This upcoming project at TCD resonates with some of the discussions at #uksg2026 on erosion of public trust in expertise & efforts to protect reliable public information online www.tcd.ie/news_events/...

THIS IS THE THREAT NOT SCI-HUB. #UKSG2026

👇 🙌 aside from cybersecurity discussion we also need to engage honestly with why sci-hub is genuinely appealing

Lynda - budget and structural changes affects how data is collated and preserved. Lack of data stewards impacts on this. Visualisations to make data understandable have been removed #UKSG2026

If you want to #DefendResearch, you need strong libraries - Doug Way at #UKSG2026 "Our employees, services, collections are core to creation of new knowledge, heart of teaching/research missions." #LibrarySky #AcademicSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

University education has become increasingly input output & quantification…can we blame students for turning to AI 🤷‍♀️ 🤖 #uksg2026

A little bit of Jefferson airplane as a soundtrack intro to talk of AI hallucinations 👌 yes to more trippy playlists on presentations ..I like this already #uksg2026

Point made ‘we don’t have hurricanes’ in this part of world, but having had multiple red level weather events in Ireland & Uk recently we have to mobilise more frequently for potential disasters…this is only likely to increase & we need to have action plans ready to go 🌧️ 💨 #uksg2026

Glad to hear this articulated. Growing ever more wary of the ‘now with added AI !’ Sales pitch, especially when it comes with an added price tag 🤖 💰 #uksg2026

To put this in context ... There are 130(ish) institutions recognised by the Office of Students as #universities or university colleges There are 108 (see image) open redundancy schemes currently running... #HigherEducation #HEIs #Academia #AcademicSky

Linda McGrath from Amsterdam University Press is doing a great job articulating what may be unpopular views about small scholarly publishers. Many of these points are explored in this recent Knowledge Exchange report: zenodo.org/records/1795... #uksg2026

Kira - is a conflation between university publishing and community led publishing which doesn't always compute with university publishing when its driven by the institution rather than the scholars themselves. Governance and values come into this #UKSG2026

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Theo Andrew: @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social complements Edinburgh UP by providing #OpenAccess via an experimental business model that established UPs struggle to adopt. Both approaches are needed & support one another #UKSG2026

Sobering figures & warning flare from Uk uni sector & squeeze on Uni presses 🔥 #uksg2026

Powerful words & emotional tribute to the late Elaine Sykes. Lancaster Uni Library putting money where their values are with multi prong Open publishing support approach, from author support to funding open models & dedicating staff time to it #uksg2026

Morning Glasgow, rain stopped in time for nice 4 miles along river before #uksg

Calling health & social care practitioner-researchers! If you’re doing research outside academic affiliation, we want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey to inform the Open Health Research Network Ireland @openhealthresearch.bsky.social lnkd.in/e-VyKywy

Come work with me & the team at Trinity College Library! I am hiring for an electronic resources librarian (50 % fte, specific purpose post) . Closing date Nov 17 more details here #lisjobsie #libraryjobs www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

House is so silent & neighbourhood cats remain unbarked at after our little furry dictator Laika took her final trip to UCD emergency vet hospital in early hours of Friday morning #heartbroken

Come join the @tcdlibrary.bsky.social team! Three vacancies currently open …including an Open Access Librarian role. Get your applications in by June 24th !

We have some exciting news - registration for this year's CONUL Conference is NOW OPEN! Please see our website for more information: conference.conul.ie/registration... #conul25

AI is a feminist issue - we need more women experimenting in the AI space to avoid baking old bias into new systems time.com/7210973/wome...

Imagine being so insecure that someone asking you to “have mercy” would trigger a downward spiral for you and your acolytes.

Looking for a new challenge in 2025 ? TCD library are hiring for a Legal Deposit Librarian, a systems librarian, readers services manager & several other library roles. Come join us ! Please share! Jobs.TCD.ie #LISJobsIE #libraryjobs

Looking for a new job in 2025? Join the TCD library team! We are hiring for a Legal Deposit Librarian - an exciting post managing our Legal Deposit functions - Please share! Jobs.TCD.ie #LISJobsIE #libraryjobs

Come join the team at TCD library!! we are hiring for a permanent Systems Librarian, a Reading Room Services Manager and three specific purpose posts working with our manuscript collections - please share ! #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs lnkd.in/eCc6Aya2