Check out the full program of next year's Researcher to Reader Conference! It's going to be amazing. Join us in London! r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...

Communicate too much. That's item #1 in what will be an eight-part series on "Eight Things Every Library Leader Has to Do." visionandbalance.org/2025/10/28/e...

Using AI for good? www.chemistryworld.com/features/ai-...

In today's installment of my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership, I address an issue we never talk about: the phenomenon of "bullying from below." Comments welcome! visionandbalance.org/2025/10/14/b...

The latest Opinion from #UKSGInsights journal: Andrew Johnson from the University of Sheffield Library - "Interlibrary loans, subscriptions and copyright in the UK academic library sector" dub.sh/55gEiGy

#R2RConf (24-25 Feb) reg opens 13 Oct 2-day meeting; c200 scholcomms people: - AI's impact for authors & the South - non-traditional PR - is integrity a publisher responsibility - plus, books, open science.... Offers for academics & librarians: - £100 tickets - free ‘partner’ tickets r2rconf.com

Wisdom from Arthur Brooks: "We do not need to disagree less. We need to disagree better. And we must do so not by standing up to the other side, but by standing up to those on our own side who say we must hate each other." open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...

I'm honored to be keynoting the upcoming IATUL conference in Shanghai. Join us! It should be a fun discussion. :-) www.linkedin.com/posts/iatul-...

Wow. Interesting developments at @dpla.bsky.social dp.la/about/a-new-...

Here's the latest post from Vision & Balance, my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership: visionandbalance.org/2025/09/23/l...

It's really frustrating not to know the terms of this settlement. www.courtlistener.com/docket/68101...

New from #UKSGInsights: "Multilingual research dissemination: current practices and implications for bibliometrics" dub.sh/NJjpJG3

Does anyone smoke clove cigarettes anymore? I miss the smell, which always takes me back to the joys of record shopping in Harvard Square circa 1981...

I have to assume that whoever named this deodorant product has never lived in a city with a harbor.

This is astonishing, and we're not talking enough about the implications. Pull quote: “I don’t want to say, ‘The death cycle of the Democratic Party,’ but there seems to be no end to this... This is month after month, year after year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

I went to a slightly uncomfortable place in today's issue of Vision & Balance: Leading and Managing in the Academic Library: vision-and-balance.ghost.io/on-loving-yo...

I'm looking forward to this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on usage metrics! It's happening a week after Uncovered, so you get two UKSG events in one month. Uncovered is about managing uncertainty and risk in our ever-changing world, and it's a cracker of a speaker line up: www.uksg.org/events/uksg-...

I've got a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, explaining my deep pessimism about the future of the subscribe-to-open OA publishing model. Comments are coming in thick and fast and the discussion has been really good so far, I think. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/18/s...

There's still time to submit a proposal for the 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference! Don't miss your chance... #R2RConf r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...

Just a quick reminder that the call-for-papers deadline for next year's Researcher to Reader conference is steadily approaching -- if you've attended in the past you know what a great meeting it is. And if you haven't, this is your chance to join us and participate! r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for...

So it turns out that making scholarly content freely available to readers is relatively easy. Making it reusable without restriction in a complex global legal environment is more of a challenge. Who knew? #openaccess scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/23/g...

The latest from #UKSGInsights: "University journals: a semi-systematic literature review of trends, challenges and future research directions" Maryna Nazarovets dub.sh/fKKinbV

A stirring slogan is not a strategy.

“Knowledge sharing is a human right.” Okay, but… what are meant to be the policy implications of this statement? What would an organizational or governmental policy look like? Does anything that inhibits the sharing of knowledge represent an infringement on someone’s fundamental rights?

It's discouraging to be reminded again how much criticism of the current scholarly publishing environment is based on blatantly inaccurate caricatures of publishers and the publishing system. There's plenty to criticize, of course, but for critique to be useful it has to be reality-based.

I have a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today, briefly discussing some findings from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's @aaas.org's recent study of researchers' views on open licensing of scholarly content: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/15/c...

An odd statement at the @royalsociety.org meeting today on the future of scientific publishing: traditional peer review doesn't work, because "it's impossible for a human to know what the article is talking about." 🤷‍♂️

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/14/p... by @rharington1.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

1/2 At a meeting of the @royalsociety.org where we're discussing the future of scientific publishing, I heard again the assertion that "If you haven't published research, you really haven't done it." I find this assertion truly remarkable, given...

"A transition to open access is now largely in the hands of Chinese policymakers, especially... in physical sciences and engineering." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/g... by Christos Petrou via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

The latest from #UKSGInsights: "A model for publishers to introduce globally fair and transparent pricing" by @wisealic.bsky.social @davejago.bsky.social Herman Mentink and @lorraineestelle.bsky.social dub.sh/JpMmP7P

You know what's a waste of time? Trying to figure out how/whether to let AI bots use your CC BY-licensed content. If you choose CC BY, you're allowing unrestricted reuse by anyone, bot or human, for any purpose. If you don't want to train AI bots, then retain control. Otherwise, don't complain.

"A failure to uplift the humanities, not just as critical underpinning for STEM research and technologies, but as essential to every feature of the research enterprise, has been part and parcel of this catastrophe." Wise words today from my friend @kawulf.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2znzw5bd

Sage counsel, I think, from James Coan and Imre Huss. How Everyday Americans Can Help Create a Healthier Politics

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/18/r... by @rschon.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

Don't forget to submit your presentation idea for #UKSG2026 in Glasgow! dub.sh/lGMfvyz

The latest from #UKSGInsights: "Reeling them in: using TikTok and video content to leverage engagement.." by @chelseahumphries.bsky.social dub.sh/7ILu90X

Sometimes an author credit itself represents disinformation. "Some... are unable or unwilling to collect data, conduct analysis and write a paper that might be accepted in a journal. So they turn to organizations online that offer authorship status — for a price." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don't miss the opportunity to benefit from the insights of my brilliant and accomplished colleagues @charleswatkinson.bsky.social and Michael Levine-Clark, who are offering a webinar on "Building Relationships with Today's Library" on June 25. Registration details below. tinyurl.com/2ud7t2xr

Here's the latest public post from Vision & Balance, my twice-weekly newsletter on leadership in academic libraries:

The latest from #UKSGInsights - "Open infrastructures in conflict zones: a case study of @doaj.bsky.social and Ukrainian journals" (Authors: @ozimba.bsky.social, @katrinesundsbo.bsky.social, Natalia Laiuzhna and Iemima Ploscaru) dub.sh/rVBTHTI

I'm a big fan of the Dignity Index, and I feel like it's more important now than ever. www.dignity.us/index

"Operational data are often treated as logistical trivia" in the world of journal publishing. Today in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social, Christos Petrou shows trenchantly why that's a mistake.

It's very interesting to see what the faculty say when they're given the chance to speak freely and anonymously.

The latest from #UKSGInsights: Pierre Mounier and Johan Rooryck "Federating diamond OA in Europe and beyond: the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH)" dub.sh/hpNatCZ

One of my biggest musical heroes has died. This is a sad, sad day. www.npr.org/2025/04/24/g...

The call for papers is up for next year's #UKSG meeting! This is one of the premier conferences of the scholarly communication calendar, one not to miss if you can avoid it. @uksg.bsky.social www.uksg.org/uksg-2026-ca...

Yay @lyconrad.bsky.social !

I'm in a meeting where a VP for a major social research think tank is presenting. She says that the two fastest ways for an institution to lose its constituency's trust are: 1. to become politicized 2. to fail to meet expectations (especially in a crisis) #lessonsforlibraries