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Katharine Dunn

@kspace8.bsky.social
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scholcomm librarian at MIT | Canadamerican | swimmer | feminist | working on my tight 5 | she/her Post writer for @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social #openscholarship #democracy #fightmisinformation #abortionishealthcare #readbannedbooks #lgbtqally #hugs

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hey MIT folk: Nominate yourself or others at MIT for the 2026 #opendata prize. Noms due Sept 14. libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope...
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MIT Prize for Open Data | Open Data @ MIT
To highlight the value of open data at MIT, and to encourage the next generation of researchers, the MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries present the MIT Prize for Open Data. The Prize Each win...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Progress in open education and research has always depended on experimentation." www.oeglobal.org/2026/07/28/m... @mchris4duke.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
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More Than Access: Hacking Open Scholarship and Open Learning
Chris Bourg and Amy Brand share their insights on OEGlobal 2026’s program tracks in the next article for “Come Invent With Us”.
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Great piece by @caraleeadams.bsky.social about MIT grad students' resolution on publishing & libraries: www.heliosopen.org/campus-rpt-r... #openscholarship #openaccess
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MIT Graduate Student Council — Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship
Graduate Student Voices Support for Scholarly Communication Reform The MIT Graduate Student Council recently passed a resolution expressing support for campus libraries to exit big deal journal p...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thank you @asapbio.bsky.social for featuring the GSC Resolution on Scientific Publishing and MIT Libraries in their newsletter! eepurl.com/cx3-1rYyi0
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Preprints for Rigor!
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
MIT's Grad Student Council has passed a Resolution on Scientific Publishing and MIT Libraries. Read our interview with two of its authors on the monopoly of “hyper-prestige” journals & incentives that are misaligned with scientific and academic ideals: libraries.mit.edu/news/reshapi...
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Reshaping Scholarly Communications | News
In March 2026, MIT’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed a Resolution on Scientific Publishing and MIT Libraries, a wide-ranging document that calls upon the MIT community, as well as federal fundin...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A new national effort is underway to map the diamond #openaccess ecosystem in the US for the first time. If you are involved with a journal that does not charge authors publication fees, please consider completing this short survey: www.tinyurl.com/mappingdoa #DiamondOA
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @ MIT for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland!
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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
From @ojcollective.bsky.social The OJC model is specifically designed to protect bibliodiversity by supporting journals that are free to read and free to publish #DiamondOA
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @ MIT for November: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: India!
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mit.edu for October: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: France!
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
MIT Libraries response to NIH RFI on publishing costs: libraries.mit.edu/news/mit-lib...
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MIT Libraries’ response to the NIH on limiting allowable publishing costs | News
In July 2025, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will create a policy to limit the amount of NIH funds that grantholders can use towards paying for open access article processing ...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Join MIT Libraries for a conversation with Lee McIntyre, author of On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy, as part of our MIT Reads series: October 8, 5-6:30 calendar.mit.edu/event/on-dis... #disinformation #democracy @mitpress.bsky.social
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
MIT professor & @nobelprize.bsky.social winner #rainerweiss died this week. His 1972 paper describing what would become #LIGO is in #DSpace @MIT. Check out this & more: libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/20...
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MIT Professor Emeritus & Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss dies | Scholarly Communications - MIT Libraries
MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics with two colleagues for their “decisive contributions to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) ...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @MIT for July: We hit a new milestone of more than 30 million downloads! libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac...
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hey MIT folks, nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data: libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope... #opendata #openscience #openscholarship
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MIT Prize for Open Data | Open Data @ MIT
To highlight the value of open data at MIT, and to encourage the next generation of researchers, the MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries present the MIT Prize for Open Data. The Prize Each win...
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Squee! Congratulations Philip & socarxiv!
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#openaccess downloads from #DSpace at MIT for March: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... One of our most downloaded articles was.... a book! #amymoranthomas #travelingwithsugar
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Check out the latest list of books we've supported to make #openaccess: libraries.mit.edu/news/librari... #OA #oamonographs #mitlibraries
Book cover for Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action, by Catherine D'Ignazio
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"our libraries will be greatly impacted by the proposed 25% tariff on print books and it could result in millions of dollars in additional costs." @carl-abrc.bsky.social www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carls-r...
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CARL's Response to the Consultation on Proposed Tariffs - Canadian Association of Research Libraries
April 3, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recently shared a response to The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance, regarding the federal government’s ...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Anyone who cares about #IMLS, but more importantly #intellectual_freedom and critical thinking, must read this latest piece by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social: bookriot.com/imls-propaga... #defendlibraries
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The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now a Propaganda Machine: Book Censorship News, March 21, 2025
DOGE didn't dismantle the only federal agency supporting public libraries. It was instead turned into a propaganda machine. That, plus this week's book censorship news.
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
EveryLibrary is supporting four critically important Spring 2025 local elections for libraries in four communities. www.everylibrary.org/spring_2025_... Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.
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Spring 2025 Campaign Forecast: Our Libraries on the Ballot
We are supporting four critically important Spring 2025 local elections for libraries in four communities.
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mitofficial.bsky.social for February: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Finland!
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
In-person workshop coming up: Preserving public access to public data. Register here: calendar.mit.edu/event/preser...
