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Engaging with our research community, supporting good practice and sharing updates on all aspects of #openresearch #openaccess #opendata @york.ac.uk Open Research at York: york.ac.uk/open-research Email the team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Research Culture and Researcher Development Team have launched their 2026/27 programme - a comprehensive range of workshops and opportunities for researchers (staff and PGRs) and research-enabling staff at York You can now easily view all of our upcoming workshops on the new Training Webpages 👇
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Training sessions and courses
Professional and career development opportunities to support researchers.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another open research related event coming up next week: Inclusion in citizen science (CS Co-labs discussion) 🌍 Thu 8 Oct, 12-1pm, online 📆 Join @sei.org York colleagues for the second CS Co-labs session on why broadening participation in Citizen Science projects is important, and how to do it 👇
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CS Co-labs discussion session 2
In this second CS Co-labs discussion session we will explore our learnings on why broadening participation in Citizen Science projects is important, and then facilitate a discussion inviting participa...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Next week we're running an in-person workshop as part of PGR Induction, introducing Open Research at York 🔓 👐 It will be an informal session with opportunities for discussion and questions! Register your place via SkillsForge below 👇 📆 Thu 8 October, 10:00-11:00, LFA/144 @uoylibrary.bsky.social
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Day 2 of our panel announcements 📢 Also joining us for the WRUP 10-year anniversary event is Professor Joe Deville (joedeville.bsky.social), Professor of Science & Technology Studies at Lancaster University and Managing Director of the Open Book Collective.
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Panel announcement!🚨 As part of sharing plans for the WRUP 10 year anniversary event, we are excited to introduce our panel members, starting with Anthony Cond Chief Executive Officer, Liverpool University Press.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is now supporting @uclpress.bsky.social via @openbookcollective.bsky.social 🔓 📚 UCL Press is a pioneering publisher of OA books and journals primarily in arts, humanities and social sciences Read more about our support for institution-led and not-for-profit OA publishers 👇
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Supporting the wider open research ecosystem
The University of York Library proudly supports a range of initiatives, tools and infrastructure services which are helping to facilitate the shift towards a culture of open research practice.
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of White Rose University Press! And we’re marking the occasion by looking ahead: What should scholarly book publishing look like in the next 5–10 years? Our anniversary event is now OPEN FOR BOOKING! 🧵👇 Find out more 👇 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcement...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hello to any new academic staff and PGRs joining us at @york.ac.uk 👋 The Open Research team @uoylibrary.bsky.social provide guidance and training to help you plan, publish, preserve and share your research openly. Find out more about the team and how to contact us for online or in-person support 👇
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Open Research team
The Open Research team works in partnership with academic and research staff, postgraduate researchers, and other staff facilitating research.
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N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Valuing Voices is a free, open-access tool helping researchers put equity, transparency and social responsibility into practice. @whiteroseuc.bsky.social recently interviewed the team behind the project to explore the lessons learned from developing and applying the tool.
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Valuing Voices: An open-access tool embedding equity into research culture - White Rose University Consortium
As part of National Inclusion Week 2026, we reflect on Valuing Voices, a digital initiative co-developed by an international partnership between colleagues at the University of York and Mahidol Univer...
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you enjoy recording local wildlife? Forest Research and University of York need your insights to shape citizen science and safeguard tree health. buff.ly/TNSX2mv #CitizenScience #TreeHealth @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social
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New survey for volunteer observers and recorders of nature - Forest Research
Forest Research is looking to hear from people who enjoy, or are interested in, recording or observing nature in support of scientific research.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by the distinctive growth patterns visible in the tusks, a new study has revealed 🦣 @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social Open access paper in Heritage Science doi.org/10.1038/s404... 🔓 📄
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Ice Age carvers used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, study finds
Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by the distinctive growth patterns visible in the tusks, a new study has revea...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scientists from @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @hyms.ac.uk and University of Sheffield found that lifelong deafness causes the brain to shift its processing power, boosting how well a person can see out of the corner of their eye 👁️ Open access paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🔓 📄
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Deaf adults' brains re-wire to boost 'danger radar', study finds
Scientists found that lifelong deafness causes the brain to shift its processing power, boosting how well a person can see out of the corner of their eye.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Researchers @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social and Curtin University have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders 🪨 Open access paper in @royalsociety.org Proc. A doi.org/10.1098/rspa... 🔓 📄
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Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones travelled 11 miles across Yorkshire, study reveals
Researchers have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Researchers from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology and University of Sheffield have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, solving a decades-old mystery 🧬 Open access paper in Nucleic Acids Research doi.org/10.1093/nar/... 🔓 📄
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences? If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Launched earlier this year, Ingest is our new digital repository deposit system designed to transform how heritage data is preserved and shared. Developed to streamline the process of depositing data and metadata, this system represents a significant advancement in our deposition capabilities.
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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads @uoyopenres.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and I reflect on organising training events and open research awards, community-building, researcher engagement and what we’ve learned along the way.
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Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What is citizen science and how does it relate to other participatory methods? Join the first CS Co-labs @sei.org discussion session on Wednesday 9 September, 1-2pm. Open to staff, students and the public 👇
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CS Co-labs discussion session 1
In this first CS Co-labs discussion session we will provide a general introduction to citizen science, as we understand it, and then facilitate a discussion inviting participant’s views and experience...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In addition to publishing open access with @wrunipress.bsky.social, the researchers collaborated with @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social and @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social to make materials and reports from the Sheffield Castle archive open access via @ads-update.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5284/1074... 🔓 ⛏️
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today on the 2nd September we are celebrating the 6th Publishing Anniversary of 'Sheffield Castle - Archaeology, Archives, Regeneration, 1927–2018' by John Moreland and Dawn Hadley
Book cover for *Sheffield Castle*, showing historic workers excavating a site in black and white, with text on archaeology, archives and regeneration.
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
September's here & for many of you a new academic year. So just a brief reminder of what we're here for. The OBC is a charity that channels library funding to Diamond OA publishers - the books are free to read & no author pays to be published. It's small-scale, deliberately, but with a big impact!
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer. Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Researchers from Health Sciences and @uoysbs.bsky.social examined meal provision across Yorkshire primary schools and found a complex, fragmented system that makes central monitoring of nutritional standards difficult 🍽️ Open access paper in Journal of Nutritional Science doi.org/10.1017/jns.... 🔓 📄
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Primary school food provision ‘complex, fragmented and lacking central oversight’, study reveals
A lack of central oversight and shifting catering models in primary schools could be putting children’s dietary health at risk, according to new research led by the University of York.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Researchers from @yorkpsychology.bsky.social have uncovered the neural mechanism that instructs the brain which daily experiences to save as long-term memories during sleep 😴 Open access paper in @plosbiology.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔓 📄
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Researchers reveal unique “tagging” mechanism that guides the sleeping brain in remembering key thoughts
Why do we remember certain moments while forgetting others? Every day, our minds are bombarded with thousands of pieces of information, yet our brains have a limited capacity to consolidate these expe...
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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Launched in 1995, 1 year before the ADS, Internet Archaeology is an international, open access journal for archaeology, based at the University of York. Edited by Judith Winters, IA publishes quality, peer-reviewed research that explores the potential of digital publication.
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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In 1996 the ADS website looked quite different, and was most commonly viewed via Mosaic or Netscape Navigator. Access to the different sections was via buttons which resembled Rock Art decorated pebbles.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is now an institutional supporter of OpenAlex.org, an open source catalogue of the world's scholarly research outputs and meaningful alternative to proprietary and commercial databases 🔎 📚 We look forward to joining the member community and helping guide their developments 👍
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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Spotlight on 'Stycas'" - the early medieval coinage display you never knew you needed is up at Yorkshire Museum! You can pop in to the foyer for free & see some highlights from my @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social PhD for the next year! Mega thanks to the @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social team!
