The library tree is up! This year’s theme is Read Around the World - ornaments made from book covers from every country. See them all: guides.lib.sussex.ac.uk/c.php?g=7229... @sussexlibrary.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

Calling all Sussex Undergraduates! Earn 5 Spirit of Sussex points (and get to eat some biscuits) by joining a focus group this Friday at 2pm in the Library, and sharing your thoughts about Open Educational Resources and Open Access. Sign-up at forms.office.com/e/Xj86uHRysb #OA #OpenAccess #SussexUni

Join us in Sussex next month to celebrate the launch of Teaching with Tricontinental and explore the exciting new Radical Library at the Global Studies Resource Centre! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bandung-at... @sussexfss.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

The Library provides an interlibrary loan service to obtain material, both journal articles and books, not held in the University. For further information about the interlibrary loan service or to place a request, please see ‘Request an item from another library’: www.sussex.ac.uk/library/find...

Exploring Brighton Bound - Wed 12 Nov 2025, 3:00-5:00pm This year's Sussex Big Read documents and examines people’s stories of moving to, around and out of the city over the past 100 years. The authors are joining us to talk about its themes and creation. careerhub.sussex.ac.uk/students/eve...

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The Online Resources A-Z and Subject Guide webpages are currently down. The databases themselves are unaffected To access a database during this outage, type the name of the database into Library Search. It will appear as the first search result. #SussexUni #SussexLibrary

Final opportunity to apply for free UK Reproducibility Network Open Research training! 📣 Do you want to support openness, stronger research with greater impact, knowledge equity and social justice? Find out more and how to apply: staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article... #SussexUni #OpenResearch

At the end of this month, from 21 July to 3 August, important work will be done to make the Library building more accessible by widening the step-free entrance next to IDS. In order to achieve this, the step-free entrance must be temporarily closed while the work is carried out. (1/3) #SussexUni

New from OPUS! We’re proud to publish Refugees in a World Without Aid, edited by @oeppen.bsky.social, Ali Ali, @mikecollyer.bsky.social, Priya Deshingkar, Anne-Meike Fechter and Tahir Zaman.

On the 16 June, there will be filming outside the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts between 7:00am and 8:00pm. This will include the use of police vehicles and sirens, which may be audible within some of the Library. Apologies for any inconvenience. #SussexLibrary #SussexUni

The Summer of Research kicks off next week! Join us in sharing and celebrating Sussex research at events across campus for the next two weeks. Explore the programme and sign up here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/abo...

Take a look at the latest open access book from OPUS - ‘Teaching with Tricontinental: A sourcebook for students working with radical periodicals’ Congratulations to the editors and contributors on a fascinating resource! #OpenAccess #OA #Research

This event is part of the Summer of Research 2025, a two-week festival of researcher-led talks, workshops and exhibitions celebrating our fantastic research here at the University of Sussex. Find out about and sign up for other exciting events here!

Interested in the relationship between Open Research and Intellectual Property? Join us online June 10th 10-11.30am for a discussion about OR and IP, the existing tensions between them, and to explore potential areas of compatibility. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

Come and find out more about the University of Sussex's Open Scholarship Community! Meet practising colleagues and share insights and experiences in a friendly environment. Hosted by the library June 17th 10-11.30am. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-schol...

Our summer opening hours start on the 26 May ☀️ The Library will be open 9am-11pm on weekdays, staffed from 9am-6pm, and 10am-5pm on weekends and bank holidays.

Today (Thursday 15th of May) is Global Accessibility Awareness day. A couple of things you can do on Bluesky to help accessibility is to us CamelBack hashtags, e.g. #MondayReads, where each word is capitalised. and use alt text on your images, this can be set in settings Both help screen readers

New book spotted in the wild ( well, Waterstones on Gower Street). Thanks to Atlantic for the beautiful cover. And to all those Mass Observers who kept such lovely diaries.

Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.

In our latest directive we asked our writers about any good news they might have received or heard recently. H260, who has been writing for us since 1981, was in no short supply of good news from her 16 great grandchildren!

