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Sjoukje Schots
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Special interest in business, law, technology, education, engineering, languages, KM, IM and librarianship.
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copim.bsky.social
📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books

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🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
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#CopimConference
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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www.ft.com/content/2134...
Voice phishing is AI fraud in real time
Just as we learnt to treat emails with caution, we must now learn to doubt a human-sounding voice
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
sjoukjeschots.bsky.social
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Episode 1: Not convinced yet? AI in libraries - Policy, Ethics and Privacy
Spotify video
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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eastangliabylines.co.uk/technology/h...
How much energy does ChatGPT really use?
You shouldn’t really worry about your energy use when using domestic AI, it’s probably no worse than watching your favourite soap
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
sjoukjeschots.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/8d9c...
Wharton tops FT ranking of business schools with impact
The 2025 Research Insights table rates work that reaches beyond academia into business and policy
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November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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openlibhums.org
Recording now available - Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt...

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Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond Regional perspectives, Shared Futures
YouTube video by Open Library of Humanities
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October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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joshualenon.bsky.social
Great to see how @brianlfrye.bsky.social and @jmiers230.bsky.social helping clarify #IPLaw issues around creating #LegalAi for #LegalResearch.

‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters

www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
As the long-running litigation between Thomson Reuters and ROSS Intelligence has moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an interlocutory appeal of the trial judge's copyright rulings in fa...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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jisc.bsky.social
Nominations are now open to celebrate our new community champions of 2026! Is there someone who shares invaluable knowledge that sparks new ideas or inspires thought provoking action? Get those names in ⤵️
Community champions - Jisc
Celebrating extraordinary people supporting communities.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ge...
Getty vs Stability AI ruling is 'damp squib' that fails to create precedent
Getty Images has failed to set a precedent on AI training and copyright in its case against Stability AI in the UK.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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resprofnews.bsky.social
At a glance: what the skills white paper means for universities.

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At a glance: what the skills white paper means for universities - Research Professional News
REF reforms, research funding changes and more specialisation for institutions feature in the government plan
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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davidprosser.bsky.social
The pilot for the Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework is open for libraries to sign-up to and test #GreenLibraries

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Microsoft Forms
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October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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resprofnews.bsky.social
German academic freedom initiative funds first arrivals.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports 74 researchers to move to Germany, from nations including US.

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German academic freedom initiative funds first arrivals - Research Professional News
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports 74 researchers to move to Germany, from nations including US
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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ifla.org
Coming full circle at #WLIC2027 🟢

A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.

Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm

#IFLA100
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
sjoukjeschots.bsky.social
Good day to support bookshops. 📚
Image showing a number op people carrying books near a bookshop to showcase it is bookshop day.
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.

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blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation
Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences
Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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scotunipress.bsky.social
Calling library and professional services staff! Do you want to learn more about open research and how it impacts on your role?

Join us during #OAWeek for 'A Practical Guide to Open Research'!

Find out more and register: www.sup.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

@scurlscottish.bsky.social
An advert for the Scottish Universities Press webinar 'A practical guide to open research'. Date: Wednesday 22 October Time: 09:30am to 12:30pm Register: https://bit.ly/4q6n2pl
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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www.webpronews.com/wall-street-...
Wall Street Banks Warn of $1.2T AI Debt Risks Amid Investment Surge
Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are warning of risks from soaring debt in AI companies, reaching a record $1.2 trillion amid massive investments in infrastructure. This shift from ca...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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jrfinch.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians
Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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cilip.bsky.social
Our CEO, @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social was interviewed by the Legal Information Management journal for the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians @biall.org.uk. Law librarians are an impressively innovative & highly commercial part of the #CILIP community:
The Interview: Louis Coiffait-Gunn | Legal Information Management | Cambridge Core
The Interview: Louis Coiffait-Gunn - Volume 25 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK workers wary of AI despite Starmer’s push to increase uptake, survey finds
Exclusive: A third of those polled do not tell bosses about use of tools and half think AI threatens the social structure
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
Join Dorottya Sallai and Alexander Pepper for the launch of the #OpenAccess case studies Navigating the 21st Century Business World 📖 📅

Thur 2nd Oct | 6 - 8:30 pm | LSE Alumni Centre

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-case-teaching-in-the-era-of-ai-tickets-1375702817159?aff=oddtdtcreator
Book Launch: Case Teaching in the Era of AI
Celebrate the publication of a new open access book from LSE Press - Navigating the 21st Century Business World: Case Studies in Management.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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echr.coe.int
Discover the European Court of Human Rights!

👉 The Court will open its doors to all of you on Sunday, 21 September from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m

✨We are waiting for you!

Check out the full programme ⬇️

More information: www.echr.coe.int/w/open-day-a...
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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suelacey-bryant.bsky.social
📢📢📢 How are library professionals approaching, experiencing, viewing the application of #AI & LMs in conducting, supplementing or supporting institutional library work? A survey by @ox.ac.uk Centre for digital scholarship is looking for your insights.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/hor...
AI in Libraries - Horizon Scanning Bodleian Libraries
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM