University of York Library
@uoylibrary.bsky.social
Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
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Uni of York people! Starter Pack here: https://go.bsky.app/24quNDW
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!)
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. 🎉
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.
This is an all time classic. The pure SILVER of it all - look at the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social's spaceship like colours, the fabulousness of the trees, the Morrell looking crisp in all that snow.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is an all time classic. The pure SILVER of it all - look at the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social's spaceship like colours, the fabulousness of the trees, the Morrell looking crisp in all that snow.
Heslington Hall suits snow - possibly because the orangey terracotta brick looks so good against the white...
2018, this one.
2018, this one.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Heslington Hall suits snow - possibly because the orangey terracotta brick looks so good against the white...
2018, this one.
2018, this one.
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 ...
* you remember the asterisk from the first post, next to 'much loved' building? That's because - you won't believe this, especially having made it this far down the thread - some people DON'T love it. They hate it in fact, they've told us. Extraordinary people.
Look at it.
<thread ends>
Look at it.
<thread ends>
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
* you remember the asterisk from the first post, next to 'much loved' building? That's because - you won't believe this, especially having made it this far down the thread - some people DON'T love it. They hate it in fact, they've told us. Extraordinary people.
Look at it.
<thread ends>
Look at it.
<thread ends>
Finally, some exterior shots, including an ariel shot of the campus once the first wave of buildings were all finished in the mid to late 60s.
Happy birthday to the JBM! Here's to the next 59 years. 🎂
Happy birthday to the JBM! Here's to the next 59 years. 🎂
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finally, some exterior shots, including an ariel shot of the campus once the first wave of buildings were all finished in the mid to late 60s.
Happy birthday to the JBM! Here's to the next 59 years. 🎂
Happy birthday to the JBM! Here's to the next 59 years. 🎂
Here's some shots of the Morrell, all from the 60s. The first shows the moving-in phase - the shelves are up but no books have been shelved yet.
The second is touchingly titled 'The new Library'.
Pic three is a colour shot of Floors 3, 2 and 1, in use for studying much like they are right now.
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The second is touchingly titled 'The new Library'.
Pic three is a colour shot of Floors 3, 2 and 1, in use for studying much like they are right now.
>>
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here's some shots of the Morrell, all from the 60s. The first shows the moving-in phase - the shelves are up but no books have been shelved yet.
The second is touchingly titled 'The new Library'.
Pic three is a colour shot of Floors 3, 2 and 1, in use for studying much like they are right now.
>>
The second is touchingly titled 'The new Library'.
Pic three is a colour shot of Floors 3, 2 and 1, in use for studying much like they are right now.
>>
Here we see not just the library but also parts of Chemistry being built in the first pic, and the Morrell cranes at work in pic 2.
Lovely to see the martini glass Chemistry tower...
Interior next.
Lovely to see the martini glass Chemistry tower...
Interior next.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here we see not just the library but also parts of Chemistry being built in the first pic, and the Morrell cranes at work in pic 2.
Lovely to see the martini glass Chemistry tower...
Interior next.
Lovely to see the martini glass Chemistry tower...
Interior next.
Some hand-drawn plans from 1963 here! 😮
Along with an original campus plan, and then a 1965 architect's drawing of the a floor of the Morrell.
Love all this stuff. Love imagining the people with their pens in 1963 who drew these...
Construction next.
Along with an original campus plan, and then a 1965 architect's drawing of the a floor of the Morrell.
Love all this stuff. Love imagining the people with their pens in 1963 who drew these...
Construction next.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Some hand-drawn plans from 1963 here! 😮
Along with an original campus plan, and then a 1965 architect's drawing of the a floor of the Morrell.
Love all this stuff. Love imagining the people with their pens in 1963 who drew these...
Construction next.
Along with an original campus plan, and then a 1965 architect's drawing of the a floor of the Morrell.
Love all this stuff. Love imagining the people with their pens in 1963 who drew these...
Construction next.
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.
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...
The coffee is a unique blend developed especially for us by a local company, York Coffee Emporium.
It will eventually be found elsewhere on campus but for now it’s OURS ALL OURS 😍
It will eventually be found elsewhere on campus but for now it’s OURS ALL OURS 😍
September 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The coffee is a unique blend developed especially for us by a local company, York Coffee Emporium.
It will eventually be found elsewhere on campus but for now it’s OURS ALL OURS 😍
It will eventually be found elsewhere on campus but for now it’s OURS ALL OURS 😍
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… ☕️
Right here it is, our OoO.
Please don't be too entertaining while we're gone because it's hard enough catching up with emails...
In the meantime if you've not already read the Researcher's Guide to Bluesky, what better time to start?
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
👋
Please don't be too entertaining while we're gone because it's hard enough catching up with emails...
In the meantime if you've not already read the Researcher's Guide to Bluesky, what better time to start?
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
👋
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Right here it is, our OoO.
Please don't be too entertaining while we're gone because it's hard enough catching up with emails...
In the meantime if you've not already read the Researcher's Guide to Bluesky, what better time to start?
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
👋
Please don't be too entertaining while we're gone because it's hard enough catching up with emails...
In the meantime if you've not already read the Researcher's Guide to Bluesky, what better time to start?
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
👋
We are considering setting up some sort of social media out-of-office post later today, because the person who runs this account will be on leave for a couple of weeks.
Which reminds us of this, the greatest misuse of an out of office reply ever... One for the linguists.
Which reminds us of this, the greatest misuse of an out of office reply ever... One for the linguists.
August 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are considering setting up some sort of social media out-of-office post later today, because the person who runs this account will be on leave for a couple of weeks.
Which reminds us of this, the greatest misuse of an out of office reply ever... One for the linguists.
Which reminds us of this, the greatest misuse of an out of office reply ever... One for the linguists.
Each year we ask two Student Curators to work with the library on a project they feel passionate about. These paid positions always result in fascinating work, including expanded and diversified collections.
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Each year we ask two Student Curators to work with the library on a project they feel passionate about. These paid positions always result in fascinating work, including expanded and diversified collections.
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
It turns out we have THE most @themerl.bsky.social book absolutely ever.
yorsearch.york.ac.uk/permalink/44...
You *could* argue that the author has already reached the 'too numerous to mention' stage with the current title, but this is the 1770s, when they liked their book names looooong.
yorsearch.york.ac.uk/permalink/44...
You *could* argue that the author has already reached the 'too numerous to mention' stage with the current title, but this is the 1770s, when they liked their book names looooong.
August 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It turns out we have THE most @themerl.bsky.social book absolutely ever.
yorsearch.york.ac.uk/permalink/44...
You *could* argue that the author has already reached the 'too numerous to mention' stage with the current title, but this is the 1770s, when they liked their book names looooong.
yorsearch.york.ac.uk/permalink/44...
You *could* argue that the author has already reached the 'too numerous to mention' stage with the current title, but this is the 1770s, when they liked their book names looooong.
Us in the photobooth, trying to get a nice shot for some ID to convince Bluesky we were born in 1963 with the University... 🪪
July 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Us in the photobooth, trying to get a nice shot for some ID to convince Bluesky we were born in 1963 with the University... 🪪
We're told it's #CowAppreciationDay and there's only one cow in our hearts.
[That scaping sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel marked 'social media content']
[That scaping sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel marked 'social media content']
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're told it's #CowAppreciationDay and there's only one cow in our hearts.
[That scaping sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel marked 'social media content']
[That scaping sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel marked 'social media content']
We saw 233 visitors at the labs at the Open Day last weekend (many walking away with some 3D printed fowl) and they'll be back for the Sept 5th / 6th Open Days too.
June 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We saw 233 visitors at the labs at the Open Day last weekend (many walking away with some 3D printed fowl) and they'll be back for the Sept 5th / 6th Open Days too.