UniSA Library Formerly Library Co-ordinator for Digital Library Strategy, Flinders University. Previously at The Bodleian Libraries. All views are my own.
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Joined October 2022
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I'd pretty much abandoned this handle here without deleting the account. That was an oversight. Moving to Bluesky - @tomesandtech.bsky.social
I plan to delete this account by the end of September 2024.
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
LARK Symposium 2024: Sneak Peak #2
Looking but not finding - a research journey to understand OERs by @dannykay68 @sarahlibsys Kay Steele & Richard White
Gamification for reading by Helen Weston
Be inspired, be there! Registrations are open till 23 Sep
lark.alia.org.au/lark-sympos…
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"Libraries really can’t afford to buy as many digital books as they should be buying.... So people are waiting and of course not understanding why the wait is so long for an e-book."
Library ebook costs ultimately harm the people libraries are for.
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Did you know that currently around 68% of journals in DOAJ are Diamond open access? blog.doaj.org/2022/09/20/doa… via @DOAJplus
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Off to England to talk about LUX with... British Library, V&A, National Gallery, National Archives, Natural History Museum, Oxford University, Cambridge University, and so on. So happy it's gaining traction, and excited to see who's next. lux.collections.yale.edu/ #YaleLUX
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
The growing world of open access books | OPERAS Innovation Lab ift.tt/Ra7ZgU6
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In exciting #RightsRetention news, I’m delighted that @SussexUni approved a Publications and Copyright policy today. This has been a huge, collective effort and this is such good news for our research community. Well done @SussexLibOpen 🤩
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Do Articles Shared by Academic Medicine Social Media Influencers Drive Future Citation Rates? - Urology ift.tt/rjqux8n
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Two great #OA introductions to #syntax: a basic and an advanced one, by Mike Barrie. Many different languages featured, easy to read, and free. Enjoy! And thanks Mike!
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Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
@UKRI_News reaffirm that funding APCs for articles published in @cOAlitionS_OA approved Transformative Journals will cease at the end of 2024 (in line with cOAlition S guidance. )
See: ukri.org/news/ukri-updates-g…
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
The @oxforduni_repo team have an exciting announcement!
You can now request a DOI for an expanded range of research outputs, including working papers, datasets, audiovisual media and more - see this post for more details :
openaccess.ox.ac.uk/2023/05/…
ALT Dark blue University of Oxford logo and grey and blue ORA (Oxford University Research Archive) logo side by side.
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
ALL CONNECTED - If we only think of 'openness' as something that happens after the fact, then we are not doing is the things that need to happen earlier to mean the outputs are more credible - great opening talk from @BrianNosek youtube.com/watch?v=Pn0IBuXg…
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
Can you bee-lieve this brilliant bug is over 3500 years old? 🐝✨
It was made by the Minoans, who inhabited the island of Crete from around 3000 BC. They used the bee to symbolise power and prosperity, making it a frequent motif in their art and jewellery
Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝
ALT A golden ornament in the shape of a bee, decorated with horizontal bands of filigree and golden granulation to mimic the bee’s striped pattern
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
UK students launch ebook petition. academicebookinvestigation.o…
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OER as a Catalyst for Innovation in Higher Education - Encore+ Project ift.tt/Wvdtyph
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OER as Catalyst for Business-University Cooperation ift.tt/NnHO9w4
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26th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD2023_ ift.tt/4icrNdC
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"Gold open access is driving the destruction of bibliodiversity" - super important and interesting piece by Lai Ma (@erasurist) via @UKSG
#OpenAccess
The latest from #UKSGInsights - Open access at a crossroads: library publishing and bibliodiversity Lai Ma etc al bit.ly/42G3yuS
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
A launch today for the new UCL Research Institute for Collections - with digitisation programmes, research fellowships, project work & a community for all collections/collectors in UCL. An auspicious day! @profgeraintrees @DavidPriceUCL @UCLSpecColl @UCLLibraries @UCL_Culture
At the launch event for UCL Research Institute for Collections, introduced by Head of Special Collections, Sarah Aitchison and Professor Adam Gibson.
ALT Sarah Aitchison, Head of UCL Special Collections at the launch of UCL's Research Institute Centre
ALT Adam Gibson, Professor of Heritage Science speaking about applying imaging techniques to items from UCL Special Collections
Sarah Barkla @tomesandtech.bsky.social retweeted
Springer Nature's method regarding authors’ rights retention isn't about rejection; it’s about deflection, observes @SallyRumsey1 in her latest post.
Here is how: ✍️coalition-s.org/blog/springe…
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights #ScholarlyCommunication #SpringerNature
