2 reasons to be cheerful today: 3 democrat victories clearly demonstrating that lurching either right or left would be a BIG mistake and a new national curriculum that sounds like it'll prepare kids for the future and give some enrichment 😀

A strong argument for a sensible approach to undergrad referencing requirements: www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/why-ar...

A really useful article in UKSG Insights on the sound UK legal basis for interlibrary loan and how it relates to lending subscribed material across international borders: insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

If you've used Jisc's LSM platform to order library resources then please consider contributing to a UX study. We DO want to make it better! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/invit...

Proud to be part of these efforts: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/jis...

Well that was an uncomfortable but brilliant morning! Thanks to my sister for running the Cov 10k with me and thanks to everyone who supported either in person or by donating to malaria Consortium (there's still time if you'd like to) www.justgiving.com/page/philrun...

I'll be running the Coventry 10k on Sunday if anyone would like to donate towards Malaria Consortium. It's a consortium against rather than for malaria if that helps... www.justgiving.com/page/philrun...

I’m running a 10k later this month for the Malaria Consortium which does brilliant work preventing suffering and death in malaria-affected regions. It kills around 500,000 people worldwide each year so please consider donating: www.justgiving.com/page/philrun...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

This is absolutely wild and not uncommon among major publishers: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/ieee... also great shout by the author to get stuck in and report bad science on PubPeer and/or to publishers. Problematic Paper Screener lists articles for checking - hobby for the sleuths out there...

With my library hat on this is not a good day for acquisitions teams or acquisitions budgets... www.researchinformation.info/news/ebsco-r...

I promise I won't spam the running posts but I wanted to share that I completed week 1 of 9 of 'couch to 5k' and encourage anyone else who hasn't run for ages or at all to give it a go, it's surprisingly doable www.nhs.uk/live-well/ex...

BBC News - The evolution of X: How Musk transformed the social media giant in 2024 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New UKRI OA policy - embargo periods shortened to 6 months for hard sciences and 12 months for AHSS but no inclusion for long-form/books (a real shame imo): 2029.ref.ac.uk/guidance/sec...

Question in parliament re. Springer bending to censorship in China questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

For any avid board gamers out there www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Lost a ceanothus tree in the storm last night, the one where the jays and nuthatches used to visit the bird feeder. Man that's a shame

Today I decided there's not enough samba drumming in my life so I've resolved to sort that out

Plea for libraries to support DOAJ if you can. Am a bit surprised some libraries aren't continuing their support and really if we want viable OA alternatives to major commercial agreements/TA's then we really need to put our money where our mouths are: subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/3015

Well this is an interesting lawsuit though I don't fancy its chances: www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...