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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 6d

Wisdom from Arthur Brooks:

"We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other."

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Arthur Brooks: How to Heal Our Country? Love Your Enemies.

Moral courage is standing up to the people with whom you agree, on behalf of those with whom you disagree, writes Arthur Brooks for The Free Press.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 6d

I'm honored to be keynoting the upcoming IATUL conference in Shanghai. Join us! It should be a fun discussion. :-)

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#iatul2025 #openscholarship #scholarlycommunication | IATUL International Association of University Libraries

Why does open discussion of open scholarship matter, and how can we foster it? At #IATUL2025, Rick Anderson, University Librarian at Brigham Young University, will deliver the keynote: “Open Discuss...

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 9d

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Guardians of Information: Preparing Libraries for Cyber Threats – an SNSI Security Summit - Choice 360

In this webinar, we will explore how academic libraries can be proactive against cyberattacks on their campuses.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 13d

Wow. Interesting developments at @dpla.bsky.social

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Cultural Heritage Transition

Sept. 22, 2025 Last year, DPLA began the process to select a long-term home for our signature cultural heritage aggregation program. We want to update you on where this stands and to share how you, our core stakeholders, can be involved in shaping the path ahead. We previously shared that we had selected The Free …

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 15d

Here's the latest post from Vision & Balance, my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership:

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Library Leaders and Political Statements

If you’ve recently become the dean or director of an academic library, you may now find yourself in an unusual and unexpected position. Like many (though not all) of us, you may have suddenly…

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 21d

It's really frustrating not to know the terms of this settlement.

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Notice (Other) – #180 in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Internet Archive (N.D. Cal., 3:23-cv-06522) – CourtListener.com

Joint Notice of Settlement by UMG Recordings Inc, Capitol Records LLC, Concord Bicycle Assets, LLC, CMGI Recorded Music Assets LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Arista Music re Joint Notice of Settlement...

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 21d

New from #UKSGInsights: "Multilingual research dissemination: current practices and implications for bibliometrics" dub.sh/NJjpJG3

English is widely used as a lingua franca in scholarly communication, yet preserving local languages is vital to reaching a broader audience. Disseminating research in multiple languages can help ensure equitable access, a responsibility shared by both publishers and authors. This study examines the practices of both groups to identify any notable differences. Several academic social networks, preprint servers and repositories are analysed to evaluate the resources currently available and their existing policies. Additionally, journals that actively promote multilingual dissemination are reviewed to understand their implementation strategies and how these align with the standards set by their DOI Registration Agency (DOI RA). From the author’s perspective, differing policies across platforms can heavily influence decisions, mainly because not all platforms provide relationship metadata. Publishers face similar challenges, underscoring the urgent need for standardization. Moreover, the lack of consistency creates opportunities for unethical practices in academia, such as counting the total of citations originating from the same article in different languages. This highlights the importance of a more comprehensive approach to evaluating research beyond citation and document counts. Collaboration among publishers, authors and other stakeholders is essential to fostering greater understanding and preventing misconceptions in the academic landscape.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 26d

Does anyone smoke clove cigarettes anymore? I miss the smell, which always takes me back to the joys of record shopping in Harvard Square circa 1981...

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 25

I have to assume that whoever named this deodorant product has never lived in a city with a harbor.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yup!

Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is astonishing, and we're not talking enough about the implications. Pull quote: “I don’t want to say, ‘The death cycle of the Democratic Party,’ but there seems to be no end to this... This is month after month, year after year.”

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The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 21

I went to a slightly uncomfortable place in today's issue of Vision & Balance: Leading and Managing in the Academic Library:

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On Loving Your People

To be a good leader, you have to love the people you lead. Yeah, I said it.

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Tasha Mellins-Cohen @tashamc.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm looking forward to this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on usage metrics! It's happening a week after Uncovered, so you get two UKSG events in one month. Uncovered is about managing uncertainty and risk in our ever-changing world, and it's a cracker of a speaker line up: www.uksg.org/events/uksg-...

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've got a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, explaining my deep pessimism about the future of the subscribe-to-open OA publishing model. Comments are coming in thick and fast and the discussion has been really good so far, I think.

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Subscribe-to-Open Is Doomed. Here's Why. - The Scholarly Kitchen

A scholarly communication ecosystem that relies on voluntary support rather than charging for access to content becomes radically less capable of keeping money in the system.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Aug 8

There's still time to submit a proposal for the 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference! Don't miss your chance... #R2RConf

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Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for the upcoming R2R Conference is OPEN. The Researcher to Reader Conference takes place each February, and our Programme is developed between June and October the previous year…

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just a quick reminder that the call-for-papers deadline for next year's Researcher to Reader conference is steadily approaching -- if you've attended in the past you know what a great meeting it is. And if you haven't, this is your chance to join us and participate!

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Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for the upcoming R2R Conference is OPEN. The Researcher to Reader Conference takes place each February, and our Programme is developed between June and October the previous year…

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 23

So it turns out that making scholarly content freely available to readers is relatively easy. Making it reusable without restriction in a complex global legal environment is more of a challenge. Who knew? #openaccess

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Guest Post - Beyond Access: Untangling Copyright Confusion in Asian Open Access Journals - The Scholarly Kitchen

In Asia, open access adoption is accelerating, yet the legal and structural underpinnings of this openness remain fragile, with significant licensing and copyright confusion.

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Jul 15

The latest from #UKSGInsights: "University journals: a semi-systematic literature review of trends, challenges and future research directions" Maryna Nazarovets dub.sh/fKKinbV

University journals: a semi-systematic literature review of trends, challenges and future research directions | Insights

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

A stirring slogan is not a strategy.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

“Knowledge sharing is a human right.” Okay, but… what are meant to be the policy implications of this statement? What would an organizational or governmental policy look like? Does anything that inhibits the sharing of knowledge represent an infringement on someone’s fundamental rights?

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's discouraging to be reminded again how much criticism of the current scholarly publishing environment is based on blatantly inaccurate caricatures of publishers and the publishing system. There's plenty to criticize, of course, but for critique to be useful it has to be reality-based.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I might as well bail on the rest of this meeting and go to a museum.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I’m glad someone else heard the same thing. I was kind of doubting my ears.

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I have a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, briefly discussing some findings from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's @aaas.org's recent study of researchers' views on open licensing of scholarly content:

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Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses - The Scholarly Kitchen

An AAAS survey reveals authors' concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

An odd statement at the @royalsociety.org meeting today on the future of scientific publishing: traditional peer review doesn't work, because "it's impossible for a human to know what the article is talking about." 🤷‍♂️

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