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Claudio Gnoli @gnoli.eu · 1h

Just created #KO
bsky.app/starter-pack...

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 5h

New Report From the @ec.europa.eu: The Role of Artificial
Intelligence in Scientific #Research: A #Science for Policy, European Perspective publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h... #AI

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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 5h

1/2 Now on Zenodo: #WOOC2025 Proceedings (Bologna, 28–29 May 2025).

📖 Index: lnkd.in/dUGHNbAC
📚 Papers (each with a DOI): lnkd.in/dYnkYx2K

Includes the Bologna Meeting Report on Open Research Information: moving from principles to practice with community-driven next steps.

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 8h

Here's an interesting self-assessment tool for researchers. According to the developers, it can support researchers in identifying their skill gaps.

The tool: research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...

The video: youtu.be/3bbHHbsocjY?...

#Research #Skills #Assessment #ResearchComp

research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu

Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 20h

Today marks the 15th anniversary of these events.

Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 20h

On Oct 8, 2010, Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize. That day, the blogger Han Han posted only two quotation marks, prompting netizens to look for hidden meaning.

For analysis, see Shaohua Guo’s paper: www.jstor.org/stable/24886...

#China #SocialMedia #HanHan #LiuXiaobo

The Appeal of Style: Han Han and Microcultural Contention in Digital China on JSTOR

Shaohua Guo, The Appeal of Style: Han Han and Microcultural Contention in Digital China, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Vol. 28, No. 2 (FALL, 2016), pp. 90-138

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Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · 1d

Wiley advances Research Exchange Platform with AI-driven automation - Research Information www.researchinformation.info/news/wiley-a...

Wiley advances Research Exchange Platform with AI-driven automation - Research Information

Development will "help authors get work published faster while preserving peer review reports throughout the process"

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China Media Project @chinamediaproject.bsky.social · 1d

New to the CMP Dictionary: Emblazoned as the motto of the Central Party School and the namesake of China’s top theoretical journal, “seeking truth from facts” (实事求是) is one of the party’s most important guiding theoretical principles. Jordyn Haime breaks it down. bit.ly/48St7PK

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 1d

How can three popular chatbots support subject cataloging using DDC, LCC, and LCSH?

doi.org/10.5860/lrts...

Why read? Replicable assessment methodology for automatic indexing.
What’s next? Observing real chatbot use in cataloging (as the authors suggest).

#ShortReview #KO #AI #SubjectCataloging

AI Chatbots and Subject Cataloging: A Performance Test | Dobreski | Library Resources & Technical Services

AI Chatbots and Subject Cataloging: A Performance Test

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

See the abstract: www.iskouk.org/isko-uk-conf...

Programme

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the author's ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-47...

ORCID

orcid.org

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

At the conference, @angelosalatino.bsky.social reviewed existing KOSs for academic disciplines and discussed how AI can help build them.
He asked: How can we integrate existing KOSs of research fields?
It's an important question for both KO and scientometrics.

#AI #KnowledgeOrganization #ISKOUK

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

See the abstract: www.iskouk.org/isko-uk-conf...

Programme

www.iskouk.org

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Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 2d

In this piece on "genre borrowing" I study why netizens use Sima Qian's "arrayed biography" (列传) form to write biographies of Li Wenliang & how the narrative devices of this ancient genre align with the logic of digital culture. Open access! @asc.upenn.edu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the author's ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-87...

ORCID

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

At the conference, Ronald Siebes discussed the limitations of LLMs. They can explain various issues well but often struggle to apply this knowledge. He emphasized the important role of symbolic AI in improving their performance. See also:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...

#AI #KnowledgeOrganization #ISKOUK

Potemkin Understanding in Large Language Models

Large language models (LLMs) are regularly evaluated using benchmark datasets. But what justifies making inferences about an LLM's capabilities based on its answers to a curated set of questions? This...

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the ISKO UK conference "Knowledge Organization in the Age of AI." The programme is here: iskouk.org/isko-uk-conf...

#AI #KnowledgeOrganization #Conference #ISKOUK

Programme

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 2d

Given that the social media ecosystem remains fertile ground for influence operations, effective policy and media literacy efforts must be supported by IT companies and security institutions, especially during this period of rapid AI development.

#China #SocialMedia

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

The Chinese embassy in Manila hired a marketing firm that ran fake social media accounts praising China, undermining the Philippines’ security alliance with the US, and criticizing Western COVID vaccines, Reuters found reut.rs/437dUqn

How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines

The Chinese embassy in Manila hired a marketing firm that ran fake social media accounts praising China, undermining the Philippines’ security alliance with the U.S., and criticizing Western COVID vaccines, Reuters found.

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MERICS @merics.bsky.social · 3d

From solar panels to electric vehicles, Beijing has outpaced rivals before. Wendy Chang says its latest push to spread the use of #AI could now threaten other European strengths, like industrial automation. Read her comment on Beijing’s ambitious 🤖“AI+” initiative. merics.org/en/comment/c...

China’s “AI+” drive aims for integration across sectors: a wake-up call for Europe

From solar panels to electric vehicles, Beijing has outpaced rivals before. Wendy Chang says its latest push to spread the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could now threaten other European strengt...

merics.org

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 3d

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6

@dorassessment.bsky.social

A person holding a publication titled "A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations" by DORA, in front of a bookshelf.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 5d

"Among articles stating that data was available upon request, only 17% shared data upon request." (Or: you keep saying these words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean)

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
open.lnu.se/index.php/me...

LnuOpen | Meta-Psychology

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 6d

Deep Research On a Dime (A Look at Alibaba’s New #Tongyi #DeepResearch Model)(via #IBM) www.ibm.com/think/news/t... #LLMs #AI #GenAI

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 6d

The current US–China rivalry is increasingly defined by competition for talent.

See also: doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Demography also plays some role.

www.osw.waw.pl/sites/defaul...

Validate User

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 6d

At the same time, China is trying to attract STEM talent with its new visa program, which has caused controversy on Chinese social media due to employment challenges faced by many young Chinese.

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/01/c...

#China #Science #Technology #USA #SocialMedia

China’s jobless youth aren’t happy with a plan to attract foreign professionals with a new ‘K-visa’ | CNN

A new visa category launched by the Chinese government to attract young science and technology professionals is causing fervent backlash in China, where well-educated young people are already struggli...

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Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social · 6d

Tianjin University celebrates its 130th anniversary. Xi sent a congratulatory letter for the occasion, calling on faculty and students to "advance Chinese modernization."

www.globaltimes.cn/page/202510/...

#China #Universities #Science

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