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Miguel Varo

@mvaro.bsky.social
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Bibliotecario en la @bibliotecaus.bsky.social. Formo parte del #GTEstadísticasREBIUN. Mis intereses: #bibliotecas #tecnología #sostenibilidad #política #pensamientocrítico #libros #aprendizaje #pensamientolateral #educaciónsuperior #tendencias

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Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The changes in the latest update to Zotero (Zotero 10) are really enhancing my productivity. I’m especially impressed by the new advanced search, the ability to view/search multiple collections & libraries simultaneously, and batch-editing. (Info on Zotero 10: www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-...)
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Zotero Blog » Blog Archive » Zotero 10
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hoy suscribo este comentario al 💯… Gracias José Luis Sanz 🤮 por tu reestructuración de líneas de autobús solicitada por un montón de NADIE
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Interesante guía de escritura académica de la Universidad Tecnológica de Sidney👇🏼
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Ndocist @ndocist.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
Intégration de l'IA générative dans les formations à la maîtrise des données dispensées par des bibliothécaires à l'intention des étudiants en sciences et en ingénierie
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Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Open access is usually presented as a public good. Research becomes freely available. Knowledge travels further. Scholars, practitioners, policymakers and members of the public can read work that might otherwise remain behind a paywall. 🧵
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Uso de agentes de IA para detectar errores en la literatura científica
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Según el estudio citado por @lseblogs.bsky.social , la ampliación del #voto municipal en #España a personas de Europa del Este en 2007 y de América Latina en 2011 no alteró significativamente el apoyo al PP, al PSOE ni a la izquierda radical #inmigración
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ahora todo el mundo tiene opinión sobre la Odisea, política migratoria e ingeniería forestal … 😑
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Ndocist @ndocist.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
"Une disposition-clé du règlement européen sur l’intelligence artificielle entre en vigueur dimanche 2 août. Les concepteurs et utilisateurs professionnels de systèmes d’IA devront mentionner que leurs contenus ont été créés par cette technologie, sous peine d’amendes."
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Nature [Unofficial] @nature.com.web.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
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Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02397-5 Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 01/08/2026
A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges.
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Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges
iStock A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2026
Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and other leading companies working on artificial intelligence endorsed a letter urging the U.S. government to slow the development of AI if it becomes too rapid.
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OpenAI, Anthropic ask U.S. government to consider slowing down AI
The rivals endorsed a letter signed by hundreds of AI company employees asking for international diplomacy to slow progress on the technology if it gets too rapid.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Deadly wildfires like those now gripping France and Spain are often cited as evidence of the need to tackle climate change. But do these events lead to real political change? @timwapps.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @lstoetze.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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There is little evidence extreme weather events spur political action on climate change - LSE European Politics
There is no evidence of a shift in the political attention paid to the environment in the aftermath of extreme weather events like flooding and wildfires.
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OCLC @oclc.org · 26/07/2026
#EngagedLibraries promote information literacy. ℹ️ The Empowering Informed Communities project develops opportunities to help library staff support information literacy through fun and games. ➡️ Learn more and find resources: oc.lc/4pNtbH5
An infographic defining various types of misinformation in a grid is in the background. Included in the infographic are topic areas such as Fake Content, Imposter Content, False Context, Satire and Parody, False Connections, and Sponsored Content. Each box features definitions, examples, and small illustrations. The image is listed as courtesy of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. The OCLC and #EngagedLibraries logos appear at the top.
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Ndocist @ndocist.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026
Les #IA #AI s'imposent comme médiateurs entre les publications académiques et les usagers de la #bibliothèque universitaire #academiclibrary À condition que le modèle de données repose sur métadonnées structurées (découvrabilité) et des permaliens fiables (accessibilité)
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Understanding Generative AI-mediated User Engagement with Academic Library Resources
This study empirically analyzed generative AI as an emerging discovery pathway to academic library resources. Utilizing web analytics from August 2023 to October 2025, the research identifies a signif...
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/07/2026
"The propagation of AI slop [...] is making science less trustworthy. But in parallel, AI enthusiasts are telling the world that the remedies should all be easy to automate, creating the impression that journals can not only catch more errors but also do it more efficiently and cheaply."
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AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive
There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...
