We would love your help in spreading awareness of this #OER for undergraduate university students and students who are returning to education. #booksky @openpress.bsky.social @openaccesselder.bsky.social @oerclibrarian.bsky.social @openedconf.bsky.social @sparc-eu.bsky.social

Really enjoying the second half of the Villa V Brentford game. Great to see Kelleher as #1 Keeper, Andrews doing such a great job as Head Coach & Collins getting to play in such competitive games. Sustained pressure from Villa. Exciting last 20 to come! #COYBIG 🇮🇪

“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️ RIP Barbara Aronstein Black www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Excited that @aileenfyfe.bsky.social is speaking at Cambridge in March on 'Peer review, past, present… and future'. More info and booking details here: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...

TUS Library will be contributing to this event: Moving the dial on OER in the UK and Ireland: SCONUL OER CoP Webinar on 22 January 2026 from 2pm - 3.30pm. We are delighted to share our TUS Open Press and OER experiences. #sconul #tuslibrary @celine-peignen.bsky.social @mauragflynn.bsky.social

Excellent piece from bsky.app/profile/eua.eu - European Universities alliances must embrace open educational resources (eua.eu/our-work/exp...) #OER #Copyright

Listening to this #whatupdocspodcast 🔽 I'd never thought of second hand harms of alcohol, e.g. falls, in the same way I recognise secondhand harms of smoking. Have we been conditioned to accept such risks/potential harms? 🤔 #DryJanuary open.spotify.com/episode/3i5N...

Great to see the Library of the RIA on Bluesky 💙 Give them a follow!

Shocking behaviour from Martinelli. Good result for us all things considered, but concerned for Bradley. Slot did well tactically but I would have liked a change up front near the end. Up the Reds!!! #YNWA #LFC

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing https://theconversation.com/the-5-stages-of-the-enshittification-of-academic-publishing-269714

Did you know that we are curating AI Conference materials including slide decks, presentation recordings, and poster sessions posters relating to AI within education in our #AI & #OER Community Hub? oercommons.org/curated-coll...

if you host a podcast, ben bowler is feeding it to AI, stripping it of ads, and profiting from it. i spent my morning submitting DMCA takedown requests and getting a cease and desist request because how fucking dare you profit from our IP when we don't even make any money from it???

New year, new website! I've updated my website to collect everything I offer to clients. If you need a new website or an online system/tool to streamline a process or collect & analyse data, I'm available: darylfeehely.com

Finished my first ever lego piece today (with lots of help). I now get why people love it so much! The great pyramid of Giza, Egypt. #LEGO

Tough viewing again today. In fairness to Reed his equaliser was a beaut. Tough to swallow another draw though. Onwards we go... hopefully we end d season strong 💪 #LFC #YNWA

This is a pretty shitty situation for Harvey to be in. He’s basically not playing so Villa don’t have to buy him. We should bring him back. He’s a great, intelligent footballer with a fantastic attitude. #LFC #YNWA #RedSky

Disappointing result but credit to Leeds. They had the measure of us defensively, which is happening far too often. But we did create chances and had some good performaces, such as Frimpong. Hugo wasn't quite as lethal as usual. Great to see Ngumoha getting a few minutes on the pitch too. #LFC

If you’re a leader, model hard work, model ethics, model authenticity, model focus. Absolutely. But, most importantly, model resting. Normalise resting, normalise separation from work, switching off, doing nothing or doing anything else but work. Put ‘out of office’ on and mean it.

In October, The Booker Prize Foundation launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction 👇 #TheBooksellerMostRead

'The “big five” academic publishers have all reached agreements with UK universities, with a trial that will remove fees on a per article basis from certain journals being hailed as a “global first”.'

Kudos to the @acm.org : "Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access." dl.acm.org/openaccess #CS #ComputerScience #OpenAccess #ScholComm

Worth looking out for: GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning (Jan 2026, available also open access) www.bloomsbury.com/ca/genai-in-...

As a writer who started writing in my forties and who is published by a small but mighty indie press, I wasn't sure how I'd get on in the book world, but from day one libraries have been a great support, just like they were a great support to me all my life as a reader. Please support your library.

We're live in 1 hours. The #HSEOAAwards25 begin at 12pm! We can't wait to celebrate excellence in #OpenAccess and #OAIrishResearch. Join us live https://bit.ly/3MdNptV

What next for open access as Coalition S scales back its ambitions? www.chemistryworld.com/news/what-ne...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Are you involved in health research or social care research? Check this out. Great work being done by OHRIN (Open Health Research Ireland Network). This is a practitioner network committed to advancing open health research.

Completely agree with this 🔽 Also gift a book! Share a story you love, or something you'd like to read, and make time to discuss it with the person you gift it too. This can make reading so much more enjoyable. 📚💙 #Booksky

It's Library Ireland Week! Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! We want to hear from you! And remember to use the hashtag so we can find your submission! Visit https://libraryirelandweek.ie/ for further details! #LIW25

“I started reading this article and found some interesting references that I decided to read as well,” Moore told Retraction Watch. “To my surprise, those articles didn’t exist.”

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

With AI companies exploiting our collective knowledge for profits, we fear that people and platforms will stop sharing openly. We’re building a solution to protect the commons and create checks and balances on AI. Support this ambitious project with a gift today. www.classy.org/give/313412/...

Rest easy Tom. Your wonderful legacy will live on for my years to come.

“What is that unforgettable line?” ― Samuel Beckett

"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines The main difference between people who want to ban books and me: They would feel threatened by that quote. I feel *energized* by it.

More on our microcredential, this time HEAnet! Interested? Closing date: 25th Jan 2026 Apply: lnkd.in/eg5njqXq Get in touch: [email protected] hashtag#datastewards hashtag#datastewardship hashtag#openresearch hashtag#microcredential hashtag#FAIRdata hashtag#CARE www.heanet.ie/news/heanet-...

US Unesco withdrawal puts open science at risk - Research Professional News https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-views-of-europe-2025-11-us-unesco-withdrawal-puts-open-science-at-risk/

Very concerning 🔽 #AI

NASA astronaut films Northern Lights from space. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

I have loved books as Christmas presents ever since I was a small child both giving and receiving. These days bookshops as much as the books are a delight for me from small and intimate to large where I can sit with a coffee like this one. A favourite

Common myth conceptions informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’. How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit? share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...

UCC's FAIR Data Forum – Establishing a Data Culture Using Frameworks to Navigate the Waves of Marine Data. Online on the 21st of November 12.30 to 13.30pm. More about The Marine Insitute and FAIR: datascience.codata.org/articles/10.... Register for the event here: libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/Eve...

Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) to explore the future of community-led open access book publishing 🔮 📍 Loughborough University | London or online 🥳 Registration is now open! 🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ #CopimConference

Great blog post here from @openaire.bsky.social on our packed workshop at #NORFest2025, which brought together librarians, data stewards, and #OpenScience practitioners to shape the next phase of Ireland’s #OpenResearch monitoring! @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest

Why isn't public research truly open? 🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇 💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?

Attn: Schools & Libraries! Do you have any of these old book carts / library trolleys going unused? Little Deer wants them! We lucked into a few at the start and then bought a few over the years. Now I want more!