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Mark Huskisson

@markhusk.bsky.social
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All opinions are mine (sometimes I do not agree and are subject to change without notification). Scholarly Publishing Technology | Open Infrastructure | Consultant | Dive Bar Enthusiast | Open Science

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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On a @researchconsulting.bsky.social webinar, listening to Cathy Foley (ex-Chief Scientist of Australia), you can see why open access is only seen as a business expense, with zero sense of getting to the root of the issue of the cost of publishing. Australia has a real opportunity, lost under Cathy.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"A nation whose scholarly record is owned, gatekept, and distributed by commercial corporations headquartered elsewhere, accountable to shareholders rather than to citizens, is a nation that has outsourced the stewardship of its own intellectual heritage" katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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How to Build a Sovereign Global Knowledge Commons
The world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"A nation whose scholarly record is owned, gatekept, and distributed by commercial corporations headquartered elsewhere, accountable to shareholders rather than to citizens, is a nation that has outsourced the stewardship of its own intellectual heritage" katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
katinamagazine.org
How to Build a Sovereign Global Knowledge Commons
The world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it.
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Sedimentologika @sedimentologika.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚨 New Opinion Piece 🚨 Vaucher & Thomas discuss the sustainability and equity of different Open Access publishing paths and promote a shift towards Diamond OA. Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk... @romainvaucher.bsky.social, @camthomas.bsky.social
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Publishers produce "scientometric pseudoscience by proposing quantitative metrics, such as citation counts, impact factors, etc. Although the limitations and pitfalls of these metrics have been extensively documented many public policies continue to rely solely on these indicators to assess science"
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Helping a friend apply for a job at @springernature.com, which utilises MyWorkdayJobs. My friend has now lost over two hours of work on that system, and he is no longer pursuing the job. How many great people do companies lose in recruitment because they use terrible systems like this one?
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The politics of knowledge infrastructure is no longer an abstract concern; it is policy. Publishers and platform providers are squarely in the crosshairs of this huge shift in legislation and policymaking. A piece on this in Scholarly Futures last week: scholarlyfutures.substack.com/p/from-infra...
Text reading: Building Europe's Digital Future – Tech Sovereignty Package. Set against a blue Europe flag with the gold stars of the nation state members
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I saw that Marjane Satrapi died aged only 56. I only know her as the author of the Persepolis graphic novel (and the subsequent film). So I searched for more over lunch, and her family said that she had "died of sadness" over her husband's death. What a world.
A frame from the Persepolis graphic novel of older Persian women chastising a younger girl for wearing a shirt that reads "Punk is not ded"
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The politics of knowledge infrastructure is no longer an abstract concern; it is policy. Publishers and platform providers are squarely in the crosshairs of this huge shift in legislation and policymaking. A piece on this in Scholarly Futures last week: scholarlyfutures.substack.com/p/from-infra...
Text reading: Building Europe's Digital Future – Tech Sovereignty Package. Set against a blue Europe flag with the gold stars of the nation state members
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Open Access is not sovereignty if the infrastructure layer it sits on is dependent on commercial platforms. The OA label describes the content layer. It says nothing about the infrastructure layer. Knowledge sovereignty, Diamond OA, and open infrastructure: open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...
A photograph that I took in December 2025 from a high bend in the road, looking down upon a snowy scene in the Canadian Rockies, showing the Icefields Parkway road stretching into the distance between two icy mountains. The road picks its way through a wintry forest towards a distant ice melt lake.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The European Research Area (ERA) Act will create a European framework that will transform copyright, research assessment, and data-sharing. It will govern how research is published, accessed, and evaluated. If you're involved in scholarly communications, you need to give this Act your attention.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The European Research Area (ERA) Act will create a European framework that will transform copyright, research assessment, and data-sharing. It will govern how research is published, accessed, and evaluated. If you're involved in scholarly communications, you need to give this Act your attention.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Open Access is not sovereignty if the infrastructure layer it sits on is dependent on commercial platforms. The OA label describes the content layer. It says nothing about the infrastructure layer. Knowledge sovereignty, Diamond OA, and open infrastructure: open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...
