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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · 8d

Your Library is making accessing open access funding even easier with the introduction of the Journal Search Tool.

Learn more about your Library's support for Open Access publishing and try the new Journal Search tool for yourself at:

keeleacuk.sharepoint.com/sites/Librar...

Post advertising the launch of the Journal Search tool to aid payment for open access publishing.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · 9d

From the Archives... Take a look at this 1956 photo of the Keele Boxers with coach Sam Pearson, a 6'5" pro boxer from the 1930s known as a gentle giant 🥊

Discover more historical sports photographs and records that tell the story of Keele’s sporting history in the Special Collections and Archives!

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · 20d

Escape [to] the Library returns with "The Valedictorian Candidate" escape game for Welcome Week! 🎓

Sessions are running from Mon 22 to Fri 26 Sept between 10:00-16:00.

Book your session now at cutt.ly/escapeguide or scan the QR code at the end of the video.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Sep 4

Your Library is open every day from 09:00 to 20:00 and we resume 24/7 opening from Mon 22 Sept as we begin the new academic year! 🤗

We're sooooo looking forward to seeing you again and seeing all the new students! 😍

Reminder that the Campus Library is open until 8pm every day and resumes 24/7 opening from Mon 22nd Sept.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Aug 21

📚 Happy Bank Holiday! 🎉
Both the Campus Library and Health Library will be closed on Monday 25th August.

If you still need your library fix, don't forget about our online resources!

Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll be back open from 9am on Tuesday 26th! 💙
#BankHoliday #LibraryClosed #HealthLibrary

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Aug 19

📝Rebecca Wells, a final year English Literature student at Keele, spent her placement uncovering the powerful story of the North Staffordshire Miners' Wives Action Group.

🔗Check out her blog here:
www.keele.ac.uk/library/spec...

@archiveswm.bsky.social @aramidlands.bsky.social #WomensHistory

A black book used as a Trentham Pit Camp diary, its cover has several yellow protest stickers including 'Save Our Pits' and 'Coal Not Dole'.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Aug 15

📚🌿 Join us for Open Day, Saturday 16th August, at the Campus Library! Explore our beautiful spaces and meet our friendly team! ✨ #KeeleUniversity #OpenDay2025 #LibraryLife #CampusVibes

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 29

Have you managed to "Escape From Keele Hall!"?

You can play this digital escape game throughout the summer.

Go to: cutt.ly/keeleescape and start your game today!

Poster advertising Escape [to] the Library's latest digital escape game, "Escape From Keele Hall!"

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Campus Library will be closed on Saturday 26th July to accommodate essential maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

#yourlibrary #keelelibrary

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 22

☀️📚 Herbert and Mandy Bull are living
their best beach life - headphones on, Libby app
loaded, and summer reads in full swing!
Join them and discover your next great escape with
Libby, free from Keele Library.
#BeachReads #LibbyApp #KeeleLibrary #SummerVibes
#HerbertAndMandy #eBooksAndAudiobooks

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 17

On Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd July the Campus Library will close at 5:00 PM to accommodate essential maintenance.
Please note that disruption may occur throughout the week as these works progress.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 17

From Monday 21st July to Sunday 4th August, the Accessible Entrance at the Library will be temporarily relocated to the opposite side of the building to facilitate essential maintenance works.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jul 1

Campus & Health Libraries are open all summer! ☀️

📚 Campus Library Hours
Monday to Friday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

🏥 Health Library Hours
Monday to Friday: 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: Closed

Books lined up on library shelves in the Health Library

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 30

50 people joined us on Sat and managed to successfully "Escape From Keele Hall!"

Now, it's your turn...

All this summer, you can play a digital version and see if you can "Escape From Keele Hall!"

Go to:

cutt.ly/keeleescape

And start your game.

Poster advertising Escape [to] the Library's digital escape game, "Escape From Keele Hall!" available at: https://cutt.ly/keeleescape

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 27

From the Archives... A glimpse of Keele in the 1970s!

