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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 8h

Night at the basketball....

Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Home from #AHECS. Fabulous experiences and learning. It's always lovely to be called out in a subsequent presentation, thank you @empressbat.bsky.social !

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you! Yours was also fabulous.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 09/09/2026

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. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oxfor… We can't wait to see you!

An open gateway at the Bodleian Library with a silhouette walking through it

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Spirit Ring - Lois McMaster Bujold To Ride Hell's Chasm - Janny Wurts

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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...

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History and Artificial Intelligence

Cambridge Core - Global History - History and Artificial Intelligence

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Pretty sure I was also at that event... my memory is of OA being decried as the death knell of scholarship, and scholarly societies in particular.

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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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

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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.

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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...

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FSCI Scholarly Communication Institute 2026 Registration hosted by Whova

2026-07-27

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I suspect that if this were to happen, it wouldn't happen in the short or medium term. Other services which have not yet been restored that may take priority. It may also not be within the future scope of the BL to host digital copies, perhaps because of storage cost or risk considerations.

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

There is so much extraordinary work in PhD/DPhil theses that this possible loss is horrid to consider. However, I'm no longer working at a UK institution and have had no heart to pester my former BL/EThOS contacts to find out. 6/6

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Particularly a fear for a situation where the awarding institution chose not to keep local digital copies AND did not require a physical copy to be given to the uni library. Such a situation could mean that a thesis has been lost forever. 5/6

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It is in relation to the digital theses in that last group that gives me "the fear", the digital copies of theses where EThOS may have held the *only* digital copy. The cyberattack took out, as I understand it, some BL backups as well as the "main" copies. The full-text theses may be gone. 4/6

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Other institutions provided both metadata and the full-text, either because they weren't fussed about the downloads, or because the BL retaining a copy was good for #digipres or because they did not have an IR / didn't include theses in their IR. 3/6

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Some institutions chose to drive download traffic to their institutional repository (IR) and only provided metadata and no full-text. (I don't remember if the institutions had to supply the IR URL or EThOS staff had to search and add it to the record.) 2/6

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

To be fair, the (previous) MOUs with institutions regarding metadata and full-text were varied. Institutions, if I remember correctly, had the option to give EThOS metadata only, or metadata and full-text. 1/6

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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 www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-record…

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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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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A colleague's private response to the query made me laugh. "...nah. We just packed up the books and our cardigans and our teapots and our pearls and moved to some new locations." I remain very, very proud of how much we achieved and continue to achieve in supporting the new university.

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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."

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/07/2026

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

Three quite large white statues in a large modern hall

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 03/07/2026

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.

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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...

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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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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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...

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'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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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) could be an option for monograph deposit - libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ora

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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).

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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

Promotional image for exhibition with a painted car wearing a bonnet

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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...

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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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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 09/02/2026

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

A book's pages folded into the shape of a heart

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SPARC @sparcopen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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

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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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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Oh no! I most remember Paul from OAI and the initial UK work to bring UK Research Council RDM mandates into library research support provision. He was always generous with his time and wise conversation, and will be greatly missed.

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Aaand to round out #RAILS2025 the announcement that the new AU will host #RAILS2026... come and see us next year!

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

(Most of) the final panel for #RAILS2025... featuring Drs Anita Dewi, Jo Kaeding, Ellie Abdi and @lizzytait.bsky.social

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Trish Hepworth @trishhepworth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Orphan works and remote learning bill introduced this morning parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #copyright #library

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Day 2’s keynote at #RAILS2025 was @lisagiven.bsky.social - tasking about and giving published examples of #transdisciplinary goodies which I greedily grabbed photos of and frantically noted. Now this practitioner and part time PhD candidate needs to find the time to read it all…. 😆

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CILIP London and South East @ciliplondon.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We still have some spaces left on our Christmas literary pub crawl! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I had so much fun today at #RAILS2025 that I neglected to post! Ahh well, there's always tomorrow.

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