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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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Christmas vacation library support

Find out everything you need to know about the library support available over the Christmas break.

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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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Bob Brighton collection: A life in colour

The University heritage collection consists of thousands of objects that the University of Sheffield has acquired since its foundation in 1905.
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Digitisation During a Pandemic: New Approaches to Providing Access for Teaching

When the COVID-19 pandemic changed academic life, the University of Sheffield Library was in a strong position to continue to offer many of our services.
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Stepping up to the DMP challenge

The Scholarly Communications Team in the University of Sheffield Library has been supporting Research Data Management for several years, and the summer of 2019 presented the team with a new challenge.
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Mine or Not Mine?

Over the last 12 months we have run a pilot project to explore providing text and data mining support services to researchers at the University of Sheffield.
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Library teaching online: Building a community of practice in a socially distanced world

It’s some understatement to say that this was not the year any of us were expecting. Almost overnight, Universities made the transition to online teaching and learning on an unprecedented scale.