Jeroen Sondervan

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience

Text reads: International Open Access Week - Who Owns Our Knowledge? From Closed to Open Infrastructures for Research Assessment and Metascience. Please register in advance for this hybrid event. With Stefanie Haustein, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab and Juan Pablo ALperin, Scientific Director, Public Knowledge Project and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab.

#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”

Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...

@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Is there a relationship between the metadata publishers submit to Crossref and the submission systems they use? 🤔

We (w/ @msphelps.bsky.social) analyzed 153 publishers and 4 major systems to find out.

👉 doi.org/10.31222/osf...

#OpenScience #Crossref #OpenMetadata #BarcelonaDeclaration

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding avointiede.fi/en/news/finl...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

Some reflections on the OASPA conference in Leuven: are we on the verge of a paradigm change? I was only able to attend one day of the OASPA conference in Leuven, but I’d like to share a few reflections. Throughout the sessions, presentations, and one-on-one conversations, I sometimes sensed a...

FWIW: I made some notes of a few of my observations following my one-day visit of the @oaspa.bsky.social conference this year in Leuven.

#OASPA2025
www.linkedin.com/pulse/some-r...

Hearing the @oaspa.bsky.social outlook and forward thinking of what the next step would be for open scholarly publishing and working in participatory openness I suggest a name change: Open Science Scholarly Publishing Association 😉 #OASPA2025

Engaging and inspiring poster pitch by ACM about their upcoming move towards a 100% flip of their entire portfolio (ACM Open). Main take away: give yourself a public deadline. You will make sure you’ll stick to it. #OASPA2025 @oaspa.bsky.social

I like this: “mandates are not just rules, they are opportunities for equity in open access”, in the @oaspa.bsky.social poster presentation of Vrushali Dandawate from @doaj.bsky.social #OASPA2025

An interesting @oaspa.bsky.social ‘can do’ panel (@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @theblochian.bsky.social Kate McCready and Lauren Kane) discussing great examples of non-profit initiatives that are focused on community-led approaches, innovative models and considering built-in scaling. #OASPA2025

At the @oaspa.bsky.social conference a question was raised to give some clarity on the Secondary Publishing Rights in some EU-member states. Bringing this back to table if it might be of any help:
#oaspa2025
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Registration has opened for the @maxplanck.de library #OpenScience Days in November. The theme ‘Open Science in the Light of Geopolitical Polarization’ is very topical. I’ll be speaking a bit about the resilience of OS in these turmoiled time. osip.mpdl.mpg.de/open-science...

On my way to #OASPA2025 for an entire Tuesday of conferencing. Looking forward to meet old and new colleagues and discuss open publishing and all related stuff! #openaccess

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Moving OA Forward Focus Sessions: The relevance of Open Research Information. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee... Key research data and analytics—such as publication metadata, citation counts, and funding information—are often locked behind paywalls, creating a “black box” that limits transparency, accountability...

Very excited about the partnership between @barcelonadori.bsky.social and @oa2020.org to work together on advancing openness of publication metadata in publisher negotiations!

Interested to learn more? Join next Thursday's OA2020 webinar.

Registration: eu02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@cwts.nl

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Scholarly Publishing Won’t Be Saved by Incremental Change We’re stuck in a moribund scholarly publishing ecosystem. Acts of refusal by academic researchers and faculty may be our only way out.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read such a well-argumented article. Quick fixes and continuous patching are no longer a solution (the big enterprises want us to believe that)—when an ecosystem is dying, it might not heal anymore; it may be needed to replace it. 🤗
katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The MetaROR Publish-Review-Curate Model: our experience as authors | Open Science NL As professionals working in open science and scholarly communication reform, we believe in practicing what we preach. That’s why we recently chose to publish an article using the…

QSS is now accepting articles that have gone through independent, open peer review via MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR). The authors of an article on tracking transformative agreements through open metadata shared their experiences using MetaROR's Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model:

Make academic publishing a commons, not a market - Research Professional News Commercialisation has thwarted the promise of openness—it’s time for new priorities, says Samuel Moore

Free-to-read opinion: The #OpenAccess movement might have run its course as a useful way of thinking about the future of publishing, writes Samuel Moore

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

VVD-ideoloog Patrick van Schie: ‘We moeten de mogelijkheid openhouden om weer met Wilders in een coalitie te stappen’ Patrick van Schie noemt zichzelf een klassiek liberaal. Hij wil een kleine overheid en maakt zich zorgen over de vrijheid van meningsuiting. Het gevaar komt volgens hem vooral van links. ‘Ik ga liever...

Voor wie wil weten hoe diep de rot zit in de VVD. (En waarom die partij per week in de peilingen) zetels blijft verliezen. www.groene.nl/artikel/cons...

Simpelweg ontluisterend… 😳

CLOCKSS @clockssarchive.bsky.social stepping in to support diamond #openaccess journals with their stuggles with long term preservation: clockss.org/new-pilot-di...

Step by step…

There is FAQ added at the end of the news item. With amongst other Q&A:

Access to Web of Science will end on 1 January 2026 The university library has decided not to renew the licence for access to the Web of Science citation database (including Journal Citation Reports).

What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...

Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI - Creative Commons Many wonder what role CC licenses, and CC as an organization, can and should play in the future of generative AI. The legal and ethical uncertainty over using copyrighted inputs for training, the unce...

This is currently the talk of the day and it’s very much depending on the context (as always) and is complex material. I’ll recommend this from @creativecommons.bsky.social: creativecommons.org/2023/08/18/u... and some guidance: creativecommons.org/wp-content/u...

Open Science Initiatives Tracker This dashboard provides a dynamic and community-driven overview of Open Science initiatives around the world.

🚀 Exciting news for the #OpenScience community!

🎉 The COSMI Hub, part of the #OPENIT Project, is live! Explore a community-driven platform mapping OS initiatives worldwide. Discover, classify, and compare initiatives promoting openness.

💡 Check it out: amcm.shinyapps.io/openit/previ...

#STIENID25

Hahahahaha, dit is toch niet meer normaal jongens

Still four days left to apply to our new Head of Technology position.

Full job description and application details available here: oapen.org/article/vaca...

You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)

Don't expect (much) private philanthropy to replace government funding when Trump can intimidate philanthropies as easily as law firms, news media, tech platforms, and universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/gates-foundation-democrats-arabella-advisors.html