Happy New Year! Here's a resolution... "I will get more involved in opening up research". Yeah? Great! Oh, wait - hey - I think we can help with that! Why not submit a talk or poster to EORC2026? library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup... That way we can meet, chat, and perhaps support one another!

My first listen of 2026 was a fascinating podcast about transdisciplinary research (and how it differs from interdisciplinary research) open.spotify.com/episode/2p8X...

Sunniest Chevin Chase I’ve ever seen

“Do not despair. It’s a privilege to despair. Don’t lose sight of the fact that resistance takes a lot of different shapes and you know whatever you are able to do, even if it feels small, is something.” @rouhiroo.bsky.social

Any recommendations of #OpenResearch related podcasts/events I may have missed this year? Here are a few that I have heard: @openresshef.bsky.social Open Research Conversations doi.org/10.15131/she... @hiddenref.bsky.social What the REF hidden-ref.org/what-the-ref/ #OAI14 oai.events/oai14/

Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇 📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK. Categories are: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑People in Science 🔬Microscopy images 📊Non-photography media 🖼️Image sets 🐛Wildlife & nature 🌃Astronomy 👀General

Twelve months already! Time flies when you're having fun - looking forward to 2026 and another year @openresleeds.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social 😍

Happy Friday! Recordings and slides are now available from Open and Engaged Conference 2025: "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" Here is the link to the collection of fantastic talks and presentations. #OpenEngaged doi.org/10.22020/dgz...

@kirstywallis.com is this it? blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/... Will it be running again in 2026?

Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑 www.gida-global.org/care These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities. (Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)

In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about: ✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture ✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives ✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access

Value and recognition for all contributions to research leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v... Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October

Sobering session at #OAI14 about challenges to research integrity including Ivan Oransky (@retractionwatch.com) @deevybee.bsky.social on paper mills and Ophélie Fraisier-Vannier on the increasing use of LLMs and AI 😨

"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."

Talking of Wikipedia and Academic Libraries👇 @yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world... All welcome😀

Perhaps part of the solution is rewarding and incentivising more diverse research outputs? i.e. @hiddenref.bsky.social research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/valu... researchadjacent.com/recognising-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6u9...

Great initiative... First issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research: doi.org/10.36399/f74...

Event recording now available on @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social blog: Archives Across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black Histories leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...

@earthowned.bsky.social featured in a dream last night...I was visiting Edinburgh and saw you receive an award. Not sure what for...and you were only 21 🤷

Add your two penn'orth: www.linkedin.com/posts/peterw...

Magic

Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care? leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818 Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge @akadidymus.bsky.social

Still time to book for this event tomorrow 👇👇👇 More than 150 colleagues registered to attend, from both sides of the Atlantic 🌊 #BlackHiatoryMonth

🗣️Speakers: 🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester) 💂‍♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds) 🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester) 💂‍♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)

🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode! 🏛️@richardnevell.bsky.social and "Wikimedian in Residence" @yclepit.bsky.social join host @nickshepp.bsky.social to discuss @wikipedia.org and the importance of human curated knowledge in the age of Artificial Intelligence. 🤖

Join us for this special online event that brings together a panel from two universitiess, separated by the Atlantic Ocean while joined by a common history. We’ll hear from academics and archivists with an interest Black history and how libraries and archives support these histories 👇

Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds: 🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT) leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...

Embedding Trust in Evaluation (E-TIE) is the funded project behind the Hidden REF Competition and Hidden REF Festival. It is funded by Research England from 2025 to 2030 hidden-ref.org/e-tie/

Tim Fellows talking now about @octopus-ac.bsky.social at the Festival of the @hiddenref.bsky.social REF. Planning to do more promotion of this innovative platform @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Me too…as discussed with “one of you” on the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/ukrn...

En route to the Festival of Hidden REF in Birmingham. Anyone else? Think you’re speaking @themauvedesert.bsky.social ?

*sobs epistemological tears*

Don’t worry everyone, Elon and grok gonna fix info bias

🔊 Vacancy: Open Research Manager, University of Sheffield Library (full-time, open-ended). The role will involve supporting projects across Sheffield and nationally with the @ukrepro.bsky.social to accelerate open research practices. Closing date 22 October: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Open-Res...

This event is a bit different from usual and instead of just one or two speakers, we've got...loads! Through a series of lightning talks we hope to give you a sense of the teams and services available across the University of Leeds to support your open practice👇

🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered episode with @nickshepp.bsky.social explores open research across disciplines at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The @ukrepro.bsky.social Train the Trainer programme's open for applications: FREE training for researchers, PIs & professional services staff.

Just frightened myself with Facebook memory from 2023 @katefoneill.bsky.social

As an 80’s era metal head it’s a bit ridiculous I’ve only just discovered Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime. What an album! (In my defence probably not heavy enough for my self-conscious adolescence) 🤘🎸

Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons by @samuelmoore.org www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono... Available #OpenAccess, obviously 😀 #OpenFest25

Truly inspiring project in the face of the current United States administration's attacks on science and data #OpenFest25

Are you a potential, current, or past ReproducibiliTea organizer? ✨ Join our upcoming networking event! 📅 October 2, 2025 (16:00 CEST) on Zoom 👉 Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/iH6sHt3dB4Wf... Everyone is welcome!

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...

We need new early career researchers to take over Leeds ReproducibiliTea journal club! @reproducibilitea.org From this, you can work with like-minded ECRs from across the University, and gain amazing experience in leadership, lesson design, and presenting. Find out more below 😀

Trig point

Strangely vivid dream about Richard Dawkins trying to nick my shopping…I was queuing at a supermarket kicking 10 cook in the bag chickens along the floor towards the checkout. Dawkins was in the queue next to me, surreptitiously hooked a chicken with his foot, drew it towards his own shopping …

Finally managed to get this up on @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social blog from April 👀 leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/c... Blog post & recording, with Kikachukwu Oluonye (Library), Myles Gould (DoRi, School of Geography, @envleeds.bsky.social & Roger Beecham (DoRi, @lida-leeds.bsky.social)

@culturebullet.com any idea why this wiki citation not showing up on @altmetric.com ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjuvan... WRRO record: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/20...

Clever🧠