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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · May 23

It just keeps getting better! It’s been such fun to collab with @drbeth.bsky.social from the Crick and @rosiehigman.bsky.social and Lucy from LSE, not long until the Festival kicks off and I can’t wait! Check out the program and get involved! :)

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · May 23

A final addition to an already packed Festival programme! One for all the researchers and research technology professionals. Whether you need or offer technical support - join on Tuesday 3rd June to discuss the challenges and opportunities in supporting open research. Find more information here:

UCL Open Science Conference | UCL Open@UCL Blog

UCL Homepage

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · May 21

Yeah, they've been at this for a while, complete and utter nonsense

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · May 13

@lsepress.bsky.social re the query I forwarded to Philippa the other week

Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · May 13

Deadline for this call for proposals to support journals in their ambition to flip to diamond #openaccess is less then two days.

Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · Mar 24

Deadline is approaching (15th of May). The aim of the NWO funding instrument is to support Diamond #OpenAccess for journals.

Funding is for 2-year projects and aimed at existing (closed / hybrid) journals that want to transition to Diamond Open Access.

Read more:
www.nwo.nl/en/calls/dia...

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · Apr 6

Big HE library sector job vacancy as Deputy Director at SCONUL (and big shoes to fill, congrats on the new gig Lisa) www.sconul.ac.uk/media/uhpjvf... up to £65k, deadline 6 May #HEJobs #Job #Vacancy #Libraries

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · Apr 1

Great that the book is coming out soon with @lsepress.bsky.social. With my friend and colleague from University of Bristol, Prof Chuks Okereke, we contributed the chapter on tackling climate change in low and middle income countries.

LSE School of Public Policy @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social · Mar 31

2025 marks 35 years since the Washington Consensus. What should today's policy priorities be and how can they be implemented?

📕 Professor Andrés Velasco and Tim Besley have co-edited a new book with @lsepress.bsky.social coming out in Autumn 2025 on this topic.

Event: www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...

Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus: Upcoming book co-edited by Andrés Velasco and Tim Besley

YouTube video by LSE School of Public Policy

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · Mar 26

It's that time of year again when I remind all my UK academic colleagues to register with @alcs.co.uk so you get paid when your work is used under licenses like the CLA license, PLR etc. It might be more than you think & it's money you're owed for your work being used!

www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works/

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Feb 17

In How Africa Eats, award-winning author David Luke and a team of researchers explore the intersection between trade, food security agriculture policies, and climate risks.

Publishing #OpenAccess Spring 2025.

Free to read and download. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Mar 4

And academics for some unknown reason

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Mar 4

In the meantime we'll delay implementation because that'll solve everything

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Mar 4

Unpopular opinion: zoom is awful. Every time I try to join a zoom call it takes 5 minutes longer than it should to load

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Feb 27

💥New: Riccardo Crescenzi argues a more co-ordinated approach to Big Science across the UK and EU, could produce significant social and economic benefits, as well as catalysing innovation and increased competitiveness across the bloc.

#Innovation #BigScience #SciencePolicy @lseevents.bsky.social

European Big Science has the potential to drive social and economic transformation

Investment in Big Science projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, are often seen as purely scientific ventures. Riccardo Crescenzi argues a more co-ordinated approach to Big Science ac…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 27

**Exciting news klaxon**
LSE Open Research Community is now up and running. "Through thoughtful debates, and continuous learning, we're fostering a culture where open, transparent and collaborative research can thrive."

www.linkedin.com/company/lse-...

LSE Open Research Community | LinkedIn

LSE Open Research Community | 82 followers on LinkedIn. Connecting researchers and advocating for open social science research at LSE | The Open Research Community at LSE is an informal group of resea...

www.linkedin.com

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Kevin Sanders @kjsanders.bsky.social · Feb 26

A publishing ecosystem that brings communities of scholars, librarians & OA publishers together to participate in knowledge production, publication, & dissemination is viable. Research cultures would benefit from being more collaborative than competitive. Institutions can help to bridge the gap(s).

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 27

But the vast majority of research articles are not front page levels of exciting so this nearly always comes across as publishers being protectionist

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 27

I've heard researchers make this argument before, so I think I get what's meant but by definition if your work is out there first it can't be scooped. I've also heard the big reveal argument and can see where that comes from in a teeny tiny number of cases

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 26

Surely you can't be scooped if your preprint is out there first? This argument never made sense to me.

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thank you for investigating!

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Ciara McCaffrey @ciaramccaffrey.bsky.social · Feb 22

Anyone with a Netflix subscription can see why Proquest’s new model will be unacceptable to libraries & users. Disappearing titles, content you don’t actually want, annual fee increases & if you can’t pay you lose everything. Libraries have purchasing power & should collectively reject this model.

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Feb 21

💥New: As Proquest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?

🧑‍💻Kevin O'Donovan (@lselibrary.bsky.social)

#AcademicSky #ScholComm #Libraries

As Proquest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?

Proquest recently announced that it will be changing its business model to move away from print textbooks and monographs, solely to ebooks via a subscription-based model similar to a “Big Deal”. Ke…

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ooh interesting! I'll watch out for it

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 21

I too am now invested and assume these people will know

Screenshot from Google scholar, text begins Code assigned: 2020.058 B then gives the author names E Nilsson, K Holmfeldt, Karin Holmfeldt

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ooh, what's the new book?

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Feb 21

💥New: As Proquest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?

🧑‍💻Kevin O'Donovan (@lselibrary.bsky.social)

#AcademicSky #ScholComm #Libraries

As Proquest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?

Proquest recently announced that it will be changing its business model to move away from print textbooks and monographs, solely to ebooks via a subscription-based model similar to a “Big Deal”. Ke…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · Feb 14

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...

#medlibs

What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe

PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…

absolutelymaybe.plos.org

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Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social · Feb 14

The risk is very real. I had been wondering how pubmed and Europe PMC are linked, and if mitigation of the risk was possible there. This article is really helpful

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · Feb 13

Here @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social we are running a project called 'The Algorithimic Archive', funded by the Mellon Foundation on the challenges & needs for archiving social media data. We need your help- if you use such data can you help us with this survey? forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Microsoft Forms

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