No stealing necessary! The Getty has around 88,000 art pieces available under Creative Commons Zero licence. Want to use art in your work or for your hobbies? Then go to Getty's (website). Read more below: laist.com/news/arts-an... @gettymuseum.bsky.social #Art #PublicDomain

The latest from #UKSG Insights - experience of libraries developing and hosting #diamondOA publishing, Cath Dishman, LJMU @cathdishman.bsky.social and Rebecca Wojturska, @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social University of Edinburgh dub.sh/xeaT0vh

Sounding our own publishing klaxon from @cathdishman.bsky.social all about library hosting services from LJMU and Edinburgh. Open and free to read for everyone, of course: insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

Congrats to @kmueller123.bsky.social and @ccandl.bsky.social for the latest collaboration on story recall, lexical markers and Alzheimer's disease! 🧠🧪 journals.lww.com/alzheimerjou... @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

This Wednesday, 12 November, our very own @jamescrossland.bsky.social will be talking about his current #research project on the #history of domestic #intelligence in #Britain. Everyone interested is very welcome to attend.

🎉 Thrilled that the first ever issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research has published today, #DiamondOA of course! This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice. Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article! 👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88

Told my teenage daughter that I was 'meeting' @davidolusoga.bsky.social as I was going to hear him speak as part of LJMU's Beyond Black History Month event. She said to me: tell him I'll also 'meet' him, because they show him in history class every day. 😂 What a fantastic, thought-provoking talk!

The LJMU author Dr Matt McLain is also one of the associate editors of our LJMU hosted open journal dedicated to design and technology: Design and Technology Education: An International Journal. This open journal allows authors to publish at no cost and is open access for everyone to read.

Our Carve Your PhD @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social winners are here! We were blown away by the creativity and carving skills demonstrated by our fantastic entrants! The judges' first choice was: Tom Hyatt, School of Arts & Creative Industries: Electromagnetic Art: A Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell

Gather round @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social students and carvers 🎃, it's your chance to vote for the winning LJMU Carve Your PhD! Inspired by @openresearchuoa.bsky.social we launched our own competition. To view the entrants and vote yourself go here: ljmuresearchsupport.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/c...

Mind is currently blown by the wonderful @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social Carve Your PhD competition entries. Creative, beautiful and really lovely. Well done, carvers! 🎃

Each time we get a Carve Your PhD entry, we are grateful to @openresearchuoa.bsky.social for their wonderful contest to brighten up these autumnal days as they get darker. Get them in, @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social (check your emails for the reminder!)

Hey, I know that cinema! We ❤️The Plaza.

This November 7th 2025, the CCSE will be hosting a collaborative event at LJMU to reflect upon the work of the Anthony Walker Foundation, as the charity reaches its 20th anniversary. Please see the details below and the booking link here : lnkd.in/eqY9rziC All welcome.

🗣️Speakers: 🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester) 💂‍♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds) 🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester) 💂‍♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)

The private papers of pioneering transgender activist April Ashley have been secured in LJMU’s Special Collections. Born in Liverpool, April became a model, actress and MBE honouree. Her personal papers, photographs and letters have been donated to the university. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

This news is just so cool: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new... Hooray for @ljmu-sca.bsky.social

Excited to be talking at the #bnsautumn25 @britishneuropsych.bsky.social this coming November! Our paper will cover memory, blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's, and the multiverse! @ljmuresearch.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ccandl.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

I consistently find the sessions that are online/free/totally relevant training from the University of London's School of Advanced Study to be totally awesome. Take a browse here: www.london.ac.uk/research-eng...

Looking forward to watching @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social which was on BBC's Storyville last night: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... For our UK followers (most of you!) Plenty of time to watch via BBC iplayer or via our Box of Broadcasts subscription. Free people read freely. 📚 💪

Oh, it's ON @openresearchuoa.bsky.social Inspired by your contest, we're now taking your advice/guidance/contest and created a competition at LJMU. It's now live for all of our @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social PGRs. Check your inboxes and let's GET CARVIN'. With thanks to our open research friends!

Oh, these look cool! Free online webinars about publishing your first book.

We were lucky to have Amanda Bennett speak at one of our research cafes that we run with @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social Absolutely fascinating work, from a fantastic researcher!

