It started as a routine book move. Before we know it, it’s a modern art installation (or perhaps a minor safety concern). It's hard to say. #FoundArt

*slams it down* I finished it My article About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links It's uh Really long

Interrupting a fortnight's holiday for 9, The Pirate Queen, at the Minack Theatre, at the very edge of Cornwall. The ADC has some way to go to match this view...

Research data management at its finest outside a building in Cambridge! #RDM #research #librarians

Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space. And they've called it the Toddleian.

Completely agree - research support should be for everyone! @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh #Darts9

@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh Workshop on making open research more inclusive. #TechniciansCommitment #darts9

Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊

A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.

Just published on FOSS Force: The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most fossforce.com/2025/05/the-...

On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people" I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now... Register and share please! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

UK SC's definition of 'woman' is a serious affront to decades of labour in queer studies to decouple sex & gender that even WHO recognises. It's a colonial-racial chokehold to safeguard power of TERFs & GCs. Moving forward, all women will have rights curtailed. www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6

This is the literal destruction of knowledge. Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

Shortlisting for a library assistant role currently, and I'd forgotten just how frustrating it is when people refer to experience in their statement that they haven't listed in their job history *head desk*

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs

Far more sense & informed comment on the REF PCE pilot & proposals from @lizziegadd.bsky.social than you will find in the pages of the Times. wonkhe.com/blogs/anothe...

Had to do some PGCTLHE work today (next Day School on Wednesday and first assignment due on 20th!). Particularly interested in studies on the different experiences of public school and state school students in supervisions - we have to do better to provide a level playing field and foster belonging.

It was helpful to search through the spreadsheet directly here, I wasn't surprised to find a simple game I play with lots of ads in it was on the list. I checked and it doesn't have personalized ads or location tracking in my permissions, not sure if that means much. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Another one bites the dust. York now confirming they are dropping the Elsevier deal, alongside Surrey and Sheffield. @librarianth.bsky.social you must be crushed... 😅 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

"The University of Surrey has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying the arrangement is not financially sustainable. The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal" www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

The first of three Sondheims I've never seen before that we'll be seeing in the next six months 🥳

40 years ago all of Genbank was published in print form by NAR. The same format today would require over 4 light seconds of shelf space. To a year of progress in 2025.

Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December. I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky. One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat! UK only.

Christmas nails and elf dress for my chorus Christmas meal 💃

"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024." Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year... www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...

Medical misogyny exists beyond gynae conditions too. It is implicit & explicit bias. It is gendering of emotions so women’s pain is minimised & women are seen to be hysterical. It’s not trusting women’s testimonies about their own bodies. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

You guys remember TweetDeck? Bluesky has it, and it's free. Check out 🔗 deck.blue by @gildaswise.com for a multi-column interface. 2/10

Every year the Genetics UG students put on a panto for the department. This year I featured in a lovely way - the students come to the Library and I give them sweets and help them to continue their journey! So proud that the students' impression of me is of someone who can always help and is kind 🥰

We're delighted to share that we have ✨TWO✨ winners from the University's Professional Services Recognition Scheme. @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social, our Librarian, and colleague Frances for 'Creating an Inclusive Community' Emily Kempin, our Safety Officer, for 'Improving Our Environmental Performance'

Immensely proud to have won a @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Professional Services Award with my colleague Frankie for our project on Fair Attribution for Technicians 🥳 #OpenResearch #ResearchCulture #FairAttribution

Looking forward to learning about all the research going on in @geneticscam.bsky.social at today's Research in Genetics Day 🎓

Put my Christmas decorations up in the Library yesterday which made me feel suitably festive 🎄

Saw Wicked today - loved every second. I'm sure a repeat viewing would reveal a few things but at first glance an almost perfect film. Could not believe Ariana Grande's vocal range, and her performance as Glinda was stunning (Cynthia Erivo also smashed it as per). Plus, Jonathan Bailey *fans self*

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

Visited the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in my lunchbreak today to discover my road has its own hoard!

Welcome to Bluesky @geneticscam.bsky.social!

Here's a list of 236 Bluesky science feeds and their hashtags! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #EduSky 🧪

Royal Society fellow Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) resigns over Elon Musk membership. Bishop claims Musk has violated RS code of conduct, and is not prepared to treat him "collegially and with courtesy" as that code requires. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

If you really want to encounter a lot of views different from your own, go read some books. You don’t need right wing assholes screaming at you on social media for that. This can just be a place where you chill.

Really enjoyed my first ice hockey match supporting Cambridge's professional women's team the Kodiaks 🐻🏒

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Some autistic people become non-verbal at times of stress (or are non-verbal all the time). This means that they can't access crisis support when they most need it. Shout provides a text-based service that can be more accessible. giveusashout.org

Brilliant news: very much hope there will be opportunities to work with the amazing Hannah Fry to promote access and engagement with @theul.bsky.social mathematical and scientific archives. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Been correcting captions for some referencing training I did today and the transcript for Microsoft Stream does not like the word Zotero (or not in my Derby accent at least!)... my favourite version of its auto-corrected text was 'the terror' 😂

Gisele Pelicot's name will always be remembered by every feminist. What an incredible selfless service she has given us all by taking on this trial (in all senses) in public. La honte doit changer de camp - The shame must switch sides

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