Get to know Lancaster University Open Journals! Our latest OIPA Symposium Spotlight explores the background, development, and implementation of their publishing platform, and the collaborative approach taken to support and meet the needs of the academic community.
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Trailblazers authors will also participate in a series of publishing 'Masterclasses' which will equip them with the knowledge and skills to support the publication of their work throughout their careers.
Trailblazers is an initiative which provides selected early career authors with the opportunity to publish a fully funded Open Access Book with Liverpool University Press.
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Good news! The deadline to submit expressions of interest for the Trailblazers Early Career Researcher book publishing scheme has been extended until the 5th of May.
Find out more here: lnkd.in/eQk24aDA
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MASH invites you to a social event on campus. Come alone or with a friend. Chat, play board games, and socialize with Learning Developers and fellow students. lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4527794
The Library’s Digital Studio is a space for digital creativity and collaboration and is now open for booking! We’ve also got a range of loanable technology for media production, coding, crafting and more. See our new guide for details: lancaster.libguides.com/digitalstudio
Demystifying Data Journals: Experiences of data journal editors
Learn how publishing in data journals can increase awareness of your research!
Tuesday 10th March,1 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.
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Applications for the inaugural Elaine Sykes Open Research Award are now open.
Have you been involved in a project or initiative that aims to make research more openly accessible, transparent or reproducible? We want to hear from you 👇
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Pop in for a relaxed drop-in book exchange at Lancaster University Library on Monday 2 March, 12:00 - 14:00 - no registration needed.
It’s a great way to support the Library’s sustainable approach by reusing and sharing books, while celebrating reading and our community.
Come and practice a range of maths/stats topics in a relaxed and collaborative atmosphere!
See the Linktree in our pinned post for more information!
Check our Linktree for more information on upcoming events!
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Positive Change Week is LU’s biggest celebration of diversity, sustainability & positive impact. We're hosting events and an exhibition, all focused on sustainability and positive change, from the 2nd to the 6th of March 2026 #sustainability #greenlibraries
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This workshop brings together colleagues from across Lancaster to share practical examples of AI for Science.
March 30th from 10am to 3pm.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-for-sci...
Library staff members Heather Vazquez-Rivera and Lucy with the Library's new Book Exchange
We’re excited to introduce the Book Exchange – a welcoming space where you can share books you no longer need and pick up something new to read, completely free! #Sustainability #GreenLibraries
An Edwardian postcard. A boy peeks his head over a garden wall as two girls read the letter he has given one of them. The caption reads: 'My First Love-Letter'.
An Edwardian postcard. Two happy newly weds stroll down a beach front promenade. A man with a pipe watches them go by as a frowning lady looks down her monocle at them and says 'I hope it will last'. The caption reads: 'Two Hearts Beat As One'.
An Edwardian postcard. An elderly couple stand, holding hands, at a beauty spot overlooking a distant lake. They are looking at a young couple sitting on a bench in the foreground, who appear to be sharing a private moment. The poem 'Love's Old Sweet Song' is reproduced below this scene: 'Even to-day we hear love's song of yore, / Deep in our hearts it dwells for evermore; / Footsteps may falter, weary grow the way. / Still we can hear it at the close of day. / So till the end, when life's dim shadows fall, / Love will be found the sweetest song of all.'
An Edwardian postcard. A man sits bent at a small writing desk, an ink pot beside him, writing a letter. The verse below reads: 'Some to you have written, / Some to you may write; / But none will love you better / Than the one who writes to-night.'
However you're celebrating... chances are the Edwardians felt it too! Happy Valentine's Day from Lancaster University Archives and Special Collections! 💖
The Edwardian Postcards are now accessible through Lancaster Digital Collections.
We're delighted to welcome multi award-winning sculptor and @lancasteruni alumnus, @tonyheaton1 to the Library to oversee the installation of his sculpture You Laugh. You can see Tony's sculpture next to our library tree and catch his exhibition Serial Dissenter, 13 Feb - 27 March @lancasterartsuk
Trailblazers is an open access initiative which provides selected early career authors with the opportunity to publish a fully funded Open Access Book with @livunipress.bsky.social. Participants will also take part in publishing skill workshops to support them through the rest of their career.
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Trailblazers Information Session
Find out more about the Trailblazers book publishing scheme and how to apply. This session will consist of a short presentation and a question and answer session.
📅 February 20, 11:00 - 11:30, Online via Microsoft Teams
Find out more here: lnkd.in/ejCqVV6m
Applications are now open for the Trailblazers Open Access Books schemes 2026 intake.
Publish your first monograph Open Access and learn valuable publishing skills.
Find out more below 👇
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Join us to celebrate the publication of this Open Access book and to learn more about the stories behind it, from intellectual adventures through French philosophy to personal experiences of brain surgery!
All staff, students and members of the public are welcome to attend.
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Book Launch: Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity, by Benjamin Dalton
19th February, 5pm, Lancaster University Library events and engagement space: lnkd.in/ehhArabr
Image of the Library Exhibition for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Image of the Library Exhibition for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Image of the Chaplaincy Centre Exhibition for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, the Library is exhibiting 10 contemporary objects from The Holocaust which reflect the stages of genocide.
There is also a satellite display located in the Chaplaincy Centre.
The exhibitions will be in place from the 26th January - 5th February.
Code Club Sunday: Spaces Free for Out of this World. A free,volunteer-led coding club where ages 7-17 explore coding and more. Sunday in the library go 'Out of this World' taking part in the Astro Pi challenge - have your code displayed on the International Space Station! www.codeclublancaster.org
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**Upcoming workshop**
Demystifying book publishing for ECRs: How to publish your research as a book
Book your place here: lnkd.in/eAW2qQNC
This workshop will help you to understand the publishing process for books and monographs and how to submit an effective proposal submission form.
Come along to this funding applications workshop about research data to ask all your questions, big and small, and take a look at examples data management plans from previous applications.
Data Management and Reproducibility in your grant application
Having problems with the reproducibility statement of your funding application? Don’t know where to start with your Data Management Plan?
Find out more here: lnkd.in/eQPKqewH
Hi @adon1903.bsky.social Norma is a Ficus tree, the same species as Norman was ☺️
Santa comes early in the library at this session of Code Club. Create Christmas decorations you can take away (and reprogram) with your own Micro:Bit. This session is for all children, aged 7-17 (under 16 accompanied by parents)
www.codeclublancaster.org