📣 Job alert! A wonderful opportunity to further the aims of @sussexlibrary.bsky.social in Diamond OA publishing 📚 working with the wonderful @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social team. Details here: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/a65cf6ee... 📣

The Library will be temporarily closed to external reference and college student members on weekdays before 6pm from Tuesday 6 May to Friday 23 May to accommodate our assessment period. Reference and college members are also very welcome to use the Library at the weekends during this period. (1/2)

📚 Work with us! Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS) is looking for maternity cover for the Editorial Manager. If you love community-driven Diamond OA and have experience in academic publishing, get in touch! ⏱️ Deadline 30 April: lnkd.in/enaV43_6 👀 Check out our recent titles: lnkd.in/eHmjtucm

Our opening hours over the minimum service days are: 16 April: 24hr-7pm 17 April: 10am-5pm, self service 18 April-21 April: Closed 22 April: 10am-5pm, self service 23 April: 8am-24hr We hope you have a good Easter and a restful bank holiday weekend! 🌸

Open Press University of Sussex is delighted to announce our latest publication, ‘Our Future, Our Voice: Designing, Developing and Evaluating Public Interest Communication on a Budget’ openpress.sussex.ac.uk/publicintere... #OpenPublishing #OpenAccess #OA #Communications (1/2)

Our early career researchers are incredible 💪 At the opening we also launched the Sussex Women’s Leadership Academy, empowering ECRs to shape a career that works for them #IWD #SussexWomenLeaders sussex.ac.uk/internal/sussex-researcher-school/early-career-researchers/ecr-development/wla

We're happy to be hosting Women at Sussex, this year celebrating our inspirational Early Career Researchers, curated by Elizabeth Rendon-Morales. Come to the Open Learning Space on the ground floor of the Library until 31/03 to see the exhibition! #InternationalWomensDay #EarlyCareerResearchers

Get to know our Research Support Coordinator Gofaone Koorapetse! 💚 She plays a vital role behind the scenes at SSRP... but what is Gofaone doing her PhD in? What is her guiding mantra? And most importantly, who are her two favourite authors? Read on: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Scholars of Simplicity The Copper Family, Sussex’s folk singing dynasty, are celebrated in a free exhibition at Sussex Uni Library, with Sussex Retold, led by Margaretta Jolly with Sam Carroll. Explores histories, heritage and landscapes of Sussex. Until 28 April. blogs.sussex.ac.uk/librarycolle...

Our Research and Open Scholarship Team have now joined Bluesky! Follow them for all the latest on Research Support and Open Access.

Interested in joining a book club? We'll be starting our Sunday Book Club very soon so sign up to find out more and suggest a book you'd like to read: www.sussex.ac.uk/library/teac... #SussexUni #SussexLibrary

The new Sussex Awards are open for nominations! Nominating isn’t just about highlighting achievements – it’s a great way to recognise and congratulate staff, students and researchers for the positive impact they are making at Sussex. Find out more: staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article... #SussexUni

We are reclassifying some of our maths books from QD to QA to conform to international standards and enhance discoverability Books with the shelfmark QA are currently located in the North Basement If you need help finding a book please ask a member of staff.

Applications to Soapbox Science Brighton 2025 are open! All female and non-binary scientists in STEM subjects are welcome to apply 🥼👩‍🔬🌼🐜🐭🐝🧪⚛️ Apply by March 2nd soapboxscience.org/apply-to-spe...

How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading? For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Do you support research activities? We're currently running a series of workshops on key aspects of using Elements effectively, including profiles, publication records, research impact and more! Find more information and sign up on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/elements-...

This is so super useful from @jisc.bsky.social as a quick guide and initial advice re: Deep Seek from people who know what they're taking about #AcademicSky nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/2...

📰 Read all about it... our January newsletter includes information on: 🔹 Our 'South Coast Sustainability' exhibition 🔹 Plans for a Food Research Network 🔹 Our latest Visiting Fellow seminar 🔹 Reflections on our workshop on sustainability and young people 🔹 Much more! mailchi.mp/sussex.ac.uk...

#ICYMI our café's had a refresh! ☕ Just in time for the new term, we're bringing you soft lighting, plants and... a pew? #Library #SussexUni

Emma has done a pretty fabulous job here, of documenting the discussion of this event. Thread below is well worth a read if you have any interest in #OA, in the wider scholarly publishing landscape.

Notes Inside a Library by Sussex alumna @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social, originally part of our Chapter 60 exhibition, is now up on permanent display in the Library! #Poetry

Hello from the University of Sussex Library! We’ll be sharing all the same resources, announcements and brutalist architecture as before on this new channel. Visit us: www.sussex.ac.uk/library/ #SussexUni