This is fun to see laid out like this! (I guess many of my followers might find themselves in the "Norwegian Progressive Intellectuals" cluster, which I enjoyed seeing on this map)

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments. One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

The posters and presentations from the Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy #NWB2025 are now available on Figshare! @nwb2025.bsky.social Presentations: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... Posters: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

It seemed so incredible that I visited the link. It's REAL. What was this story about almost 28% margin profit necessary to maintain high editorial standards?

A really great set of 3 papers for anyone wanting to get to grips with systemic issues in scientific publishing in a concise and data-supported way!

Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation retractionwatch.com/2025/11/11/b...

You know what doesn't wear an "I read banned books" shirt to work? A censorious computer program labeled "librarian". And that denial of agency is why fascists are so eager to displace librarians with a machine that does not do the same job and thereby poses no threat to power.

This is so nice. I love libraries.

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Interesting! "Closed commercial databases, such as Web of Science, are not in line with our desire to work with open research information as much as possible. The UU signed the Barcelona Declaration in 2024 to this effect."

If I'm honest, it's taken me longer than it should have to get to grips with what it does, ticking along behind things - but yes!

Program for #nwb2025 is now out - only a few places left! www.nifu.no/nwb2025/prog... @nwb2025.bsky.social

På torsdag er det gratis online seminar (Open Science Lunch) hvor jeg skal snakke om da tidskriftet "vårt" ble kapret og det ble produsert falske artikler i mitt navn. Kom og hør en ekte røverhistorie fra akademia! www.ub.uio.no/english/cour...

Excited to share my SK post on this platform!

– Vi har forsket ferdig. Nå trenger vi handling, sier marinbiologer. Artikkelen er produsert av Universitetet i Oslo. www.forskning.no/biologisk-ma...

Would you like to analyze your data in a smarter way, but need some help to get started? Join our next Software Carpentry @carpentries.carpentries.org course at @unibergen.bsky.social! Sign-up deadline is this Friday, Aug 22nd: www.uib.no/en/ub/178263...

"Rogue Scholar science blog archive improves science blogs in important ways, including full-text search, long-term archiving, DOIs and metadata, and communities" - Well this seems cool! Posting for anyone with a blog to check out: rogue-scholar.org

I love chairing panels at academic conferences and I Have Thoughts about it! I think it’s a really important service role AND you can create the conditions for everyone in the panel to have a good time AND it can be fun! A 🧵👇 1/9

Registration now open to join us in Bergen for the Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy in October! www.nifu.no/nwb2025/ #nwb2025 #bibliosky

Bra jobba av @refz.bsky.social. Men også trist at bibliotekene må bruke ressurser på sånt "politiarbeid."

Today's 5min MUST READ is from @tseenster.bsky.social and @drmeagantyler.bsky.social and looks as memes as a route into the hidden curriculum, and their utility to help unpick pervasive messages that shape our research culture. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/i...

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Abstract submission closes tomorrow! #NWB2025

"... denne saken angår ikke bare universitetet i Trondheim, men hele Universitets-Norge. Den berører spørsmålet om hva et universitetsbibliotek skal være." www.khrono.no/skap-et-demo...

Semi-regular reminder: Baby open-ocean octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats. 📸 Songda Cai bit.ly/2ZmNZZH 🧪🪼🐙🦑🌿

Fascinating post! Interesting to think about the brand of “BMJ” and how it feels like that should be trustworthy. Also the challenge of identifying journals which maybe aren’t technically predatory but are failing to uphold editorial standards.

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The raison d'être of academic publishing is to publish output that meets a basic requirement of quality: that people should be able to trust that it isn't fundamentally wrong. This feature shows a shocking disregard for that with a lazy caveat about it being AI content & 'the quality may vary'.

"What makes cataloging such a potent political instrument is not just its ability to name, but its power to make those naming decisions appear neutral and inevitable."

I'm trying to keep track of how the situation in the U.S may affect access to NLM resources, all going on this library guide which has explainers, alternative resources, and further reading. Suggestions/corrections very welcome libguides.exeter.ac.uk/c.php?g=725268 #medlibs #pubmed

Jeg har slett litt med å finne folk til å følge fra andre UH-bibliotek så... jeg prøver meg på en starter pack med de jeg har funnet! Skal prøve å holde den litt gående, med mindre en bedre versjon finnes hos noen andre :) go.bsky.app/5DFUkmC #bibliosky #universitetsbibliotek

Jan Reinert Karlsen, ansvarleg for Dannelsesemner ved SVT, er ein av dei som er intervjua i denne saka om kjeldekritikkens dag, som her i Bergen blir arrangert av Universitetsbiblioteket ved @unibergen.bsky.social: — Kritikk er i kjernen av akademisk danning #kildekritikk #dannelse #kritisktenkning

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

More information about the Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy 2025 is now out 👇 - abstract submissions open soon! Excited for it to be in Bergen in October, and to be part of the organising committee from @unibergen.bsky.social + @nifu.bsky.social #NWB2025 #bibliosky

As librarian @siobhanh.bsky.social puts it: “The transition to subscription-only access... fundamentally undermines the ability of academic libraries to build collections that serve their specific institutional needs.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

Guest Post – The Future Is Not Perpetual (But it could be yours for just several thousand dollars per year…) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/05/g...

Some thoughts after going through most of the lessons and instructor guide. It's excellent, not technical cover of the issues, not much was new to me but the way it was presented was excellent with high signal to noise ratio (1)

Library folks, anyone got recently updated discipline neutral where to publish advice? I'm updating a publications checklist and thinking about including stuff like checking the Retraction Watch mass resignation list, looking at open peer review reports to get a sense of tone and rigour.

Guest Post: Reflections from The Munin Conference Part Three – Measuring Impact scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/23/g...

Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.

Som utlending som tok doktorgrad i Norge føler jeg litt :( av sant. Halvparten forlater Norge - så, halvparten blir! Og at noen forlater, betyr ikke at de automatisk skal anses som en byrde. Stipendiater produserer et betydelig bidrag til forskning, evt. undervisning og formidling, i stillingen

Good news from ORCID! (and personally happy that "conference presentation" is now an option too, it's one I've been missing)

An issue that I feel I see in various contexts in research, here thoughtfully discussed for databases. How can experimentation to improve the system be supported, if participation in new initiatives is unsupported (or even punished) by the infrastructure and reward mechanisms? #scholcomm

Looking for starter packs of scholarly communication, publishing, and infrastructure people and organizations? Emma Miller and Mike Di Natale have you covered: - bsky.app/profile/eloq... - bsky.app/profile/mdin... #OpenScience #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

"Why write about a problem that does not appear to exist?" Why indeed. To find out, you'll have to read our editorial. But please don't cite it.

I've been in this situation a few times with one particular work - it's been cited as support for something I clearly did not find or create, and I suspect this error has been copied by others. I'd like to address it but am not sure how - what is the best process?

Masterstipend tilgjengelig til prosjekt om norsk skeiv historie - søknadsfrist 1. mars. skeivtarkiv.no/masterstipen... #arkivsky #bibliosky