Our Resource of the Month for November is 'BBC Monitoring – Summary of World Broadcasts 1939-2001.' An online archive providing exceptional real-time coverage of critical world events. Find out more at tinyurl.com/yp7e8rnz #SSLResourceoftheMonth

Head over to the Vision Zero event on Broad Street today from 10am-4pm to pick up free cycle safety gear, learn good bike-locking technique, get your bike registered with the police, and climb into the cab of an HGV. Find out more at go.glam.ox.ac.uk/RUPbQbK-G

Need a mid-term study break? Come check out our latest Bonfire Night book display at the SSL! You can find this display around the corner from our issue desk. From fire to fireworks, Guy Fawkes to short stories – we’re sure to have something to spark your imagination!

The SSL offers over 400 study spaces, with a variety of seating and desks available. Pictured below is one of our favourite study spots, a window facing height-adjustable desk, with a leafy view 📚 🌳 Find our more about the different options available on our latest Blog post tinyurl.com/bde5u5ce

Book your free tickets for a fun evening celebrating crafting from around the world @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social on Fri 7 Nov! 🪢Knot and bead Chinese keepsakes 🧵Make Ukrainian Motanka dolls 🌼Create delicate flowers fit for fashion designers. Free tickets: www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...

With open access publication of monographs and other longform work set to continue growing, this Open Monographs iSkills workshop will help explore the benefits 📅11th Nov ⏰ 11-12.00noon 📍 Online go.glam.ox.ac.uk/_NeoUahCu

Want to improve your safety and security on a bike? Pop along to the Vision Zero Event on Broad Street on Thursday 6 November, 10am-4pm, find out more at go.glam.ox.ac.uk/RUPbQbK-G

In the immortal words of the song, "Don't worry, be happy". Sometimes that's easier said than done so the Wellbeing Room offers a Worry Box to help. Just write down your concerns and then put them away (in a literal box) for the rest of the year #Wellbeing

This 3rd iSkills workshop in the series on Research metrics and citation analysis tools is focused on researcher metrics using tools such as Web of Science, Google Scholar & Scopus 📅 11th Nov ⏰ 3-4.00pm 📍 RSL Seminar Room. OX1 3QP go.glam.ox.ac.uk/XtpUFJ_Le

As part of the Wellbeing programme, we are pleased to offer a session with Susan Hargreaves on Mindfulness. Mindfulness can help reduce stress, anxiety & improve our focus. Registration is open now 📅11th November ⏰11-12noon 📍RSL Wellbeing Room #Wellbeing go.glam.ox.ac.uk/WeF8CnBuY

Our Book of the Month choice for November is 'Democracy and the politics of silence' by Mónica Brito Vieira. Find out why it was chosen at tinyurl.com/2hptkpfe #SSLBookoftheMonth

Working with sensitive research data, Getting started in Oxford libraries, Copyright the card game, and Fundamentals of open access are just some of the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week. Book your place on these sessions and more here: tinyurl.com/53zyvann

There is still time to see our #GreenLibraries Week book display, featuring books on climate change, sustainable living and nature. Find it just around the corner from our Issue Desk until Sunday 2 November. @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

How does being first in the family to attend university influence life after graduation? 🎓 Join Professor Morag Henderson on Monday for a seminar exploring education choices and labour market outcomes in England. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/first-...

To celebrate Halloween, we thought we'd share this engraving from 'On the Fabric of the Human Body' by anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1543), which adorns our Book Collection Room at the Cairns Library. We may or may not have doctored the image!

Happy Halloween to all our readers! 🎃 Spooky looking mummified books are a regular sight here in the SSL. We repair loose pages/covers of damaged books & then wrap them tight in bandages to help keep everything in place while the glue sets. They are then unwrapped & set free back into the library.

A lovely sunny, crisp autumn day today. We caught a reflection of the beautiful acer tree outside the Manor Road building in our glass entrance doors 🍁 Take a nearby study break in the fresh air & make the most of the benches outside our building ☀️ Photo thanks to spiralling_oxford (Instagram)

Upcoming Events at Blackwell's, Oxford

The world of open access can seem baffling. This Fundamentals of open access iSkills workshop will help break it down and demystify the jargon #OpenScholarship 📅 6th Nov ⏰2.30-4.00pm 📍 Online go.glam.ox.ac.uk/Iu-_Yde2H

🤹 How do families juggle home life & paid work? At this free #ESRCFestival drop-in, explore research with @proftinamiller.bsky.social through 🗣️ Conversations ✍️ 🎥 Creative activities 💭 Sharing your experiences 📅 7 Nov | 12:30–4pm 📍 @museumofoxford.bsky.social 🔗 www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/how-do-you-d...

Registration is OPEN for our annual Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, with speaker Professor Frank Vandenbroucke (Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium) ⬇️ Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-sidne... @stjohnsox.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk .uk #WelfareStates #SocialPolicy

Have you carved your pumpkin ready for Halloween? These gorgeous gourds were captured by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Huet was a French painter who excelled at representing rural life in the Rococo style.

EVENT: Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty 📆 5 Nov, 5pm GMT RUSI Director-General Rachel Ellehuus examines key security and defence challenges for Europe, the transatlantic alliance and the global order. Register 👇 https://ow.ly/5UJ350XgbPt

Happy #GreenLibraries Week! Why not grow your knowledge of climate change, nature and sustainable living by browsing our book display just around the corner from the Issue Desk. Find out how we have been greening the SSL and how you can help at go.glam.ox.ac.uk/hz7lDlvMF @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

On a gloomy day such as this, you might be in need of a mood boost. Why not try one of our Lumie lamps (for library use only). A Lumie lamp is a brand of light therapy device that mimics natural daylight to improve mood, energy, & sleep patterns & can help alleviate symptoms of the "winter blues."

