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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 2d

📖 The Western Libraries newsletter is here! Monthly updates on resources & services that support your academic success for anyone involved in research, teaching, or scholarly work at #WesternU. Subscribe and check out our first issue: www.lib.uwo.ca/forms/newsle...

Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 8d

🎉 We joined the Community Scholars Program @sfu.ca! Free access to 20,000+ academic journals & e-books for local non-profits. Bridging the research access gap for orgs working in social services, arts, health & more. Contact us to apply! www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/WL... #WesternU

Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 8d

October is Women's History Month! From our Medical School Collection: Meet Dorothy Kathleen Braithwaite Sanborn, Western's first female medical school graduate. Born in Ilderton, ON, she earned her MD in 1924, paving the way for generations of women in medicine. #WomensHistoryMonth #WesternU

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Western University @westernu.ca · 17d

Letters in the #WesternU archives that illustrate a family's immigration journey to Canada in the 1800s inspired award-winning author Emma Donoghue’s play, 'The Wind Coming over the Sea' at the Blyth Festival, returning Sept. 25-Oct. 5. @westernulibs.bsky.social
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...

Collection of the Johnson-McConnell Family letters (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)

Arthur’s letter to Jane, July 5, 1855 (Cynthia Fazio/Western Communications)

Cross-written letter (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 11d

For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, join a reflective learning journey across Western Libraries & #WesternU campus to deepen understanding, amplify Indigenous voices & support reconciliation: arcg.is/1TCve01 #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters

National Day For Truth and Reconciliation

A reflective and interactive learning experience across Western Libraries and the wider campus community

arcg.is

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Public History, Western University @westernupubhist.bsky.social · 20d

COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 20d

Historic love letters from the 1800s, preserved in #WesternU archives, inspired @emmadonoghue.bsky.social 's new play "The Wind Coming over the Sea". The correspondence between Jane & Henry Johnson reveals the emotional journey of immigration to Canada. news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...

Historic letters from Western archives inspire Blyth Festival play

Johnson-McConnell letters from 1800s brought to life on stage by Emma Donoghue

news.westernu.ca

Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · 21d

🎉 Congrats to Savannah Simon & Olivia Couchie, inaugural recipients of Western Libraries-FIMS MLIS Fellowships for Black & Indigenous Students! These fellowships support diversity in librarianship & honor multiple knowledge traditions. www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/FI... #westernu

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James Shelley @jamesshelley.com · Aug 27

Faculty members, researchers 👋 Need to polish up your @orcid.org profile? A team of us at @westernu.ca are hosting a virtual "ORCID Clinic" on Sep 24 at 12PM ET to help researchers get their profiles connected with trusted databases. @westernuresearch.bsky.social forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zRVJ84t55C

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 Grad students #WesternU: Apply now for exclusive study space at Weldon Library!
🔒 Private study rooms
🤝 Graduate Commons (cubicles, collab rooms, lockers)
👉 Deadline: Sept 15

www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/study...

#GradSchool #LibrarySpaces #WesternLibraries

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kristicandata.bsky.social @kristicandata.bsky.social · Jul 15

I was delighted to be able to work with Albert Malkin on this article in The Conversation on the harms of vanishing public data.
theconversation.com/vanishing-da... @westernulibs.bsky.social

Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications

The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian government data.

theconversation.com

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Aug 7

📺 CTV News: @lhsccanada.bsky.social has donated century-old patient records to #Westernu's archives. These rare documents shed light on early 20th-century healthcare in London, Ontario & are now preserved for future research.

Read/watch: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

History in good hands: LHSC donates century-old records to Western

A quiet corner of Western University now holds more than a century’s worth of medical history, thanks to a major donation from London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC).

www.ctvnews.ca

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Aug 6

🗺️✨The Black Londoners Project is now featured in our Geospatial Hub! This digital archive shares the stories of 16 freedom seekers who settled in London, Ontario, in the 19th century.

Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com
@westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢 #WesternU instructors,

Did you know that you can give students free & easy access to your Course Readings? Our service is one way you can help alleviate rising costs & provide more equitable access to higher education.

Find out more 👇
lib.uwo.ca/coursereadin...

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jul 24

📉🗃️ Western Libraries Kristi Thompson co-authored this powerful @ca.theconversation.com piece on how vanishing U.S. government data threatens public policy, research & global collaboration—including in Canada.

Read 👉 theconversation.com/vanishing-da...

#DataRescue #PublicPolicy #WesternU

Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications

The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian government data.

theconversation.com

Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨 Big news from Western Archives!

Our Archives Holdings Database has officially migrated to Access to Memory (AtoM).

Explore 72,000+ fonds/collections and 8,000+ linked digital images—all searchable online: westernarchives.accesstomemory.org

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jul 7

Emma Donoghue’s new musical was inspired by a real-life treasure: a bundle of mid-1800s letters between an Irish immigrant couple, uncovered in the archives at #WesternU. Their words of love, longing, and survival now sing on stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQR-...
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How an Irish famine footnote inspired Emma Donoghue’s new musical

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jun 28

All our library locations, including Weldon, will be closed on Tuesday, July 1. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 2. Happy Canada Day! www.lib.uwo.ca/hours/index....

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jun 19

This summer, Western Libraries is spotlighting titles banned from the U.S. Naval Academy's library earlier this year—many by or about LGBTQ+ and Black authors.

🎥 Watch the video: www.instagram.com/reel/DLFokFg...

#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #IntellectualFreedom #DEI #westernu

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CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · Jun 11

#LibraryJobs @westernulibs.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Head, Archives and Special Collections. Deadline: July 4, 2025.

Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/head-arc...

Head, Archives and Special Collections | The Partnership Job Board

Western Libraries invites applications for a strategic, collaborative, and innovative leader for an up to 5-year term (renewable) as Head, Archives and Special Collections. About Archives and Special ...

partnershipjobs.ca

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣Taylor, Music, Law & Business libraries will be closed tomorrow, Thu, June 12, for an all-day staff meeting. Weldon Library will be open 8am to 8pm. Archives & Special Collections reading room will be closed. Thank you for understanding! lib.uwo.ca/hours/index.... #westernu

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · Jun 4

📚 On Inauguration Day 2025, while many watched the ceremony, #Westernu librarian Kristi Thompson was backing up vulnerable U.S. government data. Ten days later, 2,000+ federal pages had vanished. Read about the ongoing fight for data preservation in the U.S. - and Canada! bit.ly/4dNpbAt

Data vs MAGA - University Affairs

Academics and librarians scramble to save U.S. government records from Trump’s axe.

universityaffairs.ca

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · May 14

📢 Important Update: Scholarship@Western submissions paused starting May 16, 2025, as we migrate to Scholaris! Students can continue submitting theses as usual.

Learn more about the migration & content submissions! 👇
lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/sc...

#westernu

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Bibliojo @bibliojo.bsky.social · May 14

Librarian research symposium. @westernulibs.bsky.social 😀

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Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social · May 1

To learn more about these neumes, check out #westernu's story: news.westernu.ca/2025/04/medi...

Medieval music collection at Western gets rare addition - Western News

Western expands its medieval music collection with two rare intact parchment documents featuring early neumes that reveal how written music first emerged

news.westernu.ca

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