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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 13h

Cyflwyno llyfrgelloedd Prifysgol Caerdydd 🪄

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 13h

Introducing our libraries at Cardiff University 📚🪄

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Cardiff Uni Libraries calling 👋. Giving our BlueSky account a little reboot ahead of the new semester. We are sorry for abandoning you. It won't happen again*. *It might well do because Instagram is a job in itself.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Llyfrgell y Celfyddydau ac Astudiaethau Cymdeithasol 'Rhestredig Gradd II' gan Cadw 🙏🍾

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Designated 'Historic Asset'! We always suspected it, but now it's Cadw official! 🙏🍾 Our Arts & Social Studies Library received it's Grade II listing on Wednesday last week, noted as a key example of a twentieth century university library in Wales.

Cadw Grade II listed.

Arts & Social Studies Library. Date of designation: 24 June 2026.

A key example of a twentieth century university library in Wales, designed by Harry Faulkner-Brown an influential figure in library design and demonstrating his ‘ten commandments’ with clarity and finesse in its Brutalist design.

An important aspect of Wales’ cultural history as an important university library and the last major building of the postwar expansion in tertiary education in Cardiff commenced before the economic shocks of the 1970s.

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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Beth rydyn ni wedi bod yn ei wneud yn ystod yr wythnos ddiwethaf: orca.cardiff.ac.uk/cgi/latest

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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What we've been doing in the last week: orca.cardiff.ac.uk/cgi/latest

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

International students are not a single group, yet we keep treating them like one, argues Tim Hewes-Belton. From pre-arrival connection to inclusive halls events, here's how to help them settle into UK university life www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tips-... @lborouniversity.bsky.social

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Tips to help international students feel at home from day one

Tim Hewes-Belton offers advice on designing bespoke welcome activities for international students to help them settle into UK university life

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Lovely buildings, very reminiscent of our own Brambell Building here at Bangor University which was recently Grade II listed. They call it Brutalist Architecture, but I think they're beautiful.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We don't like to brag about this (too often) but in 1976 our brand new Arts and Social Studies Library was awarded 'commended' status at the Concrete Society Awards, or rather our architects FaulknerBrowns were for putting us up! (1/4)

Our concrete society award, held aloft in front of the building on a sunny day

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Dydyn ni ddim yn hoffi tynnu sylw at hyn (yn rhy aml) ond ym 1976 dyfarnwyd statws canmoliaeth i adeilad newydd sbon Llyfrgell y Celfyddydau ac Astudiaethau Cymdeithasol yng ngwobrau'r Gymdeithas Goncrit, neu'n hytrach y penseiri, FaulknerBrowns, gafodd y ganmoliaeth. (1/4)

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Pan fydd casgliadau yn cael eu hadnewyddu - peidiwch â chynhyrfu, mae'n broses naturiol yn y llyfrgell i wneud yn siŵr bod ein stoc yn gyfredol - mae'r hen gopïau'n cael eu pacio a'u rhoi i dîm AnyBook, sydd yna’n catalogio, cadw a gwerthu pob eitem (1/2)

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

One for the library nerds. Everyone else, look away! When our collections are weeded - don't panic, it's a natural library process to keep our stocks fresh - they get packed and transported to the team at AnyBook who then catalogue, store and sell each item (1/2)

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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Yn union 10 mlynedd yn ôl heddiw, lansiwyd Gwasg Prifysgol Caerdydd - dywedodd llawer o bobl na fyddai'n gweithio, ond fe wnaeth! Penblwydd hapus i CardiffUP, a phob lwc am y degawd nesaf o gyhoeddi 🎂🎉 cardiffuniversitypress.org #MynediadAgored @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @ubiquityopen.bsky.social

A manga-style cartoon of a red dragon with a birthday cupcake

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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Exactly 10 years ago today, Cardiff University Press was launched - many people said it wouldn't work, but it did! Happy birthday CardiffUP, and here's to the next decade of publishing 🎂🎉cardiffuniversitypress.org #openaccess @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @ubiquityopen.bsky.social

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

As you were. Mwynhewch y sioe / enjoy if you're going! (Merchandise is purely fictional, definitely... maybe).

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

"Does it get boring for you in the library over the summer?" 🥵💪♻️

thousands of books boxed up and ready to move as we reorganise our spaces ahead of next term

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My second home for quite a few years!

