Claire Knowles

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

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Clearing the cobwebs of my mind away

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Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges.

🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm
📍University of Leeds
🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54

#Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

societal.leeds.ac.uk

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📢 We are Leeds Institute for Societal Futures – connect with us at our launch event.

🗓️29/9/25
⏲️ 3-5pm
🚩@universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3Ie3ka1 - please register

Society needs to change - let's change it together.

societal.leeds.ac.uk

#Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

Research Catalyst Cohort 2025-26 announced This programme consists of a tailored cohort training programme, open events, case studies, and resources to support colleagues working across the academic library community to develop their research ...

We’re delighted to announce the third #RLUK #AHRC @armauk.bsky.social Research Catalyst Cohort #REPRCC for academic libraries.

Over the next year they will develop their research confidence, skills & capabilities

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🎉 Congratulations #librariesXresearch cohort! 👇

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Checks calendar, yep it is mid-September.

If you do #DigitalMedievalStudies consider submitting to panels we are organising for #IMC2026 by @imc-leeds.bsky.social, sponsored by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have questions!

A Rare Early Modern Cheese Manuscript with Alex Bamji

Our director Alex Bamji spoke with Neil Buttery on The British Food History Podcast about a 400-year-old English book on cheese, now held by Cultural Collections at Leeds. The podcast explores cheese, health, regional varieties, and cheese haters!
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1We5...

Check out these opportunities with Leeds Social Sciences Institute @societal.bsky.social 💼

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

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🟢 #RLUKDSF | Thinking Fast & Slow about #AI | 🗓 8 Oct

Join us in Oct to hear Paul Gooding (Glasgow) discuss principles for determining ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ approaches to #AI implementation to help libraries better respond to the challenges of implementing new technologies

🎟️ Sign up bit.ly/RLUKDSF

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities!

DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC

DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy

Society needs to change, let's change it together.
#SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

Illustration showing the South Yorkshire Miners' Association offices, Barnsley, in c.1874-1881.

Photograph of the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, including trade union banners on display around the edges of the hall.

Looking forward to #HeritageOpenDays later this month!

Join us at the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, on 16-17 September - a fantastic opportunity to see inside the NUM & Yorkshire Miners' Association's historic home & find out more about the union archives

www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

What was Jane Austen’s best novel? These experts think they know Six leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate novel, but the winner is down to you.

I really loved writing this about Austen’s best novel and hope you love it (and the novel) too!

Please vote with pride and prejudice for Pride & Prejudice!!

Wishing you all the best Martin.

The 1985 Transport Act was one of the biggest policy failures of recent decades. Nothing better describes this than the chart below by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.

A combination of new powers and funding through 'bus franchising' is looking to reverse this.

Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.

I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!

Now Hiring: Research Associate (Fixed Term) - CDH Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) seeks to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in Digital Humanities. The post will run for three years from Spring 2026. The successful candidate will work with Profess...

www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Geothermal Seismology Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) University of Leeds (with scope for hybrid working). We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an ambitious geoph...

📣Job alert: geophysicist required for seismic interpretation at shallow geothermal research sites. Its only a short term role, but is on the existing SmartRes Project (www.imperial.ac.uk/earth-scienc...) with @geophysics-adam.bsky.social @geosolutions.bsky.social.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

🔵 #RLUK26 #CFP | Stewardship in challenging times:
the role of libraries in supporting civic society

📣The Call for papers is now open for the #RLUK26 virtual conference being held on 25-27 March 2026. The conference is open to all.

🔗 Find out more at bit.ly/RLUKconf

Kula: Library Futures Academy - Libraries - University of Victoria Advancing the research role of academic libraries at the University of Victoria.

CNI will act as a cooperating org for the symposium Truth, Knowledge, & Society in Victoria, Canada in Sept. The event will launch the Kula Academy, a library-based institute of advanced studies at the University of Victoria: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kula-acade....

It was lovely to join the #DHOxSS2025 #AILibraries online cohort this morning to share our University of Leeds Libraries AI Principles and how we developed them, as well as 4 use cases from Frances Varley, Eddie Meehan, Stuart Bowes and Simon Popple. @dcch-leeds.bsky.social

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📣 We're hiring: Head of Service Delivery

The #HeadofServiceDelivery holds strategic responsibility for the service delivery function for #researchers at the @nlireland.bsky.social.

⭐ More info + #apply: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor...

📅 Apply by: 3pm, 19 September 2025

#jobfairy #libraryjobs

Be the first to meet our finalists, before FUAM 2025 opens this week! 🥳

This annual showcase gives graduates from the School of Design and @fahacs.bsky.social a spot in our Galleries

Get ahead of the game, and get to know the four selected finalists...

📢 Applications open for the 2026 Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship on 11 August, just a couple of weeks away, closing 6 October! 🚀

You don't have to be writing software yourself, just interested in promoting good research software practice. It's UK-based but there are 3 places […]

A UCC Library job advertisement with a background of sunlight streaming through a forest. The University College Cork logo is in the top-right corner. Text reads: “We are hiring a Head of Special Collections & Archives. UCC Library. Permanent Whole Time Post. Closing Date 19 August 2025.

UCC Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections & Archives.

Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.

Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...