The book sits on the right, the cover features a woman's image painted on a vase looking out at the viewer. Alongside it is text that says: 'HEROINES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MYTH An Intermediate Latin Reader by Maxwell Teitel Paule. This volume offers a fresh approach to reading Latin by centering the stories of women in classical myth. Too often, the myths encountered in Latin classrooms center on men, while women appear only at the margins or as victims of violence. This reader deliberately shifts that focus, presenting narratives of nine heroines while avoiding accounts of sexual assault so that students can concentrate on the intellectual challenge of learning Latin. The stories, carefully adapted from ancient sources, are arranged in a graded sequence, moving from accessible prose and building to the complexity of authentic classical Latin. Drawing on Dickinson College’s Latin Core Vocabulary, the book encourages a focus on the most useful words while glossing less common terms in-line to promote fluid reading. Designed for students completing an introductory Latin sequence or beginning an intermediate course, this volume provides a smooth, engaging transition from textbook Latin to unadapted texts, making the voices of classical heroines central to the learning experience.'

Our first book of 2026 is published! Heroines of Greek and Roman Myth: An Intermediate Latin Reader by Maxwell Teitel Paule offers students a fresh approach to reading Latin through women’s stories in classical myth

Free to read online or buy a copy: buff.ly/xdrZfRX

#OpenAccess #OAbooks #classics

Disappointing @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, although having professionally lived through the enshittification of #openacess, I'm not shocked.

Then why is the question mandatory?

Hello UK and UK-adjacent folks I am running another methods session for the M25 Libraries group, this time on interviews. If you are interested and have the means to do so please sign up: www.m25lib.org.uk/events/under...

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Ah... DISAPPOINTING.
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Ask him if he knows how to tell when a dad joke has reached peak efficiency.
(When it's fully groan.)

Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement

NUP! Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal - Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer... (paywalled sorry) - Unis of Kent, Essex and Sussex www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m...

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Syllabi Policies for Generative AI Repository

as folks are starting their semester, just want to encourage folks to share their AI policies in their syllabi into this amazing repository with over 200 other policies. So many people have found this an invaluable resource to look to: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I wonder how much of this is their professional librarians standing up to them and being "appropriately rewarded".

Taylor & Francis sign open access Hong Kong agreement - Research Information Partnership with university library consortium "supports open access publishing and global research sharing"

Taylor & Francis sign open access Hong Kong agreement - Research Information https://www.researchinformation.info/news/taylor-francis-sign-open-access-hong-kong-agreement/

Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.

A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish."

Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.

Listening In In 1945, W. Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was presented with a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States as a 'gesture…

Pretty cool. Forthcoming book on AI and audio surveillance from Bloomsbury, co-authored by my PhD student, Marsha Courneya www.bloomsbury.com/ca/listening...

"himpathy" 🤣
I'll second @deevybee.bsky.social wielding a (metaphorical) flame-thrower...

Fascinating... 🧐
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Reminds me of....
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Woman Hacks "Tinder for Nazis," Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots A hacker targeted a white supremacist dating website, lured users with an AI chatbot, and deleted the platform entirely live on stage.

Late to this particular party... but it has given me many warm fuzzies.
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