⚡We are recruiting🌟 We are looking for a fixed-term Digitisation Officer and a fixed-term Digital Engagement Officer (with possibility to extend) to work in our Special Collections, Heritage and Archives team! Find out more info here 👀👀➡️ tinyurl.com/4epkcfp2

🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨 Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️

Looking forward to our paper @drjuliabish.bsky.social @mariamyamin.bsky.social on finding folksong in the NATCECT #Archives of Cultural Tradition @uoscollections.bsky.social for this brilliant conference!

Are you an enthusiastic archivist who would love the chance to delve into the vast photographic archive of the Peak District National Park and catalogue it all? Then apply to join us for this 1 year project funded by Archives Revealed: jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/libraries-pl...

This was a great session! It was lovely to see the students engaging with our wonderful childlore material

Exciting news!

Irene Champernowne, Elizabeth Firth, Madeleine Blaess, Carolina Dodel-Port, Barbara Caruso and Emily Gertrude Turner are just a few of the incredible women that feature in our Special Collections and Archives. Find out more about them here: tinyurl.com/3kp3vwwu #womenshistorymonth

*Closing soon* This is a great opportunity for a UoS student with an interest in trade union history to work with a fascinating archive under the supervision of our Arthur Scargill Project Archivist #LabourHistory

Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation

This looks like a fascinating collection to work with!

✨Our new exhibition is now OPEN!✨ Come to Western Bank Library to explore the teaching of anatomy at the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social from 1904 to the present day. You will find teaching models, charts and objects alongside some of our beautifully illustrated rare books 🫀👂🩻👁️

Some snaps from our fantastic Archives Exploration event with @uoscollections.bsky.social at the Archives of Cultural Tradition (NATCECT). Thanks to Senior Archivist Mariam Yamin for introducing special collections and @drjuliabish.bsky.social for contextualising this important #folklore collection.

I really enjoyed talking about some of our wonderful #folklore collections at this event last week