Higher Education: New offers from big five ‘still too costly’ for UK universities. ‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-off...
New offers from big five ‘still too costly’ for UK universities
‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced
timeshighereducation.com
I struggle to see how this policy engages with the root causes of structural issues affecting the Higher Education sector. And why is the same logic not applied to other public-interest and essential service institutions, such as energy and water suppliers, public transport, or council services?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo agoEnglish universities can raise tuition fees if they meet ‘tough’ standards, says Phillipson