A photograph that I took in December 2025 from a high bend in the road, looking down upon a snowy scene in the Canadian Rockies, showing the Icefields Parkway road stretching into the distance between two icy mountains. The road picks its way through a wintry forest towards a distant ice melt lake.
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Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
NEW POST | 'Morepress platform: Advancing Open Access Publishing at the University of Zadar' #OA The latest post in our series 'Born Open: Rethinking Prestige in Scholarly Book Publishing' is by Ivana Morić Filipović, Head of Publishing at Zadar: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2026/05/07/m...
The Morepress logo alongside text that says 'Born Open: Rethinking Prestige and Scholarly Book Publishing. Blog series | 2'
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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 22/04/2026
💎 In PKP's Archipelago, Regional Feature: Reflections from the 3rd Global Summit on #DiamondOpenAccess in conversation with Mark Huskisson (@markhusk.bsky.social) This article is packed full! India #OA landscape, #OpenJournalSystems use, important takeaways and more: pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/31/r...
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Reflections from the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Conversation with PKP’s Mark Huskisson - Public Knowledge Project
PKP's Mark Huskisson is interviewed by Famira Racy to discuss the diamond landscape in India, use of PKP software, sustainability, and key takeaways for PKP Communities.
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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 31/03/2026
📰 Inside PKP's community newsletter, "Archipelago" * Interview w/ new Managing Director, Teresa Lee * Demystifying #FOSS w/ Alec Smecher * Reflections - 3rd Global Summit on #DiamondOA w/ @markhusk.bsky.social * #OpenJournalSystems OJS 3.6 And more: lists.publicknowledgeproject.org/archive/arch...
The Stockholm archipelago in Sweden is lit up in a golden bath of sunlight, with a mysterious mist hanging low in front of the silhouetted island. The water shimmers like a glowing, rippling mirror. The use of archipelago photography in PKP's newsletter represents the distributed yet connected nature of free and open source software as well as open access communities. The photo was taken by PKP's Jason Nugent on his travels.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Interesting contrast on my timeline this morning from LILAC on information literacy and UKSG. Both are being held simultaneously. There are 3 vendors at @lilacconf.bsky.social, meanwhile @uksg.bsky.social is a joint publisher and library conference (and those who supply them with tech and services).
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Europe is getting serious about #OpenScience and #DiamondOA at the launch of Open Research Europe at CERN. A two-year development of Open Journal Systems (OJS) from Public Knowledge Project, @pkp.sfu.ca that will be fully and freely available to the global community of 55,000 journals via OJS3.6
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The complete lack of understanding about what it means to establish research, data, and scientific sovereignty amongst senior members of the UK's research community and government is shocking. Their belief is that they own that knowledge and are protecting it from future AI and big tech threats.
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Érudit @erudit.org · 18/02/2026
→ Reminder: less than a week before Érudit Town Hall⁠! ⏱️ Join us to learn more about our activities over the past year, the evolution of our team, and our vision for the future of #OpenAccess. ⁠📆 February 26, 1 pm (EST)⁠ 📍 Online 👉 Register: apropos.erudit.org/erudit-town-... Come chat with us!
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Érudit Town Hall 2026
Please join us on February 26 for our virtual event, Érudit Town Hall where we'll highlight our current activities and discuss our plans for the future.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
At the #CopimConference we're talking about limited resources to pay for funding OA. Do we rephrase the contributions to OA as a transaction for our paymasters and institutional SLTs? eBook collections of 700k are bought because they give access to the books, you get 17m+ articles through OJS alone.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I'll be attending the Scholarly Social in London ahead of the COPIM Conference and to celebrate the end of the Researcher to Reader Conference. See you at Mables if you're attending either event or just in the neighbourhood @copim.bsky.social @r2rconf.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
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Reserve your space – Scholarly Social February 25, 2026 – Mabel's Tavern
Scholarly Social February 25, 2026 – Mabel's Tavern, Wed 25 Feb 2026 - We are delighted to invite you to the next Scholarly Social in London on Wednesday February 25. Please join us then at Mabel's Ta...
