Nicki went down a storm at last night’s sold-out Southampton Science Comedy. Think you know about librarians? They’re information scientists, battling with the scholarly use of generative AI and a stock of funny stories to tell!

Next Monday, learn about the new collaborative initiative to make valuable research and datasets produced as part of the Southampton #CityOfCulture 2025 accessible and available to the wider community!

With Daniel Ashton Fraser Sturt Southampton Forward SouthamptonCC - online📊

Faraday Tower demolition begins this week.
But #DidYouKnow that the Electrical Engineering Department originally wanted it named the Maxwell Building after James Clerk Maxwell who formulated the basic equations of electromagnetism?
Why wasn't he chosen? Well...

Hundreds of Mediterranean Gulls riding the wind Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Farlington Marshes The British Nature Guide #BirdsSeenIn2024 #Windy

“When Form Comes Alive” is a really fun exhibition Hayward Gallery Southbank Centre It’s a playful visual feast, full of inspiration from our natural world 🌍 #Sculpture #Nature #Environment

Fantastic & important #WomenInRevolt exhibition Tate So important to keep curating & giving voice to these community created narratives & activities, whatever the format #Libraries #Archives

UoS Collections Development and Discovery Project, want to know more about how we’ve done this? If you're at UKSG 47th Annual Conference and Exhibition pop along to our sessions: 8 and 10 April! library.soton.ac.uk/libraryprojects University of Southampton

Please share amongst your networks and with your students!
Parkes Institute is inviting MA students to Southampton to present on their work along with a tour of the special collections

A significant development today in the world of #scholcomm and #openaccess - Gates Foundation will be mandating preprint posting and ceasing to pay APCs for #openaccess publication with effect from 1 Jan 2025, cgdev.org/blog/advancing…

Great work by Anna, Michael & everyone else in the team ❤️

Useful Steven Uros Vidovic reflections on #OpenResearch practices, particularly in relation to trust Times Higher Education Campus #OpenScience #OpenAccess timeshighereducation.com/campus/open-re…

Read Nicki Clarkson on the importance and value of institutional #repositories and #OA #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #RightsRetention timeshighereducation.com/campus/unwrapp…

Useful Nicki Clarkson #OpenAccess reflections in Times Higher Education Campus, including role open repositories can play in diversifying audiences for research citing paper from Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang timeshighereducation.com/campus/unwrapp…

I was as excited as the #MAContemporaryCurating students to be in the University of Southampton Special Collections and learn more about this rich archive! Winchester School of Art University of Southampton Library #Archives

Great to see this event happening. We have a wonderful Artists’ Book collection University of Southampton Library & may be adding to it! #collections #ArtistsBooks

At last some blue sky, sunshine, reflections & shadows at #Lymington & Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve Saw my first ever yellowhammer although it was too shy to be photographed!

Neatly bricked in at #Lymington train station in rain reflected double. Signs of spring with cheery daffodils & great to see life saving defibrillator in a public space ❤️ #PostboxSaturday

We’re now able to share a list of the improvements and restoration of service you’re likely to see between now and July, including access to more Library content and changes to Reader Registration so that everyone can access our collection.

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