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ALN are offering 10 sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries’ 24th June (online) and 6th July (Manchester Metropolitan University). Find out more and apply at academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/a... #ALN26

Smriti also contributed to our Open Research in Practice case studies series last year, reflecting on open and participatory action research in collaboration with educators, students and local and regional groups 👇

Take a look at this short video with Smriti Safaya @sei.org, talking about participatory #CitizenScience research and the @inaturalist.bsky.social York City Nature Challenge which takes place later this week (24-27 April)! 🍃 👇

Inclusive Citizen Science: Hands On Experiences For Citizen Science Month, members of SEI York's Inclusive Citizen Science group have spoken about what citizen science means to them and their work. In this video, Smriti Safaya shares her…

"When we give people the opportunity not just to be in nature, but to know nature, it forges connections."

SEI York's Smriti Safaya emphasizes how getting hands on with nature offers powerful pathways to connect with our environments: buff.ly/87MVfgL

#CitizenScience #CitizenScienceMonth

Video credits available in previous thread: bsky.app/profile/uoyo...

There's just one week to go until the deadline for this year's @york.ac.uk Open Research Awards! 🏆 🔓

Need some further inspiration? Check out the short video below and visit our wiki for details of previous awardees and full submission details: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MxIMAQ

Apply to become a publishing partner with the Open Journals Collective The Open Journal Collective (OJC) works with mission-aligned nonprofit publishing organisations and platforms that support high-quality, community-led open access journals. Publishing partners play a...

Calling all nonprofit publishing organisations that want to help build a better future for academic journal publishing! @ojcollective.bsky.social is open for applications for new publishers to join us - see: forms.gle/GeACG7YQo5re...

Our online tutorial, RDM 101, is available for you to complete in the VLE: vle.york.ac.uk

Need more information? Take a look at our RDM Guide 👇

Book your place via Skillsforge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...

or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

Researcher Development training session next Thu 23 April, 14:00-15:30 (online):

Data Management Plans: Getting Started 💾

We will cover the basics and best practice for data management planning, and will demonstrate how to use #DMPOnline to write and update your plan

Take a look at the full list of @pintofscience.uk events in York 👇

Fancy hearing us chat about nolo and - join us as part of @pintofscience.uk in May! pintofscience.co.uk/event/health...
@dremilynicholls.bsky.social

Inclusive Citizen Science: Digital Tools For Citizen Science Month, members of SEI York's Inclusive Citizen Science group have spoken about what citizen science means to them and their work. In this video, Research Software Engineer Sam…

"The quality of digital tools can make or break a #CitizenScience project."

@sbcode.bsky.social from SEI York's #InclusiveCitSci group shares how #codesign led to the development of a bespoke web app, created with and for teachers, pupils and scientists:

📹️ buff.ly/9w7Ws8g

#CitizenScienceMonth

Just under a week left for submissions for the Open Research Awards at the University of York! #openresearch #openscience

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🥳Today we’re celebrating the publication anniversary of Star Carr Volumes 1 & 2 which explores one of Europe’s most important Mesolithic sites. First discovered in the late 1940s by John Moore and excavated by Grahame Clark (1949–1951), the site transformed our understanding of Mesolithic life.

The @york.ac.uk Open Research Awards are back for 2026! Take a look at this short video, highlighting a few projects we awarded last year 🏆 🔓

The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Monday 27 April - full details avaiable on our wiki: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MxIMAQ

PCI and PCJ survey Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

Please let us know your thoughts on PCI and Peer Community Journal (PCJ) by taking this five-minute survey! form.typeform.com/to/CO4KpWgi

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⭐ New Blog Post ⭐
This post explores how the ADS Archives have changed, in the face of the incredible growth of digital data in archaeology. Written by DAA Burcu Aksahin, this blog post also introduces our brand-new deposit system Ingest!

To read this blog post visit: buff.ly/XNoMufK

Thanks to @arfon.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of JOSS, for collaborating on this session, and @n8cir.bsky.social for financial assistance

JOSS is one of many diamond open access initiatives that have been supported by @uoylibrary.bsky.social 👇

University of York Research Coding Club - Publishing your Software in JOSS Did you know that you can actually publish a paper about your software? This is an ideal way to get recognition (and citations)

Next Weds (15 Apr, 1-2pm) Research Coding Club will introduce the process of publishing your software packages as papers in open access journals, specifically @joss-openjournals.bsky.social 💻 📄 🔓

The session is hybrid in-person/online, and open to anyone at an @n8research.bsky.social university 👇

Cutting emissions is not the only way to save lives from air pollution, according to new study Reducing population vulnerability is just as critical as cutting toxic air emissions for saving lives, according to the findings of a new study.

New research led by @sei.org challenges the global focus on air pollution, showing that a population’s capacity to be harmed by pollutants is determined by a complex web of socioeconomic and health factors 🫁

Open access paper in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101442 🔓 📄

Inclusive Citizen Science - Co-design For Citizen Science Month, members of SEI York's Inclusive Citizen Science group have spoken about what citizen science means to them and their work. In this video, Sarah West shares her experiences…

"#Codesign is not just enjoyable for me, it's absolutely essential for making sure that our research is relevant to people's lives."

This #CitizenScienceMonth, researchers from SEI York's #InclusiveCitSci group are sharing their expertise. First is @sarahwestsei.bsky.social:

youtu.be/9xnGiJRBJX0

Citizen Science Month Discover how we use, develop and promote participatory approaches to empower communities to protect their health and environment.

Meet our #CitizenScience experts, explore best practice #ParticipatoryMethods and learn how #codesign-ing projects from the outset can create better outcomes for people and the planet.

Explore our for #CitizenScienceMonth collection 👉️ buff.ly/NkjbMUr

#InclusiveCitSci #ActsofScience #CivicScience

GitHub - ChenyuGAO-CS/Variation-Transformer: Repository for Paper: Gao et al., Variation Transformer: New datasets, models, and comparative evaluation for symbolic music variation generation, in ISMIR... Repository for Paper: Gao et al., Variation Transformer: New datasets, models, and comparative evaluation for symbolic music variation generation, in ISMIR 2024. - ChenyuGAO-CS/Variation-Transformer

GitHub repository github.com/ChenyuGAO-CS... 💻

ISMIR conference paper, poster and presentation ismir2024program.ismir.net/poster_72.html 📄

Project website with samples and demo video chenyugao-cs.github.io/variation-tr... 🎵

New Open Research in Practice case study!

Chenyu Gao, PhD Student @school-of-act.bsky.social and @hrcyork.bsky.social Doctoral Fellow, tackles the limited availability of open datasets and reproducible models in symbolic music variation generation 👇 🎼

Citizen Science Month Discover how we use, develop and promote participatory approaches to empower communities to protect their health and environment.

To celebrate Citizen Science Month in April, @sei.org York have created and collated a range of resources to support researchers using, or interested in using, citizen science methodologies 👇

University of York scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind Sleeping Sickness Scientists at the University of York have cracked a 40-year-old biological cold case by revealing how the parasite that causes Sleeping Sickness stays one step ahead of the human immune system.

Scientists from @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social have cracked a 40-year-old biological cold case by revealing how the parasite that causes Sleeping Sickness stays one step ahead of the human immune system

Open access paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🔓📄

A week in the life of a citizen science researcher Smriti Safaya gives us a flavour of the varied activities she gets involved in as a citizen science researcher at our York centre.

Handing out beetle stickers, reviewing journal submissions, #codesign-ing a project logo with school pupils... what do all these things have in common?

As #CitizenScienceMonth begins, Smriti gives us a flavour of her work as a #CitizenScience researcher.

Read more 👉️ www.sei.org/features/cit...

A reminder of Luqman's talk, coming up later today 👇 #UKSG2026

Research led by @elvarobinson.bsky.social "When a key resource disappears: what wood ant networks can teach us" - ecolres.hun-ren.hu/en/when-a-ke...

OA article available here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...