Next week! @jisc.bsky.social will be running a webinar demystifying ORCiDs for researchers. Learn all the benefits and best practices of this tool. The webinar is free and open to all, no prior knowledge of ORCiD required Tuesday 30 June 11:00-12:00 BST. Register at

I saw this article and was immediately charmed by the image of Dr. Tanashi holding the bat she's just discovered. I thought, I bet our researchers have some similar great photos. So, to break up a dreary Tuesday morning, share your favourite image of yourself with your research, just for fun 😀

I saw this article and was immediately charmed by the image of Dr. Tanashi holding the bat she's just discovered. I thought, I bet our researchers have some similar great photos. So, to break up a dreary Tuesday morning, share your favourite image of yourself with your research, just for fun 😀

We'll have a table set up showing some of our open access publications and answering any questions you may have about publishing with us! Come by, say hi, pick up some merch!

Today is #InternationalArchivesDay which celebrates the important contribution archives (especially make in safeguarding and providing access to our collective heritage and knowledge. As it's also Pride month, let's look at some fantastic #OpenArchive collections on LGBT+ life

Happy Pride month! We have a whole reading list of #OpenAccessBooks on LGBT+ issues, freshly updated for this year. Let us know if you have any great OA titles you think we should add abdn.leganto.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/publ... Image by Adam Cohn via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND

📢 @jisc.bsky.social will be running a seminar: ORCID for Researchers webinar – Tuesday 30 June 11:00-12:00 (BST/UTC+1) This webinar will explain what the benefits are to researchers to have an ORDiD and how to use them effectively. Register for the webinar at www.jisc.ac.uk/events/orcid...

It's the final day of term for undergraduates! We wish you all a restful break, and try not to miss Aberdeen too much when you're sunning by the beach

Wonderful 👏

Offered for #NationalLimerickDay Open Research for all is our task But what are the benefits? you ask FAIR access for all That's not bad at all Locking knowledge behind paywalls will be a thing of the past

It's election day for the Scottish Parliament, so if you're a resident here don't forget to vote today! And don't forget to tag any #DogsAtPollingStations because we're keeping an eye on them You can find your polling place here, if you've forgotten your card wheredoivote.co.uk

Can peer review make our writing more readable? Colleagues at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social have a paper in Frontiers for Young Minds, where papers are reviewed for understanding by 8-15 year old students. Read about their experience (UoA only link) abdn.site/qDqoA Paper: doi.org/10.3389/frym...

You know World Book Day, but have you heard about World Book Night? For WBN you don't have to get your kid into a literary costume by the first school bell, all you have to do is curl up with a nice cocoa (or beverage of choice) and enjoy a cracking good read. Find an #OAbook from www.doabooks.org

Does keeping up with REF requirements have you feeling like FrustratedOfficeWorker.jpg? Join our ExplORe Session tomorrow at 11:30 for a simple explainer on what you need to do to make your work REF-eligible. It's a 15-minute session with Q&A. Sign up on coursebooking: www.abdn.ac.uk/coursebookin...

Students are coming back from holiday today and we'll soon be in the Exams period. To help you revise effectively, check out this article from The Conversation on what cognitive science tells us about how to revise theconversation.com/exams-coming...

Yesterday humanity went out the farthest from Earth we've ever been. Accomplishing this required huge numbers of researchers to collaborate on a shared goal. It's a beautiful reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together and share knowledge. What's the 'moon shoot' in your field?

📢Coming up: Social Media for Researchers Training. If you're a researcher looking to improve your #scicomm skills and boost your impact check out this course offered through our Research and Innovation team and conducted by @jamiebgall.co.uk Book on coursebooking: www.abdn.ac.uk/coursebookin...

For Mother's Day, we're thinking about how to enable mothers to thrive in research. Research by the NGO @mothersinsci.bsky.social found that a third of mothers leave science after having children, due to factors such as gender inequality in child-rearing and lack of accommodation by employers.

This could be an incredible opportunity for a student or ECR interested in writing for a general audience. The award includes a £2,000 bursary and mentorship including publishing support #ScienceCommunication h/t @jessbutler.bsky.social

If you're around Edinburgh, be sure and check out our fearless leader Simon Bains, talking about openness in the Arts and Humanities, all part of Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week!

Do you still need costume ideas for World Book Day, because our friends at AUP have options! Or, if you have enough silver glitter, you could always dress up as #DiamondOpenAccess

Scottish #ResearchIntegrity and Culture Week is finally here! 🎉 Check out the full list of events happening throughout Scotland, both in-person and online, here www.sricw.co.uk/programme

After all of the talks yesterday at the #CopimConference about the importance of accessibility, this feels like great timing

Who's going to the #CopimConference today? We've got a few people down in London -- including our fearless leader @simonjbains.bsky.social who will be speaking about our Thesis preservation project -- but most of us are joining from home. We'll miss meeting colleagues, but there are some advantages😉

Improving research culture will require us to consider some bold ideas, perhaps even a Conference Timekeeping Bear. What's your big idea for research culture?

