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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

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Smaller publishers are vital to scholarly communication. Their ability to transition sustainably to #OA is constrained by structural inequities of scale, resources, and systemic barriers.

Pop-up journals for policy research: can temporary titles deliver answers? Journals that focus on specific research questions could help to bridge the science–policy gap, if they can attract researchers.

Pop-up journals for policy research: can temporary titles deliver answers? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This AI can improve your peer review — and make it more polite A system of five models helps peer reviewers to write more constructive comments, but it is not yet known whether this strengthens the papers that are being reviewed.

This AI can improve your peer review — and make it more polite www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026 Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

The parallel disappearance of YA books from public libraries due to book bans and the disappearance of YA expertise in public libraries due to budget cuts, deemphasis in serving teens.

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SICSS-ODISSEI Summer School 2026 - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations From the 8th to the 19th of June 2026, ODISSEI is hosting its fourth summer school at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, as part of the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS) and the ...

One week left to apply for the SICSS-ODISSEI Summer School 2026.

✨ Participation is free
✨ The programme is accredited with 5 ECTS
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Deadline: 28 February

📆 8–19 June
📍 @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social

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EUR joins national PLOS Open Access deal University Library adds PLOS to EUR’s Open Access agreements. From 1 March 2026, EUR corresponding authors get 100% APC discount.

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Library Open University staff have pulled together a range of resources to inspire, empower, and motivate

Join us for the Copim Conference 2026! Exploring the future of community-led open access books - Copim Join us in 2026 for the Copim Conference! This will be a hybrid event (26-27 February) focusing on the future of community-led open access books.

It's the week of the #CopimConference!

We look forward to welcoming the whopping 567 of you who registered to attend either in person or online! 🙌

And if you missed out on a ticket, we will share the recordings via our website afterwards 💻️

More information on our website 👉

Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method could preserve research data for millennia with minimal storage costs.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Guest Post — There's an Elephant in the Room, but Not in Your Usage Reports - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest bloggers spotlight a gap in traditional usage reporting, third-party AI usage, and recommend steps needed to recover missing usage data.

Guest Post — There’s an Elephant in the Room, but Not in Your Usage Reports scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/12/g...

Summer School Science Communication Are you a researcher eager to share your work with a broader audience? Do you want to develop your science communication skills and learn how to engage effectively with society? Then join our Summer School in Science Communication in Leiden from 6-10 July 2026! Jointly organized by the Faculties…

My golden tip for researchers who want to do more with science communication: join the Summer School in Science Communication in Leiden from 6-10 July 2026.
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/science-communication-and-society/education/summer-school-science-communication

Anyway, began today with a lengthy thread about book censorship as a gubernatorial strategy and the saddest priorities of local-level GOP groups. It's a look at book censorship right now in South Carolina and parallels in Alabama, as well as pushback in Texas.

Conference We’re launching our first two day conference in 2026 with our call for contributions and our booking site, both now open. (See below). This page will evolve as we add more details about the c…

I just thought, we should have given a hashtag! We'll use #NLISN26 for the conference :) nlisn.org/conference/

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Growth of private reading spaces in Lucknow, India: A case study

The IMLS Propaganda Machine Is In Full Swing The agency overseeing U.S. libraries and museums is now full-on regime propaganda.

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Supporting Minneapolis Through Literary Activism: Book Censorship News, January 30, 2026 How can you help Minnesotans as ICE continues a brutal attack on the city? Here are some means of support through literary activism.

How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism.

That, plus this week's book censorship news: bookriot.com/supporting-m...

Number of universities dropping Elsevier deals hits six - Research Professional News York, Sheffield and Lancaster all reject publisher agreements, as Kingston cancels subscription to Nature titles

Number of universities dropping Elsevier deals hits six www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

bij de Erasmus universiteitsbib bieden we service aan via overdrive / libby app., lijkt beter voor auteur, misschien interessant om mee te nemen

The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025 This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.

The IMLS’s Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025 bookriot.com/imls-freedom...

An image reading the statement "The Future is Diamond" alongside the logo of the Open Journals Collective.

We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

Let's Take a Moment to Reflect on Overcommitment and Burnout in Academic Libraries - Choice 360 TIE contributor Jamia Williams covers strategies for how academic librarians can mitigate the impact of burnout in their professional lives.

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Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … Part Two: The Path Forward - The Scholarly Kitchen Today’s post paves a clear path forward in making AI work for publishers in the brave new agentic world.

Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … Part Two: The Path Forward scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/29/g...

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How Two Canadian Organizations Created a National Model for Diamond Open Access The Canadian Research Knowledge Network and Érudit transformed their vendor-client relationship into a collaborative partnership to support open access without author-facing fees. What can we learn fr...

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New Clarivate tool "connects AI users to trusted academic resources" - Research Information Nexus integrates academic content and services into the AI tools increasingly used by students and researchers

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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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