Matt Greenhall presenting on collaboration between Liverpool and Sumy State Universities. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine means that it was not safe for Sumy colleagues to make the journey to the conference #LIBER2026

Sobering when talking about the spread of malformation to remember that Norway has a border with Russia. Our Norwegian colleagues are on the front line… #LIBER2026

There may be rain coming, but it’s a lovely morning in Trondheim for the start of #LIBER2026

Heading to #LIBER2026, taking the train from Oslo to Trondheim for what I hope will be the scenic route...

As part of our Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project​ we are running a short(ish!) survey. If you are a UK academic librarian or research manager please do consider responding

End-of-year at the nearby minor public school …

Great to see the Dutch Research Council extend its support for @doaj.bsky.social. Hopefully an example to funders worldwide - not all of whom support vital open infrastructure in the way they should... blog.doaj.org/2026/06/24/d...

Oxford University Libraries and Museums are encouraging Oxfordshire cultural venues to join a nationwide 'Cool Off in Culture' campaign, due to launch later this month. The campaign highlights cultural venues as spaces where people can take refuge and enjoy culture during periods of extreme heat.

Fabulous evening at Oxford’s latest concert venue. The university’s new Sohmen Concert Hall is the perfect mid-size space. Great acoustics showing off one of our favourite orchestras @auroraorchestra.bsky.social

A very nice piece from @jessicagardner.bsky.social on the Libraries Alliance (of which @rluk.ac.uk is a member) and our shared values across all types of libraries: librariesalliance.org.uk/the-librarie...

⭐Celebrating 10 years of the DOAJ Ambassador Programme (2016-2026) A decade of efforts to enhance #OA publishing in the Global South through training and community outreach Thank you to our Ambassadors and the important work they do for their local communities 👏 🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/06/08/c...

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Collections & Equity: Rethinking Access & Representation | 🗓️ 10 June Cathleen LeGrand (Leeds) & Karen Jackson (Warwick) will speak re: inclusive collecting, barriers to access, ethical stewardship + strategies for amplifying underrepresented voices 🎟 at www.rluk.ac.uk/icil/

Just caught up with a recent #RLUKICIL webinar on Sikh Heritage Collections and Community Engagement at The John Rylands Library. Fascinating hearing about how an object believed to be a living person is conserved, stored, and made available to the community www.rluk.ac.uk/icil-on-dema...

Feels like one of the biggest journal acquisitions in a while. At least everybody is clear about who benefits: "...adding a high-margin, recurring revenue stream that we expect to drive meaningful shareholder value.” www.researchinformation.info/news/wiley-a...

🔴 We’ve now indexed just over 23,000 journals. 🟡 Thank you to the community who makes this possible: our DOAJ team and Board members, Ambassadors, volunteer editors, supporters - and of course, all the journals that are and apply to be indexed 🟢 #open #global #trusted 🔵 doaj.org

To the British Library, where we are hosting a symposium on the current state of institutional repository infrastructure and what we might do to further enhance their effectiveness.

🌼 As we announced at the RLUK Conference last week, our next conference, #RLUK27, will be held in-person at the Titanic Belfast Museum on 10-12 March 2027. We will announce the call for papers for the conference in the summer. We hope many of you will be able to join us in Belfast next year!

ilab.org/article/caxt... A nice overview of the current Caxton exhibition @senatehouselib.bsky.social from the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Open until 1 July 2026, so do pop by if you’re in Bloomsbury. It’s free!

🏷️Introducing the Publication Facts Label: Another tool in your research integrity toolkit 🧰 In this guest blog post, open research consultant @alicemeadows.bsky.social introduces the Publication Facts Label (PFL) by the @pkp.sfu.ca (PKP) 🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/04/22/i...

Librarians and information professionals – please join one of our focus groups to help us better understand how to develop tools and guidance that support you and your researchers. bit.ly/4sK3kje

The Government’s new vision for archives in England has been launched: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Last week I was proud to represent @rluk.ac.uk at the lauch of the Libraries Alliance - a new cross-sector group amplifying the voice of libraires in the UK. There is a great write-up of the event by Deborah Maclaren www.lovereading.co.uk/blog/launch-...

It was very disappointing to see Jisc withdraw support for Publications Router (especially at such short notice), but at least the code has been released: research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/04/2...

We have a fascinating presentation coming up in our online I#RLUKICIL series: 🟠 Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections: Conservation, Digitisation and Community Engagement with Contested Collections at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free and open to all: bit.ly/RLUKICIL

📣 #DOAJ Call for volunteers We are now recruiting volunteers who ideally have a scholarly communications background, preferably in Library Sciences, and preferably based in Asia #OpenAccess #BestPractice #volunteers #ScholarlyComms See our latest blog for details 👇 🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/04/15/c...

