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Nick Sheppard

@nickshepp.bsky.social
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Open research at University of Leeds. Amateur Wikimedian. Conscientious objector to the culture war. #OpenResearch #OpenScience #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia

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Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 13h
On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...
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Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer Saints
An in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed.
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Researcher Development @ Leeds @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What does open research look like in an AI-mediated information environment? In this episode of #ResearchCultureUncovered, @nickshepp.bsky.social speaks to Monica Westin from @universitypress.cambridge.org about knowledge equity and why she remains optimistic about open knowledge. buff.ly/FZHUnqN
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(Episode 174) Openness, equity and the changing information ecosystem with Monica Westin
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do any wiki folk know if there is currently a working tool to import works from ORCiD into wikidata? www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat... (deactivated because of abuse) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat... (internal server error) @pigsonthewing.org.uk @tagishsimon.bsky.social @mlpoulter.bsky.social
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Wikidata:ORCIDator - Wikidata
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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hearing now from @nickshepp.bsky.social and Thom Freeth repping @openresleeds.bsky.social who are talking about the Knowledge Equity Network and connecting “the opens” (Open Education, Open Science, Open Access and Open Infrastructure) #OpenFest2026
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer. Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Started a Wikipedia article for Alwyn Crawshaw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alwyn_C...
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Alwyn Crawshaw - Wikipedia
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@dorkatamas.bsky.social went to see Sylvia today
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🔏Beyond the Editathon: A New @wikipedia.org Contribution Model for Experts 🔗https://doi.org/10.48785/100/497 🖼️Poster presented at #Wikimania in July by @yclepit.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Flow chart describing the process of facilitating a Wikipedia expert review  

