Libraries of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York; supporting shared repositories, White Rose University Press, and innovating through collaboration.
We're active on Bluesky - find us there at bsky.app/profile/whiteroseli…
We'll still be checking in on X, but most of our activity will be on Bluesky for the foreseeable. Come say hi! 💙
Happy birthday to #CharlesDickens, who was born #onthisday in 1812! It's a great day to celebrate this great English writer's enduring legacy - fortunately we've got a book that does just that!
Check out this #openaccess monograph on the WRUP website: universitypress.whiterose.ac…
ALT The cover of a book featuring a sepia image of a bearded man and the text "Dickens After Dickens, Edited by Emily Bell"
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 PhD Spotlight competition:
🥇 1st - Fedor Topolev-Soldunov
🥈 2nd - Minahil Khan
🥉 3rd - Brandon Daniel Tipper
✨ People's choice - Minahil Khan
Read more all the finalists, york.ac.uk/research/graduate…#YorkTalks@UoYYGRS @bric_york
It's here! Following a rebranding process, WRL is pleased to announce the launch of our new website! Head to whiteroselibraries.org to find out about our current activities, check out our latest news and reports, and more!
📣We're excited to work with all three prizewinners of the 2024 Sheffield Doctoral Publishing Prize! Many congratulations indeed to Yiyun Liu, Lucas Gastiarena and Owen Gurrey PhD graduates in Music, Education & English respectively.
🎉 Some exciting news! Not only can you follow us here on X, but you can now find us on other platforms too. Check us out here!🦋 bsky.app/profile/wrunipress.…
You might notice we've got a bit of a new look - check out the new logo on our profile! We're currently undergoing some rebranding work, including updating our logo and our website (see our recent post for a sneak peek...) But don't worry - we're still the same old WRL 🤠
You may have noticed the White Rose Libraries website is currently out of action - but don't worry, we'll be back soon! We're in the process of building a new, accessible and engaging website where you can find information on all of our activities, so watch this space...
We had a fantastic time with @WRUniPress at the @oipassoc Symposium back in June - you can now read a full summary of the event on the @UKSG eNews site. Looking forward to more events like this in the future!
uksg.org/newsletter/uksg-ene…
Continuing to highlight teams supporting your research journey…
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The Open Research team provides online and in-person support to Postgraduate Researchers through individual appointments, departmental meetings and training workshops.
Find out more at york.ac.uk/library/research-…
Lancaster University Library has launched a new guide to support authors interested in publishing open access books, monographs, book chapters, and edited collections.
The guide covers a wide range of topics related to publishing open access: lancaster.ac.uk/library/news…
Happy World Digital Preservation Day! #digipres Check out the listed events organised by different communities in different regions throughout the day on 7th Nov. dpconline.org/events/world-d…
World Digital Preservation Day 2024 is in full swing! Exciting #WDPD2024 events are happening globally: dpconline.org/events/world-d…
How are you celebrating? Share photos of your #digipres decorations, workspace, or WDPD bakes! Join the global community in marking this special day!