The Open Research team @uoylibrary.bsky.social will be short-staffed next week, then out of office on Wednesday 24 December and back at work on Monday 5 January ⛄ Here is the Library's opening information over the vacation period. See you in the new year!

Any recommendations of #OpenResearch related podcasts/events I may have missed this year? Here are a few that I have heard: @openresshef.bsky.social Open Research Conversations doi.org/10.15131/she... @hiddenref.bsky.social What the REF hidden-ref.org/what-the-ref/ #OAI14 oai.events/oai14/

My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... Tldr 🧵 below!

#openaccess accepted manuscript now available via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄

🤝 WRUP is jointly run by the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York — combining strength, expertise and shared values to support open access publishing across disciplines. #12DaysOfWRUP #AcademicCollab

Oh heeeey. I've just seen that my two research articles on Mary Hamilton in this volume are now available via open access (pre-print versions) on @uoyopenres.bsky.social research repository! At time of initial skeeting, they were still embargoed. Go get 'em! (or, as ever, message me for PDFs). (1/3)

Thinking of publishing with WRUP? We offer clear guidance and hands‑on support for authors every step of the way — from proposal to publication. #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #WRUP

We are enormously grateful to @uoyopenres.bsky.social, who support us thorough our Institutional Partner Programme ✨ Community investment helps ensure our work remains sustainable. UK libraries can subscribe directly via @jisc.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ph-jisc-subs... #DiamondOpenAccess

🍻 Pint of Science 2026 Recruitment is OPEN! Are you an engaging researcher or enthusiastic organiser? We need Speakers + Volunteers for #PintOfScience that takes research out of the lab + into the pub! Short talks, demos, Q&A in local cafés/pubs, 18- 20 May 2026 More info:

WRUP titles are read worldwide — by researchers, students, and the public alike. Open access ensures anyone can engage with our books and journals, no matter their location or resources. Knowledge without barriers! #12DaysOfWRUP #OpenAccess

🏺 Want to learn something new for 2026? 🎉 Early next year the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore some of our new services. To register and find out more about this webinar please visit: buff.ly/zbEB7es

I had a lovely chat with Phil Lang on his podcast "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist" where I talk a lot about dreams and sleep! Phil interviews researchers from across the University of York about their work in all sorts of fascinating areas. (creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...).

📚Discover the breadth and impact of WRUP publications! From history and cultural studies to philosophy, archaeology, and healthcare, WRUP delivers peer-reviewed, open-access works showcasing research across our partner universities.

Join editor Lucy Moore @lucymoore.bsky.social for a Seasonal Sandbox Session exploring how to add olfactory information to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...

"We think this research is incredibly exciting because it suggests that bladder cancer might be preventable" #openaccess paper in @aaas.org Science Advances - see thread below from @drsimonbaker.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social 🔓 📄

For the third day of #12DaysOfWRUP, we’re diving into what Open Access (OA) means. At WRUP, all our publications are open access - meaning anyone, anywhere, can read, download, and share research for free. Open access widens readership, boosts visibility, and helps knowledge travel further.

Data stewardship encompasses a broad range of activities in the management of research data throughout its lifecycle, from creation to reuse 💾 If you play a role in data stewardship at York, or are the designated ‘data person’ in your area, then consider joining our new network 👇

#DidYouKnow over the course of 2025 we have been building Discover, our new Digital Library platform? We'll be adding to the site over the coming months, making more of our collections available wherever you are in the world! discover.york.ac.uk #EYADigital @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

THREAD One Year of tracking research communication on @bsky.app This time last year we officially added the Bluesky social platform to the places where we track research communication and article sharing. Here are some of the most viral articles that gained traction in the last 12 months. 1/14

Get the #SAMHE newsletter for updates, resources, inspiring stories and our scientific findings and recommendations on indoor #AirQuality in UK schools! December issue out soon - join the mailing list today! samhe.org.uk/FAQ#contact 🍎 #STEM #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #HealthyAir #SciTeachUK

We've published another new @york.ac.uk Open Research in Practice case study 📝 Sophia Rier, former student in School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, investigated potential schemes for fusion energy and developed resources to communicate this research to schools in underserved communities 🏫

Researchers in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology have shown that intense radiation captured in particle accelerator “beam dumps” could be repurposed to produce materials used in cancer therapy ☢️ #openaccess paper in @physrevc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1103/954z... 🔓 📄

🌳Join the InTREEgue Network meeting on Tues, Dec 9, 11-12, Online. 🌲 Help us review content, finalise tags + organise the @york.ac.uk Tree Trail! We'll also share updates on the Festival of Ideas application. All welcome! Come shape the next phase! Book here🔗 buff.ly/Trjb76v

We're pleased to announce that @uoylibrary.bsky.social is supporting two more academic-led presses, working towards sustainable and equitable #openaccess publishing in AHSS disciplines 🔓 📖 (1/7)

Lots of the women I wrote about are numismatists and archaeologists, inspired by #WCCWiki, to ensure that there is easier access to the works of amazing women scholars 🪙🏺💅🏻

We've just published a new @york.ac.uk Open Research in Practice case study 📝 @lucymoore.bsky.social challenged herself to improve the representation of the lives and achievements of women on @wikipedia.org by contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 🌍

It's a little bit late, but here is our latest blog post, in which Alice reflects on UK Disability History month (which only started on the 20th November, and runs for a whole month, so we've not published it all that late really...) blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Data management plans: getting started 📒 Thu 4 December, 10:00-11:30, online To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...; or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

🌳 Happy #NationalTreeWeek! Join us on 2 Dec for "Storytelling as Method for Inclusive + Reciprocal Research Practices". Creative outdoor storytelling w/shop (11-12) with Lotte Dijkstra, then an indoor hybrid session (12:30-2). Bring people + place together! buff.ly/vBfDpac

📣 Tomorrow in York! Join Retrofit Futures 2025, showcasing the Retrofit One Stop Shop project + York’s progress on fair, scalable home retrofit. SEI’s Luke Gooding will share why locally rooted One Stop Shops like YorEnergy are essential for community-centred climate action. Book: buff.ly/qqM856m

Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗 DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository

Presenting at the Centre for Medieval Studies on open research for @uoyopenres.bsky.social Open research is an area I’m personally and professionally passionate about so I can’t wait to see what people think!

New research from Dept of Mathematics @york.ac.uk and @yorkstjohn.bsky.social School of Humanities on the German Navy’s U-boat campaign in WWII #openaccess paper in The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord doi.org/10.25071/256... 🔓 📄

Recording and slides now available from this week's Research Coding Course session on software lifecycle planning (covering software management plans, open source licences and dissemination) Materials from the previous sessions on version control and introducing the course are also available 👇

Employers must take responsibility for tackling online abuse of women, research says Read the full findings in @suwatson.bsky.social's @ukri.org-funded #openaccess book 'Gendered Online Abuse Against Women in Public Life: More Than Just Words': bookstore.emerald.com/gendered-onl... 🔓 📖

"High concentrations of fine particulate matter were discovered in the homes of 309 families participating in the long-term Born in Bradford study - with recommended guidelines exceeded on 41% of all monitored days" Read the full #openaccess paper in BMC Public Health: doi.org/10.1186/s128... 🔓 📄

A through-provoking piece from @theblochian.bsky.social, citing the @n8research.bsky.social Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing and anticipating the launch of @ojcollective.bsky.social, non-profit/community-led research infrastructure to fund diamond OA journals 💎 🔓

Next Wednesday (19 Nov) our Research Coding Club are delivering an in-person session on software lifecycle planning 🧑‍💻 Register your place and read more about the Research Coding Course training programme 👇

We have just released a new episode of the #DARCI Podcast reflecting on the DARCI Conference. Both the audio and the transcript are available. A great episode with lots of insights on the field and lots of tips on how to organise inclusive and accessible events enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-23

🥳 The Open Book Collective is delighted to announce the first recipient of our Collective Development Fund for 2025–2026! 🥳 The project is titled: ‘Empowering Ethiopian Research Universities: A Multifaceted Approach to Overcome Open Access Barriers in Scholarly Publishing’.

Great news from @wrunipress.bsky.social about their latest open access publication! 🌟

The ESRC-funded @vp-centre.bsky.social, led by @uoysbs.bsky.social and @lawatleeds.bsky.social works with public sector organisations to help them improve the support they offer to citizens Their Connected Data Analytics programme engages with a variety of open research practices, detailed below 👇

Our Connected Data Analytics programme explores how administrative datasets – combined with a range of other information – can provide powerful insights into the types of problems that many disadvantaged communities experience. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/connected-da...

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Archiving your research data 💾 Tue 11 November, 10:00-11:30, online To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev..., or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

Over the past 20 years, the ADS has been at the forefront of many collaborations and projects. In March 2025 UKRI visited to film a video highlighting the value of Horizon Europe funding to the UK, with ADS as their case study. To find out more and watch the video visit: buff.ly/3JKFW2N

New story from the lab by PhD student Seb Grant. Started as a summer project and developed into an interesting story. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting. A neural state space for episodic memories www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

Next Tuesday we are contributing to this @openresleeds.bsky.social online event on Rights Retention, reflecting on challenges and benefits for authors and universities against a backdrop of changes to publishing agreements 👇

The 2025-26 York Researcher Development Programme has been updated, with new workshops for staff and PGRs on: ● Equitable and responsible research ● Communicating research on social media ● Policy masterclass and storytelling for policy training ● Developing research software Full details here 👇