Leigh-Ann Butler
@leighbutler.bsky.social
Scholarly Communication Librarian (@uottawa.ca)|
open science advocate, community-based publishing champion, but also mom to kids, chickens, cats, and a dog 🐓🐈🐶.|
#scholcommlab #openscience #scholarlypublishing #libraries
open science advocate, community-based publishing champion, but also mom to kids, chickens, cats, and a dog 🐓🐈🐶.|
#scholcommlab #openscience #scholarlypublishing #libraries
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
Le 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès au Web of Science, Core Collection et Journal Citation Reports. Une nouvelle étape de sa politique en faveur de la science ouverte pour promouvoir des alternatives ouvertes, transparentes et responsables.
Le CNRS s’émancipe du Web of Science
À partir du 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès à l’une des plus importantes bases bibliométriques commerciales : le
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Le 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès au Web of Science, Core Collection et Journal Citation Reports. Une nouvelle étape de sa politique en faveur de la science ouverte pour promouvoir des alternatives ouvertes, transparentes et responsables.
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
This blog summarises the crippling intellectual and scholarly consequences of the financial drain of commercial scientific publishing.
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This blog summarises the crippling intellectual and scholarly consequences of the financial drain of commercial scientific publishing.
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
Builds on earlier work on strain and oligopoly of publishing:
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
The collective profits are staggering, actually overwhelming. So, let's resist: "The good news is that if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
💥New: Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The collective profits are staggering, actually overwhelming. So, let's resist: "The good news is that if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
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Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Reposted by Leigh-Ann Butler
💎 The Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), which aims to list all European #DiamondOA journals, was officially launched at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference #CRAFT_OA2025 #DDH
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
Diamond Discovery Hub – CRAFT-OA
www.craft-oa.eu
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
💎 The Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), which aims to list all European #DiamondOA journals, was officially launched at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference #CRAFT_OA2025 #DDH
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
In this 3-minute introductory video to the DDH, the basics of the Hub are explained @eudch.bsky.social
📽️ www.craft-oa.eu/ddh/
One week until this amazing event! Open to all, come join us in-person at uO (CRX 230) or on zoom. Registration link below!
Just 1 week away! Join us, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca on Oct. 23 👇
#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca
Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca
October 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One week until this amazing event! Open to all, come join us in-person at uO (CRX 230) or on zoom. Registration link below!