I feel the need to share that the APC for Bioinformatics is $3,618. #DubiousValueAdd

As President of FEBAB, I support Emily Drabinski, President of American Library Association, who has been harassed by Republican Senators. ALA is internationally recognised and an example for us, I am sure that Emily will continue to follow and expand this purpose. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…

Absolutely gobsmacked today to discover (through an incidental conversation with my dad) that my great, great grandfather graduated Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) undergrad (course IV, aka Architecture) in 1893. Here's his thesis. Thanks for digitizing everything, MIT Libraries! dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/…

Share a book recommendation by September 5! x.com/mitlibraries/s…

Yes I know that he’s my ex / why can’t two people reconnect…

So chuffed to be able to present Martin Paul Eve with the inaugural OLH Award! We’ll be awarding this each year to recognise contributions to the #OpenAccess community by exceptional individuals & organisations The Open Library of Humanities #JanewayOA23

Students: Want to explore the mysterious world of trolling, combat misinformation, or learn how surveillance lurks in your everyday life? Consider applying to join the 2023-2024 cohort of MIT's SERC Scholars Program. Deadline is Sept. 14! mitsha.re/VCzb50PJ1kn

Now on #TIEblog Alexia Hudson-Ward writes about the continued dangers of disinformation despite the international focus on best practices to combat it. Is it time to address #disinformation as a #humanrights issue? ow.ly/kTRA50PJ2os W/underwriting support from UN Publications

The U.S. Repository Network has a new logo! Look for this image & news of the latest happenings with this initiative of COAR and SPARC to promote collaboration among #openaccess repositories. See strategic vision, action plan & participants here: sparcopen.org/our-work/us-re…

As can be expected researchers have expressed that data sharing is too time intensive. I wonder if a missing piece is what is currently a time sink that could be redirected towards data sharing practices (thinking of reporting & research dissemination) if values shifted.

“The archive, then, is not simply a catalog; it’s a battleground for the truth.” teenvogue.com/story/republic…

Just announced! On Oct 12, the next ACRL/SPARC Forum will feature a discussion with leaders of editorial boards that have resigned in protest over commercial publisher policies & the move by many to establish new, community-aligned OA journals. sparcopen.org/event/2023-acr…

This Wednesday! x.com/mitlibraries/s…

Today Université Lorraine announces that it will not renew its Wiley deal and will repurpose all savings towards Open Science initiatives. It echoes keynotes speeches of Chris Bourg at LIBER last July and of Michael Arentoft yesterday at the OS Fair stressing the need of rebalancing.

Books, libraries, and archives have long served as battlefields over free expression and the politics of knowledge. 📚 On Monday, Oxford University Bodleian Libraries' Richard Ovenden will discuss the war on books at MIT Libraries. Co-sponsored by OL & History Section at MIT. bit.ly/48tdiN7

So sad I missed the actual event, but so happy we were able to make it happen!

ICOR and MIT Libraries' CREOS are hiring 1-yr, 50% research assoc on NSF grant to help us develop strategy for an open scholarship research fellows program: Fellows and Leaders in Open and Equitable Scholarship (FLOES). Please RT #OoenScience incentivizingopen.org/2023/09/icor-r…

What’s behind the new zero-embargo policy by ACS Publications? Sally Rumsey takes a closer look at it and explains how such an increasingly outdated stance hinders authors from retaining their rights. ✍️coalition-s.org/blog/american-… #AcademicPublishing #RetainYourRights #OpenAccess

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I’m so grateful to get to meet you and talk with the amazing people at #snbu3023. A wonderful experience!