I'm pleased to be at the annual ATLA conference organized by @youratla.bsky.social - I'll be delivering the closing plenary o Friday afternoon - a blend of futures, AI, and thoughts on surviving unusual times as a library leader. www.atla.com/eventshome/a...

For those who were wondering, some answers to the question "Is federal funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of Trump?" by my colleague @terrainsvagues.bsky.social and collaborators via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Delighted to share the latest Open@CMU newsletter from @library.cmu.edu - mailchi.mp/be93e83c7fa4...

We were delighted to recognize the immense contributions made to science and engineering by Gilda Barabino of @olincollege.bsky.social by awarding the Dickson Prize at @cmu.edu Her lecture was quite wonderful and I'm delighted to share a link to the published version kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/con...

This is a very timely article on the deployment of #openscience in the rest of the world (ie outside the EU/N America/"west" regions) - core needs focus on understanding regional realities and providing local empowerment - via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/22/g...

I’m editing my talks on the distributed nature of the scholarly record to remove references to the importance of tweets and talking instead about skeets. I’m now seeing more nods than confusion - progress! #academicsky #medsky #sciencesky

I was at an event yesterday during the second half (and extra time) of the Man Utd-Lyon match and I followed the @theguardian.com MBM commentary. Comparisons with the 1999 Champions League final are valid. Stunning stuff! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train? - this piece is very helpful as we discuss AI license terms with publishers. via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/g...

Just followed. Please do, too. @healthsciences.mcgill.ca Because there’s POWER in community. ✊🏽 #medsky

It was a solid shot, for sure. Still drying out.

Important statement from the Association of American Universities www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre...

An excellent overview of challenges with open access transformative agreements via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #OA #openaccess

Thanks to @ithakasr.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social for their work on these important issues.

Pls. share widely and most important: Sign the Declaration #DefendResearch @jeroenson.bsky.social @giorgialodi.bsky.social @itstomshiels.bsky.social @petraverdonk.bsky.social @eysenbach.bsky.social @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social @phd-cz.bsky.social @cmkeithw.bsky.social @scholasticahq.bsky.social

Congratulations to my colleagues at @cmulibraries.bsky.social on a) reaching 1K followers and b) having more followers than any other unit at CMU, including the main @cmu.edu account! Kudos! The team posts a lot of good content and is worth following.

Glad you enjoyed the image, it is public domain from @wellcomecollection.bsky.social, its an excellent resource: wellcomecollection.org/works/s4a5jm...

I'm reading this piece - Who benefits from ‘collegial’ academic workplaces? - from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social sitting in my University's Presidents' Dining Room (not as grand as it sounds) surrounded by paintings of former Presidents. The image in the post resonates! blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

At @cmu.edu we have a strong focus on sustainability through our voluntarey university review and broad outreach goals. I'm pleased to see this piece on publihsign and the SDGs in today's @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/26/f...

Celebrating three of our alums from one of the programs I’m privileged to lead at @cmu.edu - they wrote Black Myth: Wukong. Here’s the back story. www.etc.cmu.edu/blog/black-m...

Celebrating three of our alums from one of the programs I’m privileged to lead at @cmu.edu - they wrote Black Myth: Wukong. Here’s the back story. www.etc.cmu.edu/blog/black-m...

I was chatting with a colleague earlier today - both of us in leadership roles in US universities but both having cut our teeth in UK higher ed. We observed there's toruble on both sides of the pond. Here's more via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

We’re excited to announce an $8m gift to support special collections at @cmulibraries.bsky.social - I’m especially grateful to our curator @samlemley.bsky.social for his partnership and our advancement & marketing teams, and my leadership colleagues at @cmu.edu www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Interesting to contrast this news from the eastern shores of the Atlantic with the events unfolding at IMLS on the western side. Differing priorities. www.bl.uk/press/ground...

