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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · 13d

"While 92% of undergraduate students are using Generative AI, only 36% said they had been offered support by their university". Wow, that needs to change!

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 13d

💥New: A new academic year has begun, but UK universities are still struggling to respond to AI

✍️ Mark Carrigan

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EdTech

A new academic year has begun, but UK universities are still struggling to respond to AI - Impact of Social Sciences

Mark Carrigan argues university staff are still struggling to develop coherent, contextual and disciplinary responses to AI’s impact on teaching and learning.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · 21d

Views on AI use in Peer review getting more polarised. ioppublishing.org/ai-and-peer-...

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UCC Library Research Services @ucclibraryresearch.bsky.social · Sep 2

Join us for the launch of Navigating Open Research – A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Learn what the guide is and how it was created. 4 Sept, 1200. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4398826

Launch - Navigating Open Research: A guide for Early Career Researchers

Join us for the launch of Navigating Open Research, a new national guide designed to support Early Career Researchers in Ireland. Inspired by similar initiatives in France and the...

libcal.ucc.ie

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just the annual reminder of the profit margins of the "Big Two" academic publishers: Elsevier 37%, Springer Nature 26%. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Increased submissions drive Springer Nature profit higher - Research Professional News

Research segment reported to be “key driver” of publisher’s 10 per cent operating profit growth

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Aug 23

A curated collection of #OpenAccess works explores urgent global challenges, from climate grief and AI ethics to inequality, migration, and political representation, offering critical insights for study and teaching: #RecommendedReads #ReadingList buff.ly/8gpJqU4

Explore urgent issues through open access reading - Transforming Society

A curated collection of open access works explores urgent global challenges, from climate grief and AI ethics to inequality, migration, and political representation, offering critical insights for…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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National Open Research Forum (Ireland) @norfireland.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 Register for the Navigating Open Research launch webinar - a new national guide to support Early Career Researchers in Ireland.

📅 Sep 4 at 12–1.30PM (IST)

The webinar will introduce the guide, share insights and use cases.
Register here👉 norf.ie/launch-navig...

#OpenResearch #OpenAccess #ECR

Launch – Navigating Open Research: A guide for Early Career Researchers | National Open Research Forum

norf.ie

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Aug 5

Anyone interested in libraries and games, we had two days of gaming fun at @ucclibraryresearch.bsky.social and have blogged about it: theriverside.ucc.ie/2025/08/05/r...

Reimagining Engagement: Highlights from our Library Games Week - The River-side

This post describes a UCC Library Games week which explored games and interactive exercises for increasing engagement and enhancing teaching and learning.

theriverside.ucc.ie

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interesting thoughts!

Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jul 16

Can anyone explain why our institutional Open Access rates are consistently lower in Scopus than on OpenAlex? For 2024 it is 58% in Scopus to 68% in OpenAlex, and the difference is 7-11% in previous years. I have ideas but not sure they explain the situation fully.

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jul 14

Are there studies on the idea that funding agencies could stipulate that the work they support must be published in non-profit journals? Mentioned here: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

www.theguardian.com

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Jul 11

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated

#AcademicSky #highered

Elsevier journal under fire over ‘AI-generated’ review comments

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is a very interesting case that will be watched by many University Presses!

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Jul 11

Amsterdam University Press series editors quit with open letter objecting to sale to for-profit publisher

#highered #EduSky

Editors stage mass resignation after academic publisher sold

Amsterdam University Press series editors quit with open letter objecting to sale to for-profit publisher

www.timeshighereducation.com

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MINOR revision @minorrevision.com · Jul 2

#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter 🧪

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Jun 30

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?

Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Who knows more about AI generated podcasts on research papers like Academic.edu is offering? Are there concerns and is this legal? wisblawg.law.wisc.edu/2025/06/24/e...

Evaluating AI-Generated Podcasts of Scholarly Works: Academia.edu v. NotebookLM

This morning, received an email from Academia.edu informing me that it had created an AI-generated podcast about an article that I authored a few years ago entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly...

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Jun 13

Imagine hitting a paywall on The New York Times or The Atlantic, and a little popup says "Available through [Your Public Library] - Click to access" and takes you there. Academic libraries have this with browser extensions like LibKey and Lean Library. I wonder if it's a thing for public libraries?

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jun 12

Looking forward to listening to @luiciolfi.bsky.social on our @ucclibrary.bsky.social Shush show! soundcloud.com/shush-radio-...

Shush 296 - Luigina Ciolfi Takeover

On this week’s show, my guest was Luigina Colfi. Luigina is Professor of Human Computer Interaction in the School of Applied Psychology at UCC. Her research explores how digital technologies fit into

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jun 11

Is Springer becoming the new MDPI? Not a question I thought we'd be asking this year but there is good evidence supporting it. The Springer "Discover" Open Access journals very similar to MDPI. the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing

Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · Jun 3

Join us for the Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) Group meeting on 10 June, 1200-1300. www.universityofgalway.ie/openreposito.... This is a friendly and informal community event and everyone who is involved in repository work is welcome. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4374649

Open Repositories Ireland - University of Galway

www.universityofgalway.ie

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · May 30

This looks amazing!

Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · May 30

Museum storage open to public

www.museumnext.com/article/worl...

World’s first publicly accessible art museum storage facility opens to public

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen will open its doors to the public this weekend allowing visitors to explore the museum collection of 151,000 objects and see...

www.museumnext.com

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · May 6

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Knowledge Stewardship | 🗓️ 11 June

Join us in June to hear @richove.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social talk about long-term sustainability of knowledge & strategies 4 ensuring continued access + challenges 4 libraries as stewards of knowledge in uncertain times

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKDSF

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · May 28

Are there any "AI Library jobs" in existence or is it part of everyone's role? www.fastcompany.com/91327911/pro...

'AI is already eating its own': Prompt engineering is quickly going extinct

Three years into the boom, it looks like AI is reshaping existing jobs more than creating new ones.

www.fastcompany.com

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libfocus @libfocus.bsky.social · May 27

Our May link-out is finally here! Read about libraries as political battlegrounds and as champions of good, get the latest on open access and ChatGPT and find out what the pope thinks about AI. This and more at www.libfocus.com

Images clockwise top left to bottom right: A large yellow building with a turret, the pope dressed in white addressing an audience of cardinals with red hats, two people sitting in a bright room with tables and chairs, a man with his hand to his head standing between rows of books, a woman dressed in red, a graphic of a man standing in front of a keyhole

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Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · May 27

The @irelibrary.bsky.social Advisory Committee has reviewed and redrafted IReL’s principles for negotiations with academic publishers: irel.ie/wp-content/u...

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Ciara McCaffrey @ciaramccaffrey.bsky.social · May 16

Great reflection on the importance of libraries to society, now more than ever, from University Librarian at Maynooth University @cathalmccauley.bsky.social

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · May 14

Why Trump's attacks on libaries are bad news for everyone. Recent events in the US have shown us that libraries and the services and information they provide must never be taken for granted, writes @cathalmccauley.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Why Trump's attacks on libraries are bad news for everyone

Recent events in the US have shown us libraries and the services and information they provide must never be taken for granted

www.rte.ie

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