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Megan All Hallows' Eve 🦇 @meganeve.bsky.social · 1d

📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 2d

Wishing you good luck with it all - you've got it covered!

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Marin Dacos @marind.bsky.social · 2d

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding avointiede.fi/en/news/finl...

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 2d

Did you miss the LIS Research seminar on "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties"?

If so, never fear, the recording is now out! I'd really recommend giving it a listen.

doi.org/10.52843/cas...

#Library #openaccess #LISResearch #Librarian

A banner image for a seminar entitled "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustice in academic publishing" The seminar is by Nataliia Kaliuzhna and Zeynep Aydin. In the background is a faded out image of academic library bookshelves.

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M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries @m25consortium.bsky.social · 7d

We've just added a free event for our members. The M25 Diversity Group are hosting an in-person event on the 18th November on 'EDI and libraries: learning from each other'. Full details and booking information can be found on our website: www.m25lib.org.uk/events/edi-a...

EDI and libraries: learning from each other to make real change - M25

18/11/2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm - Join the M25 diversity group and Beth Montague-Hellen at this in-person workshop to collaborate in creating practical tips to take back to your workplaces in the a...

www.m25lib.org.uk

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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 8d

Part of our mission to make scholarship available has to include making sure those works can technically be accessed into the future. So, we're excited to announce a new partnership with @jisc.bsky.social and Libnova for long term preservation of our digital archives www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24712/

Preserving tomorrow's history today with new digital partnership

Books and manuscripts held in the University of Aberdeen's collections date back centuries.

www.abdn.ac.uk

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Todd A. Carpenter @9thprime.bsky.social · 9d

Because there are really important standards in the world, you should all be aware of this newest #ISO Technical Specification ISO TS 5617 Tea — Classification by chemical composition (1st edition, published September 2025)

www.iso.org/standard/814...

ISO/TS 5617:2025

Tea — Classification by chemical composition

www.iso.org

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 9d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 14d

Please check your email inboxes if you submitted a proposal for #UKSG2026 - we've been in contact to let everyone know whether they were successful or not. Our largest number of submissions (possibly) ever! Thank you all - the programme is looking great :)

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ORCID @orcid.org · 15d

🗓️ Our next Ask Me Anything is with University Presses on 30 Sept! Join us to learn how small publishers are making the most of ORCID membership. Got questions? Submit them when you register! Register: https://linktr.ee/orcid_org

#ORCIDevents #ScholarlyPublishing #UniversityPresses

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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 23d

#DOAJ Head of Editorial Matt Hodgkinson speaks to this year’s theme, ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’ and how #AI is beginning to reshape #PeerReview and the wider scholarly publishing landscape @peerreviewweek.bsky.social #PRW2025 #PeerReviewWeek #GenAI
blog.doaj.org/2025/09/16/h...

Guest Blog Post and head shot of Matt Hodgkinson

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 20d

Over a thousand people have registered for this free webinar!

UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Aug 19

FREE UKSG webinar: Usage metrics for OA, AI, and more: building on solid foundations” 26 September 2025 dub.sh/6mgp86s

FREE UKSG webinar: Usage metrics for OA, AI, and more: building on solid foundations - UKSG

This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar - Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and ...

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 22d

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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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 27d

This change has been made Ashutosh.

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 27d

when we were last in Bournemouth, they had an event on too and between us we got #UKSG trending on Tw*tter!

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COUNTER metrics @countermetrics.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have just launched our 2025 survey. Tell us what you think of Release 5.1, our tools and education materials and COUNTER in general. And let us know your hope for the Code in the future. Thank you for being part of the COUNTER community. www.countermetrics.org/2025-survey/

Share your thoughts in our 2025 survey - COUNTER Metrics

Share your thoughts about COUNTER in our 2025 survey. Tell us what you think of Release 5.1 and our tools, education materials and support.

www.countermetrics.org

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Sep 1

You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Aug 28

Interesting.. @andytattersall.bsky.social has done work on this too

Bobbi L. Newman 🏳️‍🌈 @bobbinewman.bsky.social · Aug 28

While Twitter was once the platform of choice for a majority of science communicators, those same people have since abandoned it in droves. And of the alternatives available, Bluesky seems to be their new platform of choice.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

arstechnica.com

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Aug 28

Whoop!!

UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please post a photo of said shoes. The mind boggles.

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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our annual report is now online nlisn.org/outputs/
The report gives an overview of our events, outputs & achievements over the last year, including our receipt of the 2024 Lynne Mackie Accessibility Award from CILIP’s Disability Network.

Outputs

These outputs are dedicated to all of our neurokin and the things that unite us. ANNUAL REPORT and AGM Each July we will produce an annual report, with an AGM held in September. Our first annual re…

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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

I was asked for a comment on the UK's journal big deal negotiations. We are in a sector-wide consultation and so not appropriate to talk specifics - but there is an apparent lack of understanding by some publishers of the current financial position of UK HE

Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Many UK universities likely to walk away from journal agreements after publishers put forward proposals with “year-on-year price rises” rather than cheaper deals demanded by national negotiators, @davidprosser.bsky.social tells @jgro-the.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/busines...

‘Business-as-usual’ offers from publishers raise walk-away fears

Disappointing offers which ‘miss financial reality’ faced by UK higher education have heightened speculation that institutions will ditch proposed deals

www.timeshighereducation.com

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ah, Paula put it better than us <3 Good luck on this exciting fresh start Andy, and I hope we still get to work together somehow!

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

In a new #RLUK blog post, @davidprosser.bsky.social looks at how we can anticipate future challenges for research libraries & how this may shape the development of RLUK’s next strategy.

Blog Post | Looking to the Future - Mapping the Environment for Research Libraries - Research Libraries UK

The current RLUK strategy, Transforming the Library, runs until the end of 2025. This year, we have been looking to draft a new strategy that will take us to 2030. Predicting the environment in which...

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alicemeadows.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’m looking forward to what should be an interesting & thought-provoking discussion between @lschiff.bsky.social who initiated the Declaration to #DefendResearch against US govt #censorship & reps from 2 orgs that signed it - @cilip.bsky.social & @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social
Thanks to them all!

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

Then we get into two sessions on research censorship, first from Laura Beane and then a discussion led by @alicemeadows.bsky.social about #defendresearch, with Louis Coffait-Gunn, Terri Teleen, and @lschiff.bsky.social

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