Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org
Experienced practitioner of info & library management, research publishing, teaching & learning, and knowledge workflows. Live adventurously!
Joined Aug 2018
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/
Laura J. Wilkinson
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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
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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?
Laura J. Wilkinson
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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 😃...
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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/
London Tube Memory Game
Laura J. Wilkinson
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The end of an era and the start of a new one: changes to @crossref Event Data. This means we can get delivery of #EventData on a much firmer footing and give better access to data citations and references, among other things https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-update-and-event-data-api-sunsetting/4214
If a hammer was like AI…
Computations will “estimate” your aim, tend to miss the nail and push for a different design. Often unnoticeably.
by Per Axbom
CREC (Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern) Working Group
Public Comment Period now open: 18 October - 2 December!
Laura J. Wilkinson
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Hurray, my article on understanding the impact of your #OpenAccess #book has just been published! If your book was downloaded 500 times, is that actually good? Read on to find the answer 😊.
Snijder R, “Measured in a context: making sense of open access book data,” Insights, 2023, 36: 20, 1–10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.627
Experienced practitioner of info & library management, research publishing, teaching & learning, and knowledge workflows. Live adventurously!
Joined Aug 2018
