Dawn Pike
@dawnpike.bsky.social
Open Research Librarian. Interested in copyright, open research and digital preservation.
China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police www.bbc.com/news/article...
China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’m loving the celebrity traitors, but I’ve been saying from the start that it’s such an interesting case study on unconscious bias and race. This piece by Elizabeth day articulates it better than me: theelizabethday.substack.com/p/what-celeb...
What Celebrity Traitors Reveals About Racism on Reality TV
How popular shows mirror - and magnify - the racial biases of the societies that produce them.
theelizabethday.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’m loving the celebrity traitors, but I’ve been saying from the start that it’s such an interesting case study on unconscious bias and race. This piece by Elizabeth day articulates it better than me: theelizabethday.substack.com/p/what-celeb...
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New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework www.timeshighereducation.com/news/patrick...
Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework
Science minister announces review of controversial changes to research environment assessment
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September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework www.timeshighereducation.com/news/patrick...
‘Guard rails needed’ as big tech targets students with AI tutors www.timeshighereducation.com/news/guard-r...
‘Guard rails needed’ as big tech targets students with AI tutors
Fears raised over ‘culturally encouraged introversion’ but could study assistants help bridge gap between universities and Silicon Valley?
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
‘Guard rails needed’ as big tech targets students with AI tutors www.timeshighereducation.com/news/guard-r...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... As a parent this song haunts my dreams, but I'm always up for reading about an interesting copyright case!
Baby Shark: South Korean denies plagiarism claim by US composer
The court rejected a US composer's copyright claim to the inescapable children's song.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... As a parent this song haunts my dreams, but I'm always up for reading about an interesting copyright case!
Amazing! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say
Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Amazing! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The distress call "mayday!" has nothing to do with May. It's from French [venez] m'aider "[come] help me!" Sounds made up but it's true!
May 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The distress call "mayday!" has nothing to do with May. It's from French [venez] m'aider "[come] help me!" Sounds made up but it's true!
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Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.
April 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.
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See my Mastodon thread for many other examples of this mistake.
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#ScholComm
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#ScholComm
March 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
See my Mastodon thread for many other examples of this mistake.
fediscience.org/@petersuber/...
#ScholComm
fediscience.org/@petersuber/...
#ScholComm
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CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals.
Read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...
Read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...
Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA
CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities
www.cilip.org.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals.
Read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...
Read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...
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In a Jisc webinar, hearing that OUP have charged Manchester Uni more than £20,000 each for two OA books. Absolutely outrageous charges, and absolutely unsurprising to hear it was OUP.
A Q abt cost breakdown wasn't answered, but you can bet the prestige premium makes up a hefty chunk of that money.
A Q abt cost breakdown wasn't answered, but you can bet the prestige premium makes up a hefty chunk of that money.
February 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In a Jisc webinar, hearing that OUP have charged Manchester Uni more than £20,000 each for two OA books. Absolutely outrageous charges, and absolutely unsurprising to hear it was OUP.
A Q abt cost breakdown wasn't answered, but you can bet the prestige premium makes up a hefty chunk of that money.
A Q abt cost breakdown wasn't answered, but you can bet the prestige premium makes up a hefty chunk of that money.
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NEW on Wonkhe: Can we use things we already measure to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make better use of existing measures to improve research culture for everyone https://bit.ly/3ErKxWn
February 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Can we use things we already measure to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make better use of existing measures to improve research culture for everyone https://bit.ly/3ErKxWn
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/difficu... This is really sad news, I was a proud nightline volunteer throughout university and the Nightline association gave us wonderful training. I hope individual campus Nightlines can remain open.
‘Difficult funding landscape’ forces Nightline charity closure
Individual campus listening services to remain operational after umbrella body folds
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February 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/difficu... This is really sad news, I was a proud nightline volunteer throughout university and the Nightline association gave us wonderful training. I hope individual campus Nightlines can remain open.
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
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Women’s claims of sexual abuse must be heard – unless they’re about master storyteller Neil Gaiman, apparently | Marina Hyde
Women’s claims of sexual abuse must be heard – unless they’re about master storyteller Neil Gaiman, apparently | Marina Hyde
It’s easy to process allegations against textbook scumbags like Harvey Weinstein. When it is beloved authors and ‘allies’, less so
Draw near, allies, for these are dark days for “kink-shaming”. At best, this is one of the whiniest, most pathetic and…
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Women’s claims of sexual abuse must be heard – unless they’re about master storyteller Neil Gaiman, apparently | Marina Hyde
Germany faces questions over publishing agreement with MDPI: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany...
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January 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Germany faces questions over publishing agreement with MDPI: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany...