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REF 2029 Is Back on Track: Key Announcements from the UK's Research Leaders Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair of Research England, and Lord Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, set out the future direction for UK research assessment and funding at UUK...

Check out my summary of this morning's announcements from Prof Jessica Corner and Sir Patrick Vallance on #REF2029 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ref-20...

Vietnamese • Think. Check. Submit. Bạn có gửi nghiên cứu của bạn tới tạp chí đáng tin cậy? Tạp chí này phù hợp với nghiên cứu của bạn? Tham khảo danh sách câu hỏi dưới ... Read full article

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And if you’d like a TCS speaker for a webinar or content for your newsletter, we’re always happy to collaborate.

Unlocking the Power of Community: Reflections on the UKSG Forum 2025 When budgets are constrained, community becomes the essential resource. Yesterday I spent the day in Brighton for the UKSG Forum, one of my favourite events in the scholarly communications calendar.

If you missed yesterday's #UKSGForum2025 in Brighton then fear not, I have pulled together some of the highlights in the post below!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlock...

It was yet again an honour to speak at my second UKSG Forum earlier this week alongside my wonderful colleague Taran Johal on behalf of Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Our presentation "UWTSD Birmingham and Generative AI: We're All In This Together"...

Thank you to everyone who came to the UKSG Forum in Brighton. There was such buzz from the networking between the great sessions. Thanks to programme chairs Tim Leonard and Magaly Taylor & also to our conference chair @charlierapple.bsky.social and opening keynote speaker @godwyns.bsky.social

Open Access in a Time of Financial Uncertainty - online seminar
DOAJ Deputy Director Dominic Mitchell will be presenting on Monday December 8 on the discovery of open access resources @uksg.bsky.social
🗓️ December 8-9
💻Online
Details: www.uksg.org/events/oaitf...

Thank you for being our keynote Godwyns!

The latest from #UKSGInsights - Gali Halevi from @clockssarchive.bsky.social "The importance of inclusive and balanced collections in libraries and archives" dub.sh/q4sBBZ9

Looking forward to @uksg.bsky.social Forum!

Our founder and Managing Director @rschrobuk.bsky.social will be attending the @uksg.bsky.social Forum in Brighton on 3 December.

If you’re planning to be there, let’s connect! Drop Rob a message to arrange a catch-up.

#UKSGForum #KnowledgeSharing

Shine bright like a diamond: what can library hosting services offer in the academic publishing market? | Insights

Case study from UKSG Insights @uksg.bsky.social
Two services engaged in #DiamondOA activities within the context of library publishing (what's not to love)
💎Shine bright like a diamond: What can library hosting services offer in the academic publishing market?
insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

Brilliant - see you there!

Still time to book, although it is filling up quickly!

Sending hugs Beth

It's in LONDON folks! More specifically, in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 🌳

www.lborolondon.ac.uk

Screen grab from Dropbox saying Emojis in file names are finally here!

No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?

Lidia Borrell-Damián, chair of Coalition S, 'acknowledged that the academic publishing landscape had changed since the Coalition’s formation and confirmed the group were “re-evaluating” its purpose, “with new activities more adapted to the current times”.' The damp squib seeks to reignite. 1/2

The @uksg.bsky.social Forum 2025 is happening on 3 December at The Brighton Centre, bringing together librarians, publishers & info professionals. Free for UKSG members | Still time to register! uksg.org/events/forum2025/
#UKSGForum2025 #ScholarlyComms #AcademicLibraries

The Next Open Revolution: Equity, Impact, and the Architecture of Knowledge - The Scholarly Kitchen Today, Alison Mudditt reflects on a Charleston Conference session that asked: what would it take to make the scholarly communication system truly equitable, impactful, and future-ready?

@samuelmoore.org - wanted to make sure you saw your mention in this SSP blog post: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/12/t...

Oxford University Press enters collective consultation 'proposing 113 redundancies'

The Oxford University Press has begun a collective consultation process, which The Bookseller understands, if approved, would result in 113 redundancies 👇 #BookSky

"Library publishing is an exciting area to be a part of: it helps put the power of publishing back into the researcher’s hands, while ensuring an institution is further involved in supporting OA."

Want to learn about library-based hosting and publishing services in the UK and what we offer in the academic publishing market?

Read the latest article in UKSG Insights, written by @cathdishman.bsky.social of LJMU and Edinburgh Diamond's very own @beckywojturska.bsky.social.

Chuffed to see mine and @cathdishman.bsky.social's new article has been published!

The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.

The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!

What a lovely thing to say - we'll pass it on!

tagging @ljmulibrary.bsky.social library!

The latest from #UKSG Insights - experience of libraries developing and hosting #diamondOA publishing, Cath Dishman, LJMU @cathdishman.bsky.social and Rebecca Wojturska, @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social University of Edinburgh dub.sh/xeaT0vh

What a job!

I spy a familiar face on the programme of speakers 🔎

Learn more about #CopimCompass our new(ish) #OpenAccess monograph and scholarly communication resource 🧭

@kirahopkins.bsky.social

👉 www.uksg.org/events/forum...

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Welcome to our latest new member: the National Library of Luxembourg. Thank you for your support!

Interested in supporting our community? Check out our membership page here: www.uksg.org/join

@bnluxembourg.bsky.social

OASPA, with @researchconsulting.bsky.social, has today published a new position paper: Embracing the Complexity of '100% OA': from Percentage to Participation. This work serves as a key input for OASPA's strategic planning.
Read our full post and invitation for feedback: bit.ly/3LJkhKA
#openaccess