Why we won’t be funding open access publishing any more - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News The open access movement was bold and promising, but ultimately disappointing. Now is the time to stop and call for a new way to make publishing work…

Cancer Research UK is fed up of paying too much for open access publishing so they are completely stopping funding this activity:
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w...

I get the “look” and the paw of protest from mine 🐶

Although I’ve only caught a few clips on YouTube, I must be in the minority by not finding SNL UK that funny. Wasn’t keen on the latest cold open either. Maybe it’ll pick up.

In case you missed it 👀 ❗

FORRT has launched the Open Research Games Portal — a collection of games and interactive activities for teaching open and reproducible science !

Explore it here: forrt.org/games/ and feel free to browse and use ✨

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

This is utterly jaw-dropping.

A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.

www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Also found it galling on the radio this morning being described as people “complaining” about their mental health, completely trivialising and demeaning.

We're looking for a pro-active HE/research librarian, keen for responsibility, who likes being involved with a range of different tasks and is able to see the library service as an interconnected whole.

If this sounds like you - why not apply? (must be able to work in London for some of the week).

Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather

Brilliant news to wake up to 👏

#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

Same - and to cope with external ones!

Open Research Week Ireland 2026 - lots of reassuring talk about rights retention from today’s presentations.

The safety net of read and publish renewals appear to have slowed down adoption in some institutions, although its not uncommon to hear it can take 2+ years to implement 👀

International Open Access Week International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...

Save the Date: International #OpenAccess Week will be October 19-25, 2026. #OAWeek is an opportunity to join together, take action & raise awareness of the benefits of openly sharing knowledge. www.openaccessweek.org

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Help us make hope normal again.

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Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

2025 has been a tough year. The stresses of finishing my MRes, months of job uncertainty, then the shock of suddenly losing my grandad.

Finishing the year exhausted, but hopeful that the new year will bring new opportunities 🤞

Finished now until 2026. Interested to see what the new year brings in terms of open access. Predictions seem to be that Gold OA will go into decline, with Green OA potentially on the rebound (in part due to Rights Retention).

My two faves are in the dance off - noooo 😫 #scd

Late posting this, but I’m delighted to have been awarded a Master of Research from Queen Margaret University 🎓

Great initiative...

First issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research:

doi.org/10.36399/f74...

The finale of #celebritytraitors was just… wow 😮

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.

This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.

Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

I’m really enjoying Spiced Pumpkin Latte - feels like a nice seasonal treat for this time of year 🍂🎃

Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

The Library has a page linking to open resources that can help you find research papers, open access books, policy papers, patents, web archives and more!

Happy #OAWeek

www.brookes.ac.uk/library/coll...

International Open Access Week International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...

Today marks the start of International Open Access Week. This year's theme focuses on the ownership of knowledge www.openaccessweek.org

At Oxford Brookes, you can make your research Open Access either through the Gold or Green route. Find out more: www.brookes.ac.uk/library/reso...

I’m true neutral and have a selection of bookmarks to choose from

“When there’s so much misinformation around and distrust about science, it’s more important than ever that we are transparent about how exactly science goes on” - RoRI's @scurry.bsky.social calls on the research sector to end the “publication bias” against negative results: tinyurl.com/ux5xtm4d

12 months on from publishing a paper about EDI in our library, it’s reassuring to see the research being cited and showing some impact 😮‍💨