LJMU Open Research Team
@ljmuresearch.bsky.social
Open research advocates at LJMU library providing information and advice to researchers at Liverpool John Moores University.
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Hurrah! My article on the Twilight 2000 RPG in the Journal of American Studies is now open access (OA), so anyone who wants to can have a read. OA is important to me, as I want my work on RPG history to go beyond the academy and reach the gaming public.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces | Journal of American Studie...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hurrah! My article on the Twilight 2000 RPG in the Journal of American Studies is now open access (OA), so anyone who wants to can have a read. OA is important to me, as I want my work on RPG history to go beyond the academy and reach the gaming public.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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
Read more below:
laist.com/news/arts-an...
@gettymuseum.bsky.social
#Art #PublicDomain
You don’t need to steal art from the Getty to have it at home. The museum is giving it away
Move over, Louvre heist robbers. Roughly 88,000 Getty artworks can be yours to use however you want.
laist.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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
Read more below:
laist.com/news/arts-an...
@gettymuseum.bsky.social
#Art #PublicDomain
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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
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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....
Shine bright like a diamond: what can library hosting services offer in the academic publishing market? | Insights
insights.uksg.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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....
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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
journals.lww.com/alzheimerjou...
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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
journals.lww.com/alzheimerjou...
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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.
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🎉 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
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
Vol. 1 (2025)
| Scottish Journal of Open Research
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🎉 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
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!
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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.
Design and technology’s practical and creative skills should see it revived in the school curriculum says Dr Matt McLain from the LJMU School of Education. theconversation.com/design-and-t...
Design and technology’s practical and creative skills should see it revived in the school curriculum
Once a thriving part of the national curriculum, design and technology has suffered years of decline.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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...
ljmuresearchsupport.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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! 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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!)
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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.
‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas
‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas
With more than 1,600 screens, people share how local-run venues are taking them on a film-worthy adventure
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hey, I know that cinema! We ❤️The Plaza.
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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.
Please see the details below and the booking link here : lnkd.in/eqY9rziC
All welcome.
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
Please see the details below and the booking link here : lnkd.in/eqY9rziC
All welcome.
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🗣️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)
🗽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)
📚 “Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History”
🗓️ Thu 23 Oct, 4-5pm (BST)
Explore anti-slavery, resistance & archival activism from @universityofleeds.bsky.social and University of Rochester.
Online - register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4443892
#BlackHistory #Archives #Leeds #Rochester
🗓️ Thu 23 Oct, 4-5pm (BST)
Explore anti-slavery, resistance & archival activism from @universityofleeds.bsky.social and University of Rochester.
Online - register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4443892
#BlackHistory #Archives #Leeds #Rochester
Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester.
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
leeds.libcal.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🗣️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)
🗽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)
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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...
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...
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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...
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
LJMU hosts iconic April Ashley collection
The private papers and correspondence of the late April Ashley have been secured in the university’s Special Collections and Archives.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This news is just so cool: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new... Hooray for @ljmu-sca.bsky.social
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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
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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...
School of Advanced Study
Championing humanities and social sciences research that transcends disciplines to answer some of our most pressing social challenges.
www.london.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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. 📚 💪
Storyville - The Librarians
A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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!
It's the first day of October and therefore the start of the Halloween Season 🎃👻🍬
We're thrilled to announce another year of our Carve your PhD contest, where we challenge our wonderful PGRs to represent their dissertation topic as a Jack O' Lantern. Have Fun! Get Spooky!
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We're thrilled to announce another year of our Carve your PhD contest, where we challenge our wonderful PGRs to represent their dissertation topic as a Jack O' Lantern. Have Fun! Get Spooky!
abdn.site/phD
a person with a pumpkin on their head dancing in a cemetery
Alt: a person with a pumpkin on their head dancing in a cemetery
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October 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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.
This is what we call an ~ensemble cast~
Some truly great speakers here! Be sure to check this talk out! Except if you are working on a #composition / #writing studies / #teamrhetoric book because then look no further and just come to me (jk...kind of)
Some truly great speakers here! Be sure to check this talk out! Except if you are working on a #composition / #writing studies / #teamrhetoric book because then look no further and just come to me (jk...kind of)
October 8: Hear from these 3 acquisition editors at Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book:
- Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social
- Dominique Moore, @illinoispress.bsky.social
- Mike Baccam @mikebaccam.bsky.social, @uwapress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
- Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social
- Dominique Moore, @illinoispress.bsky.social
- Mike Baccam @mikebaccam.bsky.social, @uwapress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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!
Good luck to PhD Psychology student Amanda Bennett who has been nominated for a national BAME Health and Care award. 🎉
We caught up with Amanda to talk about her journey into PhD study and how she is breaking down race barriers.
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
We caught up with Amanda to talk about her journey into PhD study and how she is breaking down race barriers.
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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!
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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.
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.
“Constantly overwhelmed and desperate for help”: Parents’ experiences of supporting their autistic child with mental health difficulties in the United Kingdom
Autistic children and young people are at increased risk of experiencing mental health difficulties, but often face delays or barriers to accessing support. While evidence exists regarding parents’ ex...
journals.plos.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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.
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.