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A close-up of a decorated library holiday tree featuring miniature book-cover ornaments hanging from purple and blue ribbons. Warm fairy lights are woven through the branches, and small printed book covers from different countries are visible among the greenery.

A library holiday tree decorated with small international book-cover ornaments stands next to a framed sign. The sign reads: “The theme of this year’s holiday tree is: READ AROUND THE WORLD. All decorations are covers of books from each country in the world. Please feel free leave your recommendations for your favourite books!” The University of Sussex logo appears at the bottom.

A full view of a tall holiday tree in the University of Sussex Library, decorated with miniature book covers tied on with colourful ribbons and illuminated by warm white lights. The tree sits in an open area with brick pillars and library shelving visible in the background.

A glass display case decorated with artificial red poinsettias and small red paper ornaments. Inside the case is a festive sign reading “Happy Holidays from the University of Sussex Library,” printed with a botanical winter border.

The library tree is up! This year’s theme is Read Around the World - ornaments made from book covers from every country.

See them all: guides.lib.sussex.ac.uk/c.php?g=7229...

@sussexlibrary.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

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Calling all Sussex Undergraduates! Earn 5 Spirit of Sussex points (and get to eat some biscuits) by joining a focus group this Friday at 2pm in the Library, and sharing your thoughts about Open Educational Resources and Open Access. Sign-up at forms.office.com/e/Xj86uHRysb #OA #OpenAccess #SussexUni

Bandung at 70: Tricontinental, NIEO and the Return of Non-Alignment A book launch and discussion, organised by the Radical Library in the Global Studies Resource Centre, and Open University Press Sussex.

Join us in Sussex next month to celebrate the launch of Teaching with Tricontinental and explore the exciting new Radical Library at the Global Studies Resource Centre! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bandung-at... @sussexfss.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

The Library provides an interlibrary loan service to obtain material, both journal articles and books, not held in the University.

For further information about the interlibrary loan service or to place a request, please see ‘Request an item from another library’: www.sussex.ac.uk/library/find...

Exploring Brighton Bound - Wed 12 Nov 2025, 3:00-5:00pm

This year's Sussex Big Read documents and examines people’s stories of moving to, around and out of the city over the past 100 years. The authors are joining us to talk about its themes and creation.

careerhub.sussex.ac.uk/students/eve...

This issue has now been resolved.

The Online Resources A-Z and Subject Guide webpages are currently down. The databases themselves are unaffected

To access a database during this outage, type the name of the database into Library Search. It will appear as the first search result.

#SussexUni #SussexLibrary

Final opportunity to apply for UK Reproducibility Network Open Research training Details on the available Open Research training courses for Sussex researchers, professional services staff and students. Apply by 17th September.

Final opportunity to apply for free UK Reproducibility Network Open Research training! 📣

Do you want to support openness, stronger research with greater impact, knowledge equity and social justice?

Find out more and how to apply: staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...

#SussexUni #OpenResearch

Online resources and support will continue to be available including our chat service and bookable 1-2-1’s for study support, which can be delivered remotely. If you would like to know more about using any of these services please email library@sussex.ac.uk. (3/3) #SussexUni

The front entrance to the Library will remain open, and for those who cannot access the building via this route, we will provide a book collection service, book delivery service and entry to the building through the accessible staff entrance. (2/3) #SussexUni

At the end of this month, from 21 July to 3 August, important work will be done to make the Library building more accessible by widening the step-free entrance next to IDS. In order to achieve this, the step-free entrance must be temporarily closed while the work is carried out. (1/3) #SussexUni

Refugees in a World Without Aid – Simple Book Publishing Drawing on research from the international comparative project Protracted Displacement Economies, this book demonstrates the need for a ‘more than economic’ approach to refugee and displacement econom...

New from OPUS! We’re proud to publish Refugees in a World Without Aid, edited by @oeppen.bsky.social, Ali Ali, @mikecollyer.bsky.social, Priya Deshingkar, Anne-Meike Fechter and Tahir Zaman.

