Rick Anderson
@rickanderson.bsky.social
Latter-day Saint, librarian, clawhammer banjo player, writer, speaker. University Librarian at Brigham Young University. Posts are only my opinions.
Researcher to Reader is one of the best scholcomm meetings of the year -- and I don't just say that because I'm on the advisory board. ;-) Join us in London for another great program of presentations, workshops, and debate!
#R2RConf Early Bird Ends This Week!
EB discount is available during November. Plus attractive rates for academics, librarians & others who work in universities. Early registration is risk-free, with full refund available until end of January.
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EB discount is available during November. Plus attractive rates for academics, librarians & others who work in universities. Early registration is risk-free, with full refund available until end of January.
r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
Conference Programme
R2R 2026 Conference Programme The full Programme for 2026 Conference is listed below; the timetable will be set out in November, and the Lightning Talks will be announced in January. The programme …
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November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Researcher to Reader is one of the best scholcomm meetings of the year -- and I don't just say that because I'm on the advisory board. ;-) Join us in London for another great program of presentations, workshops, and debate!
Today, part 2: a five-point "modest manifesto" for a scholcomm future characterized not by universal openness, but by pluralism and a diversity of publishing models.
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In Defense of Pluralism and Diversity: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Scholarly Communication (Part 2 of 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen
An invitation to embrace pluralism and diversity in scholarly communication models -- rather than attempting to impose a single solution.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today, part 2: a five-point "modest manifesto" for a scholcomm future characterized not by universal openness, but by pluralism and a diversity of publishing models.
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The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned — not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.
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The Global Transition Has Already Happened – It's Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen
The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned -- not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned — not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.
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The latest from #UKSG Insights - experience of libraries developing and hosting #diamondOA publishing, Cath Dishman, LJMU @cathdishman.bsky.social and Rebecca Wojturska, @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social University of Edinburgh dub.sh/xeaT0vh
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The latest from #UKSG Insights - experience of libraries developing and hosting #diamondOA publishing, Cath Dishman, LJMU @cathdishman.bsky.social and Rebecca Wojturska, @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social University of Edinburgh dub.sh/xeaT0vh
Check out the full program of next year's Researcher to Reader Conference! It's going to be amazing. Join us in London!
r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
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Conference Programme
R2R 2026 Conference Programme The full Programme for 2026 Conference is listed below; the timetable will be set out in November, and the Lightning Talks will be announced in January. The programme …
r2rconf.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Check out the full program of next year's Researcher to Reader Conference! It's going to be amazing. Join us in London!
r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
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Communicate too much. That's item #1 in what will be an eight-part series on "Eight Things Every Library Leader Has to Do."
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Eight Things Every Library Leader Has to Do (Part 1)
As some readers may have noticed, the basic sales pitch for this newsletter has always been “this is your chance to learn the easy way a bunch of things I learned the hard way.” In that…
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October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Communicate too much. That's item #1 in what will be an eight-part series on "Eight Things Every Library Leader Has to Do."
visionandbalance.org/2025/10/28/e...
visionandbalance.org/2025/10/28/e...
In today's installment of my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership, I address an issue we never talk about: the phenomenon of "bullying from below." Comments welcome!
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Bullying from Below: A Surprisingly Pervasive Feature of Academic Libraries
This topic is a bit uncomfortable to write about — partly because it can sound like privileged whining (“Being a leader is so hard! People are so mean!”), and partly because it ca…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In today's installment of my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership, I address an issue we never talk about: the phenomenon of "bullying from below." Comments welcome!
visionandbalance.org/2025/10/14/b...
visionandbalance.org/2025/10/14/b...
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The latest Opinion from #UKSGInsights journal: Andrew Johnson from the University of Sheffield Library - "Interlibrary loans, subscriptions and copyright in the UK academic library sector" dub.sh/55gEiGy
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The latest Opinion from #UKSGInsights journal: Andrew Johnson from the University of Sheffield Library - "Interlibrary loans, subscriptions and copyright in the UK academic library sector" dub.sh/55gEiGy
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#R2RConf (24-25 Feb) reg opens 13 Oct
2-day meeting; c200 scholcomms people:
- AI's impact for authors & the South
- non-traditional PR
- is integrity a publisher responsibility
- plus, books, open science....
Offers for academics & librarians:
- £100 tickets
- free ‘partner’ tickets
r2rconf.com
2-day meeting; c200 scholcomms people:
- AI's impact for authors & the South
- non-traditional PR
- is integrity a publisher responsibility
- plus, books, open science....
Offers for academics & librarians:
- £100 tickets
- free ‘partner’ tickets
r2rconf.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#R2RConf (24-25 Feb) reg opens 13 Oct
2-day meeting; c200 scholcomms people:
- AI's impact for authors & the South
- non-traditional PR
- is integrity a publisher responsibility
- plus, books, open science....
Offers for academics & librarians:
- £100 tickets
- free ‘partner’ tickets
r2rconf.com
2-day meeting; c200 scholcomms people:
- AI's impact for authors & the South
- non-traditional PR
- is integrity a publisher responsibility
- plus, books, open science....
