Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@social.cleverlibre.org

If you are interested in #OpenAccess for #Books (or #OAPEN #Library and #DOAB), come visit us at the 2023 Charleston Conference on 7 November! We are at booth 87.

There will be free #Stroopwafels and pens 😃...

A new one from Owl Kitty…

‘Kitty is everything. He’s just Ken’

Sorry if you thought Barbiemania was over 😁

#Cats

https://youtu.be/p-Z7CczgXgI?feature=shared

#cats #librarians

The end of an era and the start of a new one: changes to @crossref Event Data. This means we can get delivery of #EventData on a much firmer footing and give better access to data citations and references, among other things https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-update-and-event-data-api-sunsetting/4214

Hurray, my article on understanding the impact of your #OpenAccess #book has just been published! If your book was downloaded 500 times, is that actually good? Read on to find the answer 😊.

Snijder R, “Measured in a context: making sense of open access book data,” Insights, 2023, 36: 20, 1–10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.627

#ScholComm #Impact

It's #OAWeek and what better time to share news about our partnership with Penn State University Libraries
on #OpenAccess #metadata. Read more in this blog post https://oapen.hypotheses.org/706 and watch Jeff Edmunds explain in this short video
#books

You wouldn't download a fish.

Who is it that is constantly canning worms in the first place and why do they get a free pass for their role in the consequences?

Ever wondered why Microsoft charges money?

It's certainly not for the costs of people developing Windows. You can literally fit a copy of the whole OS on a single DVD!

So, what's the money for? Inquiring minds want to know..

Must suck to realize that there are some forms of epistemic grounding that you and your pals can't simply purchase and torch to the ground.