With the compliance deadlines for the updated US accessibility regulations approaching, here’s how one consortium is helping its member libraries prepare. ✍️ Amy Coughenour, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

🎧 In the latest ATG episode, guest host @mupshall.bsky.social talks with Rachel Caldwell and Robin Sinn, who co-founded the Library Partnership Rating. It’s an open, rubric-based system to evaluate journal publisher practices.

When the University of Connecticut Library found itself with a largely new workforce, leaders knew they’d have to work to foster a shared culture. Here’s how they did it. ✍️ Anne Langley and Laurie Taylor, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Two years ago, the popular MarketLine database was refashioned as GlobalData Explorer. Business librarian Teddy Stocking explains why the new platform is more of a good thing. Read the full review in Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Special collections and heritage services in higher education are seen as appealing to a niche—and dwindling—audience. Here’s how the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York is rewriting its own story. ✍️ Gary Brannan, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

🎧 In this week’s episode of Against the Grain, @heatherstaines.bsky.social continues our 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series and chats with @lorcand.bsky.social about libraries as social organizations and library directors as storytellers.

Despite some technical challenges, @elabftw.bsky.social, an open-source electronic lab notebook manager, makes the case for pivoting from print. ✍️ Treasa Bane, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Information scholars have only recently undertaken empirical investigations into the societal impact of open access research. Ameet Doshi outlines the current state of the field and what needs to happen next. Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

📣 The latest installment of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series is out now! This week, @heatherstaines.bsky.social talks with microbiologist and scientific misconduct investigator @elisabethbik.bsky.social, who has uncovered issues in over 7,000 scientific papers.

Governments enable corporations to treat personal data as raw material for commercial extraction. But if sensitive open data has economic value, we should recognize the economic rights of the people from whom it is collected. ✍️ Christopher Graziul and Cheryl M. Danton, Katina Magazine:

Everyone says the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals matter. But what do they look like in practice? This interview series aims to find out. ✍️ Eleonora Colangelo and Martina Sollai, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

🎧 Podcast Roundup — New episodes from the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series! 🎙️

In Katina Magazine's latest #FutureOfWork article, Aisha Johnson (Georgia Institute of Technology Library) discusses the realities of library leadership today. She makes the case for an approach that is strategic, people-centered, and brave. ✍️ Joel Thornton

The 2026 Charleston Conference Call for Papers is now open! Do you have ideas, challenges, solutions, or information to share? Submit your proposal for the chance to share your insights and innovations with the global library community. Learn more and submit your application: arevie.ws/CH26CFP

The PALOMERA project sought to understand the policy landscape for open access books in the European context. What’s different about America? ✍️ Sarah McKee and @kmccready.bsky.social, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

SciFree’s Journal Search Tool helps researchers navigate the sometimes-confusing array of publishers and journals covered by their institutions’ agreements. Is it worth the administrative hassle? ✍️ Jessica Harris, Katina Magazine:

Will AI level the linguistic playing field for researchers? AI tools could help break down barriers for researchers who aren’t native English speakers. But not if poorly thought-out publisher policies reinforce the status quo. ✍️ Moumita Koley and Sriparna Chatterjee, Katina Magazine:

Over the last 25 years, two broad models have emerged for interlibrary loan. Australia explored a third path: a standards-based national lending network using the ISO 18626 standard. ✍️ By Allen Jones and Sae Ra Germaine, Katina Magazine

#ResourceReview: Despite some points of friction, NewsBank’s Life in America Collection is an impressive digital archive documenting lived experience, cultural identity, and social change. ✍️ Robert Flatley, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

“What if transparency alone is no longer sufficient to sustain trust? And what if, in certain contexts, full operational openness may even weaken the systems it is meant to protect?” To Build Trust in the Open Knowledge Era, Think Accountability, Not Disclosure. -Katina Magazine @chashub.bsky.social

The global diamond open access community gathered in Bengaluru for conversation over kaapi and chai. Malavika Legge reports. ✍️ Malavika Legge, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

ResearchEquals doesn’t yet have a large user base. But by making it easy to share outputs at all stages of the research process and supporting the curation of high-quality content, it stands out among its peers. ✍️ Abbey Lewis, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Decisions don’t just determine outcomes. They shape how work is organized and how people experience their place within the organization. Here’s how leaders can engage a team in decision-making with fairness, clarity, and care. ✍️ Brian Keith, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

In today’s scholarly communication ecosystem, transparency risks becoming exposure. It’s time to rethink our approach to openness in the face of integrity threats. ✍️ Maryam Sayab, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Last year, @leah-hinds.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, organized a panel in Berlin to discuss: “Defending Scholarship in a time of Political Pressure.” A new paper summarizes the discussion: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... (🧵1/4)

Platino Educa offers a curated selection of high-quality Spanish language films for educational use. With stable content and fair pricing, it’s worth a look. ✍️ Sally Bryant, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Chronic resource constraints have diminished archivists’ capacity to make primary sources legible to users. AI may intensify the crisis. But it may offer a way out. ✍️ Emilie Hardman, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

