Danny Kingsley
@dannykay68.bsky.social
Scholarly Communication - all of it, Open Research, research assessment, research culture, research integrity. They are parts of the same whole.
A lovely, kind, intelligent, inspiring and wonderful colleague.
Touching tribute to Paul Ayris. The UK open research community owes him a great debt.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Paul Ayris obituary
Other lives: Library leader at UCL committed to the movement for open science
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
A lovely, kind, intelligent, inspiring and wonderful colleague.
POSITIVE: the advantages outweighs the challenges in running a library based publishing program according to this article insights.uksg.org/articles/10....
Shine bright like a diamond: what can library hosting services offer in the academic publishing market? | Insights
insights.uksg.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
POSITIVE: the advantages outweighs the challenges in running a library based publishing program according to this article insights.uksg.org/articles/10....
MY LANGUAGE! As a science communicator who pivoted with my PhD into scholarly communication I cannot agree more with this argument (I am a Visiting Fellow at ANU's Centre for Public Awareness of Science). Answering the 'who cares?' question is essential. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/06/g...
Guest Post — Why Science Communication Must be the Next Competitive Edge for Scholarly Publishers - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest bloggers assert that the future of the scholarly publishing depends on mastering science communication with the same rigor that global consumer brands apply to marketing.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
MY LANGUAGE! As a science communicator who pivoted with my PhD into scholarly communication I cannot agree more with this argument (I am a Visiting Fellow at ANU's Centre for Public Awareness of Science). Answering the 'who cares?' question is essential. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/06/g...
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“My contribution may be only a small step, but with strong commitment and collective community effort, I hope Indonesia will one day become a leading publisher of open access books in the world.”
Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🌏📚
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🌏📚
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“My contribution may be only a small step, but with strong commitment and collective community effort, I hope Indonesia will one day become a leading publisher of open access books in the world.”
Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🌏📚
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🌏📚
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
Reposted by Danny Kingsley
Are you going to be @uksg.bsky.social Annual Conference? To make it easier to plan your days we've curated session themes. I'm speaking for @countermetrics.bsky.social in the research infrastructure theme!
Register at www.uksg.org/events/confe...
Register at www.uksg.org/events/confe...
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
FUTURE STATE? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/05/b... "Instead of asking research to fit the article, we should allow the article to emerge as one expression of a much richer research output — grounded in data, methods, provenance, and governed change over time."
Back to the (Article of the) Future: An interview with Sami Benchekroun and Rod Cookson - The Scholarly Kitchen
In this interview with Alice Meadows, Sami Benchekroun (Morressier/Molecular Connections) and Rod Cookson (The Royal Society) share their thoughts about how and why scholarly publishing needs to move ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
FUTURE STATE? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/05/b... "Instead of asking research to fit the article, we should allow the article to emerge as one expression of a much richer research output — grounded in data, methods, provenance, and governed change over time."
ADVICE: If universities want their journals to be sustainable, and to serve scholarship well, three practical implications follow.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
ADVICE: If universities want their journals to be sustainable, and to serve scholarship well, three practical implications follow.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
FASCINATING: this essay is more relevant for public rather than academic libraries, but it describes what I have never quite understood as a non-MLIS leader in academic libraries. The problem of the 'unicorn' roles (not her language) in libraries is very much something we are trying to address
If you're not familiar with Fobazi Ettarh's scholarship, her essay on vocational awe is a foundational text in critical librarianship. The best time to read it was any time since it was published, the second best time is right now: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
FASCINATING: this essay is more relevant for public rather than academic libraries, but it describes what I have never quite understood as a non-MLIS leader in academic libraries. The problem of the 'unicorn' roles (not her language) in libraries is very much something we are trying to address
LOVE THIS! ctan.math.illinois.edu/graphics/pgf... "This package provides an essential feature to LATEX that has been missing for too long.
It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can be saved by printing stains directly on the page rather than adding them manually."
It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can be saved by printing stains directly on the page rather than adding them manually."
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
LOVE THIS! ctan.math.illinois.edu/graphics/pgf... "This package provides an essential feature to LATEX that has been missing for too long.
It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can be saved by printing stains directly on the page rather than adding them manually."
It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can be saved by printing stains directly on the page rather than adding them manually."
CUMULATIVE: How much more can AI completely screw up the research endeavour? copyrightfightclub.substack.com/p/licensing-... "Licensing Is Speedrunning the Destruction of the Historical Record (Again)
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage."
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage."
Licensing Is Speedrunning the Destruction of the Historical Record (Again)
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage.
copyrightfightclub.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
CUMULATIVE: How much more can AI completely screw up the research endeavour? copyrightfightclub.substack.com/p/licensing-... "Licensing Is Speedrunning the Destruction of the Historical Record (Again)
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage."
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage."
Reposted by Danny Kingsley
This launch last week was fantastic news for the future of scholarly publishing, with hundreds of #diamondopenaccess journals listed - check them out at www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/
@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.
@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
This launch last week was fantastic news for the future of scholarly publishing, with hundreds of #diamondopenaccess journals listed - check them out at www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/
@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.
@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.
RIGHT DIRECTION - aligning open practices around the entire research lifecycle. Well done NHMRC and MRFF
The new NHMRC and MRFF Open Science Policy is a big expansion on previous open access publishing mandates. Emphasis on FAIR data across the lifecycle
www.nhmrc.gov.au
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
RIGHT DIRECTION - aligning open practices around the entire research lifecycle. Well done NHMRC and MRFF
Reposted by Danny Kingsley
The new NHMRC and MRFF Open Science Policy is a big expansion on previous open access publishing mandates. Emphasis on FAIR data across the lifecycle
www.nhmrc.gov.au
February 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The new NHMRC and MRFF Open Science Policy is a big expansion on previous open access publishing mandates. Emphasis on FAIR data across the lifecycle
SIGH: 57% of respondents use at least one of journal reputation, lab reputation or JIF – to evaluate whether or not “research is credible”.
The study claims “there is a large area of opportunity to provide [new] signals of credibility & trustworthiness” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal...
The study claims “there is a large area of opportunity to provide [new] signals of credibility & trustworthiness” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal...
Journal impact factors still exert ‘undue influence’
‘Lack of alternatives’ blamed as majority of researchers admit they rely on journal prestige metrics to make decisions on grants and hiring
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
SIGH: 57% of respondents use at least one of journal reputation, lab reputation or JIF – to evaluate whether or not “research is credible”.
The study claims “there is a large area of opportunity to provide [new] signals of credibility & trustworthiness” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal...
The study claims “there is a large area of opportunity to provide [new] signals of credibility & trustworthiness” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal...
FRIGHTENING - if it only takes two generations to render the information clinically useless, how long before the entire corpus is so badly contaminated with garbage that we cannot use the internet any longer? We used to worry about 'grey goo' nanobots, now it is the 'AI slop tsunami'.
"AI is rapidly populating medical records with synthetic content, creating a feedback loop [that] drives a rapid erosion of pathological variability and diagnostic reliability...this renders AI generated documentation clinically useless after just two generations" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
AI-generated data contamination erodes pathological variability and diagnostic reliability
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly populating medical records with synthetic content, creating a feedback loop where future models are increasingly at risk of training on uncurated AI ...
www.medrxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
FRIGHTENING - if it only takes two generations to render the information clinically useless, how long before the entire corpus is so badly contaminated with garbage that we cannot use the internet any longer? We used to worry about 'grey goo' nanobots, now it is the 'AI slop tsunami'.
SHAME - this is such a useful resource. Anyone who has managed an institutional repository knows that theses are the most used resources. Repositories are their only publication. If the work is later published as a monograph or a series of papers it has to go through significant alteration.
I am really disappointed that the new version of EThOS at the British Library (the service for getting PhD theses) will be metadata-only. I really think we should use such resources, even if they are not books. They are still contributions to knowledge.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/give-ph...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/give-ph...
‘Give PhD archive attention it deserves,’ British Library urged
Scholars criticise lack of progress on restoring repository of 600,000 PhD theses more than two years after it was felled by cyberattack
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
SHAME - this is such a useful resource. Anyone who has managed an institutional repository knows that theses are the most used resources. Repositories are their only publication. If the work is later published as a monograph or a series of papers it has to go through significant alteration.
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This is how to convert from a for-profit Big Deal to an equitable, but professionalised, diamond OA system!
@theblochian.bsky.social and I dreamed of this scale when we launched @openlibhums.org Now, she has done it. Consortial funding, at scale.
Now over to the library community to support it.
