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Sharla Lair

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Lead Strategist, Open Scholarship, Lyrasis • www.linkedin.com/in/sharlalair • Views are my own

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Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New guest blog from Weave: Journal of Library User Experience editors highlights how OACIP support strengthens their open access model and deepens UX community engagement. Read more: ow.ly/pr9T50YneUT Michigan Publishing #OpenAccess #UserExperience #DiamondOA #OACIP
OACIP and Weave Logos stacked.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We are pleased that our journal, Environmental Humanities, is part of the OACIP 2025-2026 cohort. This group of nine Diamond OA journals is accepting contributions through 7/31. Learn more about OACIP: buff.ly/vTVZP1q @wearelyrasis.bsky.social Access Environmental Humanities: buff.ly/kwx0PgI
Blue background with geometric structure made of white sticks and black banner reading Environmental Humanities Volume 17 Issue 3 November 2025
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Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
"Diamond Open Access on the rise" above multicolored diamond.
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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🧰The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for new and established #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape @oaspa.bsky.social 🆕New content on Accessibility Remediation Resources has just been released: www.oajournals-toolkit.org/getting-star...
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Accessibility Remediation Resources - OA Journals Toolkit
Understanding and adopting accessibility standards can help ensure that your journal reaches and benefits a broad audience with diverse abilities. This is
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Starting now: It’s Time to Rally: Stakeholder Engagement in the U.S. Diamond Open Access Landscape “Diamond open access did not grow in spite of decentralization -- it grew because of it.” @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A (cont'd) "We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe." "We're figuring out who we are" #chsconf2025
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
"Diamond open access leads with its values, and as you can see, the values make a very pleasing word cloud." The value of diamond #openaccess, however, is much harder to put in a word cloud. @camitchell.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
Word cloud of diamond open access values, including public good, community-led- equitable,
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
"If we want to see diamond #openaccess flourish as more than just part of a patchwork... we will have to rally together. No one is coming to build this for us. The future of diamond open access in the United States will depend on the choices we make." @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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Sharla Lair @lalair.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The new OACIP Journals are here!!! Every new round reminds me how much community, trust, and shared commitment matter in building sustainable open access publishing. Deep deep gratitude to all the editors, libraries, and partners who keep showing up for this work. You make this possible.
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Sharla Lair @lalair.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Lyrasis is hiring for 2 new (US-based preferred) remote roles on the CSCI team! Support open access and community-driven publishing. Apply by June 25: Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs
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Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Lyrasis invites institutions to support @leverpress.bsky.social, a library-led, Diamond open access monograph publishing program. By joining, libraries become part of a growing community dedicated to advancing open access book publishing! Learn more here, ow.ly/NssC50Vi95S. #OpenAccess
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Chris Bourg @mchris4duke.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
And to instead spend our funds supporting non-profit and academy-based publishers who share our values and deliver value. But I don't blog anymore, so this will do.
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Chris Bourg @mchris4duke.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I would suggest that maybe this budget crisis is the time to finally say NO to spending precious library dollars to fill the pockets of shareholders of for-profit publishers who routinely report stupid high profits margins ..
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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The first books in @leverpress.bsky.social's Re-Editions series are out this year! The first (May) is the archival manuscript of José Villarreal's groundbreaking Chicano novel Pocho, originally called Our Little Life! The second (Nov) is a selection of Chinese children's primers.
Book cover for "Our Little Life" by Jose Antonio Villareal, edited by Juan Velasco. The cover has an image of a line drawing of a bandido on a horse with some hills in the background. The drawing is from an early 1970s flyer for a local reading Velasco did in California.Book cover for "Traditional Chinese Children's Primers: A Sourcebook" translated and edited by Katherine Ngo and Kelly Ngo. The cover has an image of a Chinese painting: a mom holding a baby and handing it off to a nurse/maid.
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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social on meeting its #sustainability goal for 2025! IReL is delighted to have played a small role in this achievement by providing our members with access to #ProjectMUSE and benefiting its #SubscribeToOpen initiative. #S2O
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I love this idea so much.
