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@chashub.bsky.socialOn this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Jonathan Grunert, Scholarly Publishing Librarian at the University at Buffalo.
@chashub.bsky.socialThe UK Print Book Collection has grown rapidly since its 2025 launch. In this interview, representatives of participating organizations explain how it works, why it’s succeeded, and where they hope to go from here.
✍️ Christina Kamposiori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialTo protect academic libraries from institutional leaders looking for cost savings, we must invest seriously in strategic positioning. Here’s how.
✍️ John Cox, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialOn this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Harry Collins, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.
@chashub.bsky.socialJonathan Grunert explains why the latest changes to rules affecting federal financial assistance for research proposed by the Office of Management and Budget fail to pass peer review.
✍️ Jonathan Grunert: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialIn this interview, architect Cliff Gayley talks about his work on major library projects and why designing a library is every architect’s dream.
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@chashub.bsky.socialLilly Ho examines the OAPEN Library, showing why it has become a key component of the global open scholarly book ecosystem.
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@scinoptica.bsky.socialReposted by @chashub.bsky.socialMy new interview for Charleston Hub/ Against the Grain is live! Michael Upshall & I look back critically at 25 years of #OpenAccess: libraries, researchers’ incentives, Diamond OA, the limits of one-size-fits-all solutions—and how AI may reshape scholarly publishing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXew...
@chashub.bsky.socialOver the last decade, scholarly publishing has dedicated significant resources to detecting research integrity failures. We need to pay more attention to the institutions and communities that can prevent those failures in the first place.
✍️ Muhammad Sarwar: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialEBSCO, ProQuest, and JSTOR have recently added to the generative AI features available on their platforms. Here’s what libraries need to know.
✍️ Aster Zhao, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialThe world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it.
✍️ Mark Huskisson and Johan Rooryck, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialCollections-based decolonization has become a priority for many academic and research libraries. Findings from Research Libraries UK illuminate the practical requirements of this work.
✍️ Christina Kamposiori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialCoherent Digital aggregates a uniquely wide variety of primary source documents, with a focus on born-digital and at-risk content. Here’s a guided tour of the platform.
✍️ Billie Cotterman, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
@chashub.bsky.socialOn this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with @lizziegadd.bsky.social, Chair of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group and Head of Research Culture and Assessment at Loughborough University.
@chashub.bsky.socialWatch the whole conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUc5...
@chashub.bsky.socialIn a wide-ranging interview, @nishamody.bsky.social talks AI, false urgency, and how and why to draw boundaries at work.
✍️ Elaina Norlin, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...