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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
We are very open over the Christmas vacation! 8am - midnight as usual. 🎄
We're closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Otherwise, 362 days of pure openness.
More granular detail below. (If you're leaving York for vacation, please return your books before you go!)
We're closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Otherwise, 362 days of pure openness.
More granular detail below. (If you're leaving York for vacation, please return your books before you go!)
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are very open over the Christmas vacation! 8am - midnight as usual. 🎄
We're closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Otherwise, 362 days of pure openness.
More granular detail below. (If you're leaving York for vacation, please return your books before you go!)
We're closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Otherwise, 362 days of pure openness.
More granular detail below. (If you're leaving York for vacation, please return your books before you go!)
We refuse to believe this is real... 😄
This was surely made by a GenAI tool trying to sabotage the movement from within.
There's so much going on here. 👀
#SpottingStereyptes
This was surely made by a GenAI tool trying to sabotage the movement from within.
There's so much going on here. 👀
#SpottingStereyptes
Oh joy, another helpful AI infographic via LinkedIn. Off I go to my job as a liberaian, maybe to run some critical evaligane workshops and of course use New! Boulean! Logic!
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We refuse to believe this is real... 😄
This was surely made by a GenAI tool trying to sabotage the movement from within.
There's so much going on here. 👀
#SpottingStereyptes
This was surely made by a GenAI tool trying to sabotage the movement from within.
There's so much going on here. 👀
#SpottingStereyptes
Really exciting news from our partnership with @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Really exciting news from our partnership with @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
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UoY teaching staff: if you have any qualms or queries about your reading lists or accessible readings, please pop into @uoylibrary.bsky.social this Thursday, 4th December, as we'll be on hand in a drop in session 10 to 11:30am in LFA204 the Fairhurst building. Come and say hi and ask any questions!
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
UoY teaching staff: if you have any qualms or queries about your reading lists or accessible readings, please pop into @uoylibrary.bsky.social this Thursday, 4th December, as we'll be on hand in a drop in session 10 to 11:30am in LFA204 the Fairhurst building. Come and say hi and ask any questions!
As it's come up (THANK YOU Jane!) allow us to tell you that The Box of Delights - surely the greatest Christmas TV programme of all time - is on Box of Broadcasts because it was reshown in full last year for the 40th anniversary...
learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/ind...
It is *glorious*.
learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/ind...
It is *glorious*.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
As it's come up (THANK YOU Jane!) allow us to tell you that The Box of Delights - surely the greatest Christmas TV programme of all time - is on Box of Broadcasts because it was reshown in full last year for the 40th anniversary...
learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/ind...
It is *glorious*.
learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/ind...
It is *glorious*.
Our Arts & Humanities librarians have created an interactive 14-day Christmas Countdown based on #York Winters of the past!
Have a look here >> xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
You HAVE to look behind Door 1, trust us...
Colour footage of people playing on the frozen Ouse in 1940 ❄️👀
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Have a look here >> xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
You HAVE to look behind Door 1, trust us...
Colour footage of people playing on the frozen Ouse in 1940 ❄️👀
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Library Countdown to the Winter Vacation
xerte.york.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our Arts & Humanities librarians have created an interactive 14-day Christmas Countdown based on #York Winters of the past!
Have a look here >> xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
You HAVE to look behind Door 1, trust us...
Colour footage of people playing on the frozen Ouse in 1940 ❄️👀
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Have a look here >> xerte.york.ac.uk/play.php?tem...
You HAVE to look behind Door 1, trust us...
Colour footage of people playing on the frozen Ouse in 1940 ❄️👀
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After some drama with a burst pipe and some cascading water, we're delighted to say the Burton is BACK and open again as normal. 🎉
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
After some drama with a burst pipe and some cascading water, we're delighted to say the Burton is BACK and open again as normal. 🎉
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Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
Get a DOI for your work
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a way of uniquely and permanently identifying a resource, so that it can remain findable and citable in the long term.
www.york.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
What a great piece and what a fabulous photo this one in particular is, of the Avocado under a bronze sky...
New story from “Curator’s Diaries” is out now on Medium! Have you always wondered about the sculpture on the ramp leading to the Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social? Have a read of why the piece is where it is and how it can uplift your day if you have a proper look at it!
medium.com/@helena.cox/...
medium.com/@helena.cox/...
The Avocado, or how the longer route often leads to better things
One of the perks of being an art curator at a large university is that you’re never stuck in one place. Here at York, artworks are to be…
medium.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What a great piece and what a fabulous photo this one in particular is, of the Avocado under a bronze sky...
Look at this one though. Click on it and have a proper look, it is *delightful*.
Positively Narnia-esque.
Positively Narnia-esque.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Look at this one though. Click on it and have a proper look, it is *delightful*.
Positively Narnia-esque.
Positively Narnia-esque.
We've done a frankly GLORIOUS campus-in-the-snow compilation over on Insta (www.instagram.com/p/DRO5fwnjr3...) but we don't want you to miss out so here's some of the classics from our photographer Paul Shields ...
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We've done a frankly GLORIOUS campus-in-the-snow compilation over on Insta (www.instagram.com/p/DRO5fwnjr3...) but we don't want you to miss out so here's some of the classics from our photographer Paul Shields ...
What a sky, Bluesky!
Rather a lovely sunset here at the University of York @york.ac.uk, to mark the end of a busy teaching week, and the start of the welcome break of our “Consolidation Week”.
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www.york.ac.uk/students/new...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What a sky, Bluesky!
Have people seen the Uni of Sheffield GenAI prompt bank? sheffield.ac.uk/study-skills...
