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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 03/08/2026

1/ In 2024, I filed a false claims act lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer, Wiley & Informa alleging they systematically overcharged US federal grants for article processing. The gov declined to intervene and now it's public. Some thoughts on what this is, and what it isn't:

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DeDe Dawson @dededawson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Libraries need to critically engage with language we use when assessing TAs/R&Ps. Out now: doi.org/10.5860/crln... with my fantastic co-authors @leighbutler.bsky.social, Jaclyn McLean, Jason Friedman, Erin Fields, and Monica Ward

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Leigh-Ann Butler @leighbutler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Just published in College & Research Libraries News! 🎉 “Tangled Terms: How We Talk About Transformative Agreements”: doi.org/10.5860/crln.... We argue for more caution with the language used when talking about the "value" of TAs.

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 10/12/2025

We’re excited to announce the launch of Philosophical Logic at the Open Library of Humanities. This follows another mass editorial resignation at Springer Nature (open letter linked in the announcement). Read more:

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Flagship Springer Nature journal flips to diamond open access at the OLH

We’re excited to announce the launch of a major new journal, following news of another mass editorial resignation (read open letter) at Springer Nature. This week, the Editors-in-Chief and Associate …

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Leigh-Ann Butler @leighbutler.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Go Canada and a special nod to our library publishing programs 🇨🇦. "Canada’s strong library publishing sector is critically enabled by OJS, which allows universities and research centres to retain control over scholarly communication infrastructure rather than outsourcing it to commercial entities"

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 01/12/2025

Le 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès au Web of Science, Core Collection et Journal Citation Reports. Une nouvelle étape de sa politique en faveur de la science ouverte pour promouvoir des alternatives ouvertes, transparentes et responsables.

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Le CNRS s’émancipe du Web of Science

À partir du 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès à l’une des plus importantes bases bibliométriques commerciales : le

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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This blog summarises the crippling intellectual and scholarly consequences of the financial drain of commercial scientific publishing. Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing: Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub

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The Drain of Scientific Publishing

The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...

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Leigh-Ann Butler @leighbutler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The collective profits are staggering, actually overwhelming. So, let's resist: "The good news is that if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca

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Stefanie Haustein @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca · 13/11/2025

Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing. Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n

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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

💎 The Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), which aims to list all European #DiamondOA journals, was officially launched at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference #CRAFT_OA2025 #DDH In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social 📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/

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Leigh-Ann Butler @leighbutler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

One week until this amazing event! Open to all, come join us in-person at uO (CRX 230) or on zoom. Registration link below!

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