Offers for academics & librarians:
- £100 tickets
- free ‘partner’ tickets
r2rconf.com
Wisdom from Arthur Brooks:
"We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other."
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"We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other."
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Arthur Brooks: How to Heal Our Country? Love Your Enemies.
Moral courage is standing up to the people with whom you agree, on behalf of those with whom you disagree, writes Arthur Brooks for The Free Press.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wisdom from Arthur Brooks:
"We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other."
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
"We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other."
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
I'm honored to be keynoting the upcoming IATUL conference in Shanghai. Join us! It should be a fun discussion. :-)
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#iatul2025 #openscholarship #scholarlycommunication | IATUL International Association of University Libraries
Why does open discussion of open scholarship matter, and how can we foster it?
At #IATUL2025, Rick Anderson, University Librarian at Brigham Young University, will deliver the keynote:
“Open Discuss...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm honored to be keynoting the upcoming IATUL conference in Shanghai. Join us! It should be a fun discussion. :-)
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Here's the latest post from Vision & Balance, my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership:
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Library Leaders and Political Statements
If you’ve recently become the dean or director of an academic library, you may now find yourself in an unusual and unexpected position. Like many (though not all) of us, you may have suddenly…
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September 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's the latest post from Vision & Balance, my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership:
visionandbalance.org/2025/09/23/l...
visionandbalance.org/2025/09/23/l...
It's really frustrating not to know the terms of this settlement.
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Notice (Other) – #180 in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Internet Archive (N.D. Cal., 3:23-cv-06522) – CourtListener.com
Joint Notice of Settlement by UMG Recordings Inc, Capitol Records LLC, Concord Bicycle Assets, LLC, CMGI Recorded Music Assets LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Arista Music re Joint Notice of Settlement...
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September 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's really frustrating not to know the terms of this settlement.
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New from #UKSGInsights: "Multilingual research dissemination: current practices and implications for bibliometrics" dub.sh/NJjpJG3
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New from #UKSGInsights: "Multilingual research dissemination: current practices and implications for bibliometrics" dub.sh/NJjpJG3
Does anyone smoke clove cigarettes anymore? I miss the smell, which always takes me back to the joys of record shopping in Harvard Square circa 1981...
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Does anyone smoke clove cigarettes anymore? I miss the smell, which always takes me back to the joys of record shopping in Harvard Square circa 1981...
I have to assume that whoever named this deodorant product has never lived in a city with a harbor.
August 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I have to assume that whoever named this deodorant product has never lived in a city with a harbor.
This is astonishing, and we're not talking enough about the implications. Pull quote: “I don’t want to say, ‘The death cycle of the Democratic Party,’ but there seems to be no end to this... This is month after month, year after year.”
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The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis
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August 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is astonishing, and we're not talking enough about the implications. Pull quote: “I don’t want to say, ‘The death cycle of the Democratic Party,’ but there seems to be no end to this... This is month after month, year after year.”
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I went to a slightly uncomfortable place in today's issue of Vision & Balance: Leading and Managing in the Academic Library:
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On Loving Your People
To be a good leader, you have to love the people you lead. Yeah, I said it.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I went to a slightly uncomfortable place in today's issue of Vision & Balance: Leading and Managing in the Academic Library:
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I'm looking forward to this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on usage metrics! It's happening a week after Uncovered, so you get two UKSG events in one month. Uncovered is about managing uncertainty and risk in our ever-changing world, and it's a cracker of a speaker line up: www.uksg.org/events/uksg-...
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I'm looking forward to this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on usage metrics! It's happening a week after Uncovered, so you get two UKSG events in one month. Uncovered is about managing uncertainty and risk in our ever-changing world, and it's a cracker of a speaker line up: www.uksg.org/events/uksg-...
I've got a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, explaining my deep pessimism about the future of the subscribe-to-open OA publishing model. Comments are coming in thick and fast and the discussion has been really good so far, I think.
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Subscribe-to-Open Is Doomed. Here's Why. - The Scholarly Kitchen
A scholarly communication ecosystem that relies on voluntary support rather than charging for access to content becomes radically less capable of keeping money in the system.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I've got a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, explaining my deep pessimism about the future of the subscribe-to-open OA publishing model. Comments are coming in thick and fast and the discussion has been really good so far, I think.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/18/s...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/18/s...
There's still time to submit a proposal for the 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference! Don't miss your chance... #R2RConf
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Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the upcoming R2R Conference is OPEN. The Researcher to Reader Conference takes place each February, and our Programme is developed between June and October the previous year…
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August 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There's still time to submit a proposal for the 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference! Don't miss your chance... #R2RConf
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...
Just a quick reminder that the call-for-papers deadline for next year's Researcher to Reader conference is steadily approaching -- if you've attended in the past you know what a great meeting it is. And if you haven't, this is your chance to join us and participate!
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...
Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the upcoming R2R Conference is OPEN. The Researcher to Reader Conference takes place each February, and our Programme is developed between June and October the previous year…
r2rconf.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just a quick reminder that the call-for-papers deadline for next year's Researcher to Reader conference is steadily approaching -- if you've attended in the past you know what a great meeting it is. And if you haven't, this is your chance to join us and participate!
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...
r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...