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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 12d

That is a good question! Potentially a higher number of AI films, however, the film industry is currently fighting back, or at least some of them are.

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 13d

There is an interesting webinar coming up The future of the movie industry in the wake of generative AI. Relevant in today's litigious landscape!

Have a look: www.4ipcouncil.com/research/fut...

📍Zoom
📆 Oct 30, 2025
🕒 03:00 PM London

#AcademicSky #AI #MovieIndustry

www.4ipcouncil.com

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 14d

We're proud to support #TheLibrarians - a gripping story of ordinary people on the frontlines, risking everything to uphold fundamental rights. With freedom to read under attack, the heroes are... everyday librarians. @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social UK cinemas from 26 Sept: www.thelibrarians.film

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 14d

and now also available from our repository: hdl.handle.net/2134/2853221...

Ex-rebel leaders and strategies of regime survival in Côte d'Ivoire

How do political rulers in post-conflict states manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups? Ex-rebel leaders often retain access to material resources and informal armed n...

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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 15d

Terrible news from Belgium, where a Trumpian-style Flemish government want to close the Institute for Development Policy @uantwerpen.be. Please support and share!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 15d

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome everyone to a new academic year! To celebrate we decided to write a blog post introducing copyright law and highlighting the bits we considered most relevant. Why not head over to our blog and have a read:

blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/09/...

#AcademicSky #Copyright #BlogPost

an image with text reading welcome back to school, with pencil, eraser, apple, sharpener, and other school supplies on a white and yellow background

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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 16d

My article "Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire",
co-authored with best writing mates Phil Martin (@georgemasonu.bsky.social) and
Jeremy Speight (@uafairbanks.bsky.social)
is finally out Open Access with #SecurityStudies!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/6

Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire

How do political rulers in post-conflict states manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups? Ex-rebel leaders often retain access to material resources and informal arme...

www.tandfonline.com

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 20d

More lawsuits against AI companies from film industry giants. Read all about it: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

#AI #Lawsuits #Copyright #Infringement

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery sue Chinese AI firm as Hollywood's copyright battles spread

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery sued China-based AI firm MiniMax for copyright infringement, the second lawsuit that major studios have filed as the entertainment industry grapples with t...

www.latimes.com

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MS @mimosaishere.bsky.social · 20d

"The problem, she says, is these companies are rushing products to market, making the skills academic librarians are trying to teach students and researchers to use obsolete." www.404media.co/librarians-a...

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

www.404media.co

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 20d

Students thoughts on using AI in HE. Have a read, very good points. [Research done in Australia] theconversation.com/uni-students...

#AI #HigherEducation

Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work

Research shows nearly half of surveyed Australian university students use generative artificial intelligence for feedback.

theconversation.com

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · 21d

‘They said I should be purged and killed’: The librarians who stood up for free speech

How two school library workers found themselves on the front line of an ideological crisis in the US

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv Weimar @gsa-weimar.bsky.social · 21d

"Heute geht mirs recht übel und es ist mir alles in den Weeg gekommen dass ich Ihnen nicht die Continuation meines mikroscopisch metaphisisch politischen Diarii durch diese Ochsenpost überschicken kann." #Goethe an Charlotte von Stein am 18.9.1780. Der Brief kam mit Ochsen in Kochberg an.

Bleistift auf Papier, eigenhändig geschriebener Brief Goethes an Charlotte von Stein, 18. September 1780. Aus den Beständen des Goethe- und Schiller-Archivs, GSA 29/487,I, Blatt 80.

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 21d

Have you ever wondered how to apply a CC licence to your YouTube video? Fret no more. Have a look at The University of Edinburgh's instructions on how to do so. PDF also available: open.ed.ac.uk/how-to-guide...

#YouTube #CClicence

Applying a CC licence on YouTube

On this page we describe the two licensing options provided by YouTube for content uploaded to its service, and suggest an additional third option for users wanting more flexibility for their content....

open.ed.ac.uk

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 22d

Great resources to help create responsible AI policies and practices. Why not have a look: www.artscouncil.org.uk/lets-create/...

#AI #Toolkit #ResponsibleAI

Responsible AI Practical Toolkit

Resources to help creative and cultural organisations create Responsible AI policies and practices.

www.artscouncil.org.uk

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 22d

Don't believe big tech when they say they cannot be open-source or transparent. Meet Apertus, Latin for "open" - www.swiss-ai.org/apertus

#AI #Apertus #OpenSource

Apertus | Swiss AI

www.swiss-ai.org

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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 23d

🤖 AI in Academia – Gamechanger or Risk?
How often do you use tools like #ChatGPT, Perplexity, Highspace, or ResearchRabbit in your work? #AI can speed up data analysis, boost literature search, and spark new ideas, but it also comes with risks like hallucinations, stereotypes, and unreliable data.

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Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · 28d

Our new copyright reads are ready for your perusal! Have a look!

blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/09/...

#AcademicSky #Copyright

September Copyright Reads

blog.lboro.ac.uk

Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social · Sep 2

A wonderful example of how you can put anything into a Research Repository - and how to use great tools to do excellent research. #OpenResearch #OpenScience #ResearchIsFun #ResearchRepository #AcademicLibraries

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Inês Varela-Silva @inesvarelasilva.bsky.social · Sep 2

NEW PAPER. A toolkit to help with systematic reviews. Thx to my co-authors Natalie Pearson & Nathan Rush. To Lara Skelly & @lboroor.bsky.social for setting it all up in the @lborouniversity.bsky.social #repository. Thx @Trello & @notion.com for existing.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Conducting Scoping and Systematic Reviews With a Focus on Biocultural Research: The SCRIBE Toolkit

The SCRIBE (SystematiC Reviews In Biocultural rEsearch) toolkit offers a structured approach for conducting scoping and systematic reviews in biocultural research. It addresses the challenges of synt...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Aug 29

“The NIH has been pushing for more openness in the ecosystem into which it pours nearly $48B annually.” So Springer + Elsevier, being the bad actors they are, are now mandating and ⬆️ their open access fees (svrl thousand $!). “They’re responsible to shareholders, and not to the research community.”

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking for accurate, truthful information about various aspects of the history of the Holocaust?

We're constantly adding new videos to our YouTube channel drawing on our unique archive collections, academic talks and lectures, and our expertly curated exhibitions.

Subscribe now: buff.ly/IH0i9uf

A screenshot of the Wiener Holocaust Library's YouTube channel homepage

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The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Recently one of our manuscripts was rebound in modern conservation binding. Follow the progress, and an amazing discovery, as our Head of Conservation reveals the steps taken for this careful work

A deep dive in medieval manuscript binding 🕵️
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/chr...

Chronicles of a Book Detective: The case of MS 328

A lost sewing structure. A trip to Winchester which turns up an unexpected clue. A conservator looking for answers. This is the case of MS 328.

www.corpus.cam.ac.uk

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 28

Featuring our very own @kirahopkins.bsky.social and @alittleroad.bsky.social ⭐

FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · Aug 28

How can we better advocate for #OpenAccess? 🔓

On Day 1 of FORM 2025, join us online for the panel "Encouraging Open Access Advocacy," a session exploring how institutions, communities, & regions can work together to make research more accessible & impactful.

🔗Register here: shorturl.at/qGzJU

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