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Ndocist @ndocist.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
Introducing #Claude for #Teachers \ #Anthropic Claude for Teachers offre aux enseignants américains de primaire et 2aire, dont l'identité a été vérifiée, un accès gratuit à ses fonctionnalités premium : bibliothèque de compétences pédagogiques, programmes fondés sur des evidence-based datas
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Introducing Claude for Teachers
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
El estado de las políticas de gestión de datos de investigación en Europa #datosdeinvestigación #Europa #Políticas
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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New study: Articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more #citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers. Primary source (preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Summary in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Suspected distortion of citations in high-impact cancer journals
Research and scholarship are shaped by article citations, which underpin the communication of ideas, assignment of credit, journal impact factors, and author career progression. Given their key influe...
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
B!SON recomendador de #revistas en #accesoabierto creado por #DOAJ
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Algunos problemas en el uso de software de detección de #IA en trabajos académicos en las #universidades en la actualidad 👇🏼
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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🔎 ¿𝐂𝐨́𝐦𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧? En el webinar de @crossref.bsky.social Bárbara Rivera López, nuestra Community Manager hablará del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Metadatos de Financiación. 📅 7/7 | 15:00 UTC 🔗 crossref.org/events
Promotional graphic for a Crossref webinar in Spanish titled "¿Qué ocurre después de la subvención? Metadatos de financiación para la toma de decisiones." The webinar takes place online on Tuesday, 7 July, from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC. The graphic features a purple background with the outline of Latin America, along with the logos of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and Crossref. A registration link is included.
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Tsunami de calor ctxt.es/es/20260701/...
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Tsunami de calor
El Ártico se está calentando entre tres y cuatro veces más rápido que el resto del planeta, lo que altera el chorro polar y hace más frecuentes y prolongados los episodios de altas temperaturas
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Interesante 🧵… ⤵️⤵️
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Researchers need dedicated tools, not “off the shelf” AI to aid with academic writing. Akhilesh Ayer @cactusglobal.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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Researchers need dedicated tools, not “off the shelf” AI - LSE Impact
Author surveys show researchers regularly turn to generic “off the shelf” AI tools Akhilesh Ayer argues for a more careful research-centric approach.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 05/01/2026
Regular reminder that research assessment reform is, above all, a labour issue.
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🗣️"In the arts, humanities, and social sciences, approaches to research are diverse, but often no less open than in their STEM counterparts" #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
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A broader vision of open research is needed to include the arts, humanities and social sciences - LSE Impact
Discussing the findings of a new report on open practices in the arts, humanities and social sciences, Jenni Adams, Miranda Barnes, Samuel Moore and Stephen Pinfield argue to support open research in…
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
El futuro de la #alfabetización informacional no consiste solo en distinguir lo verdadero de lo falso, sino en hacer visibles los marcos conceptuales, institucionales y algorítmicos que moldean el conocimiento #AlfabetizaciónInformacional #Bibliotecas #PensamientoCrítico
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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Im going to say it again library chatbots should be more than just glorified faq searchers. They should search your holdings, recommend your librarian experts appropriately at very least
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Ndocist @ndocist.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
bibCheck, outil développé par l’Inist-CNRS et l’IRIT, vérifie vos références bibliographiques en s’assurant de sa présence dans Crossref ou DataCite tout en veillant à ce que l’article associé ne soit pas rétracté
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Comment utiliser bibCheck sur sa bibliographie Zotero ?
Vérifiez vos références bibliographiques présentes dans Zotero devient un jeu d'enfant grâce au web service bibCheck
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Está claro que el servicio de biblioteca en universidades privadas en España (con honrosas excepciones) es puro relleno. La ratio Persona usuarias por personal de biblioteca lo demuestra... app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrI...
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Lluís Codina @lcodina.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Los sistemas de detección de contenidos creados por IA son un arma de dos filos. Nunca lo he visto claro, desde el momento que no son fiables (generan falsos positivos y falsos negativos.) Dans lo explica muy bien en el caso de una herramienta concreta: www.enriquedans.com/2026/06/synt...
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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"There’s definitely a problem here, but libraries are not the enemy." @bookriot.bsky.social is on it, with ALL the links. bookriot.com/libraries-ta...
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Libraries Tackle Ebook Pricing, and More Updates
Catch up on the latest in library news, including ebook legislation across the country, the growth of social reading, and more.