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Starting in 5 minutes. A recording will be made available later this week if you can't make it to the webinar today.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A free and open source editor able to export JATS XML and HTML has been a long time coming. Today's update on the @pkp.sfu.ca roadmap includes the introduction of end-to-end production workflows within the journal environment for OJS3.6 🙌 [8amPST/4pm GMT/ 5pm CST]. www.eventbrite.ca/e/pkps-devel...
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PKP’s Development News Webinar | February 2026
Join PKP's webinar to explore the development of our scholarly publishing software. This webinar is open to all our community members.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'm doing a joint task where I returned to using @microsoft.com Word for the first time in ages. What an utter pile of [insert word here] that software is. Why on earth do your institutions spend so much money for what is, at best, a very average program? It's awful, crashing, buggy, clunky... yuk.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I mean... you would, wouldn't you?
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Pragya Chaube is absolutely smashing it at the Global #DiamondOA Summit. Expressing her deep frustration at the barriers that the academic incentives system creates for early-career researchers and researchers worldwide. A gifted, dynamic, and erudite communicator cutting through clear frustration.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Devika Madalli describes the Bharat Open Science Platform during her One Nation, One Subscription presentation at the Global #DiamondOA Summit. BOSP is the new OA publishing infrastructure by INFLIBNET for Indian Journals based on #OJS from PKP (@pkp.sfu.ca) for open research for all Indian research
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tracy Creagh (QUT) from the Australasian Diamond Community of Practice assesses OA initiatives across ANZ at the #DiamondOA Summit. Stressing the importance of OASPA, DOAJ, ALMASI, and DIAMAS amongst many others @oaspa.bsky.social @creaght.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social @almasiproject.bsky.social
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Vanessa Proudman introduces the ALMASI Project to the Global DiamondOA Summit. A landscape scan of Africa, Europe, and Latin America indicates this critical infrastructure operates on $6m per year, calling for better support for these tools & services @almasiproject.bsky.social @operaseu.bsky.social
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Loving Zoom's captions at this #DiamondOA conference. I quote: "Read before. And so, I mean? And let's say, right? Okay, well, my relative stress on them. Well, please. She now said, ah! dysactic. rational. vocation. Okay, that was your lap. On an array platform with Zoom. Exists okay for ourselves"
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Anuradha Agrawal (ICAR) – Agricultural research needs to be shared for the wide harvest of humanity ...the current dominant model of scholarly communications builds walls where we build bridges. We aim to dismantle those walls to enable a true open sharing of knowledge for the public good #DiamondOA
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Arbain Arbain, Chairman of Relawan Jurnal Indonesia, explains Why Indonesia Matters Today: the rise of open journal systems at #DiamondOA Summit in Bengaluru, India. 28,000 journals and counting. My blog from February 2023 in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social covers this - share.google/jDbTnBnYGTN5...
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
And we're off. The 3rd Global Diamond Open Access Summit begins in Bengaluru, India. #DiamondOA
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hey, that's me! See you at the Global Summit in India? A quick bounce from the librarians and publishers in Bangkok at #CharlestonAsia onto the policy makers at the 3rd Global Summit on DiamondOA #DOASummit in Bengaluru. Fun times, tiring times, but honoured to be here in the company of good people.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Goodnight Bangkok, good morning Bengaluru. Bleary eyed day ahead of sorting the suitcase and doing the laundry.
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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 01/02/2026
PKP joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access! 🧩 Mon 2 Feb Concurrent Workshop 1: Publishing Platforms and Services for Diamond OA - diamondoasummit.org Come say hi to @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca and @markhusk.bsky.social! ▶️ Live: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM #DiamondOA #DOASummit2026
Mark Huskisson is PKP Strategic Business Advisor and Juan Pablo Alperin is PKP Scientific Director. The Summit's logo is an elephant in India reaching up to a tree with many branches. The elephant has a diamond shaped blanket on its back with an open access symbol.
