Screenshot of text from University of Edinburgh library services:
Like many academic libraries, we have been experiencing slowness and outages on some of our open access platforms over the last few months. We have identified that this is the result of poorly behaved Gen AI crawling activity. As such we have had to try to disable the ability for AI -harvesters to access content from our repositories, via IP range blocking, geographical blacklisting, implementing limits to throttle bots and using robots.txt files to limit access.
We acknowledge that this approach is not consistent with our open access policy which should require us to permit machine access to our content. Our limiting activity is not 100% fool-proof, and is a temporary measure to give services breathing space to perform while a longer termn solution is worked out by software providers and the community. This approach also has the added benefit of helping to assuage authors fear of losing control of their works.
The "AI revolution" in science is going so smoothly that my instititutional library is having to deploy multiple technical protection measures against "poorly behaved Gen AI crawling" just to maintain its timely service library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
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π Congratulations to colleagues at @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social who have worked hard to implement that improved workflow - an important milestone! πΎ #OAbooks #openinfras
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Academic/Scholarly Podcasting | The MORPHSS Catalogue
Practice #1 from the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS disciplines: academic podcasting.
Read more about podcasting's capacity to accessibly communicate AHSS research; access examples; and view details of further reading and listening on the topic.
#OpenResearch #AHSS
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CVE-2026-20841: Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Windows Notepad App allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
Bild via icy.wyvern.rip/notes/ail8j9...
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#OAbooks #MetadataMatters #DiamondOA #LeakyPipeline #openinfras
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Market-driven open access often reinforces commercialism & private control.
On the Future Knowledge #podcast, @SamuelMoore.org & @HJoseph.bsky.social discuss how PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET envisions ethical, commons-based publishing.
π§ β‘οΈ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pub...
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OA books get less attention than journals β thatβs a missed opportunity. Policy focus, investment in discovery, and stronger publisher-library collaboration can fix this.
Read Maria Lamury (DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia): buff.ly/4oMEeUm
#OpenAccess #OAbooks #Indonesia #OpenInfrastructure
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An interview with UJ Press on joining OASPA - OASPA https://www.oaspa.org/news/an-interview-with-uj-press-on-joining-oaspa/
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Recommended reading for #metadata #discovery & #cataloguing practitioners.
Whether you work to enable discovery & access to #openaccess or #paytoread books (or both), this report sheds light on the complex & often idiosyncratic metadata ecosystem for publishers, system providers & libraries.
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What happens when we build a commons-based, scholar-led publishing landscape?
On this episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast, @SamuelMoore.org & @HJoseph.bsky.social discuss PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & reimagining open access.
π§ Tune in β‘οΈ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pub...
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The world of book metadata is a complex one!
I had the pleasure of reviewing a draft version of this report, from which I learned a lot. There are important connections to the open research information movement, in particular @barcelonadori.bsky.social!
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Service Providers Package
... Service Provider package is trying to do exactly that for book infrastructures - enabling library support for key #OAbooks #openinfras incl. @pkp.sfu.ca 's OMP, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social , and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social
openbookcollective.org/view/collect...
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Thanks so much for this, Jeff, and also for the lovely shoutout to @openbookcollective.bsky.social !
And we couldn't agree more - broader coordinated long-term support for the many key #nonprofit #communityled infrastructures out there is direly needed!
Within the Open Book Collective, the ...
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also those worldcat records are done by librarians in OCLC member libraries, not OCLC. And they describe facts, and shouldn't be copyrightable. Both of which OCLC has long contested to try to keep its monopoly on collaborative cataloging.
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Buying and Managing E-Books for Acquisitions Librarians. Part 1 β PurchasingΒ E-Books.
In the ever-evolving landscape of academic library collections, the shift toward digital has often been framed as a straightforward evolution, a simple migration from shelf to screen. Yet, as any Acquisitions Librarian can tell you, the reality of building a digital collection is a complex dance of licensing, logistics, and strategic negotiation. While our patrons see the convenience of a click, we navigate a labyrinth of platforms, permissions, and pricing models behind the scenes.
Part 1 of a 4 part series looking at the acquisiton of e-books for academic libraries
Part 1 - Purchasing E-Books
Interesting for acquisitions librarians or anyone involved in procurement, licensing, and that Library life in general
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Graphic `Overview of metadata formats, particular specifications, and platforms for open access books'. CC BY 4.0, 2026, Thoth Open Metadata;
... enabling publishers to disseminate metadata to platforms such as @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social , @jstor.bsky.social , @projectmuse.bsky.social , and many more, without losing valuable information along the way.
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... And Desirable metadata points to where we envision the wider ecosystem to go.
The proposed framework is intentionally format-agnostic. It is not about enforcing a single standard or workflow, but about supporting interoperability across different systems and ...
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At the heart of the report is our collective proposition of a two-tier metadata framework for books and chapters, designed to be both achievable and forward-looking.
Essential metadata establishes a baseline that we believe should be within reach for all publishers. ...
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... books and chapters β with a particular focus on small-to-medium-sized, scholar-led and institutional publishers.
Goes without saying this would not have been possible without the amazing feedback provided by the numerous library and infrastructure experts who contributed to this report! π
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... librarians, and open infrastructures, the report takes a closer look at research, policy analysis, and community insight to support publishers, libraries, and aggregators working to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and sustainability of ...
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The report addresses a longstanding challenge in #OAbooks publishing: how to create, manage, and disseminate metadata that actually works across todayβs fragmented scholarly ecosystem. #MetadataMatters
Bringing together multiple perspectives of not-for-profit #DiamondOA book publishers, ...
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Industry News and New Resources For Librarians, Journalists, Educators, and Others; More at infoDOCKET.com; Gary Price, MLIS Editor/Curator
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Part of the ITHAKA nonprofit family.
More about us: https://about.jstor.org/
At Project MUSE, we believe that knowledge has the power to enrich lives and that a sustainable scholarly ecosystem is essential for advancing humanity.
Empowering Science through #FAIR #Metadata at #Helmholtz and beyond
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/helmholtz-metadata-collaboration-hmc
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Cultural and media theorist ~ books, open access, critical theory, experimental publishing. She/her
https://www.openreflections.org/
Publisher / Forlagssjef at Scandinavian University Press
Building communities of practice and strengthening local and national services for open science and research in Africa.
Website - http://libsense.ren.africa
Impact Report - https://pidslink.ren.africa/ark:/50962/bb678548hffngs4r
The OPF is a global not-for-profit membership organisation. We develop and maintain open-source #DigitalPreservation software and supporting resources.
PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson. apsanet.org/ps
The bluesky account where publications are treated as social, political, technical and economic objects
#STS #Openscience #PoliticalEconomy
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Research and advocacy for the future of libraries. A project of @NYUEngelberg.
Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
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Senior Operations Manager @brownbooks.bsky.social. Publishing / Writing / Research / Rinse + Repeat
Editor @ Masaryk University Press, secretary to the @aeup-eu.bsky.social board, #DiamondOA advocate, passionate #coffeelover.
Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
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