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Mae ASSL yn 50! 🎈 Wedi'i adeiladu ar safle hen siediau injans rheilffordd, adeiladwyd y strwythur uchelgeisiol gwerth £1.1 miliwn (sy'n cyfateb i £12.5 miliwn heddiw) dros gyfnod o ddwy flynedd.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Cardiff Uni academics of Bluesky! We'd be grateful if you'd share 🙏. We are really looking forward to hearing your memories of our brutalist beacon on campus!

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

There's no library study break like a Daisy the Therapy Dog library study break. Diolch am ddod i ymweld â ni / thanks for the visit! 🐕🥰

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

today is World Bee Day. not to be confused with World Bidet

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Monday. I'm calm. I'm composed. I'm absolutely fine. 📷 @carlbovisnature.bsky.social #MondayMotivation

A Jackdaw perches on a wire, feathers wildly fluffed in all directions, staring straight ahead with wide, piercing eyes. Its intense expression and dishevelled appearance give off strong chaotic energy, completely at odds with any suggestion of calm or composure.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Join us to hear new and exciting works from poets inspired by Wales' unique and beautiful rivers! / Dewch i fwynhau gweithiau newydd a chyffrous gan feirdd sydd wedi eu hysbrydoli gan afonydd unigryw Cymru! www.outsavvy.com/event/26716/...

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Afonydd on Tour: Cardiff University Library Tickets - Cardiff - OutSavvy

Darlleniad barddoniaeth. Ymunwch â’r cyhoeddwyr Arachne Press yn Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives, Arts and Social Studies Library, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU am 6pm, 10/06/202...

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Students supporting students in our spaces 💪☕. We love to see it.

The Student's Union revision aid stall set up with free refreshments at Bute Library today

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Cardiff Uni academics of Bluesky! We'd be grateful if you'd share 🙏. We are really looking forward to hearing your memories of our brutalist beacon on campus!

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Mae ASSL yn 50! 🎈 Wedi'i adeiladu ar safle hen siediau injans rheilffordd, adeiladwyd y strwythur uchelgeisiol gwerth £1.1 miliwn (sy'n cyfateb i £12.5 miliwn heddiw) dros gyfnod o ddwy flynedd.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The ASSL is 50 🎈... thread! Built on the site of former railway engine sheds, the ambitious structure was built over two years, at a cost of £1.1 million (the equivalent of £12.5 million today).

The ASSL exterior in 1975 before opening. Clean lines!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today marks 80 years since #VEDay, the end of the Second World War in Europe. Learn how the war impacted farming in our Land Girls online exhibition, highlighting the tens of thousands of women who worked to keep England fed during the toughest of circumstances. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/onli...

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Land Girls: The History of the Women's Land Army

Explore the history of the Women’s Land Army in the Second World War, and the vital role its workers played on the domestic front.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This is a great cue for us to say... Join us to hear new and exciting works from poets inspired by Wales' unique and beautiful rivers! / Dewch i fwynhau gweithiau newydd a chyffrous gan feirdd sydd wedi eu hysbrydoli gan afonydd unigryw Cymru! www.outsavvy.com/event/26716/...

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Afonydd on Tour: Cardiff University

Poetry reading from Afonydd: Poems for Welsh Rivers

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

As #SecondChanceMonth comes to a close, we’re highlighting the American Prison Newspapers collection from Reveal Digital—freely available on JSTOR. The open access collection features more than 700 periodicals. Explore the collection: bit.ly/42xMmL5

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Would anyone like a book delivered very slowly to an al fresco location? ☀️🌡️🍦

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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

There are amazing French collections all over the UK & you can read a profile of the Barbier Papers at @cardiffunilib.bsky.social written by @hdiamond.bsky.social. The legacy of the university’s first Professor of French, Paul Barbier, is rich & fascinating ucldigitalpress.co.uk/BOOC/Article...

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The Barbier Papers at Cardiff University

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Y tawelwch cyn y storm / the calm before the students descend. Catching up with the security guards at Bute 🦆🦆. Sharpening pencils, oiling trolley wheels, practicing 'the shush'. It's almost time.

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Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Normal service resumes across our libraries today! See you in the stacks.

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