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New 'Critical GenAI Literacy' tutorial from the library

The Library is very pleased to announce the launch of the new Generative AI (GenAI) tutorial - "Critical GenAI Literacy" to help scale up the provision of Critical Gen AI literacy training for students across the University.
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Call for participation: History and Archives in Practice 2026

The National Archives, Institute of Historical Research and Royal Historical Society are pleased to announce the launch of next year’s History and Archives in Practice (HAP) call for participation.
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Sanger 200: The National Fairground and Circus Archive’s first online exhibition

The National Fairground and Circus Archive is delighted to announce the launch of its first ever online exhibition, Sanger 200.

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University journals provision from January 2026

A group of students talking in the Library around a laptop.

Sheffield stands with UK Universities to achieve a fairer and more open publication landscape

UK Universities have recently secured a new deal with Elsevier, a positive step forward toward an equitable and open scholarly publishing environment.
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Liberation, libraries and learning

Shona Tulloch, SUSU Liberation Officer talks to the University Library about her exciting new role.
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Unleashing academic freedom: the case for open educational resources

In May’s blog post we addressed the issues surrounding the provision of textbooks, issues not caused by the pandemic but certainly magnified during that time.

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Archives Revealed: The Blunkett Archives

In July 2019 The University of Sheffield library was awarded a grant from the Archives Revealed programme to catalogue the archive of David Blunkett, a Sheffield MP for 28 years and former Home Secretary.
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The University of Sheffield open research prize 2021

This spring we were delighted to launch our inaugural Open research prize, supporting the University of Sheffield’s open research statement.