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@sal-lib.bsky.social
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Retired academic librarian - Open Access, Open Science, Repositories. Piano, calligraphy, and gardening amongst other things :-)

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PCI accepts preprints from all recognised preprint servers and institutional repositories. The important thing is that your manuscript is publicly accessible as a preprint and meets the submission requirements. 👉 Check the submission requirements: peercommunityin.org/submit-a-pre...
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Submit a preprint to PCI - Peer Community In
Once an article has been recommended by a PCI, the authors can opt to leave it on a preprint server, to publish it in PCI Journal, to submit it to a PCI-friendly journal or to any other journal
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Probably a military thing. Mind you, it'll blow your mind how it's pronounced in the wartime Andrews Sisters' classic: He made the comp'ny jump When he played 're-vel-lee' He's the Boogie Woogie bugle boy from Company B youtu.be/8of3uhG1tCI?...
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Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is excellent news. An evil disease. The more prevention, research, and support, the better. Fingers crossed this model gets rolled out across the country. @manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
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New Brain Health Centre marks a step change in dementia diagnosis and prevention
A UK-first brain health clinic that is set to transform how dementia is diagnosed, slowed down or prevented has launched in central Manchester. Designed as a scalable model which could be adopted nati...
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 23/09/2026
As autumn set in, the comfortably-off 1920’s family could happily bid farewell to their summer pursuits – angling, punting, golf, camping – knowing that their pianola awaits in their living room. A 4-page leaflet from the John Johnson Collection. 👉https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/jjcoll/2022/11/
Front cover of a 4 page leaflet advertising the pianola, 1928
John Johnson Collection: Musical Instruments 2 (17)
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Kudos to Mark Huskisson and Johan Rooryck (@johanrooryck) for this excellent article: "How to Build a Sovereign Global Knowledge Commons." katinamagazine.org/content/article/… I've argued for a similar vision, but not […]
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"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."
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great points Peter. So main conclusion: articles that don't have a paywall are downloaded more times than articles that do. Quelle surprise. I don't know what green OA data was used (was v unclear last time) but it misses the specific nuanced purposes of repositories. Also embargoes affect it.
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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
How did PCI come about? Traditional scientific publishing faces many challenges, including publication costs. “Free to read and publish” is a design principle for Peer Community In: access to scientific evaluation should not depend on the ability to pay.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
See an eg at shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Shortform Hosting at Oxford
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Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We are now accepting applications for founding members of the PRC Alliance! Is your organization ready to join like-minded people reimagining scholarly publishing and advancing the Publish-Review-Curate model? If so, apply to join the PRC Alliance! publish-review-curate.org/join-the-all...
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Join the Alliance
Membership in the Alliance is open to organisations and initiatives working together to share knowledge and accelerate the adoption of the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model of scholarly publishin…
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Not as far as I know as it's from some time ago. But I thought there may be some interesting nuggets for you amongst the outputs/outcomes. Go repositories!
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You may be interested to read about the RIOJA project. 😊
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
"Canada poaches 48 top US-based academics." www.ft.com/content/8cc488a5-54c2-41… “Canada’s willingness to support research that challenges commercial and political threats to democracy is deeply necessary at a moment where authoritarianism is on the rise around the […]
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BBC News - Witney designer wraps blanket heritage into fashion contest - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @charliemaynard.bsky.social
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Witney designer wraps blanket heritage into fashion contest
Alexandra Burch takes her Cotswold Remnants collection to The Redress Design Award final in Hong Kong.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 18/08/2026
(But first: please do work out a sustainability model and a transition of power/governance system, learn about digital preservation and ensure you have policies in place, and get advice from others who have gone before.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Love these! Hope you're ok Danny.
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Stephanie Wang @sweiwang.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨Elsevier forces out Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) Editor, entire editorial board has resigned, current board only handling new submissions until Nov. 14 #econsky
    Dear Advisory Editor of GEB
    We are very sorry to be the bearers of bad news for GEB.
