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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 10h

A trusted reference work for Chemists, providing full text reviews of synthetic methods & organic transformations. Organised by functional group, making it easy to find clear, step by step experimental procedures

go.glam.ox.ac.uk/r29zwRyCU

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 13h

Let your ideas petal out onto the table! 🌼 Get your hands on some bricks at Lego Lunch. Every Wednesday, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room.

It's a bouquet of fun! #Wellbeing #LegoLunch

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 1d

October is Black History Month in the UK and you can find a special collection of books displayed in the social study area on the lower ground floor of the library

go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 1d

Explore the Fundamentals of Open Access by joining the @bodleianskills session next week. #OpenScholarship

📅14 Oct
🕐10 - 11:30am
📍Microsoft Teams
🔗https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/dAmEaFtpY

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a new student to Oxford, or do you know any? Learn where the best seats in the Radcliffe Science Library are on our tours! There are a range of dates and times.

Book now:
go.glam.ox.ac.uk/g1Edm0mlC

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 5d

Spied a gap in your calendar? Tinker with your diary and tailor some time. The Weston Library hosts an exhibition from the archives of Lincoln College alumni John Le Carre until April 26

go.glam.ox.ac.uk/yPfczgbcy

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 6d

Oxford University has become the first in the UK to provide all staff and students with free Chat GPT Edu licenses. Have you started your generative AI journey yet? Get on board here

go.glam.ox.ac.uk/dbEUjdPY6

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 7d

Looking for a roaring good time? 🦜

Destress and relax at Lego Lunch every Wednesday, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room!

Don't be a scaredy-cat, come and build. #Wellbeing

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 8d

This is a nod to the knitters, a call-out to the crocheters, a salute to the sewers, and a welcome to the weavers. Book your place at Craft & Chat. 🧶

📅7 Oct
🕐 1-2pm
🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/craftandchat

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 12d

Struggling to find time to focus on your reading? Fighting procrastination to finish your writing? Based on the pomodoro study technique, our RSL pomodoro study sessions offer you a quiet environment to focus and work.
Next sessions
📅 29th Sep. & 1st Oct.
Book your place go.glam.ox.ac.uk/Pomodoros

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 14d

Don't just wing your lunch plans! 🦅 Fly on over to Lego Lunch.

Every Wednesday, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room. We've got all the pieces for a tweet lunch break!

#Wellbeing #LegoLunch

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 16d

Our armchairs are comfy, private, and have a great view — the perfect spot to get some work done if you don't fancy sitting at your desk.

… Or the perfect spot to look studious while you're daydreaming 😜🖼️

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 19d

What's a pirate's favourite library?

The RRRRR S L! 🤣

Happy talk like a pirate day! 🏴‍☠️

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 20d

It was amazing to see so many Postdocs at our networking lunch this week! We hope that you also enjoyed our tours of the Old Bodleian. Keep an eye out for more tours coming soon.

#PostdocAppreciationWeek #LovePostdocs

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 20d

Get to grips with the logistics of researching, publishing, and locating open scholarship resources and tools at the University of Oxford with a @bodleianskills workshop next week. #OpenScholarship

📅25 Sept
🕐2:30 - 4pm
📍Microsoft Teams
🔗https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/u62RttKfT

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 21d

Give your brain a flight of fancy! ✈️ Build something amazing at Lego Lunch.

Every Wednesday, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room. It's truly eggs-cellent!

#Wellbeing #LegoLife

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 22d

Join us to discuss the loss of access to open datasets and efforts to capture them, as we consider the impacts on research and hear from Oxford colleagues. #OpenScholarship

📅25 Sept
🕐4 - 5pm
📍Microsoft Teams
🔗https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/data25

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 23d

Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek to all Oxford postdocs! 🥳 We're hosting some events in the RSL this week just for postdocs. We hope to see you there.🤗

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 26d

Hard at work but need a getaway? 🪂 Escape to another world with a book from our wellbeing collection!

We have books to inspire, console, or simply help you relax at the end of the day. 🏞️

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 27d

As a thank you, you and an adult guest can enjoy a unique Bodleian experience: visit the Weston Library rooftop, tour Duke Humfrey’s Library, or a guided visit to the Clarendon Building. 🤩

Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 27d

📢 The revamped Open Access Oxford website needs testing! 📢

If you're an academic, researcher, or research support staff, we want your feedback!

If you can spare 30 minutes for a Teams call before the 19th September, please email [email protected] to take part.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 27d

What a great way to ex-ter-mi-nate noise!

Useful for everyone @medsci.ox.ac.uk and anyone else working in the Cairns library.

Bodleian Health Care Libraries @bodleianhcl.bsky.social · 27d

You may have heard we have 2 new booths at the Cairns Library! Great little 1-person spaces for video/telephone calls - bookable via Cairns library staff or our online booking tool LibCal: ox-ac.libcal.com/reserve/spac...
@ouhospitals.bsky.social

@medsci.ox.ac.uk

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 28d

Ready to blossom with creativity? 🌸 We think Lego Lunch is blooming lovely!

Join us Wednesdays, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room, for some floral-inspired (or anything you like!) building. #Wellbeing #LegoLunch

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 New board game alert! 🚨

Head over to the RSL if you're feeling Qwirky 😎 #TakeABreak

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join the @bodleianskills workshop on the Fundamentals of Open Access for an engaging and accessible (😏) overview of open access publishing. #OpenScholarship

📅11 Sept
🕐2:30 - 4pm
📍Microsoft Teams
🔗https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/dAmEaFtpY

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