Dark haired, tattooed woman stands next to a display case which is grey. An interpretation panel is coral and the back shows a selection of coins and a map of Europe. Object is the case include handwritten notebooks, a lead cross and several coins.
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Hidden REF @hiddenref.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are a drop-in session for people to ask questions about the Hidden REF Competition before submissions close! Join us today (Tuesday 25 August) from 11.00-12.00 to get all your questions answered! The link to join is on our website. hidden-ref.org/resources/co...
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Community Calls - The Hidden REF
Community Calls The Hidden REF Community Calls are open, informal spaces for people across the research community to come together and talk about research culture – […]
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great to see the launch of another student journal at York - now added to our Open Research community of practice wiki page 👍 uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/FYBYHQ
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Centre for Medieval Studies @yorkmedieval.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our MA students have been busy and recently launched the inaugural issue of the York Medieval Journal, "Being an Animal in the Middle Ages", which is now accessible via their website: yorkmedievaljournal.com
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York Medieval Journal
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is now a community member of the @creativecommons.bsky.social Open Infrastructure Circle. We are supporting the technical and legal maintenance of CC Licences, which are critical to the future of open research and preserving the at-risk global commons 🔓🌍
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Open Infrastructure Circle - Creative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) has launched the Open Infrastructure Circle (OIC)  to ensure our organization is around for years to come. We are looking for institutions to commit to a recurring or multi-year ...
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interesting to see the good work done by @clockssarchive.bsky.social, offering continued access to over 80 journals that would otherwise have disappeared from the web. @uoylibrary.bsky.social is amongst their supporting libraries 👍
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📅 Save the date!!! We have something exciting to share – we’re officially 3 months out from our 10-year anniversary event: What should scholarly book publishing look like in 5–10 years? 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds 📅 Tuesday 17 November ⏰ 3–7pm
White Rose University Press 10th anniversary event graphic. Text asks, “What should scholarly book publishing look like in 5–10 years?” with the theme “Looking ahead to the future” and “Celebrating 10 years of WRUP”. The event will include a keynote address, panel discussion, drinks reception, discussions and networking. On the right is a photograph of a series of open doorways. The graphic features the blue and gold WRUP branding and logos of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pleased to announce that @uoylibrary.bsky.social is supporting @pluto-journals.bsky.social, a not-for-profit, diamond open access publisher of 20 titles in the social sciences 💎 🔓 📚 As part of our membership, we're also supporting all 12 OA titles in the @african-journals.bsky.social collection 🌍 👇
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African Journals Initiative - Pluto Journals
Working with a growing community of no-fee (‘diamond’) Open Access (OA) social science and humanities journals based in African universities.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads @katievernon.bsky.social and @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social have shared a blog post offering their thoughts on the role and their experiences of promoting a culture of open research at York 👇
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Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 11/08/2026
COS is announcing important changes to the Open Science Framework (OSF). OSF Projects—used for project collaboration, file mgmt, & storage—is being phased out as an active workspace over the next 6 months. This change does not affect persistence & accessibility of existing public projects. (🧵1/2)
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
CS Co-labs is launching! 🚀 Using or considering #citizenscience methods for research? Join @sei.org to discover CS Co-labs, offering 'clinics', talks, topic discussions and resources. Wed 19 Aug 15:00-15:55 BST (UTC+01:00) 📆 Thur 20 Aug 10:00-10:55 BST (UTC+01:00) 📆 Online 📍 Read more 👇
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CS Co-labs launch (online 1)
Using or considering citizen science methods for research? Come to the launch of CS Co-labs to find out about 1:1 clinics, talks, discussions and resources to support your work.
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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Some questions for our structural biology community: What protocols do you think would be useful to have? Do you prefer to watch step-by-step videos, or follow written instructions? Of course, not everything has to be a video, but certain workflows are simply best documented on video #protocols
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An international team of researchers has outlined a radical new approach aimed at strengthening the resilience, inclusivity, and sustainability of mountains and the societies that depend on them 🏔️ Open access paper in @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... 🔓📄
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Rethinking how we protect the world’s mountain communities
As melting glaciers and shifting climates push mountain ecosystems to the brink, an international team of researchers has outlined a radical new approach aimed at strengthening the resilience, inclusi...
