UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship

We are proud to have 15 of @uclpressjournals.bsky.social's #OpenAccess journals included in our catalogue. Find out how your library can support them (and journals of 18 other publishers) here:

www.openjournalscollective.org

Mapping Data Journeys and the Research Data Life-Spiral | UCL Open@UCL Blog UCL Homepage

Love Data Week 2026 is nearly here! 💕

In today's blog post, Dr Christiana McMahon considers how linking iterations of the research lifecycle can create spirals driving better data reuse and repurposing 📑💫

Curious? Read more 👉 buff.ly/8upzEjU

#ResearchData #UCL #LoveData26

Infographic reading: #FinalCall, You have 1 week left to send us your proposal, tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog, digital methods for the humanities, programminghistorian.org

✨⏱️ Final Call for Proposals

Our English edition invites proposals for new original lessons or translations until 15 February 2026.

Keen to share your digital humanities research methods?

📩 You have 1 week left to send us your proposal.

🔗 tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog

A black and white photo of a reading room within UCL's central library taken many years ago. In the centre of the image are wooden tables stretching towards the far end of the room, with students sat on wooden chairs looking down at their work. Most of the students appear to be women. At the far end of the room is a white statue surrounded by an archway, under a semicircle window which is emitting light into the room. There is a high arched ceiling, with intricate decoration carved into it, and there are curved archways running alongside the study room, through which tall shelves of books can be seen.

Want to catch up on a year of activity from the UCL Library Services Research Support team? 📑📖

Our annual RDM review is out now and this year we’re celebrating with a special bicentenary edition! ✨

Find it here 👉 buff.ly/e4txa8i

(Image from Special Collections Digital Gallery on UCL imagestore)

The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

Still time to register for this roundtable exploring open-source tools next Thursday, 12th February!🧑‍💻

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Announcing the dates for this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival! 🎉

Monday 20 - Friday 24 April 2026 🗓️

Find the full list of 13 partners and more details on the latest Open@UCL blog post buff.ly/eSmjBWJ

And make sure to keep following for updates!

#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience

Hello from down the road! 👋 excited you're here 😊

Open@UCL Newsletter January 2026 Open@UCL Newsletter January 2026

We've relaunched our newsletter 🎉

The latest edition went out this week, but don't worry if you missed it - you can read it here: buff.ly/vcAhQLf

Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on future editions: buff.ly/vC4G9Eb

#OpenScience #ResearchCulture #UCL #LondonUniversity

Fantastic idea! ☕

Spotlight on Joanna Baines: joint UK Wikimedian of the Year for 2025 | UCL Open@UCL Blog UCL Homepage

@wikipedia.org recently celebrated its 25th birthday, so it felt fitting that we had the honour of speaking to Joanna Baines, joint UK Wikimedian of the Year 2025, for our Spotlight series!

Read the highlights of this conversation on our blog now buff.ly/XZVMoE8

@uclspeccoll.bsky.social

Interesting food for thought, as always! 🍝

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch starts tomorrow - Citizen Science in action! 🐦📒

This is exciting! 🎉

Working with Open Source Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.

Are you a PhD student or early-career researcher curious about open-source tools and how they might enhance your research?

This event organised by @ucldh.bsky.social is for you!

🗓️ 12th February, 2pm - 3.20pm

📍IOE Bedford Way, Room 104 (Elvin Hall)

Save the date and sign up now 👇

The OLH Open Access Award 2026: call for applications The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2026, a fund dedicated …

The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component.

📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/

A group of people sit facing a large screen on which is displayed a table with information too small to read. A man stands behind a lectern at the front, turned towards the screen as though he is describing what is displayed on it. The room which they are in has a high ceiling, strip lights hanging down and large windows covered in office blinds.

UCL staff and students 🔉

As we continue to develop Citizen Science support at UCL, we would love your input ✍️

Please take 5 minutes to complete this short survey and help us shape the resources and opportunities we provide buff.ly/9HcPykL

Thank you! 🫶

(photo by Kirsty Wallis)

A view of the portico on the main building of UCL. Eight pillars of the portico go from one side of the image to the other, and there are numerous groups of people, presumably students, sitting on the steps in front. There are five different coloured banners between the six central pillars, starting with a blue one on which is written 'Welcome to', followed by a green banner on which is the letter 'U', followed by orange with the letter 'C', followed by red and the letter 'L' and lastly a pink banner with the words 'London's Global University'.

A little look back at 2025 and a look forward to 2026 on our blog today🌟

Featuring:
2025 statistics from our Open Access and Research Data Management teams

Blog post highlights (it was difficult to narrow these down to three!)

A few plans for 2026 🤩

Have a read buff.ly/h9ePUAB

What a great shot of Bloomsbury campus 🤩 Welcome and welcome back to all students for term 2!

Yes of course, GitHub is a fantastic resource for UCL research! A dedicated page of resources would be great - putting it on the 2026 list to look into✍️

Browse - University College London research repository - Figshare

Want to discover more research from UCL this year?

