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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you a faculty member or senior administrator at a Canadian University? Do you have experience implementing IT platforms at your institution? Please consider completing this survey: brock.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (about 5 minutes of your time) #CdnPSE #HigherEd #CdnEd #CDNunis

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ICT Governance in Canadian Universities

This survey seeks to understand Canadian faculty members perception of governance processes surrounding the deployment of information and communication technology

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every year around OA Week I've started putting together what I'm calling the State of Scholarly Publishing report: This year's is now posted. elibtronic.github.io/2026_state_o... #openaccess #libraries #CdnPSE #CDNunis

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2026 State of Scholarly Publishing

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Library Juice Connections @libjuiceconnect.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What, if any, agency do we as librarians have when it comes to AI? Join us for a critical conversation about AI in librarianship, featuring Maria T. Accardi, Sam Popowich, @kslater.bsky.social & Tessa Withorn libraryjuiceconnections.org/events/a-cri...

What, if any, agency do we as librarians have when it comes to AI?

Is all this as inevitable as some companies want us to think?

August 19, 2026
Free
1pm Eastern

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Going to tell my grand kids this is what irony means.

Screen cap to text:

PAYWALLED: ‘A Disaster’ for Access, Expert Says as Cuts Push Library and Archives to End Proactive Declassification Work (M. Poncana, The Hill Times, July 21)
"Library and Archives Canada has ended proactive declassification activities that helped lower the security classification of historical government records, a move access and archival experts say removes one part of an already limited federal system for making older records..." Read more

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What is your Voight-Kampff test? I like asking about basic colour theory

Screen cap of LLM response:

When you mix yellow and red, the resulting color is a secondary color formed by combining both. Since yellow already contains red and green light components, mixing it with red adds another layer of red light. This combination results in a color that appears as a mixture of these components, which can be perceived as a shade of orange or a bright blue depending on the proportion of each color used. However, strictly speaking, this is not a new primary color but rather an additive mix of existing colors.

Answer: Mixing yellow and red creates a secondary color known as purple when combining equal parts. When mixed in any quantity, it results in a color that has both red and yellow light components, appearing as a warm shade.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I've been making more progress on my APC entitlement viewer: brock-apc-info.streamlit.app This includes adding a 'more information' link to a recent publication that might be useful. 😏

Screen shot of a citation that talks about how icky APCs are.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 They are holding it down.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Running deepseek-r1 locally with ollama and openwebui and I asked what day of the week a historical date was. It 'reasoned for 45 minutes' about 9000 words worth before I stopped it. pastebin.com/2yVdPgs0

pastebin.com

Deepseek thought process - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm building an APC discount browser. I'm very much inspired by CollectionBuilder. Turns a spreadsheet into a digital exhibit, and you can do it all without hosting anything yourself (you need Google and GH). Same design philosophy for my thing: brock-apc-info.streamlit.app 1/2

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Streamlit

This app was built in Streamlit! Check it out and visit https://streamlit.io for more awesome community apps. 🎈

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Mita Williams @copystar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Hey 📚 friends, the slides, text, and bonus content from my @capal-acbes.bsky.social Conference Keynote talk are now available: copystar.itch.io/now-is-the-t...

copystar.itch.io

Now is the Time of Facing Monsters by Mita Williams

CAPAL 2026 Keynote

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

You know, I can't wait for all of the spicy librarian hot takes that will be published after everyone gets their hands on the Government of Canada produced 'AI literacy' training material.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I bought this the other week. Bad side effect is that the fam will not be seen in public with me when I'm wearing it.

da share zone shirt, it reads, the only data centers we need to build are libraries.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I used to just add DOIs to my Academia .edu profile, just in case people find me there. Just tried to do that with a recent paper and it looks like the only way is to actually upload a PDF. No metadata only allowed. 1 / 2

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Does AI really hallucinate? I submit the screen cap below as evidence. Neither of the two links in the hover talks about "95%" anything.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Gonna watch the Spider-Noir. Gonna do it in the Black and White edition I think.

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A new special edition of the CAUT Journal guest co-edited by @profsavage.bsky.social & Susan Spronk all about organizing for power in Canada’s university sector is now online! Read it at journal.caut.ca

Illustration of blank book spines facing out on two shelves with one open book in the middle of the lower shelf. Text that reads "New special issue. Organizing for power in Canada's university sector: lessons for academic staff associations. Read at journal.caut.ca"

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New issue of CAUT Journal just dropped: journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca... (How do I know this? I'm the Managing Editor so I pushed the button) #CDNPSE

journal.caut.ca

CAUT Journal

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CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📣 Call for Participants: 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute 🗓️ June 22–25 @ University of New Brunswick Build research skills, develop your research project & connect with librarian-researchers across Canada. 📌 Apply by April 16 🔗 www.carl-abrc.ca/news/call-fo... #AcademicLibraries #Research

carl-abrc.ca

Call for Participants: 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute - Canadian Association of Research Libraries

March 25, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is now accepting nominations for participants for the 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute. Participants will attend a four-day In...

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Borealis Data @borealisdata.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In early spring, #ResearchRoundup highlights a dataset on Blue-spotted Salamanders, which begin migrating despite sub-zero body temperatures. Explore this dataset by @tattersallg.bsky.social and @giacometti.bsky.social from @brocku.ca here: doi.org/10.5683/SP3/...

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Don't forget the CJAL CFP is due soon! CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca... Questions? Just lemme know. #lis #libraries #cfp #library

cjal.ca

Call for proposals: CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines | Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

For #OAweek this year we published a report based on @OpenAlex@mastodon.social data that highlights how much OA we publish and how much money was spent on APCs last academic year. elibtronic.github.io/2025_state_o...

elibtronic.github.io

2025 State of Scholarly Publishing

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adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

hello library workers. I am also a library worker. I would like to announce that the Code4Lib North sort-of-conference is this December 3-4th at McMaster University in Hamilton. Come on by if you got the gumption. Signup/info (info still be fleshed - signup is live though) at wiki.code4lib.org/North

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North - Code4Lib

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

New CFP from Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship for a special issue entitled: Libraries, Humans, Machines: Old Relationships, New Entanglements. I'm one of the guest editors and I would love to see your submission. HMU if you have questions! cjal.ca/index.php/ca... #lis

cjal.ca

Call for proposals: CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines | Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I was on a picket line today.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Screen shots are my love language.

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CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

📢Join us Aug 27 @ 1PM ET for the Canadian Repositories CoP's Article Release Party kickoff! 🌟 We’ll explore how institutional repositories can better support community-based research, featuring a talk by Robyn Hall (MacEwan). 🔗 Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-pa...

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

According to some DOI analysis that I'm doing, someone at MPOW has published over 200 'journal articles' that have a CrossRef DOI. This is year to date! github.com/elibtronic/g...

Histogram of author article frequency. Most authors are at 1-2 papers. There is one outlier that is 200 plus!

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This is a glass plate slide I saw at the museum in Amsterdam. I like how pagan it is.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Apparently the point of this is that you are not supposed to like the food and abundance, but to look at Jesus giving a sermon in the background. *Jim eyes to camera*

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Chris Plummer @chrisplummer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Read this last week. Was great to see a section about Library and Info Lit stuff.

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rkumar2008.bsky.social @rkumar2008.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

New peer-reviewed article published: Silenced Professoriate: Understanding Academic Freedom in the Modern University doi.org/10.26522/bro... #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #NewManagerialism #PublicIntellectuals

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Silenced Professoriate: Understanding Academic Freedom in the Modern University | Brock Education Journal

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rkumar2008.bsky.social @rkumar2008.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Just published: Our analysis of collective agreements at Canadian universities shows significant variation in protecting academic freedom. Important implications for faculty rights and institutional governance. Read more: doi.org/10.58188/194... #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My academic world has contracted enough that I am presenting a paper at a conference and a person that I'm quoting a bunch is giving a plenary. I'm about as niche as possible now. www.marxintheanthropocene.com #phdlife

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Marx in the Anthropocene

Capital, Nature, Ecology, Environment: An interdisciplinary conference taking place in Venice from March 11 to 14, 2025.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

12 months to hear a 'no' on a journal submission. The no doesn't bother me, that is part of life. 12 months is the tough part in all of this.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I was feeling a bit nostalgic about our the Lab's old podcast so I decide to topic model our transcripts to see what we talked about github.com/elibtronic/S...

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Here's some news. My title has changed (3rd times' a charm right?)

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025

Santa Claus statue, but carrying two large pizzas.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Verso had a sale.... I bought 3 books for like 5$. All ebooks of course. I am weak, especially cause you don't need to pile these on the nightstand and invade your life. They live in your inbox until you are ready for them.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A new special issue of the CAUT Journal all about the labour activism of post-secondary education information workers is now available online. See the full issue: journal.caut.ca/index.php/caut

Promotional image for recently published issue of CAUT J.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I'm not very psyched about the new issue of CJAL. Not enough Canadian focus. I mean come on, we don't have Land Grant schools in Canada.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

This is the journal with the top IF in Journal Citation Reports for Library Science. 4k$ for OA, F, right off.

Screen shot of the homepage for the journal: International Journal of Information Management.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

So the churn goes pretty fast here on Blu? I haven't seen it anywhere here so I'll post: New CFP from Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Reflections and Speculations on Critical Librarianship. cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

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CJAL Special Issue: Reflections and Speculations on Critical Librarianship | Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm reminded of that I remember as a Russian Proverb (I think it was Russian) Pray all your want, but keep rowing the boat to shore. I don't remember where that came from, but I do enjoy is so much.

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I know I am a touch Chicken Little re: the OCUL AI powered chat bot, but dang... Some business school in London has officially made something that will actively replace librarians. Do you think I'm overreacting? www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

insidehighered.com

Researchers claim AI chat bot can conduct interviews at scale

The freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys.

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