British Newspaper Archive in conjunction with the British Library, releases another 1 million newspaper pages free-to-view (free user account required): blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/o...#History#DigitalHistory 🗃️

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Brilliant starter list for UK library and information professionals. So good we just hit "Follow all"!

Thanks again to those who have contributed data to my spreadsheet which captures where UK research orgs exist on microblogging social networks. Nearly 300 entries. Form here - please share across the platforms docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Notable research and associated organisations on social media in the UK (including international with UK ties).

Use this form to add any notable research accounts on the following social media platforms, X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads and LinkedIn. Add only official accounts that have had some form of activity....

People often ask us about privacy and COUNTER usage data. In this video Tasha explains how COUNTER requires content providers to protect user privacy at both the individual and the institutional level. www.countermetrics.org/video-privac...

As we begin the academic year here’s a little reminder that some of your students and staff use BSL as their first language. So here are some basic comms for you. If you are at Cardiff Metropolitan University come and find me and I will teach you some basic greetings #bsl#deaf

Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei from Punctum Books makes an interesting point that access to journals within the Global South includes considerations re. Internet bandwidth. People need to be able to download issues onto their smartphones & publishing in image-heavy pdfs is inaccessible. #OpenAccess

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