@politicsoxford.bsky.social seeks your views on a new MSc in Global Challenges—a one-year programme tackling issues from climate change to inequality and conflict. Share your thoughts in a 5–10 min survey: forms.office.com/Pag...

How do we thrive in a world defined by instability? Join Lord Hague, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, for the James Martin Memorial Lecture.  🎟️ Register to attend: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/james-martin-memorial-lecture 💻 Register to watch online: https://youtu.be/4XjYHCJmFV4

There's nothing better than a natter whilst you knit. You can book a place for 'Craft & chat' from 1-2pm on 4th November now #Wellbeing go.glam.ox.ac.uk/vh0vwd1Z0

Have you seen the latest @bodleian.ox.ac.uk service update? An additional 1.4 million items held in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk offsite storage are now available to borrow by Oxford University members. Find out more at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/service-upda...

This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is 💡 'The Social Consequences of Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa' 🗣️ @saralowes.bsky.social (University of California, San Diego) 📆Wed 29 Oct, 12:30 - 14:00 📍In person only, Manor Road Building, ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

Saturday saw the start of the PhotoOxford 2025 season at the Weston Library. Running until 16th November you can find details of all the events @Bodliean.ox.ac.uk website go.glam.ox.ac.uk/ee7NOsJKu

Join us at Trinity on Tuesday, 11 November, at 5.30pm, to hear eminent statistician David Spiegelhalter explore some essential qualities for navigating our uncertain age. 🎟️ Book tickets: www.ticketsoxford.com/events/david...

Preparing for your literature review, Preregistration and registered reports, Managing research data, Foundations of copyright & Research metrics and citation analysis tools. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/mpkzhwz4

Today is the start of #GreenLibraries Week and we are celebrating with a display of books on climate change, sustainable living and nature to inspire you to help make a difference. Find the books just around the corner from the Issue Desk. @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Register now for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on 5 November! @leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal. More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc

Join us next week for our seminar with Professor Karen Devries @lshtm.bsky.social, exploring her career and how we can conduct research into violence in a safe and ethical way ⬇️ 📅 30 Oct, 4pm Registration required for external attendees - find out more: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e6c...

iSkills Research metrics and citation analysis tools. Learn to locate and interpret journal level metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) go.glam.ox.ac.uk/uHIEfxbR0 📅29 Oct ⏰ 3-4.00pm 📍RSL Seminar Room. OX1 3QP

Lots of vibrant autumnal colour around @bodleian.ox.ac.uk libraries at the moment, such as this gorgeous tree outside @sainsburylib.bsky.social at the Said Business School 🍁🍂 Take a break from studying and explore nearby green spaces, such as the University Parks & Oxford Botanic Garden. 🌳

Vision Zero is the University's campaign to make your bike journey safe and sustainable. The University provides: free cycle training for all abilities; discounted USB-chargeable bike lights; a £10 discount on the price of a bike helmet. You can find more tips and advice at tinyurl.com/5n7cpehy

Undergraduates - Enhance your critical thinking and research skills at these two free online @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills Workshops. Find out more and book your place tinyurl.com/5n8b8yvs

If you’ve forgotten your phone charger or headphones, would find a book stand useful or need some whiteboard markers for our whiteboards, the SSL has a whole range of equipment available to borrow (for library use only). Find out more at: tinyurl.com/rxvmmcwc

With many fields increasingly using preregistration or Registered reports, this iSkills workshop aims to give you the 'what, why & how' to support success in your own work #OpenScholarship go.glam.ox.ac.uk/pDBUzrFRT 📅28 Oct ⏰1.30-3.00PM 📍Online

Journey across the globe by exploring craft traditions at our Multaka Late Night - knot and bead Chinese keepsakes, make Ukrainian Motanka dolls, create fabric flowers fit for fashion designers, build a camera obscura & much more! Bar & DJ. Fri 7 Nov, 7-10pm. Free, booking required. bit.ly/46fZNBd

In support of Black History Month, Subject Librarians have put together a reading list celebrating black scholarship go.glam.ox.ac.uk/ETKap1cik The annual Black History Month lecture by Kellogg College takes place on 29th October go.glam.ox.ac.uk/qjtFNU5-q

🗓️ The #ESRCFestival of Social Science returns from 20 Oct–7 Nov! 📍 Join us across Oxford & online for free, interactive and family-friendly events exploring our working lives through engaging and impactful #socialsciences research ❓ Discover the full programme 👉 www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/festivalofso...

Need a break from studying but don't want to venture outside into today's wet weather? 🌧️ Why not spend some time in our Wellbeing Corner. Relax on the comfy seating, put a few pieces into a jigsaw, use our puzzle & colouring books or have a go at origami. 😊

Data sources for research, Systemic Reviews, REF Open Access & Choosing and using software for referencing. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/jsbcspxd

We are celebrating Black History Month this October at the SSL with our latest pop-up book display. You can find this display around the corner from our issue desk. Do have a browse, and for more information, why not check out the SSL blog post: tinyurl.com/4rpvzhts

Welcome to our new students 👋 You’ll find lots of useful information on the boards around the library to help you get started. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask! buff.ly/r8jyOTy

Celebrating 25 years of DPIR - Meet our remarkable staff, students, alumni and read more about our world-leading research. 25 in 25 Collection: www.politics.ox.ac.u...