E&E News is pricey, but the platform could be useful for any reader who needs up-to-date environmental news—even undergraduates. ✍️ Jodi Coalter, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The United States has been creating policy on public access to federally funded research for the last 20 years. What can we learn from Elsevier’s attempts to shape it? ✍️ Jonathan Grunert, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

In Japan, open access policy emerged in a unique economic context and evolved separately from the broader movement. The result? Turmoil. ✍️ Miho Funamori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Video Interview: A Conversation with Leo Lo, Dean of #Libraries and Advisor for #AI Literacy at the Univ. of Virginia (via @chashub.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbv2... #ailiteracy #librarians #GenAI @uvalibrary.bsky.social

Fresh insights from @chashub.bsky.social Conference Asia, where RC Associate Claire Hao examined how global knowledge systems look from Asian institutional realities. Core question: how do systems designed for abundance adapt to rapid growth + structural inequity? #chsconf2025

At @chashub.bsky.social Asia? Check out the #SubscribeToOpen panel, starring @bioone.bsky.social @apsphysiology.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social @lisalibrarian.bsky.social How does #S2O meet the needs of librarians, publishers, scholars, and funders around the world? Find out! #OA

We’re proud to put equitable journal publishing into practice with Subscribe to Open (S2O). If your library is interested in supporting Open Access through KU, it's not too late to take part in the current pledging cycle. Contact your KU representative by JANUARY 30 to review your options.

In 3 weeks' time @nielsstern.bsky.social will be joined by Kruti J Trivedi (INFLIBNET Centre) & Jagadish Aryal (Nepal Library & Information Consortium) to discuss #OAbooks in Asia at #CharlestonAsia. 📆 Add this session to your calendar if you're there 👉 buff.ly/j5VuHAw @chashub.bsky.social

Enjoying #CharlestonAsia? Stop by table 17 to chat with Raj and @newsbankneil.bsky.social about primary source archive BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts and current news source Access Global NewsBank. #CharlestonConference

#NewsBank #Readex @readex.com @newsbank.bsky.social #CharlestonAsia #CharlestonConference #ScholarlyCommunication Libraries Publishing AcademicConferences

It's great to see @uoftpress.bsky.social and Oxford Academic here at #CharlestonAsia too!

We’re delighted to highlight that our associate Claire Hao will be attending the @chashub.bsky.social Asia Conference at the end of January. If you’d like to connect or meet up during the event, get in touch!

We're excited to be speaking & exhibiting at the inaugural Charleston Conference Asia! 🌏 #CharlestonAsia 🗓️ 26-28 January 2026 📍 Bangkok, Thailand Mark Hahnel will present on "A Decade of Open Data". #StateOfOpenData 🔗 More details: https://ow.ly/p5hb50XZVBp Charleston Hub #CharlestonAsia#StateOfOpenData#CharlestonConference

One week to go until #CharlestonAsia! @chashub.bsky.social If you're there, join @nielsstern.bsky.social on the panel 'Open Access Books in Aisa - What's the Status?' with pannelists from Nepal and India 🌏 Full conference agenda 👉 buff.ly/j5VuHAw

New Video: A Conversation with Kathleen McEvoy, Senior Policy Fellow, EveryLibrary Institute www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2f... #libraries #librarians @everylibrary.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social

These three distinguished leaders are featured as speakers at the inaugural Charleston Conference Asia. Join us to hear their insights. Register today! arevie.ws/4iabUnR #CharlestonAsia

“Mentoring is not an add-on. It is central to librarians’ professional growth. Global evidence and ELLSSA’s experience confirm that mentors can support transformative leadership, ground professional practice, and help emerging leaders build networks.” | via Katina Magazine @chashub.bsky.social

New Video: Interview with Roger Schonfeld and Meg White (via @chashub.bsky.social / YouTube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdw... #scholcomm #libraries #STM @jstor.bsky.social @ithakasr.bsky.social @deltathink.bsky.social

How can we help students become critical, not cynical? Insights for the library from @tomchatfield.bsky.social for @chashub.bsky.social "...It’s about celebrating curiosity as a core value. Celebrating constructive doubt as an aspiration..." www.charleston-hub.com/2025/12/how-... #AcademicSky

This year’s @chashub.bsky.social Conference made space for honest conversations with #librarians and #publishers about what’s working in ebooks and digital collections, and what still needs to evolve. Read the full blog post: https://bit.ly/49HArym

FORCE11 preconferences for #CharlestonAsia - now available with online only option! Check out the list of courses and full session details arevie.ws/3MmbQVU

A limited number of vendor showcase exhibit booths are still available for #CharlestonAsia. Reserve your booth today to connect with a global audience of librarians in January! 🤗 arevie.ws/3LXIUUk