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The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Calling all university students! Are you looking for some #DissertationInspiration? Join us for a drop in session to view original primary sources, perfect to spark ideas for your historical research. Free and open to all. #archives #primarysources #history #historiclibrary #dissertationideas

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Academic librarians - how does your institution actually decide whether to fund collective, fee-free open access? What finally ends up moving the internal discussions from yes, or maybe to no? We're running a short, anonymous survey (10–15 mins) to find out. 📚

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What made you say yes? OBC open access library support survey

About this survey This survey is run by the Open Book Collective - a charity registered in England and Wales (charity no. 1206287). For the purposes of data protection law, the Open Book Collective is...

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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our interns have also become extremely proficient across our main digital methods - Advanced 2D imaging, RTI, photogrammetry, AV, & 3D printing If you would like to know about their time with us (in their own words), check out our Digital Humanities Lab blog: digitalhumanities.exeter.ac.uk

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Digital Humanities at Exeter | Blog by the Digital Humanities team, University of Exeter, UK

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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Applications are still open for the Stephen Herbert #Award! Are you an early career #scholar, independent #researcher or #creative practitioner with an interest in early #cinema & optical media? If so, details are here: tinyurl.com/4wm63npa Deadline: 9am, 27th July #museumsky #researchsky #film

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The Stephen Herbert Award 2026-7

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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

UKRN Services CIC is hiring its founding CEO. Ideal for someone looking to grow their commercial experience alongside an academic career, the role will be leading the trading arm of UKRN to support the responsible research community. Applications close Friday 10 July. www.ukrn.org/2026/06/10/c...

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Chief Executive Officer UKRN Services CIC | UK Reproducibility Network

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Drumroll, please! 100 libraries worldwide are now supporting the OBC - that's 100 libraries actively choosing to support collective funding and diamond OA - now that's definitely worth celebrating! Our joint 100th: Zurich University of the Arts and The Open University, who joined on the same day.

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100 libraries are now supporting diamond open access through the Open Book Collective!

Today we hit a milestone we've been working towards for a while: 100 libraries around the world are now supporting the Open Book Collective!

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Join the next #DPClinic & discover how to future proof your #PhD thesis! Explore the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ with @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 🕰️ 22 June @ 2:00pm 📍 Online 🎟️ buff.ly/P9X0EWi Photo: Sebastian Kuss, Unsplash

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#DPClinic June - Future Proofing PhD Theses: showcasing the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ - Digital Preservation Coalition

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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Interested in Digital Humanities? Photography? Audio and video production? Learning new skills and technologies? Part time work on campus next academic year? We're looking for 7 current HASS undergraduate students to work in the DH Lab on current projects and support the day to running of the labs

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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📢 JOB ALERT! The DH Lab is hiring a GBP Digital Humanities Assistant Technician 🎓 Open to recent grads 🛠️ Training in photogrammetry, RTI, A/V & 3D printing 🏛️ Great foundation for Heritage, Archives, or Research admin careers 📅 Apply by 4 June 2026! 👇Apply here careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84...

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Stewart Palmer, Information Assistant & the Legal Skills Advisor @exeterunilib.bsky.social shares his experience of attending #CopimConference via a vlog 📹 View and download the recorded slides and a 720p version of the video via @archive.org 🔗 copim.pub/my-experienc...

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My experience at the Copim conference - Copim

Stewart Palmer, Information Assistant & the Legal Skills Advisor at the University of Exeter, shares his experience of attending the Copim Conference 2026 via…

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 03/03/2026

Coming soon: the next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series is 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson: bit.ly/474AbHq Published free OA & in p/back @uolpress.bsky.social on 9 April #Skystorians 1/2

Front cover of 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson.

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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026

Biggest challenges? - soft-networking! Getting the right people in the room. And sustainability at a time where HE is facing a funding crisis. Digital Preservation takes long-term funding. #CopimConference

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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026

#CopimConference session "Archiving and preserving PhD theses: Implications for open access" with Jenny Fry, @simonjbains.bsky.social , and @zosto13.bsky.social - we start with Jenny talking about PhD Theses as important intellectual heritage and the DDoS attack on EThOS at the British Library

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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026

Tobe recommends that publishers use the Copim Compass resources on Accessibility compass.copim.pub/books/09-ope... #CopimConference

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that we are starting off the new year with THREE new exhibitions in the Forum Library! Level -1: Find out about life as an international student in Exeter in the 1930s 🎓 Level 0: Gallop back in time for the Year of the Horse 🐎 Level +1: Explore some Devonshire fungi 🍄

Green background with a Special Collections border at the top and bottom of the box. The white and light green text reads: 'NEW Special Collections exhibitions available to explore in the Forum Library!' In the centre of the box are three photographs of small exhibition cases (each with three or four shelves) featuring archival items and rare books. Under the three photographs is 'Level -1', 'Level 0', and 'Level +1'.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢CfP: DIFFICULT COLLECTIONS📢 What can practitioners & researchers do with difficult heritage preserved in galleries, libraries, archives and museums? - Paper Trails (a Book as Online Open Content) Special Issue - Proposal deadline: 31/01/2026 - Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... 🗃️ #GLAM

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