This year we're taking part in Heritage Open Days! We're offering 'behind the scenes' tours on Friday 12 September to include the strongrooms and conservation studios plus a pop-up exhibition of archival and rare book material reflecting Jane Austen's world. Pre-booking is essential.

Never mind unusual wet stuff falling out if the sky! Get on down to brilliant @hatfair.bsky.social #Winchester #HatFair #StreetTheatre

Thanks to Rebecca Wade (Leeds), Jonathan Bush & Jie Xu (Durham), and Ailie O’Hagan (QUB) for joining #RLUKICIL to discuss the role that collections & archives play in helping their institutions meet EDI goals. Chaired by @wendysotonlib.bsky.social 📺 Watch a recording of this event @ bit.ly/ICILOND

Anyone know what type of duck this is? I don’t seem to able to find it! #BirdID #UKBirds #Birds

This is terrible news www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Hilliers Arboretum 20 mins on bus from end of my road & never been before! Magnolias, camellias, spring bulbs, woodland flowers. Meandering paths & benches for listening to birds or reading a book. I’ll be back! #Gardens #Spring #Flowers #Blossom #Weekend

Excited to be launching Open Journals Collective today! We're working with librarians, academics & university-based publishers to replace commercial TAs with a community-led alternative. This is designed to save libraries money & tackle the rampant inequalities of global academic publishing. #UKSG25

Recordings from the #RLUK25 Conference are now available to view at bit.ly/RLUKconf or on our Youtube Channel bit.ly/RLUK-YT 🧵

A really nice piece of Special Collections digitisation from my excellent team: the annual reports of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research library.soton.ac.uk/digital-scho... #historyOfScience #acoustics

We are very pleased to have Olha Krytska and Yana Fandikova from Sumy State University 🇺🇦 with us at #RLUK25   📸 with RLUK Chair @masudk.com Vice-Chair @janeharvell.bsky.social & @davidprosser.bsky.social & Kirsty Lingstadt   #RLUK stands with all our colleagues in Ukraine

Very sunny start to #RLUK25 in Liverpool ☀️ Looking forward to lots of discussion around sector collaborations #Libraries

An aerial view of Southampton looking south along Above Bar and the High Street to the docks, the Bargate looking rather lost in the brave new world of post-war development. @HistoricalSoton @SotonianHistory @SotonStories @SouthamptonHid1

Lovely to see @unisouthampton.bsky.social Highfield campus bathed in sunshine with carpets of flowers ☀️🌷 #Spring #Southampton

Fantastic discussions about collaborative approaches to sector socio-technical challenges @ SCONUL conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social Bluesky thinking on a #bluesky sort of day ☀️ #libraries #technology #AI #DigitialTransformation

Can’t beat a Whitstable Sunset #photography #beach #sunset #Kent

We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

📢 Next week, Parkes Outreach Fellow @charlieknight.bsky.social will give a talk at #LoveData25 on his work with the Theodor Hirschberg papers @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social The event is hybrid & open to all. 📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT) 📍 Highfield Campus & online More info 👇 library.soton.ac.uk/...

Wonderful whales 🐳 @wincathedral.bsky.social Great example of impact of site specific art installation #art #sculpture #climatechange

Really looking forward to meeting up with sector colleagues on the @theahua.bsky.social Professional Services Directors’ Programme. Always insightful & reflective thinking. Arrived to blue sky, golden hour & sunset in quick succession too! #AHUA #HE #HigherEducation #ReflectivePractice #Birmingham

Bournemouth to Christchurch harbour yesterday along beach & clifftops ☀️ It feels important to seize a sunny day at the moment! #walking #photography #beach

Through the round window … clear #BlueSky

Always enjoy an experiential challenge to perspective! #AnthonyMcCall at Tate Modern #Art

Very pretty start to the day on campus! @unisouthampton.bsky.social ❄️❄️❄️ #UKSnow

The Rijksmuseum has launched its new Data Services portal, offering "a treasure trove" of data about its collections: Metadata for 800,000 objects High-resolution photographs of 600,000 collection objects 320,000 bibliographic records 160,000 records for people & institutions 70,000 thesaurus terms

Happy birthday @turnersims.bsky.social 🎂🥳50 years of fabulous music 🎻 🎹 🎷! Loving display at Hartley Library gallery showcasing programmes, concerts & joy of music 🎶 ❤️

Autumn nature walk at Winkworth Arboretum like walking through a painting. Beautiful & restful.

Making the move! Just trying to find everyone here in the blue place. Please do say hello!