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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Jul 29

OCLC has laid 80 people off, not just because of IMLS cuts but explicitly because they're trying to use AI to do the work of library professionals.

Ready to admit AI is a huge labor problem yet?

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Dublin-based nonprofit lays off 80 central Ohio workers, cites AI and federal cuts

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — A Dublin-based organization that manages the Dewey Decimal System and partners with libraries worldwide has laid off dozens of central Ohio employees, citing the rise of…

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · Jun 19

stand by for announcements into the CoP :) Anna and Bron will need help with convenorship

Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · Jun 19

I am taking 5 months of uninterrupted long service leave at full pay Aug-Dec this year!
Why have I got such an appalling accrual, I hear you ask? Well indeed, and therein lies the irony of librarian burnout. #VocationalAwe #IdentityAsProfession #WorkLifeBalance #ReframeAndReset

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N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social · Jun 12

The N8 Research Partnership has today released a landmark statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarly research is published

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Tuwhera Open Access @tuwhera.bsky.social · Jun 6

With open access conferences happening on the other side of the globe, we thought we'd celebrate OA in the lands down under with a link to the OA Toolkit for Aotearoa NZ Researchers. While only a basic tool, it's completely customisable for individual institutions oaaustralasia.org/open-access-...

Open Access Toolkit for Aotearoa New Zealand Researchers | Open Access Australasia

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · Jun 10

The world's largest science publishers - which enjoy huge power & profits - consistently pay men more than women

We analysed 8 years of #genderpaygap data & contrast staggering pay inequities w/ the warm glow publishers often get for #EDI #genderequality

Pls share our new paper & Call to Action

Gender pay gaps and inequity at science publishers

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Jun 12

Faster science is sloppier science. Don't we already have more than enough useless studies, retracted papers, and junk journals floating around?

The last thing we need is AI enabling people to produce more.

We need a slow research movement and we need it yesterday.

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Emilia [Scout] Bell @emiliacarabell.bsky.social · Jun 12

I had the pleasure of giving a keynote for the ANZREG conference earlier this week titled 'Beyond provocation: Reimagining systems through care, critique, and community.'

🔗 Talk and slides: www.emiliabell.com/2025/06/13/b...

Beyond provocation: Reimagining systems through care, critique, and community - Emilia C. Bell

Keynote at ANZREG Conference 11th June 2025 Slides | Recording [when available] Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0), except for any content quoted from ...

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm engaging less with my work/professional social media these days. It's a bit overwhelming out there, and I'm pulling in my antennae while I seek an acceptable balance for work/life

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Jun 10

As we say on the internet, "some personal news."

After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor.

In this thread I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career.

Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. 1/

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · May 31

Journal Article: “Defining quality in peer review reports: a scoping review” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Defining quality in peer review reports: a scoping review - Knowledge and Information Systems

This study examines the challenge of defining quality in peer-review reports, a crucial yet underexplored aspect of academic publishing. Reviewers are vital gatekeepers of scientific knowledge, but un...

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 31

Feels like a perfect storm of ignorance at my end, I've never had a good technical grasp of data exchange and integrations in EN and I'm not a library licences manager. Now AI. It's all coming at us so fast these days

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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · May 31

This support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/ar... ? Summarization feature Publishers are making libraries sign terms that say you can't upload their content into public ai clouds so yes technically this would be violation if user puts in full text and it gets Summarized

Endnote

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 31

We're really concerned about AI in bibliographic tools such as EndNote. They appear to be in breach of vendor/publisher licencing? We've asked our IT team not to push out the new version until we've got some better information in place

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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · May 27

A Librarian’s Guide to AI in Academic Search Tools katinamagazine.org/content/arti... - I was asked to write this rather than bloat out a review article I was doing for Katina. I struggled a lot with this, trying to keep it concise, vs technically accurate while handicaped by my limited knowledge

A Librarian’s Guide to AI in Academic Search Tools

As Katina covers the integration of AI into academic search tools and other library products, this guide offers useful background information on the technology.

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · May 29

CREEPY: Academia.edu has generated an AI podcast for my paper:

Kingsley, D.A. and Kennan, M.A. (2015) “Open access: the whipping boy for problems in scholarly publication”, aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol37/i...

It is *kinda* OK, but the asides are slightly off putting (an emphasise the wrong points)

Open Access: The Whipping Boy for Problems in Scholarly Publishing

With this paper, we hope to foster debate about the place of open access (OA) in scholarly publishing. After providing a background to OA’s development and current state, we examine some of the accusa...

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 31

I would love to see this kind of graph for the academic publishing sector

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 29

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
Share, boost, join and show them love.

It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · May 28

They were planning on streaming from the NASA GISS building on the last day it was a NASA building. However, NASA officials are preventing speakers from entering the building.

Join the stream and show your support!

Skeptical Science @skepticalscience.bsky.social · May 28

Tune into the 💯 hour Weather & Climate Livestream, brought to you by US meteorologists and climate scientists whose research is at risk due to proposed budget cuts. Learn about the federally funded science that makes weather forecasts and climate predictions possible!
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Live from NASA GISS, kicking-off the Weather and Climate 100-hour livestream

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream

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Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 21

unless subject to a funder policy, but that's a thin edge of wedge

Em Johnson (she/her) @missemilielib.bsky.social · May 21

IEEE now assert specific licenses and Copyright ownership over accepted manuscript versions now too.

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · May 20

WOW - how do these people lie straight in bed at night? IEEE is charging a 'Repository License Fee' (or should that be 'FEEE'?)

"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...

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C4DISC @c4disc.bsky.social · May 9

Several years after the launch of C4DISC, in a challenging political climate, we are encouraged to see reaffirmations of commitment to our Joint Statement of Principles by some of our members.
We invite all members and partners to share their statements of commitment:
c4disc.org/reaffirmatio...

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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · May 13

Worth a share: a handout on neurodiversity-affirming principles and practices for #libraries,
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#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiverse
#Librarian
#Library

Neurodiversity-affirming principles for libraries

A handout on neurodiversity-affirming principles and practices for libraries, based on Sonny Jane Wise's Core Principles for Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice. Colorful and plain-text versions availa...

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