@theblochian.bsky.social and I dreamed of this scale when we launched @openlibhums.org Now, she has done it. Consortial funding, at scale.
Now over to the library community to support it.
We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This is how to convert from a for-profit Big Deal to an equitable, but professionalised, diamond OA system!
@theblochian.bsky.social and I dreamed of this scale when we launched @openlibhums.org Now, she has done it. Consortial funding, at scale.
Now over to the library community to support it.
@theblochian.bsky.social and I dreamed of this scale when we launched @openlibhums.org Now, she has done it. Consortial funding, at scale.
Now over to the library community to support it.
ANALOGY that using AI to help writing a paper is like driving drunk is apt. (It is not exactly the analogy used, the article is referring to a question of self assessment versus opinions about other's use, but still...) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
Why Authors Aren't Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen
Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here's why I think that's the case.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
ANALOGY that using AI to help writing a paper is like driving drunk is apt. (It is not exactly the analogy used, the article is referring to a question of self assessment versus opinions about other's use, but still...) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
Reposted by Danny Kingsley
🎙️ New interview published!
We spoke with Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🇮🇩, about her work in libraries, scholarly communication, and strengthening research integrity — from local initiatives to global open infrastructure.
👉 Read the interview: oapen.hypotheses.org?p=1985
#OpenAccess
We spoke with Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🇮🇩, about her work in libraries, scholarly communication, and strengthening research integrity — from local initiatives to global open infrastructure.
👉 Read the interview: oapen.hypotheses.org?p=1985
#OpenAccess
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
🎙️ New interview published!
We spoke with Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🇮🇩, about her work in libraries, scholarly communication, and strengthening research integrity — from local initiatives to global open infrastructure.
👉 Read the interview: oapen.hypotheses.org?p=1985
#OpenAccess
We spoke with Maria Lamury, DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia 🇮🇩, about her work in libraries, scholarly communication, and strengthening research integrity — from local initiatives to global open infrastructure.
👉 Read the interview: oapen.hypotheses.org?p=1985
#OpenAccess
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Great to see someone at Renmin University (and therefore very close to central government) promoting the UNESCO #OpenScience Recommendation. This is a good sign they will be utilizing this tool in Chinese science policy going forward #CharlestonAsia
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Great to see someone at Renmin University (and therefore very close to central government) promoting the UNESCO #OpenScience Recommendation. This is a good sign they will be utilizing this tool in Chinese science policy going forward #CharlestonAsia
NOR US! Another three UK universities decline new Elsevier deal www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m... - Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey confirm they are walking away from proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher. (paywalled sorry)
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
NOR US! Another three UK universities decline new Elsevier deal www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m... - Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey confirm they are walking away from proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher. (paywalled sorry)
REPORT: The State of Open Data: A Decade of Progress and Challenges team.figshare.com/articles/pre...
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 AM
REPORT: The State of Open Data: A Decade of Progress and Challenges team.figshare.com/articles/pre...
PROCESS NOT OUTCOME: predictions of vertical integration of reference managers come with a strong caveat.
"Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/23/g...
Check the working people, if it's too good to be true it's false.
"Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/23/g...
Check the working people, if it's too good to be true it's false.
January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
PROCESS NOT OUTCOME: predictions of vertical integration of reference managers come with a strong caveat.
"Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/23/g...
Check the working people, if it's too good to be true it's false.
"Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/23/g...
Check the working people, if it's too good to be true it's false.
USEFUL: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/22/g... Discusses critical gaps in accountability if LLMs are used to write substantial parts of a paper - Responsibility Gap and Transparency Gap and provides useful flow chart to help desk decisions on papers in cases where AI has been used.
Guest Post - The Ghost in the Machine: Why Generative AI is a Crisis of Authorship, Not Just a Tool - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest author raises the question of whether a researcher submitting an article that was significantly drafted by an LLM without clear disclosure is effectively engaging in a contemporary form ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 AM
USEFUL: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/22/g... Discusses critical gaps in accountability if LLMs are used to write substantial parts of a paper - Responsibility Gap and Transparency Gap and provides useful flow chart to help desk decisions on papers in cases where AI has been used.
NUP! Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal - Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer... (paywalled sorry) - Unis of Kent, Essex and Sussex www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m...
Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal
Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 AM
NUP! Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal - Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer... (paywalled sorry) - Unis of Kent, Essex and Sussex www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m...