Join us @cmulibraries.bsky.social today for the next installment of our Fine & Rare series - a live event where curator @samlemley.bsky.social will show off some of our recent special collections. A teaser - we’ll be sharing some very exciting news. Be amongst the first to hear! cmu.is/Fine-Rare-V

A Second Digital Transformation for Scholarly Monographs? - great piece by @rschon.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/19/s...

So glad to see one of my favourite writers raising awareness of this issue. Thinking about all my colleagues - like @james3neal.bsky.social - at IMPS today. Let us know how we can help.

Congratulations to our phenomenal doctoral students who shared their research at our annual 3 minute thesis championships this week @cmu.edu - brought to campus by @cmulibraries.bsky.social - videos coming to YouTube soon; news reporting now at www.cmu.edu/news/stories...

I look forward to hosting a conversation with my colleagues where we’ll explore the intersection of technology and creativity - open to all. www.givecampus.com/schools/Carn...

Research Integrity, Image Manipulation, Content Provenance and the C2PA - excellent overview by @9thprime.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/13/r...

3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI - an interview with science photographer @felicefrankel.bsky.social - offering good practice in the use of AI-generated images news.mit.edu/2025/3-quest...

Japanese AI startup Sakana said that its AI generated one of the first peer-reviewed scientific publications. But while the claim isn’t necessarily untrue, there are caveats to note. techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/s...

An important topic. Publishers respond to concerns around research integrity, retracting papers. Two associated issues - a) do repositories have a system for retraction b) how to retract a paper used to train LLMs. This from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social looks at a) blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Trying to Write a Paper with LLM Assistance - an experiment with Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT #AI via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/11/g...

He did a very good job in Threadneedle Street. It’s possible he may only be PM for a few days but his leadership will be crucial at this time.

Welcome relief from politics. Could Faith Kipyegon go sub 4? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Scholarly communication update www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-wh...

Stunning - from the FT. “The PM will bring people together and politely make sure they realise that there is only one negotiation in town — and that’s President Trump’s.”

This is a fantastic example of collaboration between a faculty member at @cmulibraries.bsky.social and a grad student to map @carnegiemellon.bsky.social research library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

This is an excellent visualisation project.

Come join us on April 3 (13:00 – 14:00 CET) and register for "PLOS and SciLifeLab Webinar: Navigating Open Science Policies – Practical Guidance for Researchers on Sharing Data and Software" www.scilifelab.se/event/plos-a... @plos.org @scilifelab.se #OpenScience

Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Someone has something to add to their '5 things I did this week' list,

We Could Use a Model Licensing Framework for Scholarly Content Use in AI Tools - by @9thprime.bsky.social in today's @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - common sense advice. I hope licenses will address when a paper is subsequently retracted (detraining LLM?) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/26/w...

The plumbing behind an effective retraction alerts system incorporating @nisoinfo.bsky.social CREC, @orcid.org and GetFTR - first session of #R2RCONF Day 2

Day two of #R2RCONF now underway. I'm debating at 11.45 where I'll be opposing the motion that scholarly publishers are no longer necessary. But for now, a good session on retractions - eg on @nisoinfo.bsky.social Committee - www.niso.org/standards-co... and GetFTR

And so it begins.

Astonishing HHS advice to employees who choose to complete their ‘5 points’ homework. “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly”. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Shared responsibility for data policies by @drbeth.bsky.social at #R2RCONF

Looking forward to this non-controversial debate. It will be fun to repeat what publishers tell librarians about the value they add to scholarship :-) #R2RCONF

Willinsky reminds us of the Music Modernization Act of 2018 passed during Trump 1. Argues that we need something similar for scholarly publishing. Permission to make a photocopy in a library no longer cuts it. #R2RCONF @pkp.sfu.ca

Glad to be at #R2RCONF for two days of debate and discussion of trends in publishing, scholarship and libraries. John Willinsky of @pkp.sfu.ca getting us underway with a great overview of issues in predatory publishing and much more.