📚 The changing roles of scientific journals journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

One week until OpenFest 2025! The festival is open to all, and the sessions this year are predominantly online - so we hope to see many of you there! This year's theme is Open Research and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Register at the link below: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...

@theegyptcentre.bsky.social will be closing on Saturday 30th of August due to the exciting refurbishment of our galleries! We will be re-opening in January 2026. For updates, please check our website and social media pages. We look forward to welcoming visitors back to the museum in 2026!

From a local research group a new fully open access book called LGBTQ+ Proud Writing in Wales: A new collection inspired by The Beat of Our Hearts, edited by Charlotte Jones, Norena Shopland and Natalie McGrath. Free download from: cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronf... #Wales

Chicken in the woods #SingletonPark Sulphur Polypore (Laetiporus sulphureus). One of those bracket fungi that are instantly recognisable and a joy to behold.

A-Z of @sutranscription.bsky.social! D is for diagrams. When transcribing diagrams in large print we enlarge and re-label them using individual text boxes and adapt them to the user’s preference. When transcribing for screen reader users, we ‘say what we see’ with no interpretation. #Accessibility

Would you like to contribute to innovative research that makes a real-world impact on suicide and self-harm prevention? We have an exciting #jobopportunity for you!🌟 👉Communications and Engagement Coordinator - National Centre SPSHR 🔎For more info, visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

"... This involves addressing issues of equitable access, data sharing, and research collaboration." f1000research.com/articles/14-...

If government wants to hear about “efficiency”: as all of us have to buy out time to do any research, since unis overload other work & often don’t even notionally cover research, we’re ALL made to apply to those things. So we’re all spending weeks writing apps rather than doing actual research.

What's at the core of expanding access to scientific knowledge? How do we build a more equitable #OpenScience culture? ✅The answer is: Communities, which are essential for transforming the research landscape into one that is more inclusive, transparent, & collaborative 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/V4gcQ

Calling collections with non-digitised #armenian manuscripts..... #openresearch #academicsky #skybrarians #edusky #digitalhumanities

Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓 Available from TODAY, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series. Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more. Ground-breaking research, completely free.

'Rebecca Harrison, a former lecturer at The Open University, said that the extent of the deterioration of job security in universities was “alarming”, adding that institutions had not been transparent about the extent of the cuts occurring in the sector.' 1/3

"Detecting fraud in research should be the responsibility of “professionals” working for publishers and journals, rather than of peer reviewers" says @elisabethbik.bsky.social Completely agree, but I'm also worried that publishers are increasingly deploying AI rather than humans for this work.

Introducing our 2025 Summer Interns🌟 Welcome to our 5-part blog series where we will be spotlighting our 2025 cohort of summer interns, sharing insights into their projects and goals for their internships👇 Part 1⃣: popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/spotlight-on... #PDSInterns2025 @swanseauni.bsky.social

Whatever happened to research ethics?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/scientists-reportedly-hiding-ai-text-prompts-in-academic-papers-to-receive-positive-peer-reviews

University cuts are threatening the ‘complete loss’ of some research fields. The financial crisis afflicting UK universities could lead to “a complete loss of expertise or knowledge” in some research disciplines, Case says. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

How does it feel to be made redundant? How does it feel when your colleagues go through this process? This major new report, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, centres the experiences of people on the frontline of UK university job cuts – and exposes employers' behaviour. Out next week.

An author’s right to disseminate and use their work as they choose is a fundamental principle of scholarship Publishers must not be allowed to overreach... coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

If y'all thought book bans could never happen here, I've got bad news for y'all. BBC News - Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our #FeedbackFriday is from a prospective student who visited @sutranscription.bsky.social and Swansea University last week: "It was great meeting you. Thank you for explaining how the transcription team can help support me in September, I really appreciate it... Thank you for all of your help." 🌞

Missed out on the Edinburgh Open Research Conference, or just want to rewatch the talks? No worries - we have you covered! Recordings, slides and abstracts are all available on the EOR journal: journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...

