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A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Not a fan of corporate virtue signaling but right now it feels important to stand up and be counted. We’re determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, & against censorship & any attempt to compromise the core principles of scientific inquiry. tinyurl.com/vndz2j5w

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

A must read on the Clarivate announcement to end perpetual access to print, e-books, & digital collections by end of year. Siobhan Haimé suggests this disaster for libraries could be “an opportunity to radically explore alternative models to protect equitable access.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

If it's not already obvious, this does show why the governance structures of these companies aren't to be trusted. We should be very sceptical of legitimising them through our participation.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Universities in the UK and US, facing declining government support, will not renew expensive deals with Elsevier and others. Scholars need to support low cost journals! See e.g. freejournals.org, which is looking for new board members.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

So let’s see, the purges & systematic defunding is already happening. The institutions ECRs hope to join won’t be able to afford big $ journals, or new faculty for that matter. How deep does the institutional crisis have to get before scientists, new & old, learn to look beyond their own noses?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The moment that we operationalise "ratio of retracted papers" into a metric of suspicion - even if only informally, we put Goodhart's Law in reverse: We'd be disincentivising institutions to cast a serious gaze inward and we'd be casting entire nations and their scientists into risk categories

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

without getting into the weeds, my take is that if people predict your journal will publish incompetent race* trolling, and it does, and you don't want that to happen, you should either find a way to stop it from happening again, or pack it in *and transphobia dailynous.com/2025/02/11/c...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

The coming crises in US & UK universities are also a crisis for the academic journal model run by Elsevier et al.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

We are hiring! New open-ended/permanent position in the Anthropology of Data Science at Assistant Professor level. Closing date 21st March.

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'Libraries play a pivotal role in this ecosystem through their investments, but also by leveraging the tools and services offered by OAPEN and DOAB to enhance their collections, support researchers, and engage with the broader OA community.' #OAbooks @nielsstern.bsky.social @doabooks.bsky.social

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Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

I'm really enjoying the articles coming out of Katina Magazine. Feels like our space has been crying out for a regularly updated publication on library and knowledge work. katinamagazine.org

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"Clarivate has launched a subscription-based content access strategy, while also phasing out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries." My thoughts are...not appropriate for public airing, but if you know me and/or #ebookSOS, you can imagine. 📚

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

“Last week …nearly half (48%) of the studies published in that [CDC] journal over the past decade were deleted shortly after the Trump Administration took office. The removal of these studies was quiet and unexplained.” #Musk #CDC @senatorheinrich.bsky.social @repstansbury.bsky.social

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Resist the assault on research and education! Sign the open Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Gov Censorship! Sign now! Share everywhere! Help make this action go viral! #scholcomm #academisky #academichatter #sciencesky #openscience #resist tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Look what came in the mail! "How technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology" Link to book, Trans Technologies by Oliver L. Haimson: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777584... #AcademicSky #BookSky

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

"Junk papers proliferate at vanity journals and legitimate ones alike, due in part to the “publish or perish” ethos that pervades the research enterprise, and in part to the catastrophic business model that has captured much of scientific publishing since the early 2000s."

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

We join with publishers, authors, booksellers & librarians to affirm that the White House executive order recognizing only two sexes constitutes censorship and has no place in a free society. University presses strive to give voice to the breadth of human knowledge & experience. 1/2

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

A new article from @scholtom.bsky.social, E Sykes, and me: “How can we achieve sustainable funding for open access books?,” Insights, 2025, 38: 4, 1–9; DOI: doi.org/10.1629/uksg...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I've said it before, but I love @mfenner.bsky.social's Rogue Scholar service. With a bit of help from Martin on the Slack forum, I can now pre-assign DOIs to blog posts that I write and that it aggregates. It's really fantastic. rogue-scholar.org

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Occasional re-post. Constraining the executive to comply with the law is central to the separation of powers... and far from being self-enforcing, it's been under considerable strain for a long time before the current crisis. www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

Keren Reichler asks why are farmers burying underwear in their fields? Limn 11 - The Obsolescence Issue. limn.press/article/the-...

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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...

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Want to learn about metadata for #OpenAccess books but not sure where to start? Join us for the Good Metadata Practice for Open Access Books webinar – hosted by OIPA & @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social. 📆 20 March 2025 🕙 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET, 11:00 EDT Sign up for free: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Community-led open access isn't a cutesy ideal. The economic crisis could be a driver for institutions to actively participate in community-led open access. It is more sustainable than outsourcing (£) publishing to legacy outlets for 'prestige' (£). It is more equitable. It enhances bibliodiversity.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

So much for getting offline this week. A small group of #scholcomsky #academicsky activists are coming together on a cross-community open call to condemnation/resistance/action. Join us. Funders, policy makers, publishers, institutions, libraries, researchers all have to fight together.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The problem that the academic left has had re: "administrative bloat" is that 1) there is not conclusive evidence that it actually exists (it's complicated!) and 2) it can backfire by making our VERY lean organizations seem wasteful and inefficient.

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

is a bit crushed to learn Anthology Editions will shut down July 1. they are still publishing #othernetworks but instead of a print run of 4000, they'll print 1000 with extremely limited promo/marketing...thems are the breaks, I guess and I know there are much worse things in the world right now 1/3

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

One of the biggest areas of AI hype right now is the notion that it will hyperaccelerate scientific progress. I understand why people think this — AI is already accelerating scientific _production_. 🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

V good fr @lisalibrarian.bsky.social though I'm still wondering whether the laborious detailing of (absolutely necessary for research--eg you need electricity!) indirects (now avoided w the ICR) will be the path. Also less sanguine abt publishing impact. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/10/n...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The cuts announced Friday to NIH rates are designed to decimate the research sector, specifically the infrastructure necessary to do science, and hobble the university ecosystem. These changes go into effect Monday — and are retroactive. www.linkedin.com/posts/curtis...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Waking up this morning to see another side of the weaponization of open science: people claiming cuts to government funding of science is justified by low reproducibility rates. So OS as a movement to undermining trust in public-oriented institutions instead of an epistemic reform movement.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Write up on this in @wired.com by @emilymullin.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/trump-...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I just signed this statement from Invest in Open Infrastructure (#IOI), and I hope you will too. https://investinopen.org/blog/statement-of-support-for-a-global-research-ecosystem/ #Academia #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience @academicchatter @openscience

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...

submitted 14 days ago • 37 comments

Excited to announce I've been appointed Executive Director of the Barcelona Declaration @barcelonadori.bsky.social , (alongside my other consulting activities). We have funding for the next 3 years and will soon discuss the creation of a governance board. barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025020...

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Here's a sentence I did not expect to write: Thrilled to see Rockefeller University Press discussed in a new post on Retraction Watch! retractionwatch.com/2025/02/06/e...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Been reflecting on how organizations are thinking about their "lines in the sand." No one wants to be complicit, but we all have responsibilities -- either personal or professional -- that impact our decision making. #whatsyourredline #academicsky

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

it's here! Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa my book has arrived. a brief 🧵

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Can people actually participate in democracy in a complex, media-ted world? This debate between Lippmann and Dewey is just as relevant today.

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Step 1. Sow distrust through misinformation Step 2. Dismantle science Step 3. Hijack reform efforts to disguise what you're really doing & lend legitimacy & credibility Step 4. Only share controlled & ideological compliant "science" This new journal is step 3 in action. #scipub #academicsky

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments