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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 11h

I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!

This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart

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light skinned Black woman with natural hair parted down the middle (me!) wearing gold earrings and an orange-red dress, holding a small paperback book with a mint green-blue cover and a variety of vintage + antique photos

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to taking part in this OA week panel on Monday!

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Patrick Hart @silcrow.bsky.social · 3d

Possibly the most depressing thing about this is that it's so unsurprising.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 3d

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books

Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 8d

The OBC remains proudly community-governed, transparent, and collaborative.
Together, our Members, libraries, + supporters are reshaping how scholarly books are shared and sustained youtu.be/ev-O82zQmMU

Open Book Collective in action: hear from our community

YouTube video by Open Book Collective

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 10d

Exploring the 5 themes in ‘The City’ an exhibition on queer, working-class life in Glasgow. Today: Clothes. For many, style expresses identity & gender. From thrifted 8 Ball jackets to bold scarves, clothes become tools of visibility, pride & connection.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 15d

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 19d

Read this & donate to the Palestinian Futures Fund leonardeducation.org/the-palestin...

The Palestinian Futures Fund - Leonard Education Organization

The Palestinian Futures Fund is a higher education scholarship initiative led by university faculty and staff across the United States who stand in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in...

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 19d

Digital Cultural Heritage is big business… not that we fund our public institutions enough. This is an alarming, aggressive attack on a public institution that has found a way and a business model to offer a digital service.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 20d

From @chrismpaton.bsky.social Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly. Extremely alarming legal saga involving US genealogy company Ancestry and National Records of Scotland re core Scottish genealogy and family history records. scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly

From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

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clockssarchive.bsky.social @clockssarchive.bsky.social · 20d

Equitable access and enduring preservation are two sides of the same coin. Together, they ensure that every voice in global scholarship is not only heard today but also safeguarded for tomorrow. It's a mission we are proud of! Join us? bit.ly/4nUNeBt

Join CLOCKSS - CLOCKSS

Join the CLOCKSS community of world leading libraries and publishers. Together we preserve scholarship for future generations.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 27d

The Kristmas @the-kraken.bsky.social (Dec 12-15) might will be the last event in 2025 that celebrates 50 Years of Chaosium!

Keris McDonald, associate editor for Call of Cthulhu and line editor for Cthulhu by Gaslight and The Sutra of Pale Leaves is a special guest.
www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium...

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Kevin Sanders @kjsanders.bsky.social · 28d

Well, this has jumped to the top of my reading list: doi.org/10.1002/leap... Thanks, @margoline.bsky.social! (Also: AEUP's position paper zenodo.org/records/6346... and AG's recognition of the value of institutional publishing infrastructures and univetrsity presses ag-univerlage.de?page_id=2578)

‘Being small is not a fault’: Making sense of the newer generation of German‐language university presses

Key points There are 33 university presses in Germany, most of them part of the working group of German-language university presses, AG Universitätsverlage. Göttingen University Press was formed in...

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · Sep 12

There's a lot in this article about academic writing to agree with!

I remember once having to stop and check whether an article I was reading was actually in a peer-reviewed journal, because it was so unusually readable and accessible! But why should that be the case? #AcademicSky

How the academy negatively affects writing practice

This is the first contribution to NILQ's Reflections on Writing series.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Sep 9

The oldest surviving book owned by English speakers was a book made in North Africa.

In this article from our archive, Alison Hudson traces how these radical fragments reveal that immigrants and cultural exchange have always been fundamental to Britain.

Radical Object: A North African Book in the Early Medieval British Isles

The oldest surviving book owned by English speakers was a book made in North Africa. Alison Hudson traces how these radical fragments reveal that immigrants and cultural exchange have always been fundamental to British economies, culture,…

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Sep 1

⏰ Don’t miss out! Registration for the Women’s History Scotland Conference closes Friday 5 September!

Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

Buy tickets – Women’s History Scotland Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland – Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow

Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce their one-day conference is taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at th...

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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · Sep 2

We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Publishing and Climate Justice, edited by Janneke Adema! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/38... [1/n]

The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 2(28) Publishing and Climate Justice (2025)

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've updated #EarlyModern Resources earlymodernweb.org/resources/ Quite a few new links but also a big overhaul of the site to be more usable + a visual refresh.

(If you can't see a change, you may need to clear your browser cache and refresh hard. 😬)

Welcome to Early Modern Resources – EMR

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Cameron Maclean @cmaclean.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is possibly the only complete set of King James VI & I's 9th Scottish coinage in existence. It was struck from 1605 to 1609 and consisted of 12 denominations that ranged in value from £12 to 6 pence Scots. The coins are from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the Hunterian.

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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · Aug 30

Digital sovereignty is all the rage! LibreOffice 25.8 is part of the answer to prying, overweening tech bros and rampant authoritarianism! blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08...

LibreOffice 25.8 Backgrounder - The Document Foundation Blog

LibreOffice 25.8: a Strategic Asset for Governments and Enterprises Focused on Digital Sovereignty and Privacy Overview In a time when geopolitical tensions, data localization laws, and compliance ris...

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Philippa Hellawell @pbhellawell.bsky.social · Feb 26

I'm very pleased to share news of a new project I am leading at The National Archives. PASSAGE combines archival research on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people with an international programme that centres the research of West African & Caribbean scholars.

Read more here: shorturl.at/XLyC8

Major grant to fund research into the history of transatlantic slavery - The National Archives

The National Archives has been awarded a £1 million grant by Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new, collaborative research programme on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. PASSA...

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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · Jul 29

Discount at Waterstones if you pre-order my new book ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ www.waterstones.com/books/review...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

We can’t wait to welcome @malikalnasir.bsky.social to the bookshop on Wednesday 1st October! He’ll discuss his soon-to-be-published book, Searching for My Slave Roots, with Rebecca Bailey from Historic Environment Scotland.

🎟️ Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/malik...

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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · Jul 31

I’m pleased to announce the first dates on my nationwide tour for my new book 📕’Searching for My Slave Roots’ (HarperCollins 28 Aug 2025) based upon the viral BBC article of the same name. Pre order now

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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BookTour #BHM

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Simon @simonxix.com · Aug 18

Rebekka and I had a really good conversation with ServPub project colleagues and Rebekka put together a fascinating blog post on non-extractive collaboration and the power relations of working as academics with communities of activists and para-academics.

Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 18

[BLOG] The (Im)possibility of Non-Extractive Collaboration

Explore the negotiations involved in collaborative publishing across academic and non-academic contexts

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The (Im)possibility of Non-Extractive Collaboration

The third post documenting the ‘ServPub – A Collective Infrastructure to Serve and Publish’ book pilot project centres on a recorded conversation with the project team exploring the negotiations…

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Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social · Jul 31

So lovely to finally be joining Bluesky with the happy news that my debut poetry collection Nettles is out now! 🌿

To celebrate its launch, signed copies are available here nazaretranea.com/item/nettles/

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