Sarah Ormes
@sormes.bsky.social
Research Analytics Librarian at the University of Bath. Helping academics to demonstrate the impact of their work.
Good luck Cardiff, he’s all yours now.
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good luck Cardiff, he’s all yours now.
Love a bit of trolley porn.
Stop what you're doing and look at our lovely new book trolleys. ❤️
June 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Love a bit of trolley porn.
When you’ve eaten your sandwiches at 11am and now are full of regret……
May 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
When you’ve eaten your sandwiches at 11am and now are full of regret……
Shout out to all the parents of yr13 going through A levels and being manipulated to buy takeaways as a treat as will definitely help with revision.
May 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Shout out to all the parents of yr13 going through A levels and being manipulated to buy takeaways as a treat as will definitely help with revision.
A mixture of a horrid virus (day five now, five!) and warm weather has made me very hot, sweaty and miserable. All work produced today comes with a free light sheen of sweat and misery.
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A mixture of a horrid virus (day five now, five!) and warm weather has made me very hot, sweaty and miserable. All work produced today comes with a free light sheen of sweat and misery.
Ever wondered what the well known British phrase “eating custard in the library” means?
“Eating custard in the library" is an expression meaning to be a "sweet and agreeable person", or someone who is easy to get along with. “
“Eating custard in the library" is an expression meaning to be a "sweet and agreeable person", or someone who is easy to get along with. “
April 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ever wondered what the well known British phrase “eating custard in the library” means?
“Eating custard in the library" is an expression meaning to be a "sweet and agreeable person", or someone who is easy to get along with. “
“Eating custard in the library" is an expression meaning to be a "sweet and agreeable person", or someone who is easy to get along with. “
Disappointing start to the day. #mankyeasteregg
April 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Disappointing start to the day. #mankyeasteregg
Never under estimate the power of a book scanner.
April 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never under estimate the power of a book scanner.
Lunchtime walk around the Botanical Gardens.
April 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Lunchtime walk around the Botanical Gardens.
First morning on the walking pad. Teen thinks it is the most stupid idea ever.
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
First morning on the walking pad. Teen thinks it is the most stupid idea ever.
Walked the long way home tonight to enjoy Bath in the golden light.
April 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Walked the long way home tonight to enjoy Bath in the golden light.
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"Stop procrastinating" in cuneiform:
"Why don't you write your tablet and do your homework? If you don't, they will say: "Is *this* the sister of Sheru'a-eṭirat, eldest daughter of the Succession Palace of Ashur-etel-ilani-mukinni, the great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria?"
"Why don't you write your tablet and do your homework? If you don't, they will say: "Is *this* the sister of Sheru'a-eṭirat, eldest daughter of the Succession Palace of Ashur-etel-ilani-mukinni, the great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria?"
Queen Liballi-sharrat, the wife of king Ashurbanipal, and his sister Sherua-etirat were both literate.
In fact, Sherua-etirat once scolded her sister, then the crown princess, for not doing her homework. Literacy, it seemed, was an expectation of these Assyrian queens.
In fact, Sherua-etirat once scolded her sister, then the crown princess, for not doing her homework. Literacy, it seemed, was an expectation of these Assyrian queens.
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Stop procrastinating" in cuneiform:
"Why don't you write your tablet and do your homework? If you don't, they will say: "Is *this* the sister of Sheru'a-eṭirat, eldest daughter of the Succession Palace of Ashur-etel-ilani-mukinni, the great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria?"
"Why don't you write your tablet and do your homework? If you don't, they will say: "Is *this* the sister of Sheru'a-eṭirat, eldest daughter of the Succession Palace of Ashur-etel-ilani-mukinni, the great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria?"
Is this something I should pull up or something I carefully planted last year? Looks dandelion-ish but isn’t. Phone app says Nipplewort (snigger) but I don’t think so.
April 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Is this something I should pull up or something I carefully planted last year? Looks dandelion-ish but isn’t. Phone app says Nipplewort (snigger) but I don’t think so.
Pleased to see that BBC has gone for a numerical then alphabetical order. My brain is much soothed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Pleased to see that BBC has gone for a numerical then alphabetical order. My brain is much soothed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As a librarian I’m intrigued to know what organisational system was used on this list. Not alphabetical, not arranged by size of tariff. Ordered by value of imports to the USA? Names pulled out of a hat?