I learned from Elsevier on Wednesday July 28 that, contrary to my expressed willingness to continue, my 3-year contract will not be renewed.
    "Moving towards a closer alignment with Elsevier strategic priorities and publishing policies" was offered as the motive for this decision. Requests for explanations, first by me, then in a collective letter by the other six Editors, were dismissed by Elsevier which simply reaffirmed its legal power to make such decisions.
    Elsevier then started precipitously its own search for new Editors without input of the Editorial Board.
    By Friday August 14 all seven Editors have sent their resignation, requiring a 3-month advance notice.
    Therefore, we will continue to manage as before the papers currently under review and the new submissions until Saturday November 14. After this date we will only complete the evaluation of papers still waiting an editorial decision.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
More seasonal agricultural workers?
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I have to admit to remaining a tad sceptical about an outfit such as academia.edu that continues to list numerous Mickey Mouses, Donald Ducks, and Deputy Dawg amongst the people/authors in its database.
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Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers
Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 65 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
IMHO no podium shows a certain confidence. A podium can be like protection for a speaker - a barrier between speaker and audience. One is much more exposed without.
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
enjoyable account of the eccentric Buckland family in Islip theoxfordsausage.com/buckland-and...
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Buckland and his bear | The Oxford Sausage
In the summer of 1847, Frank Buckland attended a party held by the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford’s Botanic Garden, a stone’s throw from where he…
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hanon is good for finger strength etc. My parents had to put up with Beringer (if you know them, you'll know what I mean!). Lang Lang has written a lovely series of tutor like books that I use with an adult pupil, & that complement finger exercises very nicely. 😊 enjoy your playing.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/06/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A stonkingly important initiative at a time when the public record is under severe threat www.datarescueproject.org/about-data-r...
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About Data Rescue Project
The Data Rescue Project started in February 2025 as a coordinated effort of three data organizations, including members of IASSIST, RDAP, and the Data Curation Network. MISSION The Data Rescue Proj...
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Robert Kiley @rkiley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
An update on our plans to establish the PRC Alliance which will seek to raise the visibility and status of the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model and facilitate greater coordination across the diverse PRC community. publish-review-curate.org/2026/06/22/p... #AcademicPublishing
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PRC Alliance: an update
Following the meeting in December 2025 to discuss the Publish Review, Curate (PRC) model of publishing, we announced our ambition to establish a PRC Alliance.  Its purpose is to help accelerat…
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Excellent article by @richove.bsky.social on the role of the presidential library & historical record. "Access to the official records of a nation...is a fundamental tenet of democracy, enabling accountability, transparency..." Paywalled: I read via one-off acces. observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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Trump’s presidential library isn’t for the people. It’s f...
The purpose of a presidential library is to allow future generations to pass judgment and take lessons from history. Donald Trump has other ideas
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/06/2026
‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds
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‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds
Research shows steady growth in car sizes, which puts other road users at greater risk and increases emissions Cars have grown 1.2cm longer, 0.5cm taller and 0.5cm wider each year on average since 2000, analysis of new vehicles sold in Europe has found, in what green groups call “relentless carspreading”. The increase in size, which leaves people more likely to be killed in a crash and increases emissions that hurt lungs and heat the planet, has progressed at a roughly steady rate for two and half decades even as family sizes have fallen, the campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) found. Continue reading...
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Good explanation here bsky.app/profile/monk...
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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Are you a researcher with a passion for #openscience? Applications for the Open Research Europe (ORE) Scientific Advisory Board are now open! Help to support the strategic development and integrity of the #openaccess publishing platform. Full details here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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Tim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A few thoughts on the launch of JROR, especially because the editors are actively soliciting comment: 1: So much time & energy go into running journals (above & beyond the editorial labor), so kudos for this group for resigning from Publications & then successfully starting another journal.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
V sad. Libraries are a type of research lab. 'Chat GPT has not replaced [Librarians] One librarian...uses data transparency laws to uncover and find data that government [is] deliberately seeking to hide. Librarians are inseparable from the research and learning process for these ongoing efforts'
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
For anyone in the Oxford area. Luminous choral music from Northern Europe with works by Greig, Gjeolo, Pärt and others in the beautiful surroundings of Exeter College Chapel. Sat 4th July, 7.30pm Tickets via ticketsource.com/oxfordpromusica A limited number of tickets may be available on the door
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
There isn't a single "most important" part of any university, but your library is probably on the short list. And if you don't know anyone that works at your library, you should remedy that. They almost certainly want what you want - scholarship and research done well.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/05/2026
A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?
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A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?
Rail minister Peter Hendy says fast rollout shows reforms are working as questions over reliability remain
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing www.n8research.org.uk/what-we-do/r... #KEOS26
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N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing - N8 Research Partnership
The N8 is calling for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models and our members commit to collaborating to drive efficiency and deliver value for money
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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Kudos to #Yale for adopting a #RightsRetention #OpenAccess policy, to take effect July 1, 2026. guides.library.yale.edu/FAS-SEAS-Aut... #Academia #Copyright #GreenOA #ScholComm
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Yale University Library Research Guides: Author Rights Policy: Home
Departmental Author Rights Policies at Yale
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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Update. Some colleagues and I have been collecting university #RightsRetention #OpenAccess policies for the #OpenAccessDirectory. We now have 170. oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Univ... Spread the word. The world could use many more. #Academia #Copyright #GreenOA #OAD #ScholComm
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University rights-retention OA policies - Open Access Directory
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
😊 Great. This is fun. Hearfelt reply from someone without institutional access... A journal once had a paywall I was stuffed – could read nothing at all But papers are seen Open access via green Yay! For authors that were on the ball
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Great stuff @celiarichardson.bsky.social Love your posts and responses. Plus: Excellent day out at The Vyne last Saturday, with 5-year-old. Fave was discovering the bell pulls and then spotting the bells in the servants' quarters. Thank you. Ice cream featured in the enjoyment.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I couldn't agree more with all this, but it's a teensy bit depressing that, apart from AI, most of these purposes & requirements of repos were being discussed 20+ years ago (eg see link) Development funding & policy support by instns still crucial.Keep going! researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80...
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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Chicago made it so every public school student can use their school ID as a #LibraryCard 📚. No forms, no extra steps. It gives over 300k students instant access to #books, #tutoring, and online resources 🙌
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Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access
Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026
This is one of the most quietly revolutionary things any city can do to improve kids' lives & outcomes. If you genuinely care about kids having access to education or safe after school spaces & activities, then fund your libraries, staff your libraries, & make every public school ID a library card.
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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
If I could give one piece of advice to any academic with such a resource: Talk to your librarian - preferably early in the project If anybody is well placed to advise on these issues it’s the library…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/04/2026
Rightwing populism is littered with broken promises. Its opponents need to make those failures count | Andy Beckett
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Rightwing populism is littered with broken promises. Its opponents need to make those failures count | Andy Beckett
As Trump lurches from tariffs to wars and Farage makes unrealistic pledges about immigration, their impunity needs to end, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“As a Wiley contributor you are also entitled to a 40% discount on copies of this work and 25% discount on many other Wiley books.” 🤨
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
and it is interesting that the “fireside chat” sessions seem to be the ones where you can’t hold anyone’s feet to the fire
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Many congratulations Isabel!
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Agree with this. Not a legal expert but 1. Was it the (c) holder said this? 2. it is copyrighted cos (c) automatically exists, but holder can waive their rights 3. The content rights may be waived, but (c) may exist in typesetting.
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sal-lib.bsky.social @sal-lib.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Would be good to see a graph of proportion of his working hours time he spends on each, particularly the % of his time spent on his MP work.
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