New paper out today, exploring the experiences of parents supporting their autistic children with mental health difficulties: journals.plos.org/mentalhealth.... Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.

Happy to share this new paper in Journal of Neuropsychology (@bpsofficial.bsky.social) on memory and plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social 🧠🧪 @alzassociation.bsky.social bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/2UYCT9...

Contrary to what this article says, I would argue that 'the public' take naming ceremonies very seriously. CTRL ALT DELEAF is name perfection! Some Friday fun for your morning.

Including one from our open journals service, PRISM: openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/prism Hooray for DOAJ!

Had to compile some 'end of academic year' stats and our LJMU repository had 620,609 downloads, an increase of nearly 22% from last year! And, 4 of our top 10 most downloaded are PhD theses. Hooray for openly available research! Go on, have a look yourself! researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk

At the FORRT Replication Hub, our mission is to support researchers who want to replicate previous findings. We have now published a big new component with which we want to fulfill this mission: An open access handbook for reproduction and replication studies: forrt.org/replication_...

Really looking forward to reading (and learning!) from this book.

OpenFest 2025 begins tomorrow! To whet your appetites, here's a new podcast from our colleagues (and chief organisers!) at Hallam on this year's theme: Open Research and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (OR+EEDI)

Interested in open access, social class & librarian demographics or supporting international students? We've got something for everyone in the LIS Research Seminar Series. Do take a look and sign up! cassyni.com/series/KVXBf... #Librarians #Library #LIS #ResearchMethods #Academicsky

Fancy being number 10,000,001 and want to know how to link with the LJMU repository? We got you: www.ljmu.ac.uk/~/media/libr... We ❤️ORCID

We've published a new blog post outlining the free training sessions we have on our website. If you're a researcher in the #humanities interested in #publishing and #OpenAccess, there may be something useful for you in there! 👇 uolpress.co.uk/2025/08/navi...

Open, online, free, awesome!

Excellent posts about Google scholar and its future and potential alternatives. To summarise I'll quote the Liverpool band Echo and the Bunnymen, who I saw for the first time at the weekend and were fantastic: Nothin' Ever Lasts Forever.

One of my favourite work things the past couple of years was being part of a book shadowing nominating group with @ljmulibrary.bsky.social, led by our wonderful colleague Gemma Wright. It was a fantastic opportunity to read new books, chat with colleagues and share the joy of something new!

What happens when public info becomes inaccessible? Join James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster for PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION; a #booktalk on access, archives & democracy. 📖🏛️ 📅 Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303... @authorsalliance.bsky.social

Here's the link to the open access article the news stories are speaking about: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...

🔊 I'm as shocked as anyone that Rogue Agent is available from today in a convenient, hand-held form. I believe the kids call this a "paperback" #history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝

#skyhistorians We are looking forward to our Divergent Minds in the Archive workshops in Cardiff (29 July) & Liverpool (14 Aug). There’s still time to sign up & we are looking for a broad group of archive users! We have travel bursaries & can if needed help with hotel accommodation. More details👇

We've just had an email invite through from MDPI to 'Dr. Liverpool John Moores University' to submit to one of their journals which now has a higher impact factor. We feel so honoured and special.

Don't see my hometown university in our feed very often (or hometown newspaper!) Hooray for Iowa preserving stuff!

Thank you, @drbeth.bsky.social (I'm not even at the event but appreciate your sentiment and use a previous comment you made about it in my presentation training!) Always.Use.The.Mic. No need to ask if we can hear you. Just use the microphone.

Excellent few days of online events, free and open to everyone (except final day!)

📣 New paper co-developing policy priorities for YP with SEND after the COVID-19 pandemic: www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12.... Priorities highlight a need for structural reform to ensure YP with SEND receive the support they are entitled to in times of crisis but also as part of routine practice & policy.

#skyhistorians We are happy to announce our Cardiff (29/07), Liverpool (14/08) and Online (18/09) workshops for our Divergent Minds in the Archive project. We are looking for all ND archive users to sign up and tell us more about your experiences. More info on the posters. Links in next messages.

Any ideas, @terrybucknell.bsky.social ?

😍 Open Research Week 2025: still making us smile nearly 6 months later! Absolutely fantastic stats from Aleksandra! You can find a link to watch the recording back here, too: opendata.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21...