April 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As a librarian I’m intrigued to know what organisational system was used on this list. Not alphabetical, not arranged by size of tariff. Ordered by value of imports to the USA? Names pulled out of a hat?
Scoring is in for 2025 Mothers’s Day.
Cards: 7/10 one posted and one scribbled note on scrap of paper left on kitchen table.
Gifts: 5/10. full marks to youngest but 0 for eldest.
Breakfast in bed: 0
Lunch out: 0
Overall score 3/10. Higher than previous years.
Cards: 7/10 one posted and one scribbled note on scrap of paper left on kitchen table.
Gifts: 5/10. full marks to youngest but 0 for eldest.
Breakfast in bed: 0
Lunch out: 0
Overall score 3/10. Higher than previous years.
March 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Scoring is in for 2025 Mothers’s Day.
Cards: 7/10 one posted and one scribbled note on scrap of paper left on kitchen table.
Gifts: 5/10. full marks to youngest but 0 for eldest.
Breakfast in bed: 0
Lunch out: 0
Overall score 3/10. Higher than previous years.
Cards: 7/10 one posted and one scribbled note on scrap of paper left on kitchen table.
Gifts: 5/10. full marks to youngest but 0 for eldest.
Breakfast in bed: 0
Lunch out: 0
Overall score 3/10. Higher than previous years.
Reposted by Sarah Ormes
The University of Bath Library Research Services is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates on Research Data Management, Open Access, Research Impact, and our Archives & Research Collection. Let's grow together and make your research bloom! 🌸
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The University of Bath Library Research Services is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates on Research Data Management, Open Access, Research Impact, and our Archives & Research Collection. Let's grow together and make your research bloom! 🌸
Reposted by Sarah Ormes
Not sure how to get started with Bluesky? Check out The Researcher's Guide to Bluesky by Ned Potter from the University of York. Lots of fantastic tips and good advice here.
blogs.york.ac.uk/library/#:~:...
blogs.york.ac.uk/library/#:~:...
The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog – tips, hacks, innovation, collections, scholarship, open research and technology
blogs.york.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not sure how to get started with Bluesky? Check out The Researcher's Guide to Bluesky by Ned Potter from the University of York. Lots of fantastic tips and good advice here.
blogs.york.ac.uk/library/#:~:...
blogs.york.ac.uk/library/#:~:...
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These are our nightly visitors. They cross our garden every night. That is the hole they chewed in the fence when next door blocked up the one under the fence. Don’t mess with badgers.
March 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
These are our nightly visitors. They cross our garden every night. That is the hole they chewed in the fence when next door blocked up the one under the fence. Don’t mess with badgers.
Reposted by Sarah Ormes
This is awesome. I love this neighborhood.
THREAD
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
March 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is awesome. I love this neighborhood.
These are our nightly visitors. They cross our garden every night. That is the hole they chewed in the fence when next door blocked up the one under the fence. Don’t mess with badgers.
March 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
These are our nightly visitors. They cross our garden every night. That is the hole they chewed in the fence when next door blocked up the one under the fence. Don’t mess with badgers.
Next week is Open Research week for GW4 Universities. Check out the amazing programme
gw4.ac.uk/gw4orw25/#:~....
gw4.ac.uk/gw4orw25/#:~....
March 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Next week is Open Research week for GW4 Universities. Check out the amazing programme
gw4.ac.uk/gw4orw25/#:~....
gw4.ac.uk/gw4orw25/#:~....
Quality Daffodil action on campus.
March 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Quality Daffodil action on campus.
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It is not enough to carry out quality #research. Academics need to show the value of their work to fellow scholars, funders, policy-makers, the public and more. How to do this? Our latest spotlight offers advice to demonstrate research excellence: ow.ly/ywME50Vpzxf #academicsky #edusky #impact
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It is not enough to carry out quality #research. Academics need to show the value of their work to fellow scholars, funders, policy-makers, the public and more. How to do this? Our latest spotlight offers advice to demonstrate research excellence: ow.ly/ywME50Vpzxf #academicsky #edusky #impact