On the 16 June, there will be filming outside the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts between 7:00am and 8:00pm. This will include the use of police vehicles and sirens, which may be audible within some of the Library. Apologies for any inconvenience. #SussexLibrary #SussexUni

Illustration of person with a magnifying glass, text reads: 'Summer of Research'

The Summer of Research kicks off next week! Join us in sharing and celebrating Sussex research at events across campus for the next two weeks. Explore the programme and sign up here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/abo...

Take a look at the latest open access book from OPUS - ‘Teaching with Tricontinental: A sourcebook for students working with radical periodicals’

Congratulations to the editors and contributors on a fascinating resource!

#OpenAccess #OA #Research

This event is part of the Summer of Research 2025, a two-week festival of researcher-led talks, workshops and exhibitions celebrating our fantastic research here at the University of Sussex. Find out about and sign up for other exciting events here!

Openness and intellectual property: finding balance Openness and intellectual property: finding balance between sharing and protecting ideas. Join us for a discussion.

Interested in the relationship between Open Research and Intellectual Property? Join us online June 10th 10-11.30am for a discussion about OR and IP, the existing tensions between them, and to explore potential areas of compatibility. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

Open Scholarship Community Showcase Interested in open research? Meet members of the university’s Open Scholarship Community, discover support and share experiences.

Come and find out more about the University of Sussex's Open Scholarship Community! Meet practising colleagues and share insights and experiences in a friendly environment. Hosted by the library June 17th 10-11.30am. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-schol...

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Our summer opening hours start on the 26 May ☀️

The Library will be open 9am-11pm on weekdays, staffed from 9am-6pm, and 10am-5pm on weekends and bank holidays.

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Today (Thursday 15th of May) is Global Accessibility Awareness day.

A couple of things you can do on Bluesky to help accessibility is to us CamelBack hashtags, e.g. #MondayReads, where each word is capitalised.

and use alt text on your images, this can be set in settings

Both help screen readers

New book spotted in the wild ( well, Waterstones on Gower Street). Thanks to Atlantic for the beautiful cover. And to all those Mass Observers who kept such lovely diaries.

Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.

A scan of a handwritten document. It is written by a retired shop keeper who is 91. She is writing about the good news she has received recently. It includes her great grandson passing his driving test, two great-grand daughters becoming sports captains and also being provided a wheelchair by her daughters so that she can now go outside in the sunshine.

In our latest directive we asked our writers about any good news they might have received or heard recently. H260, who has been writing for us since 1981, was in no short supply of good news from her 16 great grandchildren!

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📣 Job alert! A wonderful opportunity to further the aims of @sussexlibrary.bsky.social in Diamond OA publishing 📚 working with the wonderful @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social team. Details here: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/a65cf6ee... 📣

We will not be processing new membership applications in these categories for the entire month of May, either online or in-person.

Alumni, external borrowing and SCONUL members will not be affected. (2/2)

The Library will be temporarily closed to external reference and college student members on weekdays before 6pm from Tuesday 6 May to Friday 23 May to accommodate our assessment period. Reference and college members are also very welcome to use the Library at the weekends during this period. (1/2)

📚 Work with us! Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS) is looking for maternity cover for the Editorial Manager. If you love community-driven Diamond OA and have experience in academic publishing, get in touch!
⏱️ Deadline 30 April: lnkd.in/enaV43_6
👀 Check out our recent titles: lnkd.in/eHmjtucm

Cherry blossoms on campus

Our opening hours over the minimum service days are:
16 April: 24hr-7pm
17 April: 10am-5pm, self service
18 April-21 April: Closed
22 April: 10am-5pm, self service
23 April: 8am-24hr

We hope you have a good Easter and a restful bank holiday weekend! 🌸

The book is a practical guide to building and measuring communication interventions to generate structural social change. It’s ideal for smaller organisations and for those new to developing campaigns.

Congratulations to the authors Kate Davies and @jolwalton.bsky.social! (2/2)