On this day in 1895, NYPL was founded when the Astor & Lenox Libraries combined with the Tilden Trust. Exactly 16 years later, on May 23, 1911, the grand Beaux-Arts building on 42nd Street opened its doors to the public for the first time. on.nypl.org/3V19UV2

Discussion of our man Blake at Sotheby's on Wednesday 5 June, featuring Andrew Graham-Dixon, John Higgs, Selby Kiffer and Shahidha Bari 📻 🎙️📚🖌, as a rare first edition of his Songs of Innocence and of Experience is set to go under the hammer. Book a free ticket at sothebys.com/en/series/soth…

Great reporting from Diane Sylvester Editor & Publisher (E&P) Magazine on the current fight to preserve fundamental access to information in libraries. “The best way to protect libraries right now is to use them and to use them as much as you can.” —ALA President @edrabinski editorandpublisher.com/stories/librar…

Share with a friend thinking about going on an #excavation biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeol…

The Catacomb of Priscilla biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/the-cata… Many interesting sites, such as catacombs, are hidden beneath #Rome but are open to #tourists.

Kafka: Making of an Icon is now open! Using the Bodleian’s rich Kafka archive the exhibition not only sets the writer in the context of his life and times but also shows how his own experiences nourished his imagination. #OxfordKafka2024 visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/kafka

"The integration of AI with OER offers transformative possibilities for education" - UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 unesco.org/en/articles/un… #OER #OpenEd #AI #GenAI #LLM

Beautiful Assyrian #statue uncovered in #Iraq biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-…

Dive in to the brilliant #LibrariesChangeLives stories from our interactive map. We've got a whole range of case studies for you to read and take inspiration from. Don't forget we've extended the deadline and you now have until 24 June to add yours! cilip.org.uk/page/LCLW-case…

🌼 Spring brings new beginnings! Celebrate the growth of our open community with the arrival of fresh TSP facilitators. Explore open education programs tailored to nurture your professional journey. us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=50dd93abe48…

📢PKP is glad to announce it is now a Barcelona Declaration supporter! 🗒️This initiative aligns perfectly with our commitment to open access and the global dissemination of knowledge. 🔗Read more at ow.ly/kGn150S99PF #OpenResearch #BarcelonaDeclaration #OpenScience

New from our project: DOAS is here to elevate Diamond OA standards! Journals and publishers, assess your practices with our self-assessment tool. Discover how we developed DOAS and why it promotes quality in Diamond OA: ow.ly/ObEA50S9op7

A reminder that our own Annise Rogers will be talking on Blake and Milton's Samson Agonistes in the final presentation for our Spring/Summer series, In Conversation. You can find more details and join up at globalblake.com/events

The Impact Toolkit is an online resource with practical information & support to help you demonstrate your value. The toolkit helps you with everything from stakeholder management and analysing impact through to advocating & influencing 👇 cilip.org.uk/page/ImpactToo…

It's National Higher Education Day! #OpenStax is committed to driving education accessibility and affordability by offering a library of 60+ free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks in #science, #humanities, #nursing, and more. Get started today! ⬇️ openstax.org/subjects

A Gothic book of hours for the industrial age, the pages of this 1886 prayer book were not printed, but rather woven on the Jacquard loom — a proto-computer programmed with more than 100,000 punch cards: publicdomainreview.org/collection/lyo…

Check out the updated #EULibraries guide for #AGTS forthcoming Summer Institute for #IslamicStudies - July 1-12, 2024 - library.evangel.edu/islamicstudies…

#AGTS Summer Institute for Islamic Studies - Courses at a glance - evangel.edu/seminary/semin… New courses include: Mystical Islam-library.evangel.edu/islamicstudies… and Christian-Muslim Theological Issues - library.evangel.edu/islamicstudies…

This is worth reading - makes several important points, including 'If outputs from subjects such as English, history and classics are invisible to the wider world, it makes it far easier to dismiss them as irrelevant' (This is a point I also make e.g. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…)

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