Rachel Bickley

Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.

I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!

I want to respond directly to a recent piece in The Weekend Australian, which paints a misleading and inaccurate picture of collection management practices at the Barr Smith Library. | Sian Woolcock I want to respond directly to a recent piece in The Weekend Australian, which paints a misleading and inaccurate picture of collection management practices at the Barr Smith Library. I share Mr Orr’s...

For anyone who saw a (factually inaccurate) article in The Australian likening Barr Smith Library staff to Nazis & painting the author as the saviour of Australian literature (from our 'free book' trolleys) - please see the excellent response from our UL on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Take Nature’s AI research test: find out how your ethics compare What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers?

This is fascinating (select your answer to see how the researchers responded) - and also incredibly concerning in some areas! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

WOW - how do these people lie straight in bed at night? IEEE is charging a 'Repository License Fee' (or should that be 'FEEE'?)

"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...

Great opportunity in a lovely city!

University of Adelaide's Visualise Your Thesis comp. is now open for registration! 🥳 VYT challenges HDRs to present their research in a 1 min, eye-catching digital display & compete for prize money 💰 & a spot in the international comp...plus get 5 CaRST points! ✅ www.adelaide.edu.au/library/libr...

Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...

This is an excellent read.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.

And knowing less about the Australian ocean makes tourists more receptive to jumping into the water outside the flags at Bondi when they can't swim properly...
theconversation.com/knowing-less...

Love this Predatory Publishing Advent calendar! papermills.tilda.ws/advent

There is value in the simplicity of my open access proposal for Australia But we must be sure to protect research and future subscription budgets, as well as building a sensible authentication system, says Cathy Foley

Join me in the comments? www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/there-v...

Come and celebrate our 150th year. Explore our events, our history, and the foundation we’ve built for the future.

I'm hiring! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Liaison Librarian to join a brilliant team at the University of Adelaide Library supporting our research community. Lovely people and plenty of snacks! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

SHIFT: new Gates Foundation OA rules www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
*End the foundation’s payment of individual article publishing fees such as APCs - paving the way for more equitable publishing models
*Require grantees to share preprints of their articles

‘Exorbitant’ fees paid to academic publishers better spent on Australian research and education, report finds Australia Institute report author says proposed open-access research library ‘great start’ but research grants reforms are needed to disrupt current model

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Vital research! "The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

Dodgy science and unethical publishing practices aren't funny of course...but this article does kind of get more and more amusing as you read on 🤭 retractionwatch.com/2024/02/11/e...

Just booked flights for my first trip back to the UK since I emigrated. Will be in Birmingham and London for a couple of weeks in June, would love to catch up with folk and also potentially available if anyone needs a speaker from Aussie library land for anything 😊

As a trombonist I can say...I'm afraid it's going to be rough for the first couple of years, but then it does get much better!!

Yes! I find it really insightful, but I also enjoy the occasions when something in the "wait, what??" category pops up!

I mean...I can't say I'm totally surprised by this...but 😐https://www.askamanager.org/2024/01/men-are-hitting-on-my-scheduling-bot-because-it-has-a-womans-name.html (dunno why it won't hyperlink, sorry - still learning this app!)

And "Open access through disciplinary or institutional repositories showed a stronger effect than open access via publisher platforms". Great article.

Guest Post - The Truth Is in There: The Library of Babel and Generative AI - The Scholarly Kitchen The short story “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges provides an opportunity to consider the veracity of AI-generated information.

Guest Post — The Truth Is in There: The Library of Babel and Generative AI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/04/g...

We are advertising for a Graduate Librarian (Indigenous Identified) position. No library experience required, applications invited from candidates who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander who have completed a degree in any discipline. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #libraryjobs

I made it! 😆👋

How strange starting all over again here. Hello all and hope you are keeping warm/cool. I'm keen for the end of this rainy spell in the supposedly driest state on the driest inhabited continent!