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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If you have connections with universities, foundations, or other groups that might be interested in partnering reach out to @sciencewriters.org and @sciencewriting.bsky.social. We are committed to making this conference happen!
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Bryn Williams-Jones @brynwj.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
US Bioethics colleagues: I'm talking with Cdn bioethics colleagues about how we can support you, even if it's only by providing a space for free speech, such as the Canadian Journal of Bioethics (cjb-rcb.ca). And if you have to publish anonymously, we can do that as well.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 02/03/2025
Friends and colleagues: if you have work that has previously been made available via #PubMed or other federal infrastructure, please find other ways to share it. For instance: KC Works is a non-profit, community-governed repository (built on top of CERN's InvenioRDM). works.hcommons.org
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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As individuals it’s difficult to get things in motion, as a group we can... Science is currently being attacked in multiple ways in the US right now. Don’t let this happen. And we in Europe should not let this happen either. Consider signing! Read further: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dear President Zelensky, As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here. I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
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To President Zelensky, From an Embarrassed American
Dear President Zelensky,
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 28/02/2025
Subscribe to Open isn't perfect (IMO), but it is great to see no-fee diamond OA models succeeding and being praised. These are the future.
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Sharla Lair @lalair.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I am so excited by this achievement! Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social and all the publishers that participated.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 26/02/2025
We're putting the finishing touches to a little one-day meeting at Cambridge on community-led publishing where we'll explore the diamond OA and community-led journal landscape at Cambridge. It's on May 13th at the West Hub in Cambridge -- more soon!
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We've reached 40,000 #OAbooks in the OAPEN Library! 🥳 The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌 Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org
The number 40 on a white background with a blue 4 and a red 0. There are streamers around the numbers.
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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Coming later this year from @leverpress.bsky.social! First book in our film|minutes series: leverpress.org/filmminutes
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Lever Press is a scholarly press supported by more than 50 liberal arts institutions. It publishes peer-reviewed, born digital, open access monographs at no cost to authors or their academic instituti...
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New Roanoke College poll of Virginia out this morning finds Donald Trump at his highest level of disapproval in either term — 59%. www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc... Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away
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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Want to learn more about @standupforscience.bsky.social ? I spoke with three of the lead organizers for a Q&A you can read here: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
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‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies Will Protest Trump Attacks on Research
Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Psst! @scquarterly.bsky.social Volume 30, Issue 4, is available to read for FREE 📢 Thanks to enrollment in @projectmuse.bsky.social Subscribe to Open (S20) program, all of the journal's content in 2025 will be published Open Access 🔓 Read for free: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54280
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Project MUSE - Southern Cultures-Volume 30, Number 4, Winter 2024
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Jeannie Lin @jeannielin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I’m joining the Data Rescue Project to help preserve at risk federal data. They’re also on Bluesky @datarescueproject.org Fight back on all fronts with whatever skills you bring. No fight is too small
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Can someone in my home state of Virginia pick up the baton?
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Claire Cusack @claireecusack.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
For the people who may be on the fence: Happy to chat about my experience leading KY. Core leadership created a checklist of what to do, which helps keep priorities organized. A lot of us here already are kind and down to help you make it happen. #StandUpForScience
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Jessica Hartman @drjhartman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Trying to get the word out to colleagues in SC - still need a leader! I'm going to #standupforscience2025 in DC on March 7 because science helps everyone, regardless of their political views.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025
Have you ever struggled to quantify the benefit of federal funding for research on a local level? ☀️ Here's a great resource for that 👉 www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... Focuses on the NIH, & gives you state-level information about awards funded, economic activity & jobs supported!
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025
🚨 Looking for more volunteers to help us Stand Up for Science in Pittsburgh! Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
Blue image that says Pittsburgh in red.
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Luke Domme @atypeofwriter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Anyone in Kansas want to partner up and set one up in Topeka? DM me or whatever. Let’s not be absent from the battle.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Yes, but we can't wait! #NoTimeForSilence! Join the over 1900 individuals and organizations and sign & share the open Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Gov Censorship! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f Join a March 7th @standupforscience.bsky.social demonstration!
