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💠 #RLUK26 | Stewardship in challenging times: the role of libraries in supporting civic society | Mar 26

🔹 Registration is open for #RLUK26: exploring dynamic, inclusive & strategic approaches to the myriad challenges that libraries & library leaders face.

🎟 + ℹ️: bit.ly/RLUKconf
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📣 INVITATION TO TENDER | Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project

RLUK, SCONUL @armauk.bsky.social @ukri.org are inviting tenders for project to articulate challenges & opportunities for UK research orgs in responding to evolving #OA long-form publishing landscape

Full #ITT: bit.ly/4rlAS70
ITT The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project
A new research sector‑led project has been launched to support UK research organisations in implementing open access (OA) for long‑form publications. The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Proje...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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We are very excited to work with our colleagues at SCONUL and @armauk.bsky.social to look at ways in which libraries and research offices can further support long-form Open Access. There is already so much great work being done in our communities - can we work together take it to the next level?
📣 INVITATION TO TENDER | Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project

RLUK, SCONUL @armauk.bsky.social @ukri.org are inviting tenders for project to articulate challenges & opportunities for UK research orgs in responding to evolving #OA long-form publishing landscape

Full #ITT: bit.ly/4rlAS70
ITT The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project
A new research sector‑led project has been launched to support UK research organisations in implementing open access (OA) for long‑form publications. The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Proje...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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📍EVENT | @thefnl.bsky.social briefing on Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) & Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS)

🗓 11 March, 14:00

This free virtual event by Friends of the Nations' Libraries will explain how libraries can benefit from AIL, CGS and private treaty sales.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/4jTnTXC
FNL Briefing: Acceptance in Lieu and the Cultural Gifts Scheme
This virtual Briefing by FNL will explain how Acceptance in Lieu (AIL), Cultural Gifts Schemes (CGS), and private treaty sales work.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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💠 #RLUK26 | Stewardship in challenging times: the role of libraries in supporting civic society | Mar 26

🔹 Registration is open for #RLUK26: exploring dynamic, inclusive & strategic approaches to the myriad challenges that libraries & library leaders face.

🎟 + ℹ️: bit.ly/RLUKconf
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
📣 INVITATION TO TENDER | Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project

RLUK, SCONUL @armauk.bsky.social @ukri.org are inviting tenders for project to articulate challenges & opportunities for UK research orgs in responding to evolving #OA long-form publishing landscape

Full #ITT: bit.ly/4rlAS70
ITT The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project
A new research sector‑led project has been launched to support UK research organisations in implementing open access (OA) for long‑form publications. The Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Proje...
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
✨ RLUK recognises the impact which #AI & #GenAI is having across our research libraries.

We have brought together resources from RLUK events that examine the role & impact of #AI in research & libraries

🔗 You can find these resources on our website at rluk.ac.uk/ai/
AI in the Research Library - Research Libraries UK
AI in the Research Library RLUK recognises the impact which Artificial Intelligence, in particular GenAI, is having across our research libraries. AI is reshaping the research landscape and redefinin...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Thanks to Dr Natalie McGuire for speaking to #RLUKICIL today about how Barbados Museum BMHS has worked to redistribute interpretive power & reimagine collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing. Chaired by @laylabloom.bsky.social

📺 Watch a recording of Natalie's talk at bit.ly/ICILOND
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Honoured to be invited to discuss with a visiting delegation of Ukrainian colleagues the UK OA landscape. And touched to receive a charming souvenir of the event
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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A must for archivists, librarians and other custodians of collections!
📍EVENT | @thefnl.bsky.social briefing on Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) & Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS)

🗓 11 March, 14:00

This free virtual event by Friends of the Nations' Libraries will explain how libraries can benefit from AIL, CGS and private treaty sales.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/4jTnTXC
FNL Briefing: Acceptance in Lieu and the Cultural Gifts Scheme
This virtual Briefing by FNL will explain how Acceptance in Lieu (AIL), Cultural Gifts Schemes (CGS), and private treaty sales work.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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We're going virtual for the 2026 RLUK Conference. This allows us to keep the registration fee low and hopefully encourage participation from those who would not be able to join an in-person meeting
💠 #RLUK26 | Stewardship in challenging times: the role of libraries in supporting civic society | Mar 26

🔹 Registration is open for #RLUK26: exploring dynamic, inclusive & strategic approaches to the myriad challenges that libraries & library leaders face.

