📅 Coming up on 13 January! Join an interactive workshop on Fair Attribution and Publishing for Technicians. Open to technicians across the University, in any department and at any grade/level (you don’t need “technician” in your job title). Find out more and book a place: https://loom.ly/iPT645k

Chemistry Calendar: on this day in 1868, Danish chemist Søren Sørensen was born. Sørensen headed the prestigious Carlsberg Laboratory for over 30 years, where he developed the pH scale for measuring acidity. #chemistrycalendar #chemsky #chematcam

EBSCO will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday 9th January at 11AM, which they expect to complete in about 2 hours. During this time, users may lose access to EBSCO ebooks for approximately 10 minutes. Access should be automatically restored once the maintenance work is complete.

Icy weather is hitting here this week ❄️ If you've ever wondered why snowflakes are six-sided, why ice floats on water, and what ice cores can tell us about the past climate, then check out this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/environment/... #PeriodicGraphics#ChemSky 🧪

The *Library Office* will be closed 24 December and reopen at 9am on 5 January. We wish all at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry (and beyond!) a happy and healthy festive break and look forward to seeing you in 2026.

The Solexa Next Generation Sequencing archive is now available for public study at Cambridge University Library. The archive has been donated to The Cambridge History of Innovation Project (CHIP) by Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian. 🔗 https://loom.ly/E9hlqOY

We hope our users are relaxing over the winter break, but we know sometimes work is unavoidable. The good news is, many resources can be accessed remotely. The Cambridge Libraries website has a great section offering guidance on the topics below: www.libraries.cam.ac.uk/eresources #chematcam

Cambridge can get a bit lonely out of term, but there is still so much to see and do here! Why not visit one of the university museums, or challenge yourself to get to all of them? #chematcam

Struggeling with implementing good #research #data #management? Join our free, 4day online workshop series 02.03.26 - 05.03.2026 (9 am-12 pm) for PhD candidates and above, with a focus on #chemistry and related disciplines. Online, in English. Register until 24.02.2026. https://t1p.de/8msgs

Some good news just before the weekend hits. The Oxford Chemistry Primers collection have been renewed for 2025-26. Please read the following blogpost for further details, ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/c... @chemlibcam.bsky.social

Looking for something to read over the winter break? Check out the Chemistry Library's book swap! Shelved next to the jigsaws in the Wellbeing area, these items don't need to be borrowed like other library books: just swap a book at any time, or return a book when you're finished! #chematcam

Our final #mentalhealthmonday of Michaelmas Term coincides with the start of a new month and the arrival of a new calendar from @actionhappiness.bsky.social. Find previous calendars and other resources on the Action for Happiness website: actionforhappiness.org #chematcam #academicwellbeing

The end of term is fast approaching, and we are once again celebrating Bridgemas in the Chemistry Library! We are also asking users to leave us some feedback using the boxes in the main library space and printer room. #chematcam #bridgemas

🔔 The University of Cambridge has revised its Open Research Position Statement, reinforcing our commitment to rigour, integrity, and transparency in research behaviours, practices and outputs. 🔎 Read the statement: https://loom.ly/-W0LS6o

The brilliant Academic Mental Health posters by @zjayres.bsky.social are very popular with our users! They can also access her book, Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD, in the library and online. Find the posters and book via www.zjayres.com #mentalhealthmonday #academicwellbeing #chematcam

It's always so lovely to see our users having fun with our Wellbeing resources! It brightens up these gloomy days. #academicwellbeing #chematcam

For LGBTQ+ in STEM Day, we've collaborated with the Cambridge Queer in Chemistry Network on a display highlighting resources in the @rsc.org's LGBT+ toolkit, Cambridge-subscribed ebooks, and campaigns and networks such as 500 Queer Scientists @500qs.bsky.social. #LGBTQSTEMDay #chematcam

This is Trans Awareness Week, and our #mentalhealthmonday spotlight is on the Kite Trust (@thekitetrust.bsky.social) which supports LGBTQ+ people up to the age of 30 in the Cambridge area. Find out more on their website: thekitetrust.org.uk #academicwellbeing #chematcam

🚨New books alert!🚨We're continuing to expand our Wellbeing book collection with three new items by Stella Cottrell (titles in alt text). To see what else is in the collection, visit our online reading list: cam.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/publ... #academicwellbeing #chematcam

