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White Rose Libraries
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The university libraries of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. Supporting shared repositories, White Rose University Press, and innovating through collaboration.

Visit our website: whiteroselibraries.org
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It’s #NationalStrokeDay — a reminder of the importance of stroke awareness and recovery.

Explore open-access stroke research on White Rose Research Online, from prevention to rehabilitation: tinyurl.com/3xejrjvs
#OpenAccess #StrokeResearch
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October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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🛡️ August is National Immunisation Month

WRL supports cutting-edge research, with papers on immunisation, policy, and practice - supporting global knowledge-sharing and interdisciplinary collaboration.

To explore, click the🔗: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk

#OpenAccess #WRRO #Immunisation
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August 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🧠Author Event Alert: Understanding Mental Causation – A New Start for Philosophy of Mind 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mvmy7zjm
Cover image for "Understanding Mental Causation" by Andrea White. The background shows an abstract, motion-blurred figure in warm tones, suggesting movement and energy. Text reads: "Understanding Mental Causation: A New Start for Philosophy of Mind," with the White Rose University Press logo in the top right corner.
April 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The latest White Rose Libraries Quarterly reports are now available online! Head to the White Rose libraries website to read the latest news, activity, and updates from the WRL Repositories, White Rose University Press, and Innovation and Collaboration. whiteroselibraries.org/strategic-pl...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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White Rose Libraries is starting to wind down for Easter now, but we’ll be back next week! Happy long weekend - someone keep an eye on WRay for us and make sure he doesn't eat all the eggs while we’re gone…
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April 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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And here's the top five most downloaded items from White Rose Etheses Online, our shared thesis repository (etheses.whiterose.ac.uk) :
Graphic on a purple and blue background featuring someone using a computer and the White Rose Etheses online logo. The text reads: Top 5 WREO downloads Jan - March 2025. Online discourse in a primary school setting: 3,596 downloads. An analysis of technical trading strategies: 1,158 downloads. Forms of address in Jordanian Arabic with some additional references to speech fellowships: 884 downloads. The design process in architecture: a pedagogic approach using interactive thinking: 863 downloads. How to even the score: an investigation into how native and Arab non-native teachers of English rate essays containing short and long sentences: 668 downloads
April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We're now a quarter through the year (where has the time gone?!) which means it's time to have a look at our repositories download stats from the last quarter. Here's the top five most downloaded items from White Rose Research Online (eprints.whiterose.ac.uk)
Graphic on a teal and light purple background featuring an image of someone using a computer and the White Rose Research Online logo. The text reads: Top 5 WRRO downloads Jan - March 2025. Brother, Sister, Rape: Hebrew Bible and Popular Culture: 26,234 downloads. A Corpus-Based Analysis of Deontic Modality of Obligation and Prohibition in Arabic/English Constitutions: 7,052 downloads. Research in marketing strategy: 5,947 downloads. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): 3,820 downloads. Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework: 3,196 downloads.
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Happy first day of Spring! We think our universities look good every time of year, but there is something special about the flowers on campus in spring.

Pictured: Memorial to Andrew Derbyshire, designer of University of York’s Central Hall (credit to University of York)
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March 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Happy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek!

We’re proud to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025! 🌟

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.

#NeurodiversityWeek #NCW #ThisIsND
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March 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Happy #StPatricksDay! Did you know St Patrick is famous for banishing snakes from Ireland? To celebrate, we’ve found our best reptilian research for you: tinyurl.com/2x45vhy5

Ft. St Patrick looking surprisingly calm for someone wearing open-toed sandals around so many snakes
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March 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Find it for free on the @wrunipress.bsky.social website - universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/m...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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WRay's got that Friday feeling...

It's come to our attention recently that not everyone is aware of WRay, the White Rose whippet. Here he is soaking up the sun after the #OpenRepositories conference last summer - he's definitely got the right idea on a sunny Friday afternoon!
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February 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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New book alert! In the latest #OpenAccess monograph from @wrunipress.bsky.social, Prof Jonathan Rayner explores the representation of the modern Royal Navy on British television.

Download it for free at universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/m...

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February 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Happy #NationalWhippetDay! If you've not yet been introduced to WRay the White Rose Whippet, he's our friendly flat-cap wearing mascot. He accompanies the White Rose Libraries team on some of our trips, and is pictured here at an author event at @sheffielduni.bsky.social.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day! 💓💞 💖Why not celebrate the day of #love with a dive into the origins of human connection and why it matters? 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Check out Penny Spikins' #openaccess volume on how emotional connections have shaped human ancestry:

universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/m...
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February 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Our latest Quarterly Reports are now available on the White Rose Libraries website. Check them out to get up to speed on our three main strands of activity.

whiteroselibraries.org/strategic-pl...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Happy #LibraryShelfieDay! What better day to celebrate the launch of @wrunipress.bsky.social 's latest monograph 😍 We think it makes a beautiful addition to the shelves!
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January 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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And here's our most downloaded theses from WREO for 2024!

You can access all of these and more online, for free, at etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
January 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Check out our Repositories stats for 2024! Here's our top 5 most downloaded items from WRRO in the last 12 months:

You can access these articles and thousands more for free at eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
January 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Here’s a sneak peak at our new website…. We’ve been working hard to create an accessible, informative and engaging site where you can find all the information you need. We’ll be launching soon, so watch this space!
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December 3, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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Of course, we couldn’t introduce ourselves without introducing our mascot: WRay the White Rose whippet! You’ll see him popping up at events with the WRL team.
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November 28, 2024 at 11:18 AM