A world globe with a man and woman stood behind it. The text reads: "We've looked over the globe. Southampton is the nicest place on earth." The man wears a blue jackets, white waistcoat and shirt, black bow tie and boater hat. The woman wears a red and white striped dress with a sailor collar and a white hat with a red bow.

This colourful postcard advertising Southampton comes from the Peter Cook Postcard Collection which includes over 3,000 postcards buff.ly/FThteDH
#Archive30 #ColourfulArchives @arascot.bsky.social

The trains are badly delayed, but at least there is a nice view of clouds & moon bathed in sunset colour #TinyJoys #Sunset #TrainDelays

The trains are badly delayed, but at least there is a nice view of clouds & moon bathed in sunset colour #TinyJoys #Sunset #TrainDelays

Autumn arboreal loveliness 🍁🍁🍁 #Autumn #Fall #Trees #Hillier #Gardens #Hampshire #Arboretum

On the way to Waterloo sunset #Southampton #Waterloo #Sunset #Trains

Blue skies ☀️ Red, yellow & orange leaves 🍁 🍂🍁Roses still blooming outside Hartley Library @unisouthampton.bsky.social 🥀📚#Libraries #BlueSkies #Autumn #Southampton

Behind the Scenes at the Archives & Special Collections What’s behind the locked doors? A glimpse behind the scenes... The tour will include the strongrooms and conservation studios. There will also be a pop-up exhibition of archival and rare book…

This year we're taking part in Heritage Open Days! We're offering 'behind the scenes' tours on Friday 12 September to include the strongrooms and conservation studios plus a pop-up exhibition of archival and rare book material reflecting Jane Austen's world. Pre-booking is essential.

Never mind unusual wet stuff falling out if the sky! Get on down to brilliant @hatfair.bsky.social #Winchester #HatFair #StreetTheatre

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with all RLUK ICIL event speakers and chair on screen.

Thanks to Rebecca Wade (Leeds), Jonathan Bush & Jie Xu (Durham), and Ailie O’Hagan (QUB) for joining #RLUKICIL to discuss the role that collections & archives play in helping their institutions meet EDI goals. Chaired by @wendysotonlib.bsky.social

📺 Watch a recording of this event @ bit.ly/ICILOND

Ah thanks! St James’s Park, London

Anyone know what type of duck this is? I don’t seem to able to find it! #BirdID #UKBirds #Birds

Trump fires longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Carla Hayden has been the Librarian of Congress since 2016. She was the first woman and African American to hold the position.

This is terrible news www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Hilliers Arboretum 20 mins on bus from end of my road & never been before! Magnolias, camellias, spring bulbs, woodland flowers. Meandering paths & benches for listening to birds or reading a book. I’ll be back! #Gardens #Spring #Flowers #Blossom #Weekend

Excited to be launching Open Journals Collective today! We're working with librarians, academics & university-based publishers to replace commercial TAs with a community-led alternative. This is designed to save libraries money & tackle the rampant inequalities of global academic publishing. #UKSG25

Aha! Interesting list!

Recordings from the #RLUK25 Conference are now available to view at bit.ly/RLUKconf or on our Youtube Channel bit.ly/RLUK-YT

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A really nice piece of Special Collections digitisation from my excellent team: the annual reports of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research

library.soton.ac.uk/digital-scho...

#historyOfScience #acoustics

We are very pleased to have Olha Krytska and Yana Fandikova from Sumy State University 🇺🇦 with us at #RLUK25
 
📸 with RLUK Chair @masudk.com Vice-Chair @janeharvell.bsky.social & @davidprosser.bsky.social & Kirsty Lingstadt
 
#RLUK stands with all our colleagues in Ukraine

Very sunny start to #RLUK25 in Liverpool ☀️ Looking forward to lots of discussion around sector collaborations #Libraries

Black and white photograph showing roofs of buildings along Above Bar and the High Street, the Civic Centre in the foreground and ships moored in the docks in the distance

An aerial view of Southampton looking south along Above Bar and the High Street to the docks, the Bargate looking rather lost in the brave new world of post-war development. @HistoricalSoton @SotonianHistory @SotonStories @SouthamptonHid1

Lovely to see @unisouthampton.bsky.social Highfield campus bathed in sunshine with carpets of flowers ☀️🌷 #Spring #Southampton

Fantastic discussions about collaborative approaches to sector socio-technical challenges @ SCONUL conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social Bluesky thinking on a #bluesky sort of day ☀️ #libraries #technology #AI #DigitialTransformation

Can’t beat a Whitstable Sunset #photography #beach #sunset #Kent

Terrible news.

Colleen Shogan on LinkedIn: This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited. It… | 49 comments This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited. It has been an honor serving as the 11th Archivist of the United States. I have zero… | 49 comments on LinkedIn

We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

📢 Next week, Parkes Outreach Fellow @charlieknight.bsky.social will give a talk at #LoveData25 on his work with the Theodor Hirschberg papers @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social

The event is hybrid & open to all.

📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT)
📍 Highfield Campus & online

More info 👇
library.soton.ac.uk/...

Wonderful whales 🐳 @wincathedral.bsky.social
Great example of impact of site specific art installation #art #sculpture #climatechange

I want to see this one too! Enjoyed your art series posts.

Really looking forward to meeting up with sector colleagues on the @theahua.bsky.social Professional Services Directors’ Programme. Always insightful & reflective thinking. Arrived to blue sky, golden hour & sunset in quick succession too! #AHUA #HE #HigherEducation #ReflectivePractice #Birmingham

Bournemouth to Christchurch harbour yesterday along beach & clifftops ☀️ It feels important to seize a sunny day at the moment! #walking #photography #beach