Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
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Sarah Ison @sarahjison.bsky.social Online Distance Learning Librarian, University of Sussex. Academic Skills | Knitting | Family life | Christian | BBCGhosts fan
Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social Trainer and consultant: UX (user experience), failure and uncertainty, Lego Serious Play, libraries: https://andypriestnertraining.com/
Chair of UX in Libraries: https://uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/
My podcasting alter ego: @andypodding.bsky.social
Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination.
https://openbookcollective.org/
UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social At UCL, we champion #OpenScience across all disciplines. We empower our community with support in #OpenAccess, #ResearchData, #CitizenScience, and more, fostering a truly open academic culture.
Join our mailing list: https://shorturl.at/DeWTC
Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social Open Research ✦ Research Culture ✦ EDI ✦ Sci Comms ✦ Accessible Science
Skepticism ✦ Misinformation ✦ Podcasting and writing
University of Sheffield ✦ UKRN ✦ Merseyside Skeptics ✦ QED ✦ Skeptics with a K ✦ The Skeptic Mag
She/her
Lorraine Beard @lorrainebeard.bsky.social Digital Libraries, open research, digital innovation
Running, hiking, music and comedy
Cheshire/Liverpool 
Ed Fay @digitalfay.bsky.social Director of Library Services at the University of Bristol
Jessica Gardner @jessicagardner.bsky.social University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books. 
Holly Ranger @themauvedesert.bsky.social 📚 Open research / research data / libraries / research culture //
✍️ Critical ancient world studies / feminisms and classical reception / Sylvia Plath //
Katie Hughes @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social Open Access Librarian living in the UK. Working in Open Access and academic publishing. May qualify as a yarn hoarder. Thoughts are my own. she/her
Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG 🐾
Library cactus (Sarah Humphreys) @sarahhlib.bsky.social Posting the prickly bits about Open (Scholarship/Access/Science/Research) & Libraries. Bodleian Open Scholarship Librarian. Social🐘&🐦 =
@SarahHLib also! #MetalLibrarian and #Hiker Opp.own She/r
Mastodon bridge: @SarahHLib.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy
Katherine Stephan @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social Iowan, adopted Liverpudlian, mum, and librarian who loves open research, public libraries, live music and cycling on my Brompton.
aj-boston.neocities.org @aj-boston.bsky.social 
Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org The Open Library of Humanities. Building a sustainable, diamond open access future for the humanities. Part of Birkbeck, University of London & makers of Janeway
Goldsmiths Press @goldsmithspress.bsky.social Our publishing cuts across disciplinary boundaries and blurs the distinctions between theory, practice, fiction and non-fiction
Lorraine Estelle @lorraineestelle.bsky.social 
NASIG @nasig-org.bsky.social NASIG is an independent non-profit dedicated to advancing the information community through collaboration, events, and innovation in scholarly communications, serials, & e-resources.
For more info, visit: nasig.org
OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social OAPEN connects libraries, publishers, researchers, and funders with a global infrastructure for peer-reviewed open access books to advance research and the public good.
Explore our collection of 40,000+ OA books: https://library.oapen.org
DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social #DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. #openaccess #openscience #scholcomm
https://doaj.org/
Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social CEO, PLOS. Open science. Scholarly communication. Hoping it's better here than at The Other One.
C4DISC @c4disc.bsky.social The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications
The Mission of C4DISC is to work with organizations and individuals to build equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications.
https://c4disc.org/
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social Currently on organizing committee of FORCE2026, Singapore, 3-5 June 2026.
I'm librarian + blogger from Singapore Management University. Social media, bibliometrics, analytics, academic discovery tech.
Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social Latter-day Saint, librarian, clawhammer banjo player, writer, speaker. University Librarian at Brigham Young University. Posts are only my opinions.
Chris Bourg @mchris4duke.bsky.social Director of Libraries, MIT.
All things open science, plus hiking, birds, Jiffy and Sunny. Maybe other stuff - who knows?
Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com Editor & founder, @comicsgrid.com. Senior Lecturer @hcid.city. Sharing and reposting are not endorsement. I am human; I have critical views. Absolutely personal capacity. Mexican British. DMs are not monitored. https://linktr.ee/ernestopriego
Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Executive Director of @openlibhums.org & @ojcollective.bsky.social. Utopia, mushrooms, trees, sci-fi, weird stuff, open access, higher ed.
SCURL @scurlscottish.bsky.social Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries
Colleen Campbell @colleencampbe11.bsky.social Strategic Lead @OA2020 | #openaccess @Max Planck Digital Library
Energizer⚡ & activator🔥 | Mother ❤️ | Immigrant 🌍 | Punk-rock singer 🤘 | Gardener 🌱
Use your voice! 🎤✨📢 
Graham Stone @graham-stone.bsky.social Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
Bev A @beva.bsky.social working in STM publishing and higher ed. Foster mum for shelter dogs. #Adoptdontshop
Rebecca Wojturska @beckywojturska.bsky.social Open Access Publishing Officer for Edinburgh Diamond. All things Diamond OA, Gothic and horror literature and films, and board games.
MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
UKSG @uksg.bsky.social UKSG members include scholarly and academic publishers and libraries, along with companies and people who supply them with technology and services. We bring these different organisations together to share experiences and work together on shared challenges.
M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries @m25consortium.bsky.social We are a collaborative organisation of 58 members of Higher Education, & scholarly libraries across M25, East & South East. We provide events & training through our cpd25 programme and services & resources for library staff #M25ConsortiumConf25
University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋
Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.
www.sussex.ac.uk
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk IDS is a leading institute on international development providing research and knowledge for equitable and sustainable societies. Follow us to know about our research, partnerships, and learning.
Website: https://www.ids.ac.uk/
Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social Research lab dedicated to the sustainability of Holocaust memory in the digital age.
We explore all things XR, AI, social media, computer games and digital heritage in the context of memory and education of this past.
www.digitalmemorylab.com
Soapbox Science Brighton @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social Brighton edition of the public event bringing women & non-binary scientists in STEMM to talk science with the public.
Our 2026 event will take place at the seafront on May 30th - join us!
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SoapBoxScience_Brighton
Maggie Symes @maggiesymes.bsky.social Research and Open Scholarship librarian at the University of Sussex - enjoying, in no particular order - all things library, supporting open research practices, walking, quilting, bird watching and learning to solve cryptic crosswords!
Research & Open Scholarship- University of Sussex @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social Posts from the library's research and open scholarship team at the University of Sussex. Make it open!
Anna Andreoli @anna-andreoli.bsky.social I like books (for work and for fun), am based in Brighton and love being outdoors.
University of Liverpool Library @livunilibrary.bsky.social 📚 Books, e-resources, study support, academic skills and more. Open 24/7 term time, you’ll always find a smile here!
Sussex Researcher School @sussexresearcher.bsky.social At the Sussex Researcher School we support our emerging researchers: Junior Research Associates (JRAs), Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs).
PGRs: @SussexPGRs.bsky.social
ECRs: @SussexECRs.bsky.social
University of Sussex
Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
Find out more: massobs.org.uk
Sign up to our mailing list: https://subscribe.emailblaster.cloud/MjEyMjQ/122.html
Open Press University of Sussex @openpress.bsky.social Open Access institutional publishing from the University of Sussex.
openpress.sussex.ac.uk
University of Sussex Library @sussexlibrary.bsky.social We deliver high-quality, innovative information services at The University of Sussex Library.
Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
Camilla Ridgewell @camilla79.bsky.social Open access | Open research | Institutional publishing
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
@clockssarchive.bsky.social @clockssarchive.bsky.social 
Ann O’Sullivan @osullivanannie.bsky.social Law Librarian with wanderlust living in Dublin 🍉 @biall.org.uk @laibluesky.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social #repealedthe8th #vitaminsea
Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit collective of academics, libraries and university-based publishers changing the way that academic research is supported and disseminated. Launching in Jan. 2026.
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
Rupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge. Open Access advocate, co-founder/director of several non-profit enterprises incl. @openbookpublish.bsky.social, @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @ojcollective.bsky.social.
Jo Fitzpatrick @jofitz.bsky.social Research Data Manager at Lancaster University and Co-chair of NLISN.org
Cath Dishman @cathdishman.bsky.social Librarian who loves open access, open journals, repositories and running (not necessarily in that order). Also Content Officer for LIRG cilip special interest group
Sarah Ormes @sormes.bsky.social Research Analytics Librarian at the University of Bath. Helping academics to demonstrate the impact of their work.
Lauren @purton.bsky.social Even cowgirls get the blues 🐇
UK-based marketer in the open source library software world. 
Sam Nesbit @samnesbit.bsky.social Research & Open Scholarship at University of Sussex; books; film; music; anything that brightens the dark times we live in, even momentarily. Oh and wine. All the wine.
Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social Development and engagement manager @jisc.bsky.social
Outreach & Engagement committee @uksg.bsky.social
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7210-3199
Jennie-Claire Crate @jencrate.bsky.social Libraries, books, cats, sleeping, cake. Library Hub and NBK manager @ Jisc.
Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social Head of Publishing @lsepress.bsky.social. Non profit open access publishing for the social sciences. Find out more about publishing with us at https://press.lse.ac.uk.
Alicia Wise @wisealic.bsky.social Keen on accessibility, archaeology, digital preservation, goats, libraries, open access, open science, publishing, and running
Peter Barr @tweeterbarr.bsky.social Associate Director - Collections and Digital Transformation, Library & Cultural Services, Manchester Metropolitan University. These views, though, are my own
Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social Managing Director @DOAJ | Open access, open infrastructure | Librarian | DK/UK | My views
Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social Researcher developer at Sussex Uni.
academia • culture • media • archaeology • genealogy • sea swimmer • stitcher
Brighton northerner, ex-librarian @ Guardian. She/her
Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social Associate Professor in Ed Develop. SFHEA. Online learning, info, digital & copyright literacy. Trustee of Media and Information Literacy Alliance. Head of MA Academic Practice 🐱
Em Nunn @ebnunn.bsky.social open research / open access / academic publishing / unions / queer stuff / parenting / usually found in and around Sheffield (she/they)
OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social openingthefuture.net is a funding model for open access books. Designed for small/med scholarly publishers, it is free to use by any Press seeking a low-risk move towards OA. Doesn't rely on BPCs, is equitable, sustainable, & part of the Copim Community.
Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social Head of Publishing @uolpress.bsky.social. Interested in all things books, humanities and open access (amongst other things…). Chair of @oipassoc.bsky.social. T1D.
ScholCommTom @scholtom.bsky.social Copim 'Open Book Futures' Project. Helping presses flip to OA monographs through 'Opening the Future' 🔗openingthefuture.net
Academic publishing, scholarly comms, HE, open access.
@copim.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social- S Siobhan @siobhanh.bsky.social Systems & Discovery Manager (Librarian) |
Open Access, Publishing, Diversity, IT, Libraries & (Digital) Collections.
Tech, cooking and moorwalking |
She/Her | Views (unfortunately) my own.
Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social Librarian, crafter, assassin, and Coronation Street aficionado ✌🏽
she/her
Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social Manchester Metadata Maven
#Metadata Librarian (UK) #OpenAccess & #OpenInfras supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1390-2720
Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social Open research nerd. Librarian. Part-time PhD student. Parent. Cycling in my spare time. LwiththeT
Anna Grigson @acgrigson.bsky.social Associate Director (Digital Strategies, Research and Engagement) at the University of Sheffield, UK. Interested in all things open research and scholarly communications. And photography, walking, and the occasional whisky.
Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social https://forrt.org
In a nutshell, FORRT is a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training advancing research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform and meta-scientific research.
Andrew Preater @preater.com Always-already librarianing. 🍞🌹🌹
Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London; CILIP & SCONUL board member. Audax cyclist. (he/him)
Personal account: my own views. 💁♂️
🦣 @preater@hcommons.social
Rob Johnson @rschrobuk.bsky.social Managing Director at Research Consulting. I help universities, funders, publishers and not-for-profits manage, disseminate and deliver impact from research.
Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.
John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social Social psychologist @Sussex.ac.uk. Collective behaviour, crowds, emergencies, Covid http://tinyurl.com/anw6sxrs Member behavioural sub-group @independentsage.bsky.social Views my own.
Chris Keene @ck12.uk Brighton, UK. Sometimes Higher Education, Research policy, tech and environmental stats
Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social Professor of Strategy at SPRU - the Science Policy Research Unit
Teaches SPRU 1.01
Research Policy.
HSP.
Views mine, not my employer.
Politics unfashionable since 1654
Jill Emery @jemerypdx.bsky.social Librarian by day, smart ass pragmatic Gen Xer always. Living my best life possible.
Elena Dennison @dennisone.bsky.social Yes. I am here too. Sussex Digital Humanities Lab manager at Uni of Sussex, UK. I make things. Opinions here are mine and or Lola’s 🐈⬛❤️. Poetry, please. 
James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social undisciplined metascientist | executive director, Research on Research Institute @RoRInstitute.bsky.social | professor of research policy, UCL
Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social Library, Open Science and related Open stuff, Ireland-based, UCC (University College Cork)
Simon @simonxix.com 📚community-led open publishing 🐧open source developer 📽️film critic 🐦birder 🏴he/him
🔗 https://simonxix.com
Katrine Sundsbø @katrinesundsbo.bsky.social Scholarly Comms. Open Research. Gamification. ⭐️
Head of Community and Communications at DOAJ (Directory of Open Access)
Full Stack Feminism @fullstackfeminism.bsky.social 'Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities' is a 2 year project, funded by AHRC & IRC (UK-Ireland Collaboration in the DH awards), and part of the IFTe Network.
Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social The Sussex Digital Humanities Lab investigates the interactions between technology, culture, society and environment toward sustainable & just futures for all.
@shl@h-net.social
@SussexHumsLab
David M. Berry @berrydm.bsky.social Professor currently researching AI, algorithms, software and the university in a digital age. Part of a research team that recently rediscovered the original Joseph Weizenbaum ELIZA source code. 
Kirsten the (ex) Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social Formerly Research Intelligence Librarian and NHS librarian. Co-founder of Fair Library Jobs. UCU member. Equity, pedantry, cats. She/her.
Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social Special collections / heritage / libraries / archives, education, Wikimedia, art, UCL, GirlGuiding, neurodiversity, geekery. 🌈📚📦✨
https://linktr.ee/octavosaurus
Librarianth @librarianth.bsky.social University of York Acquisitions Librarian. Professional Northerner. Bang on about armchair politics, books, ebooks, coffee, & Boro. Views/opinions personal. UTB
Charlie Rapple @charlierapple.bsky.social Co-founder of Kudos (growkudos.com - research communication showcase for broadening reach and impact of research - @growkudos.bsky.social). Scholarly Kitchen blogger. Follow me and other people in scholarly publishing: https://go.bsky.app/FanaExt