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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 6d

Discussing the current state of open educational resources and e-textbooks, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social & @heroicendeavour.bsky.social argue they should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement @lseimpactblog.bsky.social.

@lsepress.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social

Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences

Discussing the current state of open educational resources and e-textbooks, Niamh Tumelty and Caroline Ball argue they should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.…

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 8d

📆EVENT Thu 30 Oct 4-6pm: The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885.
Discover the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 and explore the archives with @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...

The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885

Join LSE Library for a workshop on the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 9d

📢Exploring Victorian London: LSE, Lancaster University and BlockWorks create Minecraft Education* world bringing history to life. www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
*Not an official Minecraft Education product. Not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.

LSE and Lancaster University create Minecraft Education world

The release of the "Charles Booth's London" world build coincides with LSE’s 130th anniversary, during which the university will be celebrating its impact, past and present.

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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18d

NEW✨ To mark a new exhibition @lselibrary.bsky.social, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Unions, co-curator Chelsea Collison picks out and reflects on seven fascinating items on display that illuminate the history of Britain's unions.

@londonmetuni.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Combining efforts – 200 years of trade unions in the UK - LSE Review of Books

Curator Chelsea Collison selects and reflects on seven stand-out items from the exhibition Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Union History at LSE Library.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Sep 10

Exhibition opening soon! Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Union History explores the development of trade unions since the 1825 Combination Act, through years of struggle, triumph, defeat, and resilience. With TUC Library @londonmetuni.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

Current exhibition | LSE Library

Find out about our current exhibition drawing on themes within our collections.

www.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢Excited to share a new job opportunity: Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion to develop our engagement with Wikimedia and research visibility tools, working collaboratively with LSE colleagues to increase research impact.
Closing: 17 Aug 2025
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Redirect.asp...

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are excited to share a new opportunity to research with our unique archive collections. Our 3 Library Fellowships offer up to 6 weeks to conduct original research that will provide new perspectives on our collections.
Applications open until 22 September. Read more
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

LSE Library Fellowships

Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.

www.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jul 4

We’ve added our digitised collection of LGBT+ Badges to Flickr. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCgHQP
These badges are from the Hall-Carpenter Archives ephemera collection. #PrideMonth #Pride

LGBT+ Badges

This is a growing collection of digitised badges from the Hall-Carpenter Archives ephemera collection.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jul 3

📆Fri 4 Jul, 1-2pm: join PhD researcher, Kelly Bosomworth, talking about Claire Madden, an Irish-born, Communist librarian of the 'Daily Worker' and part of Six Point Group, an influential gender equality campaign group of 20th cent. @womenshistnet.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-was-cl...

Who was Claire Madden?

Explore the life of Claire Madden (1905 to 1998) through her archive held at the Women’s Library.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jun 19

From 19 June to 2 July 1975, the first UN International Conference on Women was held in Mexico City on the theme of equality, development and peace.
Find out more about this conference and subsequent conferences in our current free exhibition continuing until August: www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

Black and white photograph of 2 women (delegates) in conversation with other women around them - Betty Friedan and another delegate of the conference.

Black and white photograph of woman at podium speaking - Begum Bhutto addressing the conference

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jun 11

📅Wed 18 Jun, 6-8pm: Samuel Rees and Gabriele Uboldi will be at #LSEFestival performing and discussing their acclaimed play Lessons on Revolution, about two flatmates who uncover the history of a student movement in 1968 at LSE.
Book your free ticket! ow.ly/vE8750W79Yq

Lessons on revolution

6pm Wed 18 Jun | Lisa McQuillan, Sam Rees, Gabriele Uboldi, Wendy Willems | Free event at the LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · May 8

📆Tue 13 May 4pm Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism? Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social discussing the research of feminist magazines from Shrew to Spare Rib, Red Rag and Outwrite with original copies from the archives on display. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whatever-h...

Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?

Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Apr 11

📅Mon 14 Apr 12-2pm Ambedkar's Birthday Open Archives + Tour. We are displaying the School file from the archives of
LSE alumnus, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who championed Dalit rights and Chaired the Drafting Committee for the Indian constitution. @lsesouthasia.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...

Ambedkar's birthday: open archives + tour

Join us for this archives drop-in session where you'll be able to get up close to some treasures from our archives.

www.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 13

We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library!
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk

A monochrome photograph of a group of suffragettes dressed in mock prison garb, standing and waving inside a bus. The bus has a poster from the Women's Social and Political Union displayed on the front.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 14

We are eager to work with researchers using our collections so we can further develop the site to support teaching, learning and research. We can help out with legacy links and bookmarks too (e.g. a metadata csv to cross-check references). Get in touch! digital.library.lse.ac.uk/about#usingT...

About - LSE Digital Library

Learn about how to use this site, about our approach to potentially harmful content, our takedown policy, privacy policy, copyright and reuse guidance and our approach to accessibility.

digital.library.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 13

We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library!
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 19

“When capital pays husbands they get two workers, not one”

Wages For Housework activists argued that unwaged workers in the home have the least power in a capitalist society. Demanding wages was the first step toward women refusing housework and rejecting social roles. More posters: bit.ly/3nie8t1

A See Red Women's Workshop poster with the text "Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labour" A factory is in the background with a line of workers coming out to go to a line labelled 'Home Sweet Home'. On that line a group of women comfort and prepare the worker to go back to the factory.

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(Dr) Debbie Challis @poisonchallis.bsky.social · Mar 7

Lovely open evening of The Women’s Library @lselibrary.bsky.social tonight on eve of #InternationalWomensDay2024. So nice to see friends & colleagues.

Now to chill for tomorrow. 🦾

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 6

We don't know much about this simple poster found in Mary McIntosh's archive, but we like it! #WomensHistoryMonth #EqualPay

A simple poster showing three characters. One (a man) is sitting at a desk talking on the phone with his feet up. Another (a woman) is sat next to him taking (his) notes. Another (presumably a woman) is on the floor scrubbing. The text reads as follows and is what the man is saying on his call: 'OH YES WE'VE GOT EQUAL PAY HERE'.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 5

New blog: "Women Against Pit Closures" — the Jean McCrindle archives and the 1984/5 Miners' Strike.

Women Against Pit Closures

Learn about Women Against Pit Closures through a tour of some of the archives held at LSE Library.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 4

“A Say in the End of the World” is now open!
Come check out our newest exhibition in our Gallery — free and open to all.

ℹ️ www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...

A large screen displaying a hammer and details of an exhibition. Within the casing are various items on display including a jacket.

A large screen displaying a photo of two people meeting each other. One is Ronald Reagan and the other Lady Olga Maitland. Various other objects are on display.

A case with various items on display from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), including a hammer and photos.

LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 1

Come and celebrate The Women's Library with us next Thursday! Details: www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...

A sign on a desk advertising LSE Library Late on 7 March 2024, 6pm to 9pm.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 1

A decade later, the library was yet again plagued with financial problems and, after a successful bid, it moved to
LSE in 2013. Everybody is welcome to use this incredible resource: lse.ac.uk/library/usin...

The Women's Library at LSE. A view of the Reading Room from outside with its lines of desk and suffragette print on the glass.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 1

Following a successful Heritage Lottery Fund grant, the Library acquired a new home on Old Castle Street and a new name, The Women’s Library, in 2002. 📸 Paul E Smith. The Women's Library, E1. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY

A photo of the outside of the converted wash houses on Old Castle Street, E1, with The Women's Library branding.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Mar 1

A photo of the desk at the Women's Library, City of London Polytechnic in Old Castle Street.

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