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Image of the exterior front of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, appearing in late sunrise. Image by Frederic Bayer, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Watercolour image of a graduating student, a young man with short brown hair wearing a tan tweed suite and red academic robes with a purple collar and motorboard hat. The image reads 'Laws of Livingstone: Aberdeen Student'
Image of closed stacks, via the National Library of Aotearoa/New Zealand under a CC BY license
a large brown poodle sits on a rainbow crosswalk wearing a rainbow bandana and sunglasses. He has his tongue out and looks pretty cool. Image by Adam Cohn via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND
A grey medieval castle overgrown with moss along the banks of a wide river, with green banks. In the background is a bridge and a street in a modern town, King John's Castle Limerick, Ireland. Image by William Murphy via Flickr, CC BY-SA
A small white terrier standing in front of a sign reading 'Polling Station'. Image is by Andrew Davidson licensed CC BY, via wikimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pip_the_dog_at_a_polling_station.jpg
Graphic reading 'Join the Reading Hour: this is World Book Night. 7-8PM. 23 April.'
Man in a business suit sitting at a desk in front of a laptop with his hands in the air in frustration looking really exasperated
A woman in graduation regalia, including a grey master's hood is holding a toddler in her arms and smiling, they are standing in front of a rhododendron bush in bud. Image by The Kids and Kahlie via flickr, CC BY_NC_ND
A young woman with long wavy white blonde hair wearing a white fur top and heavy diamond choker, with white sparkly glitter stuck around her eyes and in her hair, wearing a diamond tiara
Logo for Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week, featuring a map of Scotland showing all the universities joined up as dots on the map
A little black cat stands politely next to a lap desk
graphic reading 'Love Data Week: February 9-13, 2026' written in tones or red and pink with the o replaced with a pixelated heart
Graphic reading 'Save the Date! Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026' Graphic by the ICPSR re-used with permission
Logo for Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week, featuring a map of Scotland showing all the universities joined up as dots on the map
A large industrial tube filled with diamonds suspended in clear liquid image by Globefill Inc., CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
A young woman is taking notes while watching a lecture on her computer Photo by Annushka Ahuja: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-girl-attending-an-online-class-8055848/
Two friends laughing and holding onto each other, standing in from of a white aluminum christmas tree with a santa hat on top Photo by Boko Shots: https://www.pexels.com/photo/joyful-friends-celebrating-christmas-indoors-29930171/
A black and white cat is climbing over stacks of books Photo by Arti Kh: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cat-climbing-a-stack-of-books-22129776/
A lego guy who looks like a stereotypical lab scientist standing in front of some kind of fancy computer terminal. The image is labelled 'Mad Social Scientist' and the chat bubble reads 'When I push this button the median income for Americans age 17-35 will increase 15% in fiscal year 2020!' Image is by Chris Blakeley, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
A pumpkin carved with skeleton hands forming a heart symbol. Meghan Wilson via Liverpool John Moore's University
Picture of two students walking through a mid-century modern design library. In the top corner is the logo OJC, subtitled 'Free Access to Hundred of the World's leading academic journals.' Image by the Open Library of the Humanities, CC-BY
On a field of snow sit a couple of wrapped presents in red and white. On them sits a little figurine of a happy child with curly pigtails. Photo by Couleur via Pixnio CC0
A woman with dark curly hair staring at a notebook with her had on her head as if she is confused and headachey by: Flickr user CollegeDegrees360, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Graphic with stylised image of university in background reading, ExplORe Open Research Essentials. Guide to the REF2029 Open Access Requirements. Wednesday 12th of November 2:00-2:45PM
A turnip decorated with gold and silver paint and fragments of scripture and liturgy along with fragile tape, CC BY by Christopher West
A pumpkin carved to look like the face of a Python surrounded by a decorative border reading 'Carve your PhD 2025 Winner!'
