The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...

The Government’s new vision for archives in England has been launched: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

School Library Association on Instagram: "We were proud to be part of the formal launch of the Libraries Alliance today at the British Academy in London, where our CEO Victoria Dilly was in discussion... 35 likes, 1 comments - uksla on April 15, 2026: "We were proud to be part of the formal launch of the Libraries Alliance today at the British Academy in London, where our CEO Victoria Dilly was in dis...

One of the many highlights of the event was a session on school libraries and we watched this short video on what having a library (and an excellent librarian!) means to some of the kids:

www.instagram.com/reels/DXKGX_...

I chaired a short panel on the partnership within Leicestershire between the county's three universities and local public libraries that allow members of the public to use academic spaces and resources.

Last week I was proud to represent @rluk.ac.uk at the lauch of the Libraries Alliance - a new cross-sector group amplifying the voice of libraires in the UK.

There is a great write-up of the event by Deborah Maclaren www.lovereading.co.uk/blog/launch-...

It was very disappointing to see Jisc withdraw support for Publications Router (especially at such short notice), but at least the code has been released:

research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/04/2...

Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries is an RLUK programme of events that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice in collecting, describing, presenting, and engag...

We have a fascinating presentation coming up in our online I#RLUKICIL series:

🟠 Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections: Conservation, Digitisation and Community Engagement with Contested Collections at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Free and open to all: bit.ly/RLUKICIL

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/04/15/call-for-volunteers/

📣 #DOAJ Call for volunteers
We are now recruiting volunteers who ideally have a scholarly communications background, preferably in Library Sciences, and preferably based in Asia #OpenAccess #BestPractice #volunteers #ScholarlyComms
See our latest blog for details 👇
🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/04/15/c...

Feminist Librarianship Alive and aloud with women's own voices, this is the UK's first comprehensive celebration of library-led feminism: capturing the underrated yet radical work taking place across our female-centric sect...

This book, edited by the excellent Kirsten MacQuarrie, looks really interesting:

Feminist Librarianship: Principles, Practices and Provocations

www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/...

Head shot of DOAJ Managing Director Joanna Ball

DOAJ Managing Director @joannaball.bsky.social is keynote speaker at the upcoming 3º Encontro PUB IN (3rd PUB IN Meeting), focused on journals and scientific communication for open science
#OpenScience #OpenAccess #DOAJ
📅16-17 April
📍Coimbra, Portugal
🔗 www.pubin.pt/3encontropub...

RLUK26 Keynote | Lynda Kellam, University of Pennsylvania YouTube video by ResearchLibrariesUK

Love the concept of "Stewardship as civic commitment" that @lyndamk.bsky.social discussed in her RLUK26 keynote about the @datarescueproject.org. Definitely something to extend everywhere we have skills, interests, and concerns! youtu.be/nlyIDEaOOlU?...

Incredibly excited to share the news that we will be working more closely with @openbookcollective.bsky.social!

Thanks so much to @davidprosser.bsky.social for inviting me and to Ed Fay for asking great questions at #RLUK26. I really enjoyed the conversation and talking about the successes and challenges of our work across the #DataRescue community and the @datarescueproject.org

Both looking so fresh-faced!

RLUK's new Shared Principles for OA Monographs points straight to the OBC - Open Book Collective RLUK, a consortium of UK and Irish research libraries, recently released their Collections Strategy Network’s Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models: a ne...

RLUK's new principles call for collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, and transparency. For us here at the OBC, these principles are at the core of our operating model. 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project: Exchange of experience network – ARMA

🆕 As part of the Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project - a joint ARMA, RLUK & SCONUL initiative funded by UKRI - we are seeking members to join an exchange of experience network.

Info 👇
arma.ac.uk/advancing-long-form-open...

Managing safe and inclusive public library services: A Practical Guide Managing safe and inclusive public library services provides public library staff with a clear decision-making framework to deal with challenging issues in public library spaces.

A reminder that #CILIP's guide: Managing safe and inclusive public library services provides public library staff with a clear decision-making framework to deal with challenging issues. It also includes references to good practice for school libraries: www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-and-inclusive-guide

Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models - Research Libraries UK RLUK's Collections Strategy Network (CSN) has developed a set of principles to guide RLUK members when evaluating future investment in Open Access Monograph models.  These take into account the need t...

RLUK’s Collections Strategy Network has created a set of Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models:

www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ...

Heartbreaking for the librarian who has to endure this. Kudos to @cilip.bsky.social for the support they are providing

Concert goers enjoying the interval in a richly decorated church

Interval of an excellent concert by Stile Antico in Oxford’s under-stated St Barnabas. Great singing in a wonderful acoustic

Thomas Cranmer’s Register Discover Thomas Cranmer’s Register (1533–1553), a pivotal Reformation document revealing England’s break from Rome and the rise of Protestantism. This open access book offers unprecedented access with...

A lovely evening at UCL celebrating the life of Paul Ayris and the publication of his new book. Tinged with sadness as we know how much he would have loved the party

uclpress.co.uk/book/thomas-...

R2R 2026 - D2S6 - Open Science Infrastructure (Green) YouTube video by Researcher to Reader

Here’s video of the panel I was on at #R2RConf about infrastructure to support research. My 2 main points were a) libraries are the ultimate research-supporting infrastructures and b) (with my DOAJ hat on) funders have to support the infrastructure that they rely on

www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQ-...

We’re 100 today.

On 17 March 1926, the University of Reading was granted its Royal Charter.

Now, we wake up 100 years later as a global university, shaped by generations of students, staff, alumni and partners who have built something extraordinary together.

Happy 100th anniversary to us. #UoR100

It's the final week to register your place for the #RLUK26 Conference (virtual).

Full details can be found at bit.ly/RLUKconf

Help us test the “Whose Bias? Ways of Seeing” pilot, a new community-led approach to handling outdated and biased language in collections:

17 March, 13.30 – 14.30: https://bit.ly/3OD48bi
24 March, 13.30 – 14.30: https://bit.ly/4r58mFX

@dh-researchhub.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social

Haven really enjoyed the TV version of Leonard and Hungry Paul I turned to the equally enjoyable book. Although I think I did them the right way round -the excellent TV performances added depth to the characters

Silence is not golden when it comes to science and AI The scope of scientific inquiry is contracting as research focuses on data-rich problems

‘Governments investing in AI should consider making equivalent investments in the data collection that AI currently cannot reach.’

In my world that includes means paying more attention to libraries and archives
www.ft.com/content/0c63...

📢Renewed partnership: DOAJ and Crossref focus on equitable scholarly metadata and global support @crossref.bsky.social @ginsta.bsky.social @joannaball.bsky.social
#DOAJ #OpenAccess #Crossref #metadata #LMIC
See details blog.doaj.org/2026/03/12/r...

Another fantastic joint Parliamentary reception, this time on the Lords Terrace discussing the economic impact of all types of librarians, thanks to Libraries Connected, RLUK , BIPCs, Bodleian & others #LibrariesChangeLives

Monica Granados, Creative Commons’ Director of Open Science

🌎Open Climate Campaign's work on #OpenAccess to research is being sustained by DOAJ's #OpenClimateCampaign
🔓We asked @monsauce.bsky.social @creativecommons.bsky.social about #OA climate research
🔗 blog.doaj.org/2026/02/20/d...

It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.