1. Experts review an off-Wiki version of a Wikipedia article.
2. They make their edits to this version of the article as
comments or track changes.
3. A Wikipedia editor makes their changes to Wikipedia.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Something to listen to on the way home? If it's a long journey, there's also an interview with Marcus Munafò from 2024: research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/s8e8... @ukrepro.bsky.social #ukrn2026
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(S8E7) Improving Research Quality with the UK Reproducibility Network: A Conversation with Marcus Munafò - Research Culture Uncovered
In this week's episode of Research Culture Uncovered, Nick Sheppard speaks with Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of ...
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Researcher Development @ Leeds @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode out now! Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social chats with Dr Eike Rinke about open research, transparency, rigour & why it matters across all disciplines. Plus insights from a study showing how different analytic choices can shape results.
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(Episode 165) Building Communities for Better Research with UKRN Local Network Lead Dr Eike Rinke
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A nostaligic - and uncharacteristically sunny - walk across town from Victoria Station - I used to live and work in Manchester, and do in fact hail from this side of the Pennines (don't mention back in Yorkshire 🤫)
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Great to be in Manchester for the inaugural UKRN Conference along with our institutional lead @daryloconnor.bsky.social and local network lead Eike Rinke. Conference programme: www.conference.ukrn.org/programme/ #UKRN2026
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Programme: UKRN Conference Wednesday 8 – Thursday 9 July, 2026
See the programme and join us to take part in conversations about improving research practice, alongside researchers, research-enablers, policymakers, and partners from across all disciplines in the U...
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Interdisciplinary and Interoperable: Exploring the Wellcome Collection with IIIF (webinar recording 📽️ and blogpost📝) leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/i... Thanks to @crulph.bsky.social for the blogpost @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary and Interoperable: Exploring the Wellcome Collection with IIIF
The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of open standards for delivering high quality images online, which allows you to manipulate, share and compare images, audio,…
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Whose knowledge counts? Who gets to decide? Asks @jsendall.bsky.social ahead of this afternoon’s panel #LKFS2026 “Knowledge Equity - global perspectives & knowledge outside the academy”
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I like the conception of library/open research support roles as: steward, facilitator, enabler #ALN26
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White Rose Libraries @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Great to see @nickshepp.bsky.social from the Leeds Open Research Team, a WRL collaborator, presenting at @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social on connecting the "opens". A topic closely aligned with WRUP's mission and the role of repositories in supporting equitable access to knowledge!
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Open by Design: Embedding Collaborative Process into Research Software Development (webinar🌐, Next Tuesday 30 June📆, 1pm🕐) leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope... All welcome 😀
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Open by Design: Embedding Collaborative Process into Research Software Development
Digital outputs are increasingly costed into research grants — but the way we manage their development often misses a significant opportunity. We tend to treat software as...
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I'll be there 👍
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Looking forward to it 😀
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As data becomes more central to research, thoughtful management and curation from the very start of a project is essential. While the FAIR principles are often confused with open data, the session highlighted the important distinctions — and how they work together to strengthen research practice.
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@dorkatamas.bsky.social finally got round to adding a few citations you sent me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbury...
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Wilbury Crockett - Wikipedia
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This does seem to have been summarily closed down on the TALK page. Not sure it's so black and white... Any wikipedians have a view? @yclepit.bsky.social @mlpoulter.bsky.social @lucymoore.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It's a wrap #KEOS26🎁 💡 6 partner institutions collaborating on the development of the week 🌍 17 guest speakers with 7 chairs, bringing expertise in Open Scholarship from across the globe 🚀 1047 registrations across 7 sessions Thanks to all of the colleagues on our project planning team 👏
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026
Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social presents some of the comments provided so far on the nomination form for the co-creation outputs: "concrete solutions" "real-word and actionable" "relevant to my context" "well put together and well presented" #KEOS26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Alicia @wisealic.bsky.social will be presenting this report, followed by a panel discussion: 🔏Factors influencing the adoption of #OpenAccess to longform publications in regional and national contexts doi.org/10.48785/100... #KEOS26
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Factors influencing the adoption of open access to longform publications in regional and national contexts - White Rose Research Online
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
Igor Lesko, OE Global a worldwide community with a robust membership that seeks to transform education systems everywhere by fostering a movement foregrounding openness in all aspects of education. www.oeglobal.org #KEOS26
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Welcome to Open Education Global We advocate for and support accessible open solutions to education. Open Education Global (OEGlobal) is a worldwide community that seeks to transform education ...
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Grateful for @emmabooth.eurosky.social posting on #KEOS26 😀 Are you here all week??
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Day 2 of #KEOS26 kicking off at 10am with Session 3: How can we create a more equitable publishing ecology? chaired by @jeroenbosman.bsky.social Guest Speakers: 🔐Elizabeth le Roux 🔐Susan Murray 🔐Khawulile Radebe 🔐Sarah Thompson 🔐Monica Westin
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 19/05/2026
#KEOS26 Keynote: "Making the Case to Connect the Opens" #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenEducation & #OpenInfrastructures support the mission of the University but too often they evolve in parallel rather than in partnership - connected Opens build more equitable & impactful knowledge systems for all.
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Enjoying the nuanced bridge metaphor throughout this keynote 🌉 @sparc-eu.bsky.social I'll try to do it justice in a later blogpost! #KEOS26 (Not every bridge looks like this)
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Book your place for the inaugural Knowledge Equity and Open Scholarship week👇 🎹Keynote (Tue 19 May, 09:45 – 11:00 BST & CET) 🔏Session 2: Bridging Digital Transformation and Open Infrastructure (Tue 19 May, 13:00 – 14:00 BST & CET)
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Dr Louise Saul, Network+ coordinator for CaSDaR (Careers and Skills for Data Driven Research) @casdarnetwork.bsky.social and budding stand-up comedian👇
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White Rose Libraries @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Exciting to see the launch of Knowledge Equity and Open Scholarship Week 2026 — a global online gathering focused on advancing more inclusive, equitable, and collaborative approaches to knowledge creation, dissemination, and access!
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I've started a @wikipedia.org article about Leeds Quaker Thomas Harvey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_... He and his business partner Richard Reynolds manufactured the first commercially available clinical thermometer developed by Clifford Allbutt in 1867 #400for400 #Leeds
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Thomas Harvey (Quaker) - Wikipedia
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
@dorkatamas.bsky.social are you in Leeds yet? So sorry but think we’re going to be able to make it. Really disappointed 😭 (Damn children 🤬)
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Online event next week 👇 @pci-regreports.bsky.social
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Dorka back in Leeds, for one night only!
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Mostly online and open to all…so HS2 not required for Leeds colleagues to attend👇
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Still time to book for this lunchtime 12pm GMT👇
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Knowledge Equity Network @knowledgeen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🌍 Bridging Knowledge Gaps: Wikimedia in South Africa & the UK 📅 Tue 24 Mar ⏰ 12h GMT | 14h SAST 🎤 With Herschal Jackson (@wikimediaza.bsky.social), Lucy Crompton-Reid (@wikimediauk.bsky.social) & Chaired by @yclepit.bsky.social (@openresleeds.bsky.social) Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4499551
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Bridging knowledge gaps through collaboration: Wikimedia in South Africa and the UK
Tuesday 24 March, 12:00 - 13:00 GMT / 14:00 - 15:00 SAST This webinar focuses on advancing knowledge equity through Wikimedia initiatives and open education, with a particular...
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LJMU Open Research Team @ljmuresearch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nick - empowerment - wikimedia can be a bridge between academic and global communities and between open research and open education. Can be powerful in terms of human curated knowledge and hopefully inform ethical AI, information and digital literacy. #ORW2026
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We at White Rose University Press are equally delighted to congratulate the winners and look forward to guiding them through the publication process. Their achievement marks an exciting milestone in their academic careers, and we are thrilled to support them as their work reaches a wider audience.
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Daryl O’Connor @daryloconnor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"UKRN Publishes Findings from Pilot Projects on Automating Open Research Indicators". This was a fantastic collaboration, working w excellent colleagues at University of Leeds (@nickshepp.bsky.social, @sallydalton.bsky.social) and partner universities. Read more below: www.ukrn.org/2026/02/12/u...
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UKRN Publishes Findings from Pilot Projects on Automating Open Research Indicators  | UK Reproducibility Network
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In 2026, the city of Leeds celebrates 400 years since it received the first royal charter, giving the city the right to self-governance. To celebrate this occasion, the Libraries are taking to Wikipedia. And we need your help.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop) leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope... THIS Friday. Everybody welcome 😀 In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
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Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop)
Leeds has a rich but often overlooked tradition of anti-slavery activism that it shares with Rochester, New York. These cities were linked by correspondence and shared activism,...
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
OSF seems very fragile @cos.io ? Often get a 502 Error
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Looking forward to hosting Herschal Jackson (@wikimediaza.bsky.social ) & Lucy Crompton-Reid (@wikimediauk.bsky.social) for this webinar on Wed 11 Feb, 1-2pm GMT, chaired by @yclepit.bsky.social leeds.libcal.com/event/4499551 In collaboration with @knowledgeen.bsky.social Everyone welcome 😀
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Bridging knowledge gaps through collaboration: Wikimedia in South Africa and the UK
Wednesday 11 February, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT / 15:00 - 16:00 SAST This webinar focuses on advancing knowledge equity through Wikimedia initiatives and open education, with a...
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Was bought a book subscription thing for Christmas . First surprise delivery just arrived @adamroberts.bsky.social
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