It just keeps getting better! It’s been such fun to collab with @drbeth.bsky.social from the Crick and @rosiehigman.bsky.social and Lucy from LSE, not long until the Festival kicks off and I can’t wait! Check out the program and get involved! :)
Yeah, they've been at this for a while, complete and utter nonsense
@lsepress.bsky.social re the query I forwarded to Philippa the other week
Big HE library sector job vacancy as Deputy Director at SCONUL (and big shoes to fill, congrats on the new gig Lisa) www.sconul.ac.uk/media/uhpjvf... up to £65k, deadline 6 May #HEJobs #Job #Vacancy #Libraries
Great that the book is coming out soon with @lsepress.bsky.social. With my friend and colleague from University of Bristol, Prof Chuks Okereke, we contributed the chapter on tackling climate change in low and middle income countries.
It's that time of year again when I remind all my UK academic colleagues to register with @alcs.co.uk so you get paid when your work is used under licenses like the CLA license, PLR etc. It might be more than you think & it's money you're owed for your work being used!
www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works/
In How Africa Eats, award-winning author David Luke and a team of researchers explore the intersection between trade, food security agriculture policies, and climate risks.
Publishing #OpenAccess Spring 2025.
Free to read and download. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social
And academics for some unknown reason
In the meantime we'll delay implementation because that'll solve everything
Unpopular opinion: zoom is awful. Every time I try to join a zoom call it takes 5 minutes longer than it should to load
💥New: Riccardo Crescenzi argues a more co-ordinated approach to Big Science across the UK and EU, could produce significant social and economic benefits, as well as catalysing innovation and increased competitiveness across the bloc.
#Innovation #BigScience #SciencePolicy @lseevents.bsky.social
**Exciting news klaxon**
LSE Open Research Community is now up and running. "Through thoughtful debates, and continuous learning, we're fostering a culture where open, transparent and collaborative research can thrive."
www.linkedin.com/company/lse-...
A publishing ecosystem that brings communities of scholars, librarians & OA publishers together to participate in knowledge production, publication, & dissemination is viable. Research cultures would benefit from being more collaborative than competitive. Institutions can help to bridge the gap(s).
But the vast majority of research articles are not front page levels of exciting so this nearly always comes across as publishers being protectionist
I've heard researchers make this argument before, so I think I get what's meant but by definition if your work is out there first it can't be scooped. I've also heard the big reveal argument and can see where that comes from in a teeny tiny number of cases
Surely you can't be scooped if your preprint is out there first? This argument never made sense to me.
Thank you for investigating!
Anyone with a Netflix subscription can see why Proquest’s new model will be unacceptable to libraries & users. Disappearing titles, content you don’t actually want, annual fee increases & if you can’t pay you lose everything. Libraries have purchasing power & should collectively reject this model.
Ooh interesting! I'll watch out for it
Screenshot from Google scholar, text begins Code assigned: 2020.058 B then gives the author names E Nilsson, K Holmfeldt, Karin Holmfeldt
I too am now invested and assume these people will know
Ooh, what's the new book?
💥New: As Proquest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?
🧑💻Kevin O'Donovan (@lselibrary.bsky.social)
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #Libraries
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
The risk is very real. I had been wondering how pubmed and Europe PMC are linked, and if mitigation of the risk was possible there. This article is really helpful
Here @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social we are running a project called 'The Algorithimic Archive', funded by the Mellon Foundation on the challenges & needs for archiving social media data. We need your help- if you use such data can you help us with this survey? forms.office.com/pages/respon...
So valuable to hear these authors sharing in their own words why they recommend open access publishing
⭕ Decentralised Governance, ed. Jean-Paul Faguet and Sarmistha Pal, is free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
#Decentralisation #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Development #Governance #Democracy @lseid.bsky.social
"Highly informative to students and scholars of political economy, public policy, and public administration, even if they are not scholars of decentralization"
Decentralised Governance reviewed by @ricarthuguet.bsky.social in @pareview.bsky.social journal ✍
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🏁 Our books and journals have passed the million mark!
Huge thanks to all of our authors, contributors, editors, and readers for helping us reach this milestone.
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