Sarah Brundrett
@tomesandtech.bsky.social
Senior Manager - Library Quality, Strategy & Community Engagement, Adelaide University Formerly UniSA Library, Flinders University Library and the Bodleian Libraries PhD candidate https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-138X
Open Access Adviser role in the Open Research team at Cambridge @theul.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/open-ac...
Open Access Adviser
Ever wanted to work in an institution that is home to one of the world's great collections of cultural treasures and research materials? Spanning thousands of years of human thought and discovery, Cam...
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#AHECS 2026 slides are up - doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Intergenerational Cybersecurity: Academic Libraries and (IT) Change Management
The session explores how the knowledge and expertise of academic libraries and university IT can clash or be exposed, particularly around vendor risk, authentication systems, and cybersecurity expecta...
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Home from #AHECS. Fabulous experiences and learning. It's always lovely to be called out in a subsequent presentation, thank you @empressbat.bsky.social !
From 11-13 September, the Bodleian will open up spaces and show off collections not usually accessible to the public, for #OxfordOpenDoors 2026! Enjoy tours, storytelling, a Victorian printing press, and MUCH more. https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford-open-doors We can't wait to see you!
Spreading the word... including to #phdsky, #digihums #digitalhumanities #librarysystems #GLAM #skybrarians 🏛️🎓📜
William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social · last mo.Delighted to share DPC's new guidance series on Cyber Security and Resilience for Digital Preservation which are on general release today. Spread the word! www.dpconline.org/news/cyber-s... #dpc #digitalpreservation #cybersecurity #digipres
Eric Schares@eschares.bsky.social · last mo.🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
I have zero geology credentials beyond occasionally picking up a cool-looking/pretty rock, but I do have an academically credentialled friend who wrote a paper... #geosciences #geology #earthscience #earthsciences #hyperspectral #grainsize #librarianfriendsrule www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Estimating grainsize using the thermal infrared spectral features of quartz and carbonate
Hyperspectral logging of diamond drill core has become a routine technique in state drill core repositories across Australia. Manually logging grainsize can be difficult and is a subjective and lab...
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TIL that CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, via Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington's latest work, available until 6 August for free download. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
History and Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge Core - Global History - History and Artificial Intelligence
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New EU report: the multiple roles of public #libraries should be recognised and reinforced Investing in public libraries benefits society and democracy in the long run, study finds. culture.ec.europa.eu/node/4055
New EU report: the multiple roles of public libraries should be recognised and reinforced
Investing in public libraries benefits society and democracy in the long run, study finds.
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FINAL PREP for my course "Open as Antidote: Addressing the Big Challenges Facing Science" part of FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute #FSCI2026 Course info: force11.org/fsci/post/fs... AEST Wed 29-Fri 21 July 11-12.30pm Registration closing - register today!! whova.com/portal/regis...
FSCI Scholarly Communication Institute 2026 Registration hosted by Whova
2026-07-27
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EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-records-restored
EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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The perception/promotion of our work and academic role remains challenging. An electrician attending one of our campus workrooms earlier today asked me on the way out if "the merger affected you at all?" I smiled & gave my standard reply "Oh yes, we delivered five years work in a year and half."
I stopped by the Weston yesterday to see the Clarendon muses- they’ve been on top the building for three hundred years, came down two years ago for restoration, and go back up in September! So if you’re looking for a free exhibit in an air conditioned building, go check it out, they’re really neat
This is what we mean by the whole “not everything is digitized” — not everything is fully *catalogued* yet! This is at the UK National Archives at Kew.
John Sheridan@johnlsheridan.bsky.social · 3mo agoWell, look at that. A rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence has just turned up, where I work. See: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
The proven benefits of #OpenAccess (OA) publishing in making important ideas available to a more diverse and global readership are particularly critical for humanities research. Read our full OA policy for detail on our funding and OA publishing options: uolpress.co.uk/publish-with...
Open access policy - University of London Press
Our mission at the University of London Press is to ‘open up humanities research’, and a key element of this is our commitment to open access publishing for the majority of our new books. The proven b...
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What does it mean to be the world's oldest library? A BBC story about the lore behind the Merton College Library in Oxford with a few other notable mentions. 📚 www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'A remarkable time capsule': The enchanting history of Oxford University's 750-year-old medieval library
Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century mathematicians to JRR Tolkien.
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Heading to see Alfie Boe at the Festival Theatre tonight... definitely a squeee occasion. I have been trying to see him sing live for years (and years).
📚 🏛️ #scholcomms #scholarlycommunications #openscholarship
Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information@barcelonadori.bsky.social · 4mo ago🇸🇬 We are at @force11.bsky.social this week! Join us for three sessions: 📍 @coarassessment.bsky.social / @dorassessment.bsky.social Satellite Event 📍 Global Perspectives on Open Research Information (w/ @crossref.bsky.social ) 📍 Open Research Information session Come and say hello 👋
The Clarion recently published a guide to ‘Every bookshop in Oxford’ and we are delighted to have to update it so soon: oxfordclarion.uk/every-booksh...
Every bookshop in Oxford
Oxford is a city of books and bookshops. Reporting on a new opening in the city centre encouraged your Clarion team to think about their favourites ... Independent bookshops Caper, Magdalen Road ...
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Australian Access Federation (AAF) workshop at @sahmri.bsky.social this morning with @rachelsbickley.bsky.social to provide feedback on, and engage with, the Top Five Trust & Identity themes for Australia's HE & research sector discussion paper. #academicsky #rdm #infosec aaf.edu.au/wp-content/u...
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The Pets & their People exhibition continues @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library but if you missed our companion book display, the Science of Pets, in March you can still use the online reading list to catch up with any titles before or after your visit go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay
The Friends of the (AU) Library present their first event of 2026 with Dr Roderick Hill in conversation about his books 'Chasing Solar Eclipses: A Comprehensive Guide' and 'Space to Live: The Search for an Alternative Home for Humanity.' events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
Author in Conversation: Dr Rod Hill on Chasing Solar Eclipses.
Friends of the Library host author in Conversation: Dr Rod Hill on 'Chasing Solar Eclipses: A Comprehensive Guide.'
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The theme of this year’s Love Data Week is “Where's the Data?” We want to encourage thinking about the journey of your data from collection to access to preservation.❣️ We're excited to help the @cmu.edu community understand, use, communicate, and code with data. guides.library.cmu.edu/lovedataweek
Bursary deadline is this coming Monday! #digihums #digitalhumanities #dhoxss26 www.linkedin.com/posts/digita...
#dhoxss2026 | Digital Humanities @ Oxford Summer School (DHOxSS)
A range of bursaries are available for online and in-person attendance at #DHOxSS2026 - don't miss your chance to apply! Deadline to apply is noon (GMT), Monday 9 February Apply here: https://lnkd....
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Save the Date: International #OpenAccess Week will be October 19-25, 2026. #OAWeek is an opportunity to join together, take action & raise awareness of the benefits of openly sharing knowledge. www.openaccessweek.org
International Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...
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Aaand to round out #RAILS2025 the announcement that the new AU will host #RAILS2026... come and see us next year!
(Most of) the final panel for #RAILS2025... featuring Drs Anita Dewi, Jo Kaeding, Ellie Abdi and @lizzytait.bsky.social
