Juan Pablo Alperin
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca
Latin American extraordinaire; scholar; father; publishing revolutionary; self-declared king of bocce; #openscience #scholcommlab #pkp #SFU
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Devika Madalli describes the Bharat Open Science Platform during her One Nation, One Subscription presentation at the Global #DiamondOA Summit. BOSP is the new OA publishing infrastructure by INFLIBNET for Indian Journals based on #OJS from PKP (@pkp.sfu.ca) for open research for all Indian research
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Devika Madalli describes the Bharat Open Science Platform during her One Nation, One Subscription presentation at the Global #DiamondOA Summit. BOSP is the new OA publishing infrastructure by INFLIBNET for Indian Journals based on #OJS from PKP (@pkp.sfu.ca) for open research for all Indian research
We the same many of the same challenges and principles at @pkp.sfu.ca
The future of scholarly communication isn’t just about better tools — it’s about who owns and governs them.
@kcommons.bsky.social offers a community-owned alternative to corporate platforms while supporting diverse forms of scholarship.
Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...
@kcommons.bsky.social offers a community-owned alternative to corporate platforms while supporting diverse forms of scholarship.
Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...
Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration
A case study developed with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Knowledge Commons and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University
investinopen.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
We the same many of the same challenges and principles at @pkp.sfu.ca
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Big congratulations to @ellenforget.bsky.social, who has just, I see, won a fellowship from SHARP (The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) for a project on “A History of Tactile Writing and Reading”!
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Big congratulations to @ellenforget.bsky.social, who has just, I see, won a fellowship from SHARP (The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) for a project on “A History of Tactile Writing and Reading”!
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📰 PKP's community newsletter, Archipelago Issue 8, came out at the end of November -- check out this feature!
📌 Regional feature: Canada’s leadership in diamond open access
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/28/r...
#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky
📌 Regional feature: Canada’s leadership in diamond open access
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/28/r...
#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky
Regional Feature: Canada’s Leadership in Diamond Open Access - Public Knowledge Project
Canada is positioned as a leader in diamond open access with a strong foundation, investment in open infrastructure, unique funding models, wide-spread adoption of Open Journal Systems (OJS), and a fo...
pkp.sfu.ca
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📰 PKP's community newsletter, Archipelago Issue 8, came out at the end of November -- check out this feature!
📌 Regional feature: Canada’s leadership in diamond open access
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/28/r...
#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky
📌 Regional feature: Canada’s leadership in diamond open access
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/28/r...
#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky
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Workers in the gig economy face precarious working conditions, low pay, and no protections.
Meanwhile, trillion-dollar tech corporations are profiting off artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers – while paying little or nothing.
We need a new vision for the digital economy.
Meanwhile, trillion-dollar tech corporations are profiting off artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers – while paying little or nothing.
We need a new vision for the digital economy.
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Workers in the gig economy face precarious working conditions, low pay, and no protections.
Meanwhile, trillion-dollar tech corporations are profiting off artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers – while paying little or nothing.
We need a new vision for the digital economy.
Meanwhile, trillion-dollar tech corporations are profiting off artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers – while paying little or nothing.
We need a new vision for the digital economy.
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The NDP must be a political home for every worker – white collar, blue collar, or no collar.
That means defending workers’ rights that have been under attack for decades while confronting new threats posed by app-based gig work, AI, and precarious jobs.
Our plan → https://lewisforleader.ca/
That means defending workers’ rights that have been under attack for decades while confronting new threats posed by app-based gig work, AI, and precarious jobs.
Our plan → https://lewisforleader.ca/
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The NDP must be a political home for every worker – white collar, blue collar, or no collar.
That means defending workers’ rights that have been under attack for decades while confronting new threats posed by app-based gig work, AI, and precarious jobs.
Our plan → https://lewisforleader.ca/
That means defending workers’ rights that have been under attack for decades while confronting new threats posed by app-based gig work, AI, and precarious jobs.
Our plan → https://lewisforleader.ca/
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Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?
Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP
#OAbooks
Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP
#OAbooks
Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim
Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…
copim.pub
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?
Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP
#OAbooks
Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP
#OAbooks
@cometadata.bsky.social has been demonstrating it's possible to do big things! Matched over ~400K preprints 1/ ~2 MILLION authors to RORs—now in an openly available dataset. Come learn what we've been up to, what's next, and how to get involved. Next community call next week. Details below.
1.9 million author entries. 2.1 million affiliation entries. 1.75 million matched to ROR IDs.
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
@cometadata.bsky.social has been demonstrating it's possible to do big things! Matched over ~400K preprints 1/ ~2 MILLION authors to RORs—now in an openly available dataset. Come learn what we've been up to, what's next, and how to get involved. Next community call next week. Details below.
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**SPOTTED**
@OpenAlex gets a mention in the New York Times today:
"The center at Leiden has begun producing an alternative ranking that is based on a different academic database, called OpenAlex. Harvard is No. 1 in that ranking, but the trend is the same: 12 of the next 13 schools on the […]
@OpenAlex gets a mention in the New York Times today:
"The center at Leiden has begun producing an alternative ranking that is based on a different academic database, called OpenAlex. Harvard is No. 1 in that ranking, but the trend is the same: 12 of the next 13 schools on the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
**SPOTTED**
@OpenAlex gets a mention in the New York Times today:
"The center at Leiden has begun producing an alternative ranking that is based on a different academic database, called OpenAlex. Harvard is No. 1 in that ranking, but the trend is the same: 12 of the next 13 schools on the […]
@OpenAlex gets a mention in the New York Times today:
"The center at Leiden has begun producing an alternative ranking that is based on a different academic database, called OpenAlex. Harvard is No. 1 in that ranking, but the trend is the same: 12 of the next 13 schools on the […]
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We would like to extend a warm welcome to the six new members of the ASAPbio Board of Directors!
Let's welcome @amamotoryoji.bsky.social, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Stefano Bertozzi, @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @rnls.bsky.social, and @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy!