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This equates to approximately a quarter of peer-reviewed articles published in Australia every year (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...). If you take into account "Diamond" OA publishing, that percentage reduces further.
caul.edu.au/caul-announc...
A leading pharmacologist in Italy accused of embezzling research funds is now the subject of coordinated editorial action by one of the field’s professional societies.
"In 2025, 92 percent of all book challenges were initiated by pressure groups, government officials and decision makers, up from 72 percent in 2024. Less than 3 percent of challenges originated from individual parents." 📚
www.ala.org/news/2026/04...
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European Rights Retention Community of Practice - May 2026 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/usv4hgQ...
#academicsky #skybrarians #CARE #GIDA
www.gida-global.org/care
#phdsky #academicsky #skybrarians and also @richove.bsky.social
growing use of longer material in open-access repositories, with access to book chapters rising from just over 2 million uses in 2020 to more than 3.5 million in 2024.
Academics also raised concerns about the visibility of their work. “Institutional repository contents are not very discoverable via a Google search,” one participant said.
MESSY - arguments about over OA for books, but there is some cognitive dissonance.
Increase in access from IRs from 2mil in 2020 to 3.5mil in 2024, but academics don't want to use IRs because IR contents are 'not very discoverable'....
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/strateg...
It's #TransDayOfVisibility If you are a young person (13-26) wanting to read books on queer or trans topics in the US that have been restricted/banned in your area, you can. Get a card, read online.
booksunbanned.com/card
The @bmj.com reviewed the issues raised and found “apparent recruitment outside of the inclusion criteria, including those over 65 years old; discrepancy in the number of participants enrolled; and data irregularities, such as unusual patterns in the data.”
"In one of the documents seen by Index, the school admits that the categorisations of the books were written using AI, writing: “Although the categorisation was generated using AI, I consider this classification to be broadly accurate.”"
😭😭 HOW is this okay? #skybrarians
“A Tennessee library director is drawing national support after refusing to relocate LGBTQ+ children’s books, citing the First Amendment.”
apple.news/AEgwuiGArT_m...
I said this when we all went gung ho for reading list systems. I was also in favour, I'm not Cassandra here, but still. Serendipity is important. We lost some of it when we stopped having to look up print journals, too.