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OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#ERAAct #PositionPaper | 📢 Following the European Commission's consultation on the ERA Act, OPERAS has just released a position paper with a powerful message: Don't let commercial interests capture the research agenda. 👉Learn more: operas.hypotheses.org/9636
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Shaping Europe’s Research Future: OPERAS Calls for a Sovereign and Equitable ERA Act
A Critical Juncture for Open Science, SSH, and Community-Led Infrastructure The European research landscape stands at a pivotal moment. The European Commission’s consultation for the European Research Area (ERA) Act, finalised on January 23rd,...
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Madhura Amdekar from @crossref.bsky.social launches the Crossref day in Bangkok, Thailand. A lot to get through today, with @abartell.bsky.social up next with the importance of quality metadata. Already lots of questions and comments from the community.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
On my way to the Crossref event in Bangkok. The air quality may be declining and it may be a little too hot (even at 7am) for the average North European like me, but I'm really looking forward to spending the day with the Thai librarians and @crossref.bsky.social colleagues on behalf of @pkp.sfu.ca.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Continuing my career-long habit and preference of not staying in the conference hotel (for costs alone, if not just a little separation), it always brings an enjoyable commute with the locals. Although my arrival in the high aircon after the humid 34C means I'm a hot mess for at least the first hour
Image of the Bangkok river ferry with the large corporate Sheraton Hotel in the background
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I received a job description for a role a recruiter would like me to consider. It's a senior leadership role (insert fake blush emoji for a self deprecating LinkedIn style humblebrag) and a main quality required is, "Must be comfortable using Excel and Powerpoint." For the 1st time I feel qualified.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The #CharlestonAsia Conference comes at a good time due to not travelling to events in the USA. I'm excited to kick off 2026 in Thailand as Asia is a leader in the creation of open access knowledge. This will be a conference of listening, learning, and building the foundations for collaboration.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The last OPERAS Conference was excellent. I'm delighted that the organisers have forgotten how painful it was to host conferences and decided to do another one. @operaseu.bsky.social is a place of real community and innovative ideas that is hard to rival anywhere in European scholarly communication
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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 31/12/2025
🎆 What a way to close out 2025 as we celebrate PKP's Founder, John Willinsky, and his appointment to the Order of Canada for more than 25 years of dedication to #OpenAccess and #PublicKnowledge! -> www.gg.ca/en/media/new... Image from Muttercraig CC BY-SA at uottawa-mpsp.fandom.com/wiki/Order_o...
The Order of Canada insignia: a white, six-pointed snowflake-shaped medal with gold edges, a red maple leaf at the center, and a crown above it, with the words ‘The Order of Canada’ displayed above the emblem.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Reading year-end posts from some open initiatives has been extremely encouraging. But, I've also started to get a feel for which of those initiatives have signed up to and reflect the #POSI principles (openscholarlyinfrastructure.org), especially lobbying to cement their own narrow self-interest.
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The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v2.0, 2025)
POSI version 2.0 released October 2025 The POSI Adopters reviewed the version 1.1 principles and consulted with the community to create version 2.0, released in October 2025. The new/always-current ve...
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Daniele Girardi @dgirardi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The inaugural article of Reviews of Economic Literature is fittingly titled "It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community" It argues that open access crucially needs to be coupled with a new non-profit publishing model rel.journals.sup.org/index.php/re...
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Christopher Penn @cspenn.com · 21/11/2025
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
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Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Is Zoom just terrible for everyone this past month or two, or just me? I'm on a fully paid-up plan and running 128mbps/23mbps minimums on fully up-to-date versions of Mac OS and Zoom. But the image is laggy and about 4fps. Incoming sound is good but it is broken when I'm speaking. Just shocking.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 18/10/2025
"Geoffrey Bilder has made immense contributions to scholarly communications infrastructure over many decades, and his career shows no signs of slowing down. This volume is a collection of writings by a wide range of contributors to showcase the range and diversity of his enduring legacy."
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Brown, Browsers, Back-ends, Boards, Beards, and a Bibliography: A Festschrift in Honour of Geoffrey Bilder
Geoffrey Bilder has made immense contributions to scholarly communications infrastructure over many decades, and his career shows no signs of slowing down. This volume is a collection of writings by a...
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