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We call on members of the worldwide scholarly communication ecosystems – researchers, policy-makers, scholarly societies, libraries, higher education and research institutions, publishers, funders, and others – to sign this Declaration to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Please sign in your own name and/or on behalf of your organization. By signing, you commit to acting on at least one of these four recommendations: Support instances of resistance to U.S. government censorship. Promote venues for scholars to share, safeguard, and preserve their work, beyond the reach of censorship. Participate in efforts to track and record instances of U.S. government censorship. Share this Declaration broadly and encourage individuals and organizations in your communities to sign and support it. As part of your commitment to condemn and resist, consider using the #DefendResearch hashtag. Delayed resistance will only amplify censorship risks and cause irreparable harm. Now is the time to act! (Read the Declaration.) SIGNATORIES LIST WILL BE UPDATED DAILY. It may take up to 24 hours to update the public declaration to ensure signatories' privacy requirements are met. Please note that email addresses will never be publicly shared.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Fantastic to see @standupforscience.bsky.social events being planned nationwide!!!! Please attend your local #standupforscience event standupforscience2025.org & sign the open Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Gov Censorship! #NoTimeForSilence tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and Nationwide. Because Science is for everyone.
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We need volunteers for states that don’t yet have events! I’m one of the organizers in CA and can answer questions about how the process has been! #standupforscience
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Sharla Lair @lalair.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“This may signal the moment to increase (international) collaboration towards OA initiatives and collective action…This strategy may prove to be transformative if we take this as an opportunity to radically explore alternative models to protect equitable access.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
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OPINION: A librarian's summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement - UKSG
Siobhan Haimé takes a look at detail the Clarivate announcement and its practical (and possibly unintentional transformational) effects.
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Folks, I'll be here hoping to secure more signatories to our declaration to #defendresearch from censorship, intimidation, re-segregation, and erasure. If you're going, DM me. If you haven't signed yet, please SIGN AND SHARE: #scienceforall #openscience docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Sign the open Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Gov Censorship! Sign now! Share everywhere! Help make this action go viral! #scholcomm #academisky #academichatter #sciencesky #openscience tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A group of scholcomm activists, alarmed by the Trump administration’s directives curtailing academic freedom of speech & inquiry, will soon share a declaration against US gov censorship in research, calling for people/orgs in scholarly/adjacent communities to actively condemn & resist such actions.
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Bianca Kramer @msphelps.akademienl.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025
Excited to announce I've been appointed Executive Director of the Barcelona Declaration @BarcelonaDORI , (alongside my other consulting activities). We have funding for the next 3 years and will soon discuss the creation of a governance board […]
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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 05/02/2025
Do not give up.
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Invest in Open Infrastructure @investinopen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The research community needs to prioritize community-owned #OpenInfrastructure. Last week's events highlight the risks of relying on single funding sources. Our latest blog post explores how we can work together to build a more sustainable future for research. investinopen.org/blog/call-to...
Text: "'If the current situation exposes risks of depending on federal funding for research and research infrastructure, it also underscores the importance of community-ownership of the tools and data that drive knowledge creation.' Read our blog post 'Call to action: Protect vulnerable infrastructure and research independence'." Community ownership is highlighted.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A vitally important corollary, which is that it takes a lot of people--imperfectly, bc people!--working together to make things better. Again, imperfectly--bc people. But this is why the endless emphasis on individuals (mostly men) in history is so bad for us. We overlook how much collectives do.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If your research could be affected by such policies, you can use OSF or similar services to post a preprint with a CC-BY license to ensure it is accessible to everyone: osf.io/preprints OSF is open source, free-to-use, and maintained by @cos.io a 501(c)3 charity.
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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Great to see that, among many other excellent works, a @leverpress.bsky.social title is on the BSFA Award longlist for Non-Fiction. That would be Stefan Ekman's groundbreaking study Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic (doi.org/10.3998/mpub...). Please consider voting for the book!
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