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Present at the Women in Circus Symposium

Call for papers now open! Submit your proposal for the one-day research event at the University of Sheffield.
Korean Women's Literature Exhibition
Korean Women's Literature Exhibition

Her Pages, her Power: Celebrating Contemporary Women’s Writing from South Korea

The initial idea for this new exhibition project came about as early as 2024, the year that Han Kang won the long-awaited Nobel Prize for literature for South Korea.
Leters and photographs from the Robert Innes Smith archive

History and Archives in Practice 2026 – Registration now live!

You can now register to attend History and Archives in Practice 2026, hosted at Firth Court on 16 April 2026.
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Arthur Scargill stood with a display of items from the archive at Western Bank Library

The Arthur Scargill Archive

Following a two year cataloguing project the Library is pleased to announced that the Arthur Scargill Archive is now open to all researchers.
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New policies for open research and scholarship

The University of Sheffield has introduced new policies to support open research within the University.
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The University Library joins the Open Education Network

We've become the first UK institution to join the Open Education Network (OEN) that advances the use of open educational resources and practices. 

The Power of Creativeness - Western Bank Library exhibition

Explore the archive of Irene Champernowne, donated to our Special Collections by The Champernowne Trust.
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Library blog: Paper Mills, Profits and Perverse Incentives

Written by Maria Mawson (Faculty Librarian for Social Sciences) and Gavin Boyce (Head of Faculty & Research Partnership in the Library)

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New to the Sheffield Pressbooks Network: Evolution and impact: a history of the Institute of Information Scientists 1958-2002

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open access book.