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Last week, we hosted the first ever final of the Library Innovation Competition at HELIX 💡
PhD student, Anastu Regita Nareswara won big for her idea of library tours and a book club – awarded both the title of Library Innovation Champion and the Students' Choice Award!
Read more: bit.ly/40SGGcR
It was brilliant to meet so many University staff members at our Libraries Welcome Fair this afternoon 👏
The Library offers all staff, students and researchers a range of opportunities.
Learn more on our website: bit.ly/4kPBjEG
Have you voted for your favourite idea to enhance the Library yet? 👀
The winner of the Library Innovation Competition Students' Choice Award will be revealed at the live final on 3 March at HELIX, alongside the overall prize winner - the "Library Innovation Champion" 🏆
Vote now: bit.ly/4kzxQd5 🗳️
Just under two weeks to go until the Library Innovation Competition final, where the first ever Library Innovation Champion will be crowned 🏆
Get your free ticket: bit.ly/4tpVYD1
There'll be refreshments, opportunities to network and the chance to support your favourite idea! We'll see you there ⭐
Twelve months already! Time flies when you're having fun - looking forward to 2026 and another year @openresleeds.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social 😍
Event recording now available on @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social blog:
Archives Across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black Histories
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Need a motivational space to focus whilst you work? 'Shut Up and Write!' online sessions provide a quiet, supportive space to focus on writing for both taught postgraduates and postgraduate researchers.
Click the link to book: bit.ly/3OeVW0s
We would like to extend a warm to our new PG researchers and students here at the University.
We are here to support you, with post-graduate only study spaces, research specific Skills@Library workshops and online access to books via Library Search.
Learn more: bit.ly/4a0xrM5
The final event will be held at HELIX, the university's learning innovation hub for students.
Get your FREE tickets to the final: bit.ly/4tpVYD1 🎟️
*Voting closes 7pm, 3 March. The Students' Choice Award is separate to the "Library Innovation Champion" prize.
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We're excited to reveal the finalists of the first ever Library Innovation Competition 💡
After receiving a number of thoughtful entries, the final five ideas can now be revealed. You can also vote for your favourite idea for the 'Students' Choice Award'.
Read the full shortlist: bit.ly/4kzxQd5
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It’s a wrap: a year of Wikimedia
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A recap of the year from Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser @yclepit.bsky.social
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You can read more about this event and future plans for a Wikipedia ‘editathon’ on University of Leeds News: Bringing Black stories to the fore. Leeds, UK, has a rich, though still unde…
Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:
🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)
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This post is by Dr Lucy Hinnie, Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser with the Research Services Team based in the Edward Boyle Library What we’d really like to see is Wikimedia work being u…
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
