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Open Research at the British Library. News from teams including scholarly communications, data services, DataCite consortium, and shared repository.

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#RecommendedRead: Read about Make Data Count’s milestones in 2025 in our year-end reflection: https://t.co/ZmFerl3kfq

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#DontForget to register for @ResearchOrgs community calls and keep track of upcoming events on the ROR Events page: https://t.co/6EUVOALxXq

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#CallToRegister from Software Sustainability Institute! RSMF Round 2: Call for Expressions of Interest, Open Until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT: https://t.co/d63H2sCSNB

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#DontForget to #SaveTheDate! CILIP Members' Fest. Cultivating a Research Mindset: Practical Strategies for Library Practitioners. 6 March 2026. Online: https://t.co/GadLL1Uew3

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#RecommendedListen from @Jisc: Beyond the Technology: leading in the age of AI: https://t.co/oM4hY5Ch2c

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#DontForget! UKSG 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition. 30 March-1 April 2026. In-person. Charge applies: https://t.co/KmXIOffXpw

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#CallToRegister: Society of Research Software Engineering announced as gold sponsor for CW26: https://t.co/um3Gh41uoY

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#SaveTheDate! Open Research Week 2026. 2-6 March 2026. Online: https://t.co/bzd4TykDpN

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#Reminder from @DataCite: DataCite are phasing out some legacy metadata normalizations in Q1 2026. All current metadata submissions will remain valid. Learn more about these changes: https://t.co/hMKjK5sFih

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#CallToRegister from @UKSG! There are several events coming up in 2026, sign up to get access to them: https://t.co/Z0BEuzk2zf
Events Include:
*Introduction to E-Resources
*Usage data for decision making
*Open educational resources
*Resource discovery
*Introduction to open access

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#CallToJoin: ALPSP University Press Redux Conference 2026. 17-18 March 2026. In-person. Charge applies: https://t.co/2W7cRUd8jT

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#CheckItOut from Software Sustainability Institute: Greater than the sum of its parts — Establishing Open Software Week by combining our SSI fellowships: https://t.co/tjUW5hn9ju

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#CallToRegister: Copim Conference. 26-27 February 2026. Hybrid: https://t.co/zvFob6sVvR

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#WebinarWatch: OPERAS UK event - Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK. [1.5 hours watch]: https://t.co/nzVGREHOZz

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#Reminder from @DataCite: On 1 July 2026, legacy REST API endpoints like /works, /members, and /data-centers will be deprecated. These endpoints were succeeded by Version 2 REST API endpoints in 2017, like /dois, /providers, and /clients: https://t.co/g3VD8eo8Bj

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#CheckItOut from @UKSG! Do you have an idea for a webinar to attract national and international professionals with diverse experience? All suggestions for new webinars can be submitted here and their webinar officer will be in contact to discuss further: https://t.co/AG4SOwsL8z

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· #CallToRegister: @CILIPinfo Metadata and Discovery Group Conference 2026. 11-13 March 2026. In-person. Charge applies: https://t.co/f3ALrEU4EF

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#RecommendedRead from Software Sustainability Institute: Bridging communities around big imaging data for brain microscopy and beyond: https://t.co/N658apI5vv

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#RegisterToJoin: Open Divide 2025/6. The Promise and Perils of Transparency and Openness 25 February 2026. Online: https://t.co/pNQdh6C8tI

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#WebinarWatch: CLOCKSS. Preserving the scholarly record: community, collaboration and CLOCKSS at Australian National University. [50 minute watch]: https://t.co/xSdzJ7bNc5