Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org

I'm looking for someone with experience corresponding with US prison inmates.

I'm in such a correspondence. I know that prison staffers read all his messages and mine, and sometimes censor them. I'm looking for advice on what I can ask and say in my messages without getting him in trouble.

If you don't want your advice to be public, please DM me or send me an email at <peter.suber [at] gmail.com>. Thanks.

Excited to join in the conversation on Mastodon!
We're sparcopen.org.
We believe everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world. SPARC supports systems for #openaccess #opendata #OER #openscience that are open by default and equitable by design.

This older comic is going around. Animals with misleading names! A gentle attempt to poke fun at English common names.

The rare Catopus.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #Cats #Saturday #Meme #Fedicats #Mastocats

Our new article has been published: Ferwerda, E @RonaldSnijder & @nielsstern (2023, 5 9). Open Access to Books – the Perspective of a Non-profit Infrastructure Provider. The Journal of Electronic Publishing 26(1)

#OpenAccess #book platforms OAPEN Library and DOAB: 1.the development and activities of OAPEN in the first ten years; 2. the underlying technical approach behind the platforms; 3. the current role of OAPEN and DOAB and future outlook.

https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.3303
#oabooks #academia

A reminder that today, at 2pm UK time, I will be speaking about my work on digital preservation at @CrossrefOrg. All are welcome. https://alpsp.cventevents.com/event/8a600474-f572-42a1-bea7-2cfe591884ca/summary

Cats alphabet

I wrote it at the weekend as a personal act of catharsis, but my thoughts on pain seem to have been appreciated by a broader audience, so I am reposting. https://eve.gd/2023/05/07/on-pain-and-subjectivity/

The fall of British cultural influence can be seen by how millions of tech people across the globe think the word 'git' is unproblematic.

We have a sneak preview of a new endpoint that will let you know all the relationships @crossref knows that link to an item, person, or organisation. We need feedback on this to get it from concept to useful https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-are-here/3523. Plus, I reckon there are a bunch of uses for it that aren't on our radar yet, and I want to hear about them.