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 17/07/2026
🚀 CS Co-labs is launching! Using or considering #CitizenScience methods for research? Join us to discover CS Co-labs, offering 1:1 clinics, talks, discussions and resources. Launch: 📆 Wed 29 July 11.15am - 1pm 📍 University of York campus 🍴 lunch provided Read more and register: buff.ly/ojyuY69
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CS Co-Labs launch (in-person)
Join us for the launch of CS Co-labs to hear what is on offer, meet the team and network with others using or interested in citizen science methods.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Huge congratulations to @lucymoore.bsky.social @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social who recently won a @wikimediauk.bsky.social Silver Jubilee Award 🏆🎉 Read our case study on Lucy's work towards improving the representation of the lives and achievements of women on Wikipedia: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/jgAJCQ
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Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia and 15 years of Wikimedia UK - Wikimedia UK
On Friday 3 July 2026, Wikimedia UK hosted its Big Birthday Party in London, bringing together an inspiring mix of … Continue reading "Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia and 15 years of Wikimedia UK"
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Many visitors to Canadian national parks worry about apex predators like grizzly bears. However, a new study from @biologyatyork.bsky.social shows that a much more common creature poses the highest risk: the elk 🫎 #OpenAccess paper in Frontiers in Conservation Science doi.org/10.3389/fcos... 🔓📄
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New study pinpoints how to minimise chances of dangerous wildlife encounters in Canada’s national parks
Bears often get a bad reputation, but a new study shows that they might not be the species most often involved in human-wildlife interaction that can lead to conflicts in national parks.
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OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Join us 15 July, 2pm BST for our next webinar where we follow-on from Wayfinders#7 to unpack further library perspectives on supporting non-author-fee models for #openaccess. Full details & registration: bit.ly/4vbjqDJ With speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland. #OASPA #Wayfinders #OA
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 30/06/2026
Citizen Science UK provides a gateway to the UK #CitizenScience scene, with clear signposting to other information, resources, researchers and training opportunities. Discover what it offers and why is has been created by the #InclusiveCitSci group at SEI York. 👉️ buff.ly/u0xKexN cc. @ecsa.ngo
Text: "Citizen Science UK. Learn, Connect, Discover. SEI." Background photo: Four adults wearing matching green waterproof coats and protective gloves, with one holding a net, looking into a bucket. They are next to a small stream on the edge of a grassy field with sheep.
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A recording and slides are now available from our Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Sciences Research discussion event 📺 👇
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Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Sciences Research (Friday 12 June 2026) - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A study led by Dr Aurore Monnereau @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social analysed DNA from archaeological sites across Sicily and found that genetic diversity has persisted through conquests, challenging the idea of large-scale population change 🧬 Open access paper in @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔓 📄
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic history of medieval Sicily
A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic ‘melting pot’, where Christians and Muslims thrived together.
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OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
OASPA is delighted to share the recording of our recent webinar: "Libraries supporting open access without author-facing charges" ▶️ bit.ly/4xLhHHN Huge thanks to guest speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson, Jack Hyland & chair Malavika Legge. Full details including Q&As and resources: bit.ly/4wgNlMu
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
An international team of researchers, including scientists from @neaarlab.bsky.social @chemistryatyork.bsky.social, has uncovered remarkable new insights into the extinct hominin Homo naledi using cutting-edge protein analysis 💀 Open access paper in @cellpress.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 🔓📄
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We've created a video - aimed at @york.ac.uk researchers, but broadly applicable more widely - to talk through the different routes to Open Access publication. Covering costs, funding, sharing, across Green, Gold, Diamond, and APC routes. #OA www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNXn...
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Choosing a route to Open Access for your journal article
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