a collage of three jack o lanterns over a spooky background. The first is a pointillist carving of an abstract female figure with branches and fruit bursting out from either side. Next is the face of a python!, finally is a neep that has been decorated with gold and silver paint, fragments of scripture, and fragile tape
A black cat stands on a table, sniffing an orange pumpkin candle holder filled with sweeties
A vintage postcard from 1908 depicting two children riding a jack o' lantern on wheel pulled by two black cats, while bats fly by their heads. They are having a great time. The card reads 'Oh! the bats and cats on Hallowe'en!' image via 'Don the UPNorth memories guy' on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA
A warm creamy drink an a windowsill decorated with autumn leaves, the window is fogged up and streaked with rain on the outside
A display with tables, behind with are posters about open access resources, services from the city library, grec, on the tables are more flyers with similar information
A sheet of 12 stickers that read 'My PhD is certified: SPOOKY!' with a picture of pumpkin lanterns with menacing glowing faces in a cememtary and a fullmoon behind them
A table laid out with two chairs and pull up banners for digital and information services behind it. The table has flyers and bookmarks on it, along with a tub of sweeties, stuffed rhinos, and free pens
An image of the wall of a library with an upper gallery, the bookshelves are covered by glass panes and the shelving is warm coloured wood, lit by brass lamps image copyright: University of Aberdeen Asset Bank, all rights reserved
A young woman and older man are wearing safety equipment and standing in a lap looking at agar plates © Tricia Malley Ross Gillespie www.broaddaylightltd.co.uk - Broad Daylight
A woman and several younger women are wearing lab PPE and looking at equipment with a laboratory Image by: Argonne National Laboratory, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
A beautiful gateway looking out over a tranquil mountain lake, surrounded by greenery under a bright blue sky. Image by Terence Faircloth via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND
A vintage poster depicting a girl in a green dress holding hands with a boy in brown shorts and shirt, reaching towards a bookshelf. It reads 'September: Back to work, Back to School, Back to Books'. Image is Public Domain, produced as a government work in the WPA art project
A graphic reading 'University of Aberdeen a proud sponsor of the tall ships races Aberdeen 2025' with a cartoon of a skipper looking through a telescope on the right side
A graphic reading 'The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen 2025. 19-22 July 2025', on the left side is a cartoon family holding hands, a dark skinned woman with wavy hair in a green dress and red wellies with a child in a red dress and denim jacket with white wellies, and a light skinned man in a maroon jacket and jeans
The Creative Commons logo, image by Michael Porter via Flickr, CC BY-NC
A blonde pug dog in a red and white headband with a maple leaf, wearing a large maple leaf necklace in from of the Canadian Flag
A very large fluffy white cat with black flashes sits on her stoop in front of a brick building. She has a rainbow Pride flag in front of her. Image by Helena Jacoba via Flickr, CC BY
Graphic reading: International Open Access Week Who Owns Our Knowledge? October 20-26, 2025 #OAWeek on the side we see images of various researchers and academics working with the open access logo logo over them. By SPARC Europe, CC-BY licence
infographic titled: AURA: Books and Chapters Books on AURA: 39​, Book Requests 2021-2024: 13346​, Chapters on AURA: 404​, Chapter Requests 2021-2024: 46850​ Top 3 Requested Books: Co-operative Entrepreneurship : Co-operate for growth (2012), Legal Design Perspectives : Theoretical and Practical Insights from the Fiel (2021), The Co-operative Model in Practice : International Perspectives (2012) Top 3 Requested chapters: Overview and application of the Mitscherlich equation …(2022), The Galician fiddle style (2010), Taking taskscape to task (2020)
Decorative image reading 'I'm Celebrating Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller History Month
A couple of postcards with the Progress Pride flag (rainbow across and a tringle in the side with black and brown stripes followed by the trans pride colours, with the intersex symbol in the center) on top of that is a pin badge reading 'Libraries are for everyone' above the trans pride flag
In the background you see the ruins of Slains Castle, as classic gothic castle that inspired the writing of Dracula, it sits on the outcropping of a rocky cliffs edge, the sky is grey, the sea is moody and loaming. In front is a little black cat saying 'Fight da power of information hegemonies centred in the Global North! Share your research freely and openly! visit https:ww.abdn.ac.uk/library/open-research/ to learn more!' in the corner is a QR code. Background image is by Martyn Gorman via Geograph, and is licensed with a CC BY-SA license https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2278250
White opposite sex couple in white t shirts and black shorts, the woman is visibly pregnant and has a bengal cat on her lap while the man looks up things on a laptop. Photo by Vlada Karpovich: https://www.pexels.com/photo/couple-sitting-on-a-sofa-using-laptop-and-petting-a-cat-8359695/
Poster showing a young east Asian woman in a black robe with colourful stripes smiling and holding a happy little chubby baby in a teal shirt and lime green shorts looking at the camera and smiling. The poster reads World Immunisation Week 2025. Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life. Immunization for all is Humanly Possible.
A slightly funny looking medieval statue of a unicorn clutching a St. Andrew's flag. by Ross via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND https://www.flickr.com/photos/ross_strachan/9116624624/in/photostream/
Poster reading: ExplORe: Open Research Essentials How to Find and Use Open Access Books Wednesday the 16th of April 14:00-14:45 Sign up on Coursebooking the poster background is black with bright pink swooshes and contains line drawins of Sir Duncan Rice Library and King's College
A collage of various Eid activities, clockwise: Prayer at the Sulleymaniye Mosque, children in Egypt showing off their pocket money, a table set for tea with cookies and dates piled in the center, men standing around a buffet table loaded with fresh fruit, a parade, an Eid lights display in the Maldives. Image via Wikiemedia Commons by Viceskeeni2, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>
Two young women studying at a table in the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Image by University of Aberdeen, all rights reserved
A graphic reading: Explore: Open Research Essentials Guide to the REF2029 Open Access Requirements, Wednesday 26th of March 14:00-14:45 Sign up on Coursebooking
An image taken from the ground floor of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, looking up, visible are a rainbow of brightly coloured umbrellas, in support of autism awareness
Screen shot of poll reults. Reading: What's your pancake topping? Lemon and Sugar received 10 votes, 66.7% overall. Nutella received one vote 6.7%, 1 vote for fruit or jam, and three votes for ' a mysterious other' 20%
Against a backdrop of green trees and grey skies is the sign for a petrol station reading 'Cuir Tigear na do Thanc' (trans: put a tiger in your tank) next to a big ferocious tiger drawing. Underneath are two small signs reading 'Free Gaelic Sticker' and 'Open 24 Hours 1/2m' Image by David Wilson via flickr, CC BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/5454829324/in/photostream/
A picture of a clipboard with know your rights written on together with a pen, calculator, keyboard, glasses and a marker pen. Know your rights by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free