It's an effort to make GenAI interactions more structured and efficient with specifically academic prompts to support specifically academic activities.
We'd be really interested in your views on it.
It's an effort to make GenAI interactions more structured and efficient with specifically academic prompts to support specifically academic activities.
We'd be really interested in your views on it.
GenAI academic prompt bank
Welcome to the GenAI Academic Prompt Bank. This dynamic resource is designed to support your thoughtful and ethical use of GenAI as a tool for learning.
sheffield.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Have people seen the Uni of Sheffield GenAI prompt bank? sheffield.ac.uk/study-skills...
It's an effort to make GenAI interactions more structured and efficient with specifically academic prompts to support specifically academic activities.
We'd be really interested in your views on it.
It's an effort to make GenAI interactions more structured and efficient with specifically academic prompts to support specifically academic activities.
We'd be really interested in your views on it.
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Hello! We're going to be part of an ADHD awareness month stand in @uoylibrary.bsky.social library foyer today! The stand runs 12.30-14.30 - do drop by with any questions, to find out more about available university support or just to have a chat!
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Hello! We're going to be part of an ADHD awareness month stand in @uoylibrary.bsky.social library foyer today! The stand runs 12.30-14.30 - do drop by with any questions, to find out more about available university support or just to have a chat!
Reposted by University of York Library
*sighs nostalgically* The number of hours I spent in the JBM...
(We'll gloss over the number of Danish pastries consumed in the cafe next door. Ahem.)
(We'll gloss over the number of Danish pastries consumed in the cafe next door. Ahem.)
The Morrell Library is 59 years old today!
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
*sighs nostalgically* The number of hours I spent in the JBM...
(We'll gloss over the number of Danish pastries consumed in the cafe next door. Ahem.)
(We'll gloss over the number of Danish pastries consumed in the cafe next door. Ahem.)
The Morrell Library is 59 years old today!
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Morrell Library is 59 years old today!
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
Join us on a brief pictorial trip back in time with his much loved* brutalist building, starting with this cracking picture of the mid-60s campus, with the Morrell behind Central Hall.
Look at those crisp architectural lines. Woof.
Next up: plans >> 🧵
Probably the last time the sun will be like this in 2025 so COME INDOORS WITH US, VISIT THE LIBRARY
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Probably the last time the sun will be like this in 2025 so COME INDOORS WITH US, VISIT THE LIBRARY
The river is up in #York! If you like slightly whimsical videos of flooded rivers with a mellow sound track, this video is for you.
Normal service will resume shortly.
Normal service will resume shortly.
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The river is up in #York! If you like slightly whimsical videos of flooded rivers with a mellow sound track, this video is for you.
Normal service will resume shortly.
Normal service will resume shortly.
We know a lot of our followers use Academia Edu - definitely worth reading the new Ts and Cs before deciding whether to accept them...
bsky.app/profile/npos...
bsky.app/profile/npos...
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We know a lot of our followers use Academia Edu - definitely worth reading the new Ts and Cs before deciding whether to accept them...
bsky.app/profile/npos...
bsky.app/profile/npos...
In case you missed it - welcome to the library!
Our hyper-local, mega-specific, extremely niche personal welcome screen is what greets new students and staff as they enter our library...
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
In case you missed it - welcome to the library!
Our hyper-local, mega-specific, extremely niche personal welcome screen is what greets new students and staff as they enter our library...
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Our hyper-local, mega-specific, extremely niche personal welcome screen is what greets new students and staff as they enter our library...
York Departments, Schools, Groups, academics etc - if you have the chance, please point incoming students towards the Library's Quick Start Guide to help get them up to speed with all we can offer them:
www.york.ac.uk/library/visi... #UoYTips
www.york.ac.uk/library/visi... #UoYTips
Your library quickstart guide
Welcome to the library, new students!
www.york.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
York Departments, Schools, Groups, academics etc - if you have the chance, please point incoming students towards the Library's Quick Start Guide to help get them up to speed with all we can offer them:
www.york.ac.uk/library/visi... #UoYTips
www.york.ac.uk/library/visi... #UoYTips
The library cafe has had what the young people would describe as ‘a glow up’ and it is now seriously nicer than it was before.
Importantly, the coffee is *objectively* nicer than it was previously, in our opinion… ☕️
Importantly, the coffee is *objectively* nicer than it was previously, in our opinion… ☕️
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The library cafe has had what the young people would describe as ‘a glow up’ and it is now seriously nicer than it was before.
Importantly, the coffee is *objectively* nicer than it was previously, in our opinion… ☕️
Importantly, the coffee is *objectively* nicer than it was previously, in our opinion… ☕️
We're BACK!
And what better way to celebrate than to share the recent (as in last half an hour) news which has academic Bluesky scratching their heads - a 3 month pause to the REF criteria setting process...
(cc @uoyopenres.bsky.social)
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
And what better way to celebrate than to share the recent (as in last half an hour) news which has academic Bluesky scratching their heads - a 3 month pause to the REF criteria setting process...
(cc @uoyopenres.bsky.social)
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
Pause to REF 2029 criteria setting and publication of final guidance – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're BACK!
And what better way to celebrate than to share the recent (as in last half an hour) news which has academic Bluesky scratching their heads - a 3 month pause to the REF criteria setting process...
(cc @uoyopenres.bsky.social)
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
And what better way to celebrate than to share the recent (as in last half an hour) news which has academic Bluesky scratching their heads - a 3 month pause to the REF criteria setting process...
(cc @uoyopenres.bsky.social)
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...