We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌

Sounds like a brilliant session! 🤔🍵

Final week to submit proposals for #OpenRepos2026, don’t miss out! #OpenRepos This year, OR2026 will take place ONLINE on June 8-11, 2026. It is a great opportunity to meet the open repositories community, engage with peers and showcase your work. or2026.openrepositories.org/program/call...

Fireworks exploding against a black sky. There are five smaller fireworks in a curved line in the centre of the image, below two larger fireworks. The smaller fireworks have lines of pink and white light coming out of the centre, and the larger fireworks have multi-coloured lines of red, blue, yellow, green and pink.

Happy New Year! 🌟

We will be sharing a recap of 2025 and a look at what we have planned for 2026 in an upcoming blog post.

Meanwhile, if you’re at UCL, take a look at this term's sessions on writing data management plans buff.ly/SD9hc3E as well as altmetrics and bibiliometrics buff.ly/Z8Zqq0Z

A graphic split into two halves. On the left-hand side is a turquoise blue background with UCL's logo in the top left-hand corner, and 'Season's Greetings from UCL' written in black text on the bottom half of the image. On the right-hand half, is a photo of a building at UCL's East Campus. The sky above is dark blue and cloudy, and the building is a modern building with lots of slits in the outer façade, behind which are windows emanating a white light from indoor lighting. To the right of the building is the twisting red sculpture which was created for the 2012 London Olympics. The red colour stands out against the blue of the sky and the neutral colours of the building. Below this is a small stretch of green grass with a row of trees, and below this is a body of water in which the lights and trees, as well as a dash of red from the sculpture, are reflected.

It's the final day of our Advent Calendar ✨🎄

Thanks for joining us for this little tradition, we hope you found something informative, insightful, or inspiring! 🌟

Open the final door 👉 buff.ly/mqrIPaQ

You can view an accessible version of the content on our blog 👉 buff.ly/uta70mG

Half of this photo is taken up with a Christmas tree on the right-hand side, decorated with pink, purple and green baubles, as well as a string of warm white lights. On the left-hand side, is a view of the medical sciences building at UCL which has a tunnel running beneath it, over which is a dual staircase to the entrance of the building. Lights are on inside the building, with warm light emanating from a couple of windows and from the entrance. Over the entrance to the tunnel, there is an arch decorated with greenery, baubles and warm white lights, as well as the words 'Happy Holiday Season' in fluorescent pink light. The reflection of this light makes the ground in front of it appear pink. There are a number of people walking through the tunnel, wrapped up in coats and scarves.

It's day 24 of our Advent Calendar of Research Support ✨

As we approach the end of the year, take a look at what we have planned for 2026 🌟 buff.ly/mqrIPaQ

You can also view an accessible version of the content on our blog 👉
buff.ly/uta70mG

(Image by Mary Hinkley on UCL imagestore)

The portico of the wilkins building at UCL, with its 10 pillars, is lit up in rainbow coloured light, with some of the pillars illuminated in blue, some in purple, green, pink, orange and yellow. Against the backdrop of a night sky, it really stands out. In front of the portico is a Christmas tree decorated with warm white lights, and the windows of the wilkins building, which stretches along the length of the image, are lit up from within. The rainbow colours of the portico are reflected on the ground of the quad, which is largely empty apart from pockets of people standing close to the building, and along the right-hand side of the image.

UCL is now closed for the winter break - we'll be back on Monday 5th January 🌟

Our usual channels won't be monitored during this time but if you need support during the closure period, help is available: buff.ly/KnO5SAD

Thank you for all your support in 2025, and we hope you have a peaceful break🎄

A view of the Wilkins building with the Portico looking quite iconic in the centre. With it's ten pillars and a UCL flag flying from the roof, the Portico looks grand against a blue sky, and in front of it sits a decorated Christmas tree reaching up to the middle of the pillars. In the foreground, there are blurred images of several people who must be walking across the quad, and there are a few small marquees on the left-hand and right-hand sides under which seem to be different food and drink stalls.

It's day 23 of our Advent Calendar of Research Support ✨

This is one to save for the new year 🌟 buff.ly/mqrIPaQ

You can also view an accessible version of the content on our blog 👉
buff.ly/uta70mG

(Image by James Tye on UCL imagestore)

A view facing the Cruciform building from outside the Wilkins building. The sky above is grey, and the night is drawing in, so lights are on inside the Cruciform building, creating a golden glow from all the windows, complimenting the vibrant red of the bricks making it seem cosy and festive. In the foreground, there are several bare trees which are decorated with simple lights with a purple and pink colour. This colour contrasts with the colour of the cruciform building, giving the whole image a magical, enchanting quality. The area is empty of people, apart from two small figures standing between two small buildings at either side of the entrance.

It's day 22 of our Advent Calendar of Research Support ✨

Take a look behind today's door 👉 buff.ly/mqrIPaQ

You can also view an accessible version of the content on our blog 👉
buff.ly/uta70mG

(Image by Mary Hinkley on UCL imagestore)