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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 3h

A different view of the KTH campus, from the clock tower. The first experimental TV broadcasts in Sweden were made from here in the 1950s.

A view over KTH campus from the clock tower

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 1d

ATTACKS from bots are a major problem for libraries scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/07/g...
"Can we differentiate the behavior in our systems from the motives of the operating individual or organization, and should we be in the business of judging “good” and “bad” site visitors and uses?"

Guest Post - “Have You Proved You’re Human Today?” Open Content and Web Harvesting in the AI Era - The Scholarly Kitchen

AI web harvesting bots are different from traditional web crawlers and violate many of the established rules and practices in place. Their rapidly expanding use is emerging as a significant IT managem...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 21h

Can anybody relate to the equation time worked ≠ work done?
bsky.app/profile/phdc...

PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 9d

Anything to report?

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting course at CWTS Leiden on Scientometrics Using Open Data www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/courses/s... #openscience

Scientometrics Using Open Data

Open data sources such as Crossref, DataCite, ORCID, OpenAlex, OpenCitations, and many others offer important opportunities to perform scientometric analyses in more transparent, inclusive, and reprod...

www.universiteitleiden.nl

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 6d

@amstatnews.bsky.social is launching a citizen science effort to monitor the health of the federal stats system. We ❤️🛟 citizen science efforts 😉

Get involved today! docs.google.com/forms/d/1jI4...

Call for Volunteers — Citizen Science Project: Monitoring Federal Statistical Product Releases

As part of the American Statistical Association project assessing and monitoring the health of the federal statistical agencies, the project team is launching a “Citizen Science” project. This project...

docs.google.com

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 6d

SND invites to a webinar on "Synthetic data, bias, and metadata for transparency" on Tuesday 7 October at 11:00 CEST, where professor Ericka Johnson will discuss bias in synthetic data sets and tools for analysis of bias.
#researchdata #SND
snd.se/sv/webbinari...

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 8d

In addition to visual representation of complex data, layers of sound can help understand objects' attributes and relations to other objects. This demo from researchers at KTH shows an example of sonification using bibliometric data.
#sonification #kth
zenodo.org/records/1519...

Interactive sonification of bibliometric data: the case of publications within the field of sonification and auditory display - DEMO

zenodo.org

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 9d

Aaron Tay on how search for information is impacted when access to abstracts in open publication data sources decreases.
#OpenResearchInformation #MusingsAboutLibrarianship
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-petrol...

The Petrol Tank for AI Discovery Might be Running Dry as Publishers close access to scholarly content such as abstracts due to AI incentives

Elicit.com, Consensus, and Undermind.ai are among the new leading comprehensive cross-disciplinary “AI-powered academic search engines” today.

aarontay.substack.com

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 9d

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Kristen Schroeder, PhD @kristenschroeder.bsky.social · 9d

Incredible talk from @datarescueproject.org & @kthlibrary.bsky.social on preservation of public data through conflict, war, and chaos.

Did you know they did a #citizenscience project to photograph interpretive signs across U.S. national parks, preserving an archive of this threatened knowledge?

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 9d

🚀 New at KTH Library!
We now offer Scopus AI – an AI-powered tool to explore research trends, find connections, and get summaries of scientific literature. Perfect for researchers & students who want to save time. 👉 Try it via KTH Library’s databases!

Do you need an overview of a research area to get started with an assignment? Scopus AI is now available for KTH.

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 12d

Time differences - sorry about the early hour. But we're really looking forward to it over here ❤️

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 13d

#OpenData #OpenScience #AcademicFreedom #KungligaTekniskaHögskolan #DataRescue #DataRescueProject

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 13d

Saving threatened data!
This is an event you don't want to miss - join us on Monday in Zoom.
Access to public data is crucial for both research and democracy. Learn more about how @datarescueproject.org is protecting access from @lyndamk.bsky.social
www.kth.se/biblioteket/...

Data Rescue in 2025, part of the Seminar series on democracy and academic freedom. Monday 2025-09-29 12.10-13.00 in Zoom

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 13d

A data management plan (DMP) is a great tool to keep track of everything you do with your research data!
Tomorrow at 10.30am you can learn how to get your research data under control from @mttvst.bsky.social
www.kth.se/en/bibliotek...
#ResearchDataManagement #OpenScience #KungligaTekniskaHögskolan

The research data life cycle - plan - collect - store - analyze - archive - publish

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 14d

If you are doing AI research and want to share your work openly - what is the best way to go about it? This Friday you can learn more in a webinar organized by the excellent @scilifelab DataCenter
www.scilifelab.se/event/practi...
#OpenScience

Practical tools for facilitating openness in AI research and development: Introducing the Model Openness Framework and the OpenMDW license

Speaker: Cailean Osborne, PhD. NBIS and SciLifeLab Data Centre arrange an open SciLifeLab AI Seminar Series aimed at knowledge-sharing about Artificial Intelligence and applications in the Life Scienc...

www.scilifelab.se

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 15d

Is writing, sharing or reusing code part of your research?
Want to learn how to get credit for your code, and how to properly reuse code?
If not sure about second question join #CodeRefinery tools workshop today 12.00-14.30.
Read more and sign up here: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...

CodeRefinery workshop September/October 2025

Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

coderefinery.github.io

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 16d

Early career women researchers at KTH?
Check out this call for abstracts!
Women on PhD network at KTH and the KTH Library are putting together a mini conference.
Come show off your awesome work - Women Shape Science!
#PhDstudent #KungligaTekniskaHögskolan #SciComm #WomenInScience

Women shape science - from WOP & KTH Library.
Call for abstracts! Deadline October 13

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 17d

How much of a difference does openess make? Not an easy question to answer, but this preprint analyzing the data from the French open science monitor indicates that open science practices really can improve the reach and the impact of your research! #openscience #opensciencemonitoring

Ouvrir la science @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social · 22d

The Committee for Open Science is proud to announce the publication of a preprint that demonstrates, for the first time on a scale of a country, France, that #Openscience could increase the chances for researchers to be cited.
www.ouvrirlascience.fr/for-the-firs...

An analysis of the effects of open science indicators on citations in the French Open Science Monitor

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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · Aug 14

📄 Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. Sagartirtha Chakraborty
shows how this situation compares to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains the connection with predatory journals, and outlines solutions.

www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/aca...

Academic publishing – stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma?

Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. Our author shows how this strategic trap can be compared to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains how this s...

www.leidenmadtrics.nl

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 24d

The KTH Library has a lot of interesting exhibitions in the library. Read more and see a virtual tour of the exhibitions: www.kth.se/en/bibliotek...
#kthlibrary #research #exhibitions #energy

Exhibition: The Role of Nuclear Energy in Decarbonising Our Society | KTH

Nuclear Energy plays a central role in Europe’s electricity production and is a fossil-free alternative source of electricity and heat for decarbonising our energy system. KTH has a special connection...

www.kth.se

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · 29d

What happens to democracy and academic freedom when public data disappears?
Join us for a seminar on the Data Rescue Project – an initiative protecting U.S. federal datasets from disappearing.

www.kth.se/en/bibliotek...

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do you want to join the CodeRefinery workshop? It’s not too late!
Are you also based in Stockholm, and would like to join us on-site for the exercises? KTH Library will host a room where we can follow the workshop and work together.

www.kth.se/en/bibliotek...

CodeRefinery Workshop: Git, GitHub and Collaborative Coding, September 9–11

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 22

Joining EOSC means access to a European ecosystem for sharing and reusing research data, tools and services. It also gives KTH a voice in shaping the future of open science infrastructure.
Let’s build a more transparent and collaborative research landscape! 🌍🔬

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 22

KTH has joined the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)! As the 11th Swedish university member, we’re stepping up our commitment to FAIR data and open science.
👉 More: www.kth.se/en/bibliotek...
#OpenScience #EOSC #FAIRdata #KTH

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KTH Library @kthlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our thesis tree got a seasonal upgrade – celebrating Swedish midsummer and academic achievements in one go!

#Libraries #LibraryLife #AcademicLibraries #Libsky #LibraryLove #AcademicLife #PhDLife #ResearchLife #Research #Dissertation

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