Francis Crick Institute Library & Information Services
Official account from the Francis Crick's LIS team. Open access, library and science news and discussion.
- Excited about this. We're busy putting together and in person day at the Crick on the 21st April so block out the day in your diary now! #LNDOpenFest26
- Announcing the dates for this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival! 🎉 Monday 20 - Friday 24 April 2026 🗓️ Find the full list of 13 partners and more details on the latest Open@UCL blog post buff.ly/eSmjBWJ And make sure to keep following for updates! #LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience
- Engaging with Open Science practices helps to signal your integrity. It's what we've always said, but nice that someone has run the numbers!
- Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p...
- Would you like to publish in or otherwise support the work of Diamond Open Access journals? Check out the Diamond Discovery Hub created by @craft-oa.bsky.social and launched last October. It has a huge listing of journals and an easy search function ddh.diamas.org/en
- Open datasets and code from the @crick.ac.uk are now much easier to find thanks to today's launch of the Francis Crick Open Data Catalogue. Check it out here: www.crick.ac.uk/research/pub...
- Happy International Love Methods week! The Crick partners with @protocolsio.bsky.social to share open methods, and if you happen to be a Crick researcher, you can use their protocol writing up service for free (while codes last!) www.protocols.io/we-enter-pro...
- Did you know there's a starter pack to help you find people who've worked at the Crick? If you're on here and you'd like to be added, let us or @drbeth.bsky.social know!
- Can AI accelerate exciting science, or is it just giving us more incremental papers to wade through? timrequarth.substack.com/p/before-ai-...
- Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February? Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP #OAbooks
- The Crash Course lectures at the @crick.ac.uk are a really great introduction to a biomedical subject. Check out this one by @kathaschmack.bsky.social talking about psychosis and the research that her lab is doing.
- Ready for a crash course in psychosis? My recent public lecture is now on YouTube! I explain what psychosis is, what we are doing about it in the lab, and what the future may hold. Watch & share👇 youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
- The library is on tour today, lending books in the atrium for the Christmas break. We've built ourselves a Christmas tree and a Snowman. What do you think? 🎄⛄️
- Did you know that our Head of Library & Information Services at @crick.ac.uk published a book last year? A great resource for library staff to up their EDI game, but as it covers events, hiring etc. non-library ppl might also like it. If you're at the Crick, we've got a copy in reading corner.
- Learn more about @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence Programme - supporting the transition of postdocs to group leaders Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
