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Open Access Week 2025: Supporting a community-aligned open research ecosystem

This year’s International Open Access Week theme asks ‘Who owns our knowledge?’, challenging us to reflect on not only who has access to the research we produce, but on how knowledge is created and shared. Significant progress has been made in some areas towards putting ‘Community over Commercialization’, the theme of OA Week in 2023 … Continue reading Open Access Week 2025: Supporting a community-aligned open research ecosystem

Open Access Week 2025: Open Research Journeys at York

Ten members of the University of York research community share their thoughts and experiences in our latest post marking International Open Access Week Dr Dan Denis University of York web page | ORCID Dan Denis is a Lecturer in Psychology, having joined the University of York in 2022 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow. His primary … Continue reading Open Access Week 2025: Open Research Journeys at York

Open Access Week 2025: Pathways to sustainable scholarly publishing

In the first of a short series of posts marking International Open Access Week 2025 (20–26 October) we help publicise the University of York’s commitments towards sustainable scholarly publishing, and share a recap of an event hosted on behalf of the N8 Research Partnership this summer. Speaking directly to the theme of this year’s Open … Continue reading Open Access Week 2025: Pathways to sustainable scholarly publishing

Reflections on the Student Curator Project: Visibility and Resistance: A Curation Honouring the Lives of Working-Class Women in England, 20th Century to Present

Lola Furniss reflects on her curation project: ‘Visibility and Resistance: A Curation Honouring the Lives of Working-Class Women in England, 20th Century to Present’, which is now available on the See Yourself on the Shelf webpage. Its accompanying exhibition is located in the University of York’s JB Morrell library, to the right of the entry-way … Continue reading Reflections on the Student Curator Project: Visibility and Resistance: A Curation Honouring the Lives of Working-Class Women in England, 20th Century to Present

Student Curation Project: Disability & Neurodiversity: Joy and Justice

Meet the student curator:Hello, I’m Angharad, a third year integrated masters Biology student. I am Disabled, and since coming to University I have really enjoyed carving out a queer, Disabled, neurodivergent community for myself. I hope that my curation, which will include interactive elements, furthers a sense of belonging within the York Disabled community. I … Continue reading Student Curation Project: Disability & Neurodiversity: Joy and Justice

Student Curation Project: Honouring the Lives of Working-Class Women in England, 20th Century to Present

Meet the Student Curator: Hello, I am Lola! I am a third-year English Literature student born in Sheffield and raised in San Francisco. I am deeply passionate about how narratives are cultivated: how and what information is curated, canonised, or omitted entirely. I am invigorated by the opportunity to burgeon a wider class consciousness at … Continue reading Student Curation Project: Honouring the Lives of Working-Class Women in England, 20th Century to Present

Increasing discoverability: the Wikidata thesis project at York

Ruth Elder (Collections Management Specialist) outlines how the Library has developed a methodology to promote University of York research theses to a global audience through the use of Wikidata. Wikidata is part of the Wikimedia family and acts as a central store for the shared data of Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia.  Wikidata can be read … Continue reading Increasing discoverability: the Wikidata thesis project at York

Reflections on the Student Curator Project: In/Visible Lives: On the South Asian Residents of the Gulf

Rachel Deyis reflects about her curation ‘In/Visible Lives: On the South Asian Residents of the Gulf’ project, which is now available on the See Yourself on the Shelf webpage. Its accompanying exhibition is located in the University of York’s JB Morrel library, to the right of the entry-way help desk. It’s both a mildly terrifying … Continue reading Reflections on the Student Curator Project: In/Visible Lives: On the South Asian Residents of the Gulf

Reflections on the Student Curator Project: Armenian Genocide: A History Forgotten?

Fedor reflects about his ‘Armenian Genocide: A History Forgotten’ project, which is now available on the See Yourself on the Shelf webpage. Its accompanying exhibition is located in the University of York’s JB Morrel library, to the right of the entry-way help desk. When I began the curation, I had no clue about the way … Continue reading Reflections on the Student Curator Project: Armenian Genocide: A History Forgotten?