Check out the amazing things ARL member libraries have been doing for #LoveDataWeek! www.arl.org/blog/arl-lib... #DataScience #DataViz #OpenData #Research #Libraries #LoveData26

This looks like it should be a great event, and we appreciate you making it hybrid so we all can come 😊 Especially looking forward to the keynotes! UoA researchers, be sure to check out the list for events relevant to your work!

Today for #LoveDataWeek we're asking what can you do with large datasets? Well, a team a geologists at Aberdeen, led by @seismoamy.bsky.social have started a massive data gathering project aimed at finding effective spots for generating sustainable geothermal heat in the city abdn.site/GTheat

It's #LoveDataWeek and things are heating up with interesting events that you can log into from anywhere. We wanted to highlight talks hosted by @unisouthampton.bsky.social this week, starting this afternoon with friends from @glasgow.ac.uk about their new Petabyte storage system abdn.site/XY0B7

Next week we're celebrating International Love Data Week! This year's theme is 'Where's the Data?' so we'll be thinking about long term digital preservation and repository security. We'll be posting more next week, but see the official Love Data week site for events and resources abdn.site/3DTA

Have you heard? Scottish Research Integrity & Culture Week is less than a month away! Events will take place both all over Scotland and online and will discuss research ethics, open research, career development, and more! Register now! abdn-research-integrity-and-culture-week.eventsair.site

Would you like to publish in or otherwise support the work of Diamond Open Access journals? Check out the Diamond Discovery Hub created by @craft-oa.bsky.social and launched last October. It has a huge listing of journals and an easy search function ddh.diamas.org/en

A new term has begun! Check out our guide to finding Open Access resources for help finding teaching materials that will be affordable and accessible to all your students, even online students working from abroad who may not be able to use all e-resources licensed by the university abdn.site/x8qKf

On the last day before break our OA community gave to us: a wonderful community! Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰

On the 2nd day before break the OA community gave to us: our new SciFree Journal Search Tool! This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!

On the 3rd day before break the OA community gave to us: a brand new draft policy for open data from @ukri.org ! This policy will help support researchers making their data open and incorporating FAIR principles into their data management!

On the 4th day before break the OA community gave to us: the @ukri.org Open Access Fund for Books! This funding has dramatically improved many author's ability to publish their books open access. At UoA we've had 2 books and one chapter published through this funding!

On the 5th day before break the OA community gave to us: the launch of the @morphss.bsky.social project! MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!

On the 6th day before break the OA community gave to us: the sheer joy of seeing our 'Carve your PhD contest spread to new institutions! We were thrilled to see all the contestants (and glorious champion) from @ljmuresearch.bsky.social and hope to see even more get in on the fun next year!

On the 7th day before break, the OA community gave to us: Landmark research into the state of academic publishing. @hansonmark.bsky.social & team produced two papers: 'The Strain/Drain on Scientific Publishing' demonstrating the challenges we face doi.org/10.1162/qss_... doi.org/10.48550/arX...

On the 8th day before break, the Open Access community in 2025 gave to us: the launch of Open Journals Collective! 🎉 With the mission of expanding community funded open access journals @ojcollective.bsky.social is an important project for future of scholarly publishing www.openjournalscollective.org

For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library abdn.site/vNQ3U

There are only 9 more school days before our offices shut for the Holiday break and we're beginning to feel a bit festive! We're going to do an Advent Calendar/Holiday countdown of sorts celebrating our favourite things that have happened in the world of Open Research in the last year!

We're excited for you to try our newest Open Access tool! Read all about it in our latest blog post abdn.site/k8ItZ

🎁This year’s top gift for researchers: A tool that tells UoA researchers exactly which journals they can publish OA in through our institutional publisher agreements. SciFree Journal Search—saving time and APCs www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...

'Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia' www.nature.com/articles/d41... Hmmmm, we're not sure if this one is DORA-compliant, tbh What do you think, are skewed metrics still dominating academic life, despite our attempts at reform?

Are you confused about the REF2029 open access requirements and how to make sure your work will be eligible? Sign up on coursebooking for our 'ExplORe Session: Guide to the REF2029 Open Access Requirements' and we'll explain it all. Tomorrow at 2PM 📢Only one more day to sign up!🏃 abdn.site/GREF29

Have the changing guidelines for REF left you confused or uncertain? Join us for a session where we demystify the REF29 Open Access guidelines and teach you everything you need to make sure your research is eligible. Sign up on Coursebooking abdn.site/GREF29

After careful calculation by our most talented number ghouls, we are ready to announce the winner of Carve your PhD 2025: Yujun Wang, from the Computing Science department! Her PhD explores how languages express time and temporal relationships, and how these can be understood by LLMs

Polls close tomorrow morning! Get in your votes! Help us choose the next Halloween champion! abdn.site/phD