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Preserving public access to public data
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Knight Science Journalism @ MIT @ksjatmit.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Looking to add science journalism to your feed? For over 40 years we've brought journalists to MIT to hone their craft. Now they're on Bluesky ⬇️ bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
investinopen.org/blog/stateme... @investinopen.bsky.social #openaccess #openscience #openinfrastructure
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The ACS has deleted its website on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect. And with that move, have shown they are worthy of none of the latter. People ask why no-one stands up to fascists, this is why - they are too worried about their own standing to challenge it. www.acs.org/about/divers...
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hi @markey.senate.gov ! Your voicemail in DC has been full for at least a week. How can I tell you what’s on my mind? (Hint: I don’t like what’s happening right now)
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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
#openaccess downloads from #dspace @mitofficial.bsky.social for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland! 611 downloads
MIT Libraries open access statistics report in black and white. The report highlights download counts, articles, and a featured country, with a quote about discovering open access. "Open Access Downloads"
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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here's a good use of #GitHub to track textual changes and page takedowns on federal govt web sites since #Trump took office. www.404media.co/github-is-sh... This project is dedicated to the pages on #DEI. I hope someone launches a similar project on the pages dedicated to science and research.
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GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
Watch the Trump administration play DEI whac-a-mole on this government agency's GitHub page.
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Hey #scholcomm #openaccess #openscholarship #library folks! Please follow our new MIT account: @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Really enjoying this podcast, though it’s scaring me a bit. lemonadamedia.com/show/pack-on... #fascism #whentoleave
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Pack One Bag | Lemonada Media
The epic true story of an Italian family, split apart by love, fascism and war.
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
One of the Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Titles of 2024: "The exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science." www.choice360.org/choice-pick/... @mitofficial.bsky.social
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Outstanding Academic Titles 2024: Top 10 OAT Reviews Part One - Choice 360
Read the latest list snippets from the 2024 Outstanding Academic Titles from Choice 360 and Choice Magazine. This week Outstanding Academic Titles 2024: Top 10 OAT Reviews Part One
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Attn Cambridge locals: We’re cohosting an event with the Art, Culture, and Technology department @ MIT tomorrow. A celebration of the artistic & intellectual legacy of Krzysztof Wodiczko, with the launch of Ian Wojtowicz’s new book “Interrogative Design.” Free to attend!
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Interrogative Design Symposium – Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT)
December 5, 2024 – December 6, 2024
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Leslie Ungerleider (1946 - 2020) was an extraordinary, pioneering neuroscientist. The latest issue of @jocn.bsky.social honors her legacy with articles authored by former colleagues & trainees that highlight critical aspects of her work and its influence buff.ly/4156UKw #cogsci #neuroscience
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EOT End Of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org · 25/11/2024
Every US presidential election period we do a wide crawl of all federal websites. YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/ - Nominate Gov URLs - Upload bulk seed lists - Help surface database deep links - Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
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Contribute
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
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Nick Lindsay @bluenoser2.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Co-hosted by @mitpress.bsky.social and @aspeninstitute.bsky.social this will be a conference on combatting disinformation, engaging the global public, and building trust in science for a more informed future. www.aspeninstitute.org/events/build...
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Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future
To bridge the gap between neuroscience and social science research and vulnerabilities to misinformation and propaganda when we fail to leverage this knowledge in communicating science
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Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Free talk! 👇🏻👇🏻 Developing more responsible approaches to university assessment- the CWTS Leiden Ranking experience. Dr Nees Jan van Eck. Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 15:00-16:00 GMT Book here: inorms.net/more-than-ou...
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More Than Our Rank Community Calls | INORMS
The INORMS Research Evaluation Group invites you to join our More Than Our Rank Community Calls.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The bestsellers list here shows me people (who buy books and buy them from good sources) are getting ready. Timothy Snyder, Masha Gessen, Jason Stanley, Mariam Kaba and Kelly Hayes, Octavia Butler. (And Hope in the Dark!) Wish this was the mindset of those in power. bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
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Bookshop.org Best Sellers of the Week
Jump into our most popular books from last week, which include nonfiction by Indigenous authors, Samantha Harvey's recent Booker Prize–winning novel, and plenty of political picks sparked by the recen...
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I’m giving a staff update on the year in #openaccess #openscholarship. What do you think is important to talk about? #diamondOA? #rightsretention? Equitable business models? Please share!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We are closing in on 20,000 letters being sent to Senators demanding they oppose recess appointments. Did you send yours yet?
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Tell your Senators: Don't allow Trump's recess appointments
Please contact Congress now!
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Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
For those in the academic sector, @openresshef.bsky.social have an Open Research pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... As far as I know there isn't a Starter Pack just of 'libraries' - but you could use the List in the first post in this thread and manually follow everyone on it if you wished...
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Simon Bains @simonjbains.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I've not come across a starter pack focusing specifically on senior leaders with overall responsibility for university libraries (dean, director, head) so thought I'd start one. I'm sure I've missed plenty of people, so let me know to be added! go.bsky.app/7DgUMvf
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Will it the book be #openaccess? Congratulations!
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Congratulations! #openaccess #oabooks
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 17/11/2024
In light of the imminent threat Trump poses to higher education and sociology, my beefs with ASA will have to wait. familyinequality.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/w...
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Why I’m joining the American Sociological Association again (because of fascism)
In light of the imminent threat Trump poses to higher education and sociology, my beefs with ASA will have to wait.
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Erin Havel @erinhavel.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#DemocracyDames Starter Pack!! Share as you wish. go.bsky.app/SSUNxrj
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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Katharine Dunn @kspace8.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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