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Meet the Student Curator Hi! I’m Angelina, a History student at the University of York and one of this year’s Student Curators. Some of my academic interests centre around identity, cultural exchange, and the ways people understand themselves within wider historical and social contexts. Through modules exploring topics such as the Islamic world, empire, and … Continue reading Between Worlds: Identity, Belonging, and the In-Between
Meet the student curator Hi! I’m Ray, I’m a second year Curating and Art History student and I’m one of the student curators this year. I am part of the LGBTQ+ community, I use he/they pronouns, and I am estranged from most members of my family. I am excited to make a collection which highlights … Continue reading Curating Connections: LGBTQ+ people and Estrangement from Family
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
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
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
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
I am feeling incredibly bittersweet about my time as a Student Curator coming to an end. I have loved working on this curation, and it has felt incredibly gratifying to pull it all together with the digital Libguide and physical display in the library. I feel as though I have had this curation brewing in … Continue reading Reflecting on 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
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
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