This book, edited by the excellent Kirsten MacQuarrie, looks really interesting: Feminist Librarianship: Principles, Practices and Provocations www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/...

DOAJ Managing Director @joannaball.bsky.social is keynote speaker at the upcoming 3º Encontro PUB IN (3rd PUB IN Meeting), focused on journals and scientific communication for open science #OpenScience #OpenAccess #DOAJ 📅16-17 April 📍Coimbra, Portugal 🔗 www.pubin.pt/3encontropub...

Love the concept of "Stewardship as civic commitment" that @lyndamk.bsky.social discussed in her RLUK26 keynote about the @datarescueproject.org. Definitely something to extend everywhere we have skills, interests, and concerns! youtu.be/nlyIDEaOOlU?...

Incredibly excited to share the news that we will be working more closely with @openbookcollective.bsky.social!

Thanks so much to @davidprosser.bsky.social for inviting me and to Ed Fay for asking great questions at #RLUK26. I really enjoyed the conversation and talking about the successes and challenges of our work across the #DataRescue community and the @datarescueproject.org

RLUK's new principles call for collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, and transparency. For us here at the OBC, these principles are at the core of our operating model. 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

🆕 As part of the Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project - a joint ARMA, RLUK & SCONUL initiative funded by UKRI - we are seeking members to join an exchange of experience network. Info 👇 https://arma.ac.uk/advancing-long-form-open-access-practice-project-exchange-of-experience-network/

A reminder that #CILIP's guide: Managing safe and inclusive public library services provides public library staff with a clear decision-making framework to deal with challenging issues. It also includes references to good practice for school libraries: www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-and-inclusive-guide

RLUK’s Collections Strategy Network has created a set of Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models: www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ...

Heartbreaking for the librarian who has to endure this. Kudos to @cilip.bsky.social for the support they are providing

Interval of an excellent concert by Stile Antico in Oxford’s under-stated St Barnabas. Great singing in a wonderful acoustic

A lovely evening at UCL celebrating the life of Paul Ayris and the publication of his new book. Tinged with sadness as we know how much he would have loved the party uclpress.co.uk/book/thomas-...

Here’s video of the panel I was on at #R2RConf about infrastructure to support research. My 2 main points were a) libraries are the ultimate research-supporting infrastructures and b) (with my DOAJ hat on) funders have to support the infrastructure that they rely on www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQ-...

We’re 100 today. On 17 March 1926, the University of Reading was granted its Royal Charter. Now, we wake up 100 years later as a global university, shaped by generations of students, staff, alumni and partners who have built something extraordinary together. Happy 100th anniversary to us. #UoR100

It's the final week to register your place for the #RLUK26 Conference (virtual). Full details can be found at bit.ly/RLUKconf

Help us test the “Whose Bias? Ways of Seeing” pilot, a new community-led approach to handling outdated and biased language in collections: 17 March, 13.30 – 14.30: https://bit.ly/3OD48bi 24 March, 13.30 – 14.30: https://bit.ly/4r58mFX @dh-researchhub.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social

Haven really enjoyed the TV version of Leonard and Hungry Paul I turned to the equally enjoyable book. Although I think I did them the right way round -the excellent TV performances added depth to the characters

‘Governments investing in AI should consider making equivalent investments in the data collection that AI currently cannot reach.’ In my world that includes means paying more attention to libraries and archives www.ft.com/content/0c63...

📢Renewed partnership: DOAJ and Crossref focus on equitable scholarly metadata and global support @crossref.bsky.social @ginsta.bsky.social @joannaball.bsky.social #DOAJ #OpenAccess #Crossref #metadata #LMIC See details blog.doaj.org/2026/03/12/r...

Another fantastic joint Parliamentary reception, this time on the Lords Terrace discussing the economic impact of all types of librarians, thanks to Libraries Connected, RLUK , BIPCs, Bodleian & others #LibrariesChangeLives

🌎Open Climate Campaign's work on #OpenAccess to research is being sustained by DOAJ's #OpenClimateCampaign 🔓We asked @monsauce.bsky.social @creativecommons.bsky.social about #OA climate research 🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/02/20/d...

It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.

Really helpful tools to support diamond journals - and who can resist a DISCO plugin!

A wonderful resource! And great to see our RLUK Conference in the list. We are virtual this year, have a stella line-up, and registration is still open…

Exciting news - I have actually updated the Library Conferences on BlueSky page, and it now has current and previous 2026 sections! Lots to do to add in events I have noted in screenshots and saved emails, but good progress.