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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We're hiring a Senior Library Manager to lead the University's records management service, driving modern recordkeeping practices & helping ensure information is managed effectively across the University. For more details and to apply 👉 ow.ly/iMNN50ZgQ1t Closing date: 12 July #LibraryJobs
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
El perfil de bibliotecario/a especialista en #IA ya es una realidad en muchas #bibliotecas universitarias de los Estados Unidos #BibliotecasUniversitarias #InteligenciaArtificial #AlfabetizaciónDigital
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FESABID @fesabid.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026
📚 Nuevos cursos en la #AgendaFESABID Estas son las últimas incorporaciones: 📖 Bibliotecas, espacios para la interacción — ALDEE 📊 Evaluación en bibliotecas: del dato al valor público — ByD Canarias 🖼️ El álbum: conceptos básicos — COBDCV 💻 Absysnet […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Imagen grafica con personas conectadas online o hablando con texto agenda fesabid: nuevos cursos y jornadas, formación online y presencial y desarrrollo profesional con la URL de la agenda
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Sobre por qué las llamadas habilidades blandas son, en realidad, competencias críticas para las y los profesionales de la información. Una presentación de @lorcand.bsky.social ⤵️⤵️
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
La tensión entre delegar tareas en la IA y mantener una supervisión crítica y consciente de los resultados #IA #Pensamientocrítico
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SPARC Europe @sparc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🇪🇸 ¡Ahora en español! Thanks to our colleagues from @rebiun.org, two #ProjectRetain resources are now available in Spanish: 📄 Construyendo puentes hacia el acceso abierto 🎓 Retain OER. Políticas de Retención de Derechos Both are part of our Rights Retention Helper 👉 sparceurope.org/rights-reten...
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Rights Retention Helper - SPARC Europe
This helper includes key resources on rights retention for institutions and researchers: including examples of rights retention policies, support documents and guidelines and a key reading list.…
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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
👉 ¿Cómo puede la IA hacer que el acceso a los datos públicos sea más fiable y trazable? Únete a nuestro webinario este jueves para conocer una solución piloto que vincula la IA conversacional con catálogos de datos en Brasil y Uruguay. 🔗 Registro: eclac.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Hasgall apunta una idea clave: las bibliotecas no deben ser vistas solo como prestadoras de servicios, sino como infraestructuras de confianza que deben participar en las decisiones que configuran la estrategia de investigación de la universidad.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
NEW: Posts linked to #LSEFestival 2026 (15-20 June): How to save the planet 🌎🧵 1️⃣ Peter Hill introduces a framework for managing Europe's energy transition where national security, energy resilience and growth objectives converge @lsebr.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
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Managing the geopolitics of Europe’s energy transition - LSE Business Review
Ahead of an event at the LSE Festival Peter Hill introduces the Clean Technology Partnership Initiative.
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Universidad de Sevilla @unisevilla.us.es · 15/06/2026
🏛️ La Universidad de Sevilla y el Gobierno de España crean la Cátedra de Memoria Democrática ‘Bartolomé Clavero’, dirigida por el profesor Alberto Carrillo. El proyecto contará con 100.000 euros del ministerio y una aportación equivalente en medios por parte de la institución académica. [+]
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Universidad de Sevilla @unisevilla.us.es · 14/06/2026
📚⭐ La Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla alcanza su mejor valoración histórica en la encuesta de satisfacción 2025-2026, con una puntuación media de 4,52 sobre 5. 🔗 ow.ly/Lq7M50ZakkS
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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Disability history is an important part of understanding both the past and the present. 🩵 Our curated #DisabilityHistory resource list explores the experiences of disabled people through topics such as education, activism, online spaces, and changing societal attitudes 👇 ow.ly/QoNj50YzhAv
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SPARC @sparcopen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It is possible to cancel a big deal & still provide your community with essential research materials. We've profiled several campuses on the process to provide models for how it can happen & save your library millions. #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenData #OpenScience sparcopen.org/our-work/big...
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Exit Interviews: Leaving Big Deals & Proprietary Products - SPARC
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Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Interesante recopilación de recursos sobre #sostenibilidad y competencias verdes de la @oulibrary.bsky.social ⤵️⤵️
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 09/06/2026
"Me debes una noche loca" "¿A qué hora se puede hablar de cosas de mayores?" Imputan al CEO de la principal productora de Canal Sur por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera La denunciante adjunta 175 páginas de mensajes de WhatsApps “de índole sexual” que le ha enviado desde 2018
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Un juez de violencia de género imputa al CEO de la principal productora de Canal Sur por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera
El magistrado cita a declarar como investigado a Gustavo Fuentes, director general de ADM, empresa público-privada con participación mayoritaria del Gobierno andaluz. Fuentes también es presidente del...
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