Journal plagued with problematic papers, likely from paper mills, pauses submissions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

A great blog post "Archiving and Preserving My PhD Thesis Reflections for Further Research" at blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/06/... #lboroblogs Lots of relevant discussion points for all PhD students to take note of before they reach the conclusion of their studies. #PhD

Introducing ... Copim Compass Guiding you through the choppy waters of #OpenAccess book resources 🧭 Expect the nautical puns to continue 🚣‍♀️ copim.pubpub.org/pub/introduc...

One of the most fun and inspiring library projects I’ve got to work on, the #ShareTheVisionChallenge, four nations, four libraries, four challenges in just four days. Here’s day one in Swansea @sutranscription.bsky.social @sulibressupport.bsky.social

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here. www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...

Great post from @heroicendeavour.bsky.social www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

Project Retain - Great podcast on rights retention development, a bit niche but hey🤷‍♂️#OpenResearch research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/epis...

The library research support team are pleased to announce that we are shortly to be in receipt of a fresh UKRI Open Access Block Grant for 2025/26. Our guidance will be updated shortly via our usual website: libguides.swansea.ac.uk/Research-Pub... #OpenAccess

Great blog post about preserving PhDs in repositories - lots of food for thought here via @copim.bsky.social copim.pubpub.org/pub/scoping-...

We’ve recently produced an accessible, electronic version of the Swansea University Undergraduate prospectus 2025/26 (English version. Welsh version to follow soon!)👍 Available on the following link: www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduat... #AlternativeFormats #accessibility

It's that time of year again when I remind all my UK academic colleagues to register with @alcs.co.uk so you get paid when your work is used under licenses like the CLA license, PLR etc. It might be more than you think & it's money you're owed for your work being used! www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works/

Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science theconversation.com/academic-pub...

RNIB Braille and Beyond Library Tour - come along on Tuesday 25 March, 10am to 3pm, Swansea University Library with @sutranscription.bsky.social www.rnib.org.uk/about-us/bra...

"Efficiency" means cancelling a bunch of content from society and non-profit presses while continuing to throw money at the big commercials. www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you looking for a specific US public dataset? Are you curious if someone somewhere has rescued it? The brilliant volunteers @datarescueproject.org have a range of #ResearchData tracked for researchers to find again - see www.datarescueproject.org/dr-tracker-d...

Fixing the eBook market: supporting innovation and growth. Report and literature review from KR21 & CILIP. You can write to your MP to alert them to the restrictive rules around e-lending and archiving eBooks to ensure perpetual access. This is about value for money www.cilip.org.uk/page/unlocki...

The REF 2029 Open Access FAQs are out for our delectation. Our joy is unbridled😀 2029.ref.ac.uk/about/faqs/o...

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights’. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

"They must not only accept libraries as an integral scientific infrastructure at the heart of the universities but also continue to support and encourage them and trust in their mediating role". www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...

Yes, yes and good luck with that... however, this is where institutions can benefit from institutional rights retention policies. No cost self-archiving and leave the payments for OA behind. With the slow migration of hybrid to fully OA this will be feasible for some time. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We've reached 40,000 #OAbooks in the OAPEN Library! 🥳 The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌 Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org

"Why has the UK’s Royal Society not rescinded Elon Musk’s honorary fellowship?" doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Charging more money for what exactly? If you are invested in your own research why would you pay a bot to write a potentially substandard press release or summary and give over more cash to the publisher? #AIBandwagon futurism.com/springer-nat...

Special issues: The roles of special issues in scholarly communication in a changing publishing landscape. doi.org/10.1002/leap... Is it sustainable to see such prolific growth in special issues as we face a variety of massive challenges in the sector? Not only budgets. #Libraries #OpenAccess

Some interesting perspectives here for Libraries supporting researchers #OpenScience #OpenResearch #Libraries unilibnsd.ust.edu.ua/article/view... "A certain modification of library activities becomes a navigational sign, an impetus for a communicative "reset,..."