Hearing radical presentation from Amelie Church, librarian at the Sorbonne. Here's a slide of licences they have cancelled under banner of Open Science

#rinn2025

Even a simple thing like a keyboard selection seems to get MS Windows design in a twist. What the flip is going on with these choices?

(Or is it a sign of changing geopolitical powers?)

In read and publish deals, the read part costs a lot more than the publish part.

Louise Otting and I did a quick analysis of the costs of 11 read and publish deals at TU Delft

library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2025/01/brea...

Had time to visit the refurbished Utrecht public library - an inspiring and idiosyncratic example of pre-war modernism.

I've been a few times to the Naturalis National History Museum, and it remains a stunning experience