🚨New book alert🚨 We're very excited to add Labwork to Leadership by @jenheemstra.bsky.social (published by @harvardpress.bsky.social) to our collection! We hope it will be useful and of interest to our PIs and others planning their career in STEMM. #labworktoleadership #chemsky #chematcam

This week's #mentalhealthmonday focuses on Mind CPSL, the local branch of the Mind charity, and the online counselling service Qwell. To find out more, use the QR codes below or visit the Mind CPSL website: www.cpslmind.org.uk #academicwellbeing #wellchem #chematcam

The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97. Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd

Congratulations @stevethechemist.bsky.social! #chemsky #chematcam

🚨New books alert!🚨Introductory Grantology and Nucleation of Particles from the Gas Phase (both CUP @universitypress.cambridge.org) have just arrived at the Chemistry Library! Find out how you can recommend a resourrce on our website: library.ch.cam.ac.uk/recommend-bo... #chemsky #chematcam

Happy Academic Writing Month! For our first #mentalhealthmonday post of November we're highlighting The Wellbeing Thesis, an online resource supporting postgraduate research students. Visit thewellbeingthesis.org.uk or scan the QR code below to find out more. #AcWriMo #academicwellbeing #chematcam

Upcoming CUL training sessions might be of interest to Chemistry PGs and PDRAs - scan the QR codes below or visit www.training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... to see all available sessions, find out more and book your spot! #researchskills #chemsky #chematcam

RSC-CICAG is cooking up something special this festive season - our very own Christmas Cookbook! 🍪 📖 We are hoping to launch a festive CICAG Cookery Book in time for Xmas, which will of course meet the FAIR data standards and, rich semantic metadata and well specified units! [contd below]

Learn from the horrors that sent chills down researchers’ spines! Happening this week (Thursday 30 October) #DataManagement

This week for #mentalhealthmonday we're highlighting Shout, a service providing free and confidential support via text 24/7 for anyone who needs to reach out. Text 'Shout' to 85258 to start a conversation, or find out more on their website: giveusashout.org #academicwellbeing #chematcam

We're looking ahead to this year's Academic Writing Month and encouraging users to start thinking about their goals for November with a display detailing events, resources, and tips for getting the most out of #AcWriMo25! #AcWriMo #chematcam

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Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. In the spotlight this week: the university's Postgraduate Wellbeing Service: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday

We believe that the following ebooks platforms are recovering; JSTOR, EBSCOhost, T&F and BorrowBox, although access may continue to be patchy today.

Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

Cambridge University Libraries run training sessions on a broad range ot topics throughout Michaelmas Term. Book your spot on upcoming sessions using the qr codes below, or view the full timetable here: training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... #chematcam #academicskills #researchskills

If you want to hear data standard success stories from leading experts, join the second webinar in our new ChemSpider series and hear how those stories further scientific advancement. Register now: https://rsc.li/48aa5UU #ChemSky

We're asking library users to share their tips for getting the most out of Michaelmas term. Visit the whiteboard in the central library space to pass on your wisdom! #chematcam #michaelmas

Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. First up: UoC's Student Support, which helps undergraduates overcome a broad range of challenges: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/ #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday

Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action, researchers @cam.ac.uk led by Christoph Schran, Angelos Michaelides, and Alexander C. Forse, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against climate change www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/advance... #NMRchat 🧲

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. If you've just started at Cambridge - or if it's been a while - make sure you know where to get help if you need it during your time here. Student Support is a good place to start: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk #WMHD25 #academicwellbeing #chematcam

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Have you signed up to watch our webinar yet? This Friday, we'll welcome a handful of experts to join us at 3pm BST for an exciting and spontaneous webinar. If chemistry is your thing, you will not want to miss this!

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

A very warm welcome to new and returning students arriving at the Chemistry Department this week! Remember that you can watch your department in action via the Yusuf Hamied Dept of Chemistry YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3J... #chematcam #chemsky

It's the start of another month and another academic year -start off on a positive note with Action for Happiness's Optimistic October calendar! #acedemicwellbeing #chematcam

We're looking forward to welcoming new and returning students and researchers to the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry! This great guide from @theul.bsky.social highlights some of the many resources, services and collections across University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives - check it out!

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