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Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

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Stickers reading "Open Ed: Free to retain & reuse & revise & remix & redistribute," Equitable access isn't equity, create OER," Inclusive access isn't inclusive, adopt OER," "OER," "Open Education Association," "LibreTexts," "CC," "Open books open minds," "open hearts, open minds, open licenses," "the future is open," and "I adopted OER"

The sticker game at #OpenEd25 was on point.

An excellent diversion.

When Focusing on Terminology Becomes a Hurdle to Open Access Outreach Conversations about open access can be riddled with distracting language. But what if we treated these failures to communicate as opportunities to learn more?

Behold! I wrote a thing! katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant

Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena

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I'm researching the language around the concept of "open." What are the different terms you have heard researchers use to denote "Open Access"?
I'll start: open source, free
I'm really curious, so drop a comment, even if it's a repeat of something someone else said.
#OENEngage25

I ran across that C&RL author's name yesterday in the course of doing other research and immediately felt my blood pressure rise.

Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights Image: Adobe Stock Image Scientific knowledge is a public good Science and scholarship are about sharing and advancing knowledge, and many open access policies have been diligently designed in orde…

Are rights retention policies the new open access policy?

coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

Question for the librarians and information professionals:
What are the different terms you have heard researchers use to denote "Open Access"?
I'll start:
open source (all. the. time.)
online

I'm really curious, so drop a comment, even if it's a repeat of something someone else said.
#openaccess

Ugh, allergies really blow. Haha, get it? Like "blow your nose?"
Anyway, another thing that blows is a masked secret police force kidnapping people.
That REALLY blows.

YouTube video by Tennessean Musicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in Atlanta

This isba thing that happened yesterday and I honestly love this for them. youtu.be/jhBaJpzAR2k?...

you word good.

Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say

Tapdancing bullshit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Being an elder-millennial-probably-autistic parent with an ASD child is a marvelous opportunity to just spout random facts at each other all day without shame.

yes good... thank you!

Links that don't open in a new tab are supremely annoying.

Open Letter to CRL from the academic wing of #CripLib - ACRLog Editor's note: We welcome a guest blog post from the academic librarians of #CripLib, which focuses on the intersection of disability and library work. Note: The focus is on our concerns about the qua...

Open Letter to College & Research Libraries from the academic wing of #CripLib

ACLS Announces Finalists for 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards Twenty books advance to final round of $50,000 prize for open access titles in the humanities

Neat. www.acls.org/news/acls-an...

Collecting tales of weird and wild publishing... weirdness.
*Disability Studies Reader 5th edition
*The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller

What is the chicken fried fascism is this DEI article in C&RL? I agree, bring back library Twitter, just for a little bit. I haven't seen librarians drag someone to filth in a while.

Open repositories are being profoundly impacted by AI bots and other crawlers: Results of a COAR Survey April 30, 2025 There are a growing number of AI bots crawling repositories. These bots are sufficiently aggressive that they can cause service disruptions and outages in repositories. As a result, …

I know ours is impacted by a constant hammering of AI bots. coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

With @scalzi.com and others curating their spaces to encourage the use of alt text and other accessibility features, here’s a reminder about @veron4ica.com’s “capybara method” and other tools.

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U A Call for Constructive Engagement

The @aacu.org is still accepting signatures on "A Call for Constructive Engagement." It's not too late.

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Yes! The arts are essential, even children can learn this - "Frederick" by Leo Lionni is such an important lesson.

Photo of an artwork by J. Ross Davis, featuring the text of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 integrated with a photo of Andrew Jackson

Photo of an art exhibit placard that reads: J. Ross Davis, Cherokee Nation Indian Removal Act of 1830, 2021 Digital graphic on canvas, 40x30x1" Courtesy of the artist This Act of US Congress enabled the President (Andrew Jackson) to set-up territory in the west for Indians then "residing" in states in exchange for their homeland, to support their removal and "extinguish the Indian claim." The image integrates the text of this act with a photo of Jackson, whose policy was to remove Indians in Southern states who followed their own las and customs. They could remain only by adhering to prevailing social structures. Years before, Jackson provided US military support to Southern states dealing with "Indian problems." He allied with pro-US tribal leaders such as John Ross, Davis' ancestor, who later found Jackson to be a false friend. In 1832, Ross led the Cherokee Nation to win a US Supreme Court case to remain in Georgia ,but President Jackson ignored it. The subsequent "Trail of Tears" is retraced annually in the Cherokee Remember the Removal bike ride.

Just a reminder, when a president ignores a court order, that's how you get the Trail of Tears.

Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
Due process is a right, not a privilege
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Okay @ioppublishing.bsky.social, the seeds went into the pot today with some dahlias. We will see which blooms first!

Playing a game of telephone trying to hear the drawing winners at #ACRL2025. The person in the raspberry beret is the real MVP.

OMGGGGG I'm a DragonCon local and yes

I need to know more!