Chris Banks
@chrisabanks.bsky.social
Recently retired library director, somehow busier than ever being Co-Chair Besson Street Trust, soprano @LPChoir, #gardener, & continuing #OpenResearch #OA & #music interests
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June 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Tomorrow I'm joining a @uclopenscience.bsky.social panel, Scaling Up Diamond Open Access Journals along with @theblochian.bsky.social and @abizadeh.bsky.social as part of the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025. You can book here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025 now open for booking! | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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June 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tomorrow I'm joining a @uclopenscience.bsky.social panel, Scaling Up Diamond Open Access Journals along with @theblochian.bsky.social and @abizadeh.bsky.social as part of the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025. You can book here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
Help @bsky.app - the email address associated with my account is no longer active and I can't change to an active email address because that requires me to enter a code that bsky has sent to my old inactive account. What to do?
June 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Help @bsky.app - the email address associated with my account is no longer active and I can't change to an active email address because that requires me to enter a code that bsky has sent to my old inactive account. What to do?
Reposted by Chris Banks
Science becomes less effective if we deprioritize or excise DEI. "We may have lost the ability to say these words out loud. But that does not mean that our actions for a more diverse, equitable and inclusive research paradigm need to be put on hold". BLOG: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/03/d...
DEI Under Threat: The Battle for Inclusive Research - The Scholarly Kitchen
What happens to research without diversity? This post explores why erasing DEI weakens science, and why research benefits from inclusivity
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Science becomes less effective if we deprioritize or excise DEI. "We may have lost the ability to say these words out loud. But that does not mean that our actions for a more diverse, equitable and inclusive research paradigm need to be put on hold". BLOG: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/03/d...
Reposted by Chris Banks
Some comments from @chrisabanks.bsky.social and me on some institutions walking away from the Elsevier Big Deal. (Paywalled)
‘Lots more’ universities could drop big subscription deals.
Director of a group of 39 research libraries suggests more universities could cancel major subscription deals in the wake of three institutions dropping their agreements with Elsevier.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Director of a group of 39 research libraries suggests more universities could cancel major subscription deals in the wake of three institutions dropping their agreements with Elsevier.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Some comments from @chrisabanks.bsky.social and me on some institutions walking away from the Elsevier Big Deal. (Paywalled)
the text of the @imperialcollege Research Publications Open Access policy is now live. Thanks to my colleagues @imperiallibrary @OAImperial for lots of work behind the scenes. #Publisher letters are being distributed
#RightsRetention
#OA
#OpenAccess
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#RightsRetention
#OA
#OpenAccess
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Imperial's research publications open access policy
The new Research Publications Open Access Policy will take effect on 1 January 2024. Until 31 December 2023, the existing applies.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 24, 2023 at 3:07 PM
the text of the @imperialcollege Research Publications Open Access policy is now live. Thanks to my colleagues @imperiallibrary @OAImperial for lots of work behind the scenes. #Publisher letters are being distributed
#RightsRetention
#OA
#OpenAccess
www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and...
#RightsRetention
#OA
#OpenAccess
www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and...