🎟 + ℹ️: bit.ly/RLUKconf
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
📍EVENT | @thefnl.bsky.social briefing on Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) & Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS)

🗓 11 March, 14:00

This free virtual event by Friends of the Nations' Libraries will explain how libraries can benefit from AIL, CGS and private treaty sales.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/4jTnTXC
FNL Briefing: Acceptance in Lieu and the Cultural Gifts Scheme
This virtual Briefing by FNL will explain how Acceptance in Lieu (AIL), Cultural Gifts Schemes (CGS), and private treaty sales work.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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🟠 #RLUKICIL | Multivocality in Museum Collections Interpretation | 🗓️ 22 Jan

Join us next Thursday to hear Natalie McGuire explore decolonial museology via Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) & how it reimagines collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing

🎟 at bit.ly/RLUKICIL
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?

Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP

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Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim
Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…
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January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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I'm looking for a new deputy here at @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social!

If you're seeking a rewarding role on a career path as a library leader, there's no better place to be than the lovely Sir Duncan Rice Library. A great job _and_ amazing views - what's not to like?

www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/depu...
Deputy University Librarian (LIB253A) | University of Aberdeen
This is an exciting opportunity to take a senior leadership role in the Library at the University of Aberdeen. The University was founded over 500 years ago on the principle of being ‘open to all’, an...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
💠 #RLUK26 | Stewardship in challenging times: the role of libraries in supporting civic society | Mar 26

🔹 Registration is open for #RLUK26: exploring dynamic, inclusive & strategic approaches to the myriad challenges that libraries & library leaders face.

🎟 + ℹ️: bit.ly/RLUKconf
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
🟠 #RLUKICIL | Multivocality in Museum Collections Interpretation | 🗓️ 22 Jan

Join us next Thursday to hear Natalie McGuire explore decolonial museology via Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) & how it reimagines collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing

🎟 at bit.ly/RLUKICIL
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🎄RLUK wishes our colleagues, partners and all a wonderful and restful Christmas break and a very Happy New Year!

🌾 We’ve compiled some of our highlights of 2025 in this post: bit.ly/4qGt3bR

☃️ RLUK offices will reopen on 5 January.
RLUK look back at 2025 - Research Libraries UK
RLUK wishes our colleagues, partners and all a wonderful Christmas break and a very Happy New Year! In this post we take a look back at some highlights from the year for us. Richard Ovenden (Bod...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🟠 #RLUKICIL | Multivocality in Museum Collections Interpretation | 🗓️ 22 Jan

Dr. Natalie McGuire explores decolonial museology through Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) & how it reimagine its collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/RLUKICIL
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thanks to Helen Ross @mariacarnegie.bsky.social @dulib.bsky.social & Sophie Wonnacott @exeterunilib.bsky.social & Tom Radley (The National Archives) for talking to #RLUKSPACE today on how #EDI can be embedded into library spaces & practices

📺 Watch a recording of this event @ bit.ly/RLUKSPACE
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thanks to Tuan Pham @amelieroper.bsky.social Jennie Fletcher @theul.bsky.social +Scott Taylor & Ian Gifford @uomlibrary.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKDSF on opportunities, challenges & evolving role of #AI in the library. Chaired by @ciarantalbot.bsky.social

📺 Watch the recording @ bit.ly/DSFonD
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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In this new blog series, Dr Catherine Eagleton and Catriona Cannon will be bringing together a number of inspiring and thought-provoking writers from across the higher education sector to set out their vision for the future of libraries.

Read the first blog here: bit.ly/3Xo1AyO
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Come work with us! 😀 Our team is seeking a #repository Team Leader to oversee the operational delivery of University of Glasgow's portfolio of 'Enlighten' open #repositories. Love open repositories? Love the related domains of #metadata and open #scholarship?! Love supporting #research […]
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November 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's the final week to submit to the #RLUK26 #CFP - closes this Friday!

#RLUK26 will explore dynamic, inclusive & strategic approaches needed to manage myriad challenges libraries face re: academic freedom & contested spaces + collections.

Our virtual conference is open to all.

ℹ️ bit.ly/RLUKconf
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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My colleague @ckamposiori.bsky.social has written a blog post on embedding environmental sustainability in research libraries
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🌳BLOG POST | Embedding Environmental Sustainability in Research Libraries

Libraries are often at the forefront of innovative sustainability initiatives. For #GreenLibrariesWeek @ckamposiori.bsky.social shares key insights that have emerged around enviro sustainability within RLUK

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Blog Post | Embedding Environmental Sustainability in Libraries: current practices and insights from RLUK - Research Libraries UK
Embedding Environmental Sustainability in Research Libraries: current practices and insights from the RLUK membership As environmental sustainability becomes a central priority across UK universities,...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM