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Have you ever received emails from journal editors requesting your contributions and wondered if they are legitimate or predatory? Learn more at our @ucclibrary.bsky.social workshop on 4th December. All welcome! libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/cla...

Love the mix of global and Irish at NORFest! Great presentation from my colleague Donna from @ucclibrary.bsky.social on UCC APCs. The bottom line: we pay at least €400k per year on top of OA agreements.

📣 Call for Proposals - #LIBER2026 We invite the research library community to submit proposals for presentations, workshops, panel sessions, or posters, and be part of next year's conference in Trondheim, Norway. ⌛Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2026. Read the full call: https://ow.ly/mPyI50XkQac

Grade VI – OER (Open Educational Practices) Librarian // TUS Midlands (Athlone) @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social #LISJobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy libraryjobs.ie/item/grade-v...

'New proposals by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage were sent to universities this week after their initial offers were decisively rejected by institutions in a sector-wide consultation run by Jisc,...negotiating jointly with Universities UK on behalf of universities.' 1/3

Great to present yesterday as part of #OpenAccessWeek 2025 about #ScenarioJournal - journals.ucc.ie/index.php/sc... Thanks for the opportunity @ucclibraryresearch.bsky.social and great to hear about the range of student journals in UCC, the future of #OpenAccess is in safe hands!

Today's #OpenAccessWeek event at @ucclibrary.bsky.social was called "Unlocking Open Research: From First Steps to Lasting Impact" (libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/Eve...), focusing on PaPOR TraIL, the Navigating Open Research guide and checklists for research data management and OA publishing.

We opened #OpenAccessWeek 2025 at University College Cork Library with an event on our UCC Diamond Open Access journals: Pathways to your first publication – celebrating the diversity and impact of UCC’s Open Access Journals. journals.ucc.ie

Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access

Two great events next week at @ucclibrary.bsky.social ! All welcome! #OpenAccessWeek

Check out the upcoming events for Open Access Week 2025 at UCC: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4442839. An event by Sonraí also helps researchers with getting started with open research: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4437252. Registration is now open, but seats are getting scarce!

Congratulations to Arran Bradstock from Maynooth University Library! Arran's blog post 'A Story for the Ages: A Tale of Engagement and Impact' was highly commended in the CONUL Training and Development Library Assistant Blog awards. Read it now over at www.libfocus.com

"While 92% of undergraduate students are using Generative AI, only 36% said they had been offered support by their university". Wow, that needs to change!

Views on AI use in Peer review getting more polarised. ioppublishing.org/ai-and-peer-...

Join us for the launch of Navigating Open Research – A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Learn what the guide is and how it was created. 4 Sept, 1200. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4398826

Just the annual reminder of the profit margins of the "Big Two" academic publishers: Elsevier 37%, Springer Nature 26%. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

A curated collection of #OpenAccess works explores urgent global challenges, from climate grief and AI ethics to inequality, migration, and political representation, offering critical insights for study and teaching: #RecommendedReads #ReadingList buff.ly/8gpJqU4

📢 Register for the Navigating Open Research launch webinar - a new national guide to support Early Career Researchers in Ireland. 📅 Sep 4 at 12–1.30PM (IST) The webinar will introduce the guide, share insights and use cases. Register here👉 norf.ie/launch-navig... #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #ECR

Anyone interested in libraries and games, we had two days of gaming fun at @ucclibraryresearch.bsky.social and have blogged about it: theriverside.ucc.ie/2025/08/05/r...

Can anyone explain why our institutional Open Access rates are consistently lower in Scopus than on OpenAlex? For 2024 it is 58% in Scopus to 68% in OpenAlex, and the difference is 7-11% in previous years. I have ideas but not sure they explain the situation fully.

Are there studies on the idea that funding agencies could stipulate that the work they support must be published in non-profit journals? Mentioned here: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated #AcademicSky #highered

This is a very interesting case that will be watched by many University Presses!

#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter 🧪

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch

Who knows more about AI generated podcasts on research papers like Academic.edu is offering? Are there concerns and is this legal? wisblawg.law.wisc.edu/2025/06/24/e...

Imagine hitting a paywall on The New York Times or The Atlantic, and a little popup says "Available through [Your Public Library] - Click to access" and takes you there. Academic libraries have this with browser extensions like LibKey and Lean Library. I wonder if it's a thing for public libraries?

Looking forward to listening to @luiciolfi.bsky.social on our @ucclibrary.bsky.social Shush show! soundcloud.com/shush-radio-...

Is Springer becoming the new MDPI? Not a question I thought we'd be asking this year but there is good evidence supporting it. The Springer "Discover" Open Access journals very similar to MDPI. the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

Join us for the Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) Group meeting on 10 June, 1200-1300. www.universityofgalway.ie/openreposito.... This is a friendly and informal community event and everyone who is involved in repository work is welcome. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4374649

This looks amazing!

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Knowledge Stewardship | 🗓️ 11 June Join us in June to hear @richove.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social talk about long-term sustainability of knowledge & strategies 4 ensuring continued access + challenges 4 libraries as stewards of knowledge in uncertain times 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKDSF

Are there any "AI Library jobs" in existence or is it part of everyone's role? www.fastcompany.com/91327911/pro...

Our May link-out is finally here! Read about libraries as political battlegrounds and as champions of good, get the latest on open access and ChatGPT and find out what the pope thinks about AI. This and more at www.libfocus.com

The @irelibrary.bsky.social Advisory Committee has reviewed and redrafted IReL’s principles for negotiations with academic publishers: irel.ie/wp-content/u...

Great reflection on the importance of libraries to society, now more than ever, from University Librarian at Maynooth University @cathalmccauley.bsky.social

Does anyone know how this collaboration with #perplexityai will look like in practice? Will libraries be involved? www.uksg.org/newsletter/w...

We are looking for a new Head of Content Services here at @ucclibrary.bsky.social! Deadline 27 May: andersonquigley.com/ucc-library/ #libraryjobs

Open Research is under attack. What can we do to be resilient? Important thought piece from @jeroenson.bsky.social and @jeroenbosman.bsky.social upstream.force11.org/the-resilien...

How do #papermills evolve? Which publishers and journals do they target? This dashboard tracks an Altra paper mill identified in April 2025. Major publishers have been notified. Many papers remain undetected, and others are under revision. I will continue to track progress.

So much fun and ideas for engagement!

Anyone @ucc.ie interested in using games in teaching and engagement. Come along on 8th May and join the fun: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4369513 @ucclibrary.bsky.social

🎉 Announcement 🎉 Bookings are now open for the Open Science and Scholarship Festival 2025! In conjunction with our friends @crick.ac.uk, @lselibrary.bsky.social, @lsepress.bsky.social and @uclpress.bsky.social we have prepared a packed programme across the week of 2-6 June. buff.ly/fOm7KHZ

Our April link-out has arrived! Get up to date on the latest library and info news with articles covering the Big publishers vs digital preservation, the secret history of the ENIAC women, threats and developments in open access, book bans, Brian Eno and more libfocus.com

Does Open Access mean free training data for genAI? Interesting discussion at scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/g...

My colleague @martinoconnor.bsky.social listed his favouriite library songs in a @libfocus.bsky.social article. Which one is yours? Mine probably Broadcast (Karen being an untouchable classic). www.libfocus.com/2025/04/ten-...

Next week! All welcome! www.eventbrite.ie/e/scholarshi...

What do y'all think about Borknagar?

A full house at the "Punks Listen" evening organised by @ucclibrary.bsky.social. Vivid stories of past and present DIY of the Cork music scene. Thanks to @martinoconnor.bsky.social for organising!