So I just discovered this and very much share the ethos: Address violence against women, yes. Exclude trans people from the discussion when they have double the violence, no. notinourname.org.uk/s/zDwUWi Rare moment of 'political/opinion stuff on social media' Normal scheduling will resume.

Call for submissions for #OxFOS27 are now open! Do disseminate widely: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/open-researc...

Apologies to everyone, after some tech failures, re-recording and staff illness, we've finally managed to get the recording for this event out: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE_Uninten... do share!

Library cactus (Sarah Humphreys)@sarahhlib.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New event for all those interested in the intersection between #OpenData and AI analysis: Unintended consequences of open datasets: is agent-driven secondary analysis publishable? - 01/07/26, Online, 11-12. Book now: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE26_OpenD...

New event for all those interested in the intersection between #OpenData and AI analysis: Unintended consequences of open datasets: is agent-driven secondary analysis publishable? - 01/07/26, Online, 11-12. Book now: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE26_OpenD...

I will be curious to see if this causes Emerald to change it's stance on zero embargo green.

Jeroen Sondervan@jeroenson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another one bites the dust - or maybe better: extreme capitalism in scholarly communication: www.researchinformation.info/news/wiley-a...

An interesting discursive thought piece: katinamagazine.org/content/arti... though I do think the open licence is a bit of a sticking point for me as if an article's copyright isn't legally defined correctly it will only lead to pain in the future.

What Counts as Diamond Open Access? China Has Its Own Answer.

Diamond OA is frequently associated with Latin America or European community-led initiatives, with China left out of the conversation. It shouldn’t be.

katinamagazine.org

Using the very-kawaii-but-actually-Dutch Miffy as a mascot for a Dutch Vermeer is pretty clever in my opinion (Not a fan of Miffy - I think the cross mouth looks like it's sewn shut)

Bassano@bassano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

The inherent humour that this is in an ELSEVIER journal amuses me: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I'm also stealing 'Academic journals are Janus-faced,'

Splitting status and substance: The diverging fates of breakaway and zombie journals

Mass editorial board resignations from journals are an increasingly widespread phenomenon in academic publishing. Breakaway journals are new journals …

sciencedirect.com

🔓 The Cost of Knowledge is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 19-25). Challenging us to consider the financial, human, and environmental costs of creating, sharing, and sustaining knowledge #OAWeek #OAWeek2026 🔗 www.openaccessweek.org/theme

Theme — International Open Access Week

openaccessweek.org

Our first Middle Common Room journal is now live! hmcj.shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/HMCJ congrats to @hmcoxford.bsky.social and all the team working on this journal. Looking forward to see what scholarship they cultivate.

Geek hangout spot (Gaming, boardgames etc) that doesn't have loud music in the evening and serves 50s style sodas and fancy mocktails rather than booze so there's no age restriction overall.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 3mo ago

Take a break from the discourse and quote this with a business you would want to start if you could afford to lose money on it

OxFOS26 is now archived and linked in ORA: dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-... This is the programme but if you go down to 'related items' it is linked out to all the respective events. Which in turn have their respective slide deck for download and recording link in the 'notes' field. Thanks ORA team!

Turns out you CAN make the human liable for what they submit using GenAI.

mia ridge@miaout.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of fierce debate, Torvalds and maintainers come to an agreement' www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...

The bad news: train home also cancelled. Good news: Cancellation announced in time for me to catch the Euston train and 'upgrade' my ticket to get home via London.

Today in 'the horrors Librarians make up' the term 'yassified clippy' came up when discussing how to make Copilot even worse. The vision was: a modernised vector style clippy with the Copilot GenAI behind it. Suffice to say it was agreed to be a bad thing.

Open textbook maturity model from University of Illinois Chicago I'm at 1!

Finished the first of two presentations for #UKSG2026 of you missed us do come tomorrow at 11!

At #UKSG2026? Swing by stand 67 and chat to us about open institutional publishing! We have swag and books to browse 😎 @uksg.bsky.social

Incredibly powerful quote from Elaine Sykes to finish this very moving plenary in her memory: “Librarians, this is a call to arms - for change to happen we need to be courageous leaders, even though it seems an impossible task…” Moved to tears here at #UKSG2026

Oh hey. They have special ones where I can show off the new photos @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social organised last month! #UKSG2026

Be gentle with us!

Kirsten the (ex) Librarian@librarykirsten.bsky.social · 2y ago

Conference kindness reminder: presenting can be super stressful and scary, especially if it’s the first time you’ve done it, or public speaking isn’t part of your day job. If you’re the first person to ask a question, thank the speaker and say something nice.

The bad: 5 trains and two extra hours transport. The good: timed Uber Eats order to arrive at hotel as I was checking in. UKSG presentation tomorrow! #BrickingIt

Comming up soon! Am I nervous? Yes, yes I am nervous. Be gentle with me!

Library cactus (Sarah Humphreys)@sarahhlib.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just sent off my speaker form for #UKSG2026 - My first time ever speaking (Though I will be with conference veterans @cathdishman.bsky.social @tmorley24.bsky.social and @beckywojturska.bsky.social ) Let me know if you are at UKSG (and selfishly: if you'll be a friendly face for my talk!)

Just sent off my speaker form for #UKSG2026 - My first time ever speaking (Though I will be with conference veterans @cathdishman.bsky.social @tmorley24.bsky.social and @beckywojturska.bsky.social ) Let me know if you are at UKSG (and selfishly: if you'll be a friendly face for my talk!)

We always say 'as open as possible as closed as necessary' so what would be some necessary closures for research. I'll start with the obvious - Data or information that would be considered protected under the data protection act for persons still living (obvs!)

Join us for a webinar on Cultivating #FAIRdata across the disciplines on Mar 5th with colleagues @fairsharing.bsky.social and @researchdataall.bsky.social #RDAambassadors @allysonlister.bsky.social and Daniel Manrique-Castano. #OxFOS26 @ox.ac.uk ➡️ Register at go.glam.ox.ac.uk/OxFOS26_Regi...

Still time to book onto #OxFOS26 - Though the in-person day is getting crowded!

Bodleian Health Care Libraries@bodleianhcl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

OxFOS (Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship) is a Uni-wide conference for anyone interested in making research more open & trustworthy, free to attend & generally open to all, regardless of affiliation, until spaces are filled #OxFOS26 buff.ly/YIuJiQR @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social

Well... I thought I'd managed to correctly tag #OxFOS26 for the @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy but for some reason it's been a day and it's not come up (was hoping to use that for my own profile to be consistent) What did I do wrong? 😅

Quick post to admire this logo. LOOK AT IT. Canadian maple leaf visualised as a network to represent a Repository CoP just sooooo good.

Open Access Tracking Project@oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 6mo ago

Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Repository Knowledge Mentorship Program 2026-2027 - Canadian Association of Research Libraries https://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-mentorship-program-2026/

Just sent off my speaker form for #UKSG2026 - My first time ever speaking (Though I will be with conference veterans @cathdishman.bsky.social @tmorley24.bsky.social and @beckywojturska.bsky.social ) Let me know if you are at UKSG (and selfishly: if you'll be a friendly face for my talk!)