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ISR part one: What is our role in preserving the integrity of the scholarly record?
Excellent "Livret d’accueil" (welcome guide) by Datactivist (en français)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HmIrx53gyfYMKko2kEFkVZoZzvRYBrji/edit#slide=id.p1
When I joined #mastodon, I just wanted an open-source #twitter clone.
I got more than that. Subtle design differences made for healthier conversations in ways I wasn't expecting.
Here's a blog post to try to capture those differences and why they matter. https://scott.mn/2022/10/29/twitter_features_mastodon_is_better_without/
Royal Society of Chemistry commits to 100% Open Access
https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2022/oct/rsc-oa-commitment/
What I find interesting through several reviewers and editors interviewing who use structured peer review:
- there is a clear cut between the young and old generation reg. its acceptance and usefulness, no matter the subject area
- submission systems limitations make it hard to use the list of questions as a checklist that can be added to the manuscript.
https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/how-to-review/structured-peer-review
Working together towards a resilient and community-controlled federation of analytics tools and services for books - OPERAS-PLUS project and the Book Analytics Dashboard project
Phew - its been quite a year
Young Academies Release Statement in Response to ‘Plan S’ on Open Access of Scientific Output
100,000,000 records - thank you! #Crossref100million
https://www.crossref.org/blog/100000000-records---thank-you/
Supporting Research Communications: a guide
The rise of "Access brokers" - why now and a comparison with RA21
by Aaron Tay
http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-rise-of-access-brokers-why-now-and.html
Getting Started: Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty for Persons with Print Disabilities: A Practical Guide For Librarians
via IFLA
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