More archive photos and student ephemera will be on display at Keele Hall tomorrow for Golden Graduates and alumni attending Keele Day! 💛🎓

#KeeleDay #KeeleUniversity

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 26

Are you ready for an escape game this Keele Day?

Come along to the Old Library in Keele Hall between 11:00-16:00 this Sat and see if you can...

Escape From Keele Hall!

No booking required. Games every hour on the hour.

Poster advertising Escape [to] the Library's escape game, Escape From Keele Hall!, for Keele Day on Sat 28 June.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 24

Your Library is so looking forward to meeting students and families during the Open Days this weekend! 🎉

We'll be happy to answer any questions you have and you can see our amazing building! 😍

See our incredible range of resources via our website:

www.keele.ac.uk/library

See you soon! 🤗

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 20

📚To celebrate #Stoke100, @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social launched #100Books100Years

🌞This summer, the project features 6x6 Micro-Residencies with six top Stoke-born writers across libraries in Stoke, Staffordshire, and The Brampton

👉Learn more at: www.lisablower.co.uk/restoking-th...

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 13

It might be the start of the summer vacation, but your Library is still open throughout.

We close at 20:00 this evening, so you can enjoy an early start to the vacation, but will reopen tomorrow morning at 09:00 until 17:00, so you can start your weekend early, too!

www.keele.ac.uk/library/open...

Summer vacation opening hours for the Campus Library.

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨Summer is upon us and it's the final night of 24/7 opening in your Library tonight as we move to summer vacation hours from tomorrow.

Make the most of your final overnight until Sept!

Keele University Library on a sunny day, with a leafy tree in the foreground

Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 12

From the Archives... This month's #ExploreYourArchive theme is Travel. In our Raymond Richards Collection we have an 1806 print of Joseph Edge "the Macclesfield Pedestrian"

At 62 years old, Joseph walked from Macclesfield to London in just 49 hours and 20 minutes! 🕰️

#EYATravel

Print of Joseph Edge, a 62-year-old man, standing on a country road. He faces forward, with his right hand tucked into his striped waistcoat and a handkerchief in his left. He wears a brimmed hat, jacket, breeches, and stockings. A church is visible in the background. Below the image is a printed account of his 1806 pedestrian journey from Macclesfield to London.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · Jun 5

Today we celebrate Stoke-on-Trent turning 100 🥳

To mark the centenary, we are sharing a panoramic view from 1946 by photographer and social historian Ernest Warrillow which depicts the City's industrial past.

Discover more about Stoke-on-Trent in our Special Collections and Archives!

#Stoke100

Black and white photo of Eturia c.1946. Beyond the rooftops and bottle kilns of the Wedgwood factory at Eturia we can see Shelton steelworks and Wolstanton colliery.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · May 28

From the Archives...
Thank you to the members of the Staffordshire Sight Loss Association for giving us the opportunity to share items from our Special Collections and Archives today!

We really enjoyed the session, and valued exchanging ideas on how we can make archives more accessible.

Three individuals wearing blue nitrile gloves. On the right, a woman holds the Great Seal of Edward I (1239–1307), which appears dark with traces of green. In the centre, a man gently touches a bas-relief portrait of Victor Branford (1863–1930) created by Georges Durand.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · May 23

It's another Bank Holiday weekend coming up and as we head into the end of the examination season, you can enjoy a nice long weekend as your Library will be closed from Sun at 20:00 with 24/7 resuming again on Tues morning from 07:00.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday! 🥳

People at a night concert with confetti and ticker tape in the air.

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Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social · May 21

From the Archives...

Within our Sneyd Family Papers we have a distinctive set of 19th century playing cards, each marked with handwritten dates commemorating key moments in history—including the duration of Henry VIII’s reign, which spanned 38 years from 1509 to 1547 🃏

#EYAFunandGames #EYA #Sneyd

Playing cards with handwritten historical dates on the back

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