Wholesome hashtags on the Fediverse:
#BreadPosting - Baked things
#TootFic - Small stories
#AskFedi - Random questions
#Introduction - New people
#Florespondence - Flowers
#FediDogs - Doggos
#Caturday - Cats
#Mosstodon - Moss
#LichenSubscribe - Lichen
#Sporespondence - Fungi
#SportsBall - Sport
#MastoArt - Art
#NP & #NowPlaying - Music
#AmReading - Currently reading
#SFFBookClub - Sci-fi & fantasy books
#VendrediLecture - French-language books
#MastoRadio - Italian music chat
Everything you need to know to get started with the Book Analytics Service
Map Projections
by XKCD
So... We had a long but rewarding day of discussing #OpenAccess for #journals and #books at the #Charleston #conference . Thanks for all that stopped by. Tomorrow: seeing presentations and having more meetings on #ScholComm
Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) version 1.1: Reflections from adopters
My journal was hijacked: an editor’s experience
by Sune Dueholm Müller
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/11/03/my-journal-was-hijacked-an-editors-experience/
Favorite ROR IDs of the week: New Guinea Highland Wild Dog Foundation https://ror.org/005r1rh48, Botswana Predator Conservation Trust (aka Botswana Wild Dog Research Project) https://ror.org/046sdzq93, and Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation https://ror.org/02tdxsk76
I wish more people did these. It's fun to learn odd little things:
First job - Stop
Current job - Sending
Dream Job - Your
Favorite food- Potential
Favorite dog - Passwords
Favorite footwear- Or
Favorite Candy bar - Memorable
Favorite Ice Cream - Data
Your Vehicle colour - To
Favorite Holiday - People
Night owl/earlybird - Who
Favorite day - Collect
Tattoos - This
Favorite colour- For
Like vegetables - Social
Wear glasses - Engineering
Netflix and bill – the high price of a subscription lifestyle
"...if so many people are paying not to go to the gym, what else are we paying not to do? "
by @TimHarford
https://timharford.com/2023/11/netflix-and-bill-the-high-price-of-a-subscription-lifestyle/
Open access books – measured in a context
open access books usage data - how should you interpret these numbers?
If you are interested in #OpenAccess for #Books (or #OAPEN #Library and #DOAB), come visit us at the 2023 Charleston Conference on 7 November! We are at booth 87.
There will be free #Stroopwafels and pens 😃...
A new one from Owl Kitty…
‘Kitty is everything. He’s just Ken’
Sorry if you thought Barbiemania was over 😁
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
by @mpe & Ernesto Priego
The Predatory Paradox: Ethics, Politics, and Practices in Contemporary Scholarly Publishing
by Amy Koerber, Jesse C. Starkey, Karin Ardon-Dryer, R. Glenn Cummins, Lyombe Eko, Kerk F. Kee
Sometimes a random solution is best
by @TimHarford
https://timharford.com/2023/10/sometimes-a-random-solution-is-best/
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