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The Open University Library The Open University (OU) Library enables OU students and staff around the world to access a world-class online library service.

Visit www.open.ac.uk/library to get started.

01/06/2026

Don’t forget to join our training session TODAY at 19:30, where you’ll learn how to improve your experience accessing online resources here at the OU Library.

👉 https://ow.ly/UGxb50Z5vFS

The session is open to all but is most relevant to students who may experience difficulties in reading some full-text formats.

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Celebrate LGBTQ+ voices, stories and experiences with our LGBTQ+ collection on Libby. Explor...
01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Celebrate LGBTQ+ voices, stories and experiences with our LGBTQ+ collection on Libby. Explore fiction, non-fiction, audiobooks and magazines covering everything from romance and memoir to history, identity and activism. 🌈📖

Free to access with your OU login 👉 https://ow.ly/ntaF50Z52H3

When it comes to sustainability, it can be hard to know where to start. 🌱🌍Our Green Skills resource list explores the sk...
30/05/2026

When it comes to sustainability, it can be hard to know where to start. 🌱🌍

Our Green Skills resource list explores the skills we already have and how we can use them to support a greener, healthier future 👉 https://ow.ly/CoOZ50Yzhk6

30/05/2026

Did you know that the OU Library provides access to SensusAccess, which converts inaccessible files into different formats?

If you’d like to know how to access SensusAccess and when it can be used, join us on Monday 1 June at 19:30 for a session on ‘Improving your experience accessing online resources’.

👉 https://ow.ly/srPK50Z5vHj

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It’s time for a ! 🎵We want you to share your favourite songs from new artists...👉 Comment with the song below or share ...
29/05/2026

It’s time for a ! 🎵

We want you to share your favourite songs from new artists...

👉 Comment with the song below or share a link to it on YouTube!

Don't forget to share this post or tag your friends in the comments, so they can get involved too! 🩵

We’re proud to be working with independent, specialist bookshops as we build our Reading for Pleasure collection. 🤝📚Next...
29/05/2026

We’re proud to be working with independent, specialist bookshops as we build our Reading for Pleasure collection. 🤝📚

Next up is The book-ends - an independent bookshop and arts space in Wellington, Shropshire, bringing together books, live performance, music, and creativity in a welcoming community hub. Find out more: https://ow.ly/MbrM50Z5s60

We’re delighted to be sourcing books from them for our growing collection and supporting the vital work that independent bookshops do for their local communities. 💛

Happy ! 🥳 I warn you about meetings, and I assist you in your life, I can help you do most of your work, unless I have ...
27/05/2026

Happy ! 🥳

I warn you about meetings, and I assist you in your life, I can help you do most of your work, unless I have a bug. What am I?

Good luck! The answer will be revealed tomorrow morning. 😊

Did you know you can access foreign language newspapers in the database Nexis, available through the OU online library? ...
27/05/2026

Did you know you can access foreign language newspapers in the database Nexis, available through the OU online library? Keeping up to date with current affairs in other languages is a great way to widen your vocabulary and learn about a country's culture and politics.

To read the news in French, German, Spanish (and lots more!), visit:👇

https://ow.ly/izLU50Z4ebR (OU login required.)

[Image description: Two newspapers in the French language rest on a table.]

Happy Eid Al-Adha 🌙
26/05/2026

Happy Eid Al-Adha 🌙

Avoiding plagiarism is important, but did you know you may be plagiarising without even knowing it? 😮This pathway from B...
26/05/2026

Avoiding plagiarism is important, but did you know you may be plagiarising without even knowing it? 😮

This pathway from Being digital will help you recognise what plagiarism is, the forms it can take & how to avoid it 👉 https://ow.ly/c4uY50YRGma

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https://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigital/

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