Peter Barr
@tweeterbarr.bsky.social
Head of Content & Collections, University of Sheffield Library. These views, though, are my own
The old Arts & Humanities Librarian Twitter Header...
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The old Arts & Humanities Librarian Twitter Header...
#terrorinthelibrary all under the guise of 'engagement' with Sheffield Centre for the History of the Gothic
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#terrorinthelibrary all under the guise of 'engagement' with Sheffield Centre for the History of the Gothic
Beginning with my abortive attempt to run a 2018 World Cup of Literature. Here is a group match between Argentina and Iceland refereed by the Biomed Central Turtle
(the competition never got out of the group stage cos I had made it far too complicated and it didn't get the hoped for twitter pop)
(the competition never got out of the group stage cos I had made it far too complicated and it didn't get the hoped for twitter pop)
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Beginning with my abortive attempt to run a 2018 World Cup of Literature. Here is a group match between Argentina and Iceland refereed by the Biomed Central Turtle
(the competition never got out of the group stage cos I had made it far too complicated and it didn't get the hoped for twitter pop)
(the competition never got out of the group stage cos I had made it far too complicated and it didn't get the hoped for twitter pop)
Basically, what Beth said. It's dependent on your political capital within the inst. whether you can cancel and the disruption it causes against a backdrop of precarity and widespread funding cuts across the board. Depressingly, the financial imperative convinces more than the big idea
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Basically, what Beth said. It's dependent on your political capital within the inst. whether you can cancel and the disruption it causes against a backdrop of precarity and widespread funding cuts across the board. Depressingly, the financial imperative convinces more than the big idea
Tbh, it would be simpler if they didn't divvy the money out and just bundled it at source and invested it.
Expecting individual libraries to act dilutes the effectiveness of their funding (as all sorts of local anxieties get in the way)
Expecting individual libraries to act dilutes the effectiveness of their funding (as all sorts of local anxieties get in the way)
September 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tbh, it would be simpler if they didn't divvy the money out and just bundled it at source and invested it.
Expecting individual libraries to act dilutes the effectiveness of their funding (as all sorts of local anxieties get in the way)
Expecting individual libraries to act dilutes the effectiveness of their funding (as all sorts of local anxieties get in the way)
Yeah, wellcome could definitely be more explicit. You should, rather than you could, support OA.
UKRI are a bit more hamstrung by all the political lobbying from the big publishers that stop them taking a position
UKRI are a bit more hamstrung by all the political lobbying from the big publishers that stop them taking a position
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Yeah, wellcome could definitely be more explicit. You should, rather than you could, support OA.
UKRI are a bit more hamstrung by all the political lobbying from the big publishers that stop them taking a position
UKRI are a bit more hamstrung by all the political lobbying from the big publishers that stop them taking a position
It's annoying because both that and UKRI money was originally meant to facilitate a transition - which OI, Diamond palpably is - not to be baked into fading inst. content budgets to subsidise stagnant TAs
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's annoying because both that and UKRI money was originally meant to facilitate a transition - which OI, Diamond palpably is - not to be baked into fading inst. content budgets to subsidise stagnant TAs
Even if you do understand this, the issue is whether there is any 'spare' WT money to spend on Open Infrastructure?
If there isn't, could you prioritise this spend over APCs? (most libraries - as ever 🙄 - err on the side of caution, and meet the immediate user demand)
If there isn't, could you prioritise this spend over APCs? (most libraries - as ever 🙄 - err on the side of caution, and meet the immediate user demand)
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Even if you do understand this, the issue is whether there is any 'spare' WT money to spend on Open Infrastructure?
If there isn't, could you prioritise this spend over APCs? (most libraries - as ever 🙄 - err on the side of caution, and meet the immediate user demand)
If there isn't, could you prioritise this spend over APCs? (most libraries - as ever 🙄 - err on the side of caution, and meet the immediate user demand)
