SPARC

sparcopen.bsky.social

22 October 2026 17:43

Faculty: You made it; the public paid for it. Keep it: retain your rights, deposit your accepted manuscript, and choose Diamond and community-owned journals that reinvest in scholarship. Know what you're keeping: costofknowledge.org #CostofKnowledge #OAWeek

Emma Booth (she/her)

emmabooth.eurosky.social

22 October 2026 12:51

A further interesting point from @hannahcrago.bsky.social about the #invisiblelabour of librarians working to make things as easy as possible for researchers - the hard work of publisher negotiations & navigating agreements is often hidden from view, & publishers can exploit that! #OAWeek

Lucy Barnes

alittleroad.bsky.social

22 October 2026 12:47

. @janebuggle.bsky.social's talk at this event is really excellent -- I particularly like this elucidation of the concept of stewardship, and how this approach can lead to a greater emphasis on open access as a process, rather than a product.

Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia.bsky.social

22 October 2026 10:10

University of Nottingham, right now, is cutting 560 jobs. Do we need to rebrand universities as very large, very clean, land-based oil rigs to get government support?

Public Knowledge Project

pkp.sfu.ca

21 October 2026 21:38

The PHP team released emergency security fixes for two critical vulnerabilities. This is not a vulnerability in OJS, OMP or OPS but in PHP itself. If you are PKP PS hosted, you don't need to do anything. If you are not hosted with PKP PS, please check the memo: forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/pkp-websit...