Andrea Thomer

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

“In a new paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Marketing, we uncovered a surprising pattern: The more knowledge people have about AI and how it works, the less likely they are to embrace it.”

a black and white cat and a tabby cat sitting on a table filled with craft supplies. both cats are staring at the camera with the same expression of, "what do you want? we're busy."

bart and milhouse send good vibes and craft supplies

Somehow it's a two paper day: this beast of a paper containing recommendations for sample citation is out in Scientific Data too! This one has been in progress for years. Joan Damerow, Val Stanley and Sarah Ramdeen were the originators. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New data paper out from a Zooniverse transcription project I was co-PI on at Michigan! We transcribed and curated over 100 years of archival data from the Institute of Fisheries Research: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.

Obstacles to Dataset Citation Using Bibliographic Management Software | Data Science Journal

new paper!

"We find that a majority of frequently used reference managers do not adequately support data citation, obstructing uptake of data citation by researchers and thereby limiting the growth of credit and incentives for data sharing and reuse."

datascience.codata.org/articles/10....

“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social

"After this month things will finally slow down" she said (every month until she died).

[puts on “TRADE EXPERT” helmet] This is horrible for trade.

The Valuable, Vulnerable, Long Tail of Earth Science Databases - Eos Community-curated data resources in the Earth sciences, highly valuable but systematically underfunded, are vital to research on a changing planet.

Thanks to Andrea Thomer, @iceageecologist.bsky.social, and Jessica Blois for showing the value of Neotoma. $1.5 billion in replacement cost. The critical role of community curated data resources in @agu.org’s @eos.org : eos.org/opinions/the...

The Valuable, Vulnerable, Long Tail of Earth Science Databases - Eos Community-curated data resources in the Earth sciences, highly valuable but systematically underfunded, are vital to research on a changing planet.

New op ed estimating the replacement value of community curated data resources and "long tail" data they contain by me, Jack Williams, @sjgoring.bsky.social and Jessica Blois. We've been working on this for a while, and it now feels both timely and out of date: eos.org/opinions/the...

Some exciting professional news: I accepted a job offer! This fall, Dr. Lockhart will also be Assistant Professor Lockhart. I'm feeling very fortunate and excited to join my future colleagues at Berkeley Sociology.

SaaS
(sheep as a service)

College of Information Science and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Receive $350K NEH Grant for Cultural Heritage Collections Training The University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and College of Information Science have been awarded a $349,357 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities for experiential training ...

Super excited (and lucky) to be part of this grant! infosci.arizona.edu/news/infosci...

A set of colour that I claim represent some sort of cataloguing system for publications. But if you read the alt text you’ll know it’s totally made up.

How do you format your academic #bibliographies? I used to use bibtex, then switched to a hexadecimal hash, so Goring et al. 2023 becomes #ae657f. This way each set of references can be rendered into a colour palette for easier recall and use.
Here is the references section of my last paper:

Open research data poses real world risks that need to be managed Drawing on their recent work to identify forms of research data misuse Irene V. Pasquetto, Zoë Cullen, Andrea Thomer and Morgan Wofford outline seven kinds of research data misuse and provide recom…

💥New: Open research data poses real world risks that need to be managed

@irenepasquetto.bsky.social Zoë Cullen, @akthom.bsky.social & Morgan Wofford #OpenResarch #Libraries #Archives

Online Information Session: PhD in Information Join College of Information Science faculty for an online information session about the PhD in Information. Learn about current faculty research as well as admissions requirements, funding and more.

The U of Arizona College of Information Science will be hosting a Zoom information session on our doctoral program on Weds, Nov 20th -- please share with any aspiring Information PhD students! Our program is fully funded and we've got great faculty. Register here: infosci.arizona.edu/events/2024/...

this search is still open! Review of applications begins Dec 1 - please share!

Online Information Session: PhD in Information Join College of Information Science faculty for an online information session about the PhD in Information. Learn about current faculty research as well as admissions requirements, funding and more.

The U of Arizona College of Information Science will be hosting a Zoom information session on our doctoral program on Weds, Nov 20th -- please share with any aspiring Information PhD students! Our program is fully funded and we've got great faculty. Register here: infosci.arizona.edu/events/2024/...

We're hiring! The University of Arizona is seeking multiple tenure-track faculty in the areas of science of science, scholarly communication, and related fields. The full ad is here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

I'm chairing this search - happy to chat with interested candidates!

We're hiring! The University of Arizona is seeking multiple tenure-track faculty in the areas of science of science, scholarly communication, and related fields. The full ad is here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

I'm chairing this search - happy to chat with interested candidates!

Jobs at University of Arizona libraries! 🌵🗺📚
- GIS specialist arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
** come to our informational webinar for this role on Thurs, Sept 12 @ 10am AZ time arizona.zoom.us/j/89777924910 **

- Collections Management (special collections) lead arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Challenges for integrating volunteer and AI-enriched metadata into collections systems What are we studying? There's a long history of crowdsourcing projects at cultural heritage institutions (GLAMS, or galleries, libraries, archives and museums). More recently, GLAMs have experimented ...

So you've enriched collections data by crowdsourcing, machine learning/AI, or both. But does the data end up in a collections management system, or does it sit on a drive somewhere?

Share your experiences - our survey should take about 15 mins:
forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6...

And pls boost for reach!

Our cultural heritage informatics TT hire has been unfrozen, amongst all our financial woes -- applications in by March 1, please arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Our job posting for TT position in cultural heritage informatics is back up!! We're reviewing apps now but will continue to review those rcvd by Mar 1. Happy to chat about this position/the iSchool/UA.

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

We at UArizona Libraries are hiring a new GIS librarian/specialist. This is a faculty, continuing-status (aka tenure-eligible) position with a minimum salary of $63k. Link to application: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Ideal candidate is enthusiastic about GIS and teaching!