Leigh-Ann Butler
@leighbutler.bsky.social
Scholarly Communication Librarian (@uottawa.ca)|
open science advocate, community-based publishing champion, but also mom to kids, chickens, cats, and a dog 🐓🐈🐶.|
#scholcommlab #openscience #scholarlypublishing #libraries
open science advocate, community-based publishing champion, but also mom to kids, chickens, cats, and a dog 🐓🐈🐶.|
#scholcommlab #openscience #scholarlypublishing #libraries
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
This blog summarises the crippling intellectual and scholarly consequences of the financial drain of commercial scientific publishing.
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This blog summarises the crippling intellectual and scholarly consequences of the financial drain of commercial scientific publishing.
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
The collective profits are staggering, actually overwhelming. So, let's resist: "The good news is that if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
💥New: Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The collective profits are staggering, actually overwhelming. So, let's resist: "The good news is that if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
💎 The Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), which aims to list all European #DiamondOA journals, was officially launched at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference #CRAFT_OA2025 #DDH
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
Diamond Discovery Hub – CRAFT-OA
www.craft-oa.eu
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
💎 The Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), which aims to list all European #DiamondOA journals, was officially launched at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference #CRAFT_OA2025 #DDH
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
One week until this amazing event! Open to all, come join us in-person at uO (CRX 230) or on zoom. Registration link below!
Just 1 week away! Join us, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca on Oct. 23 👇
#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca
Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca
October 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One week until this amazing event! Open to all, come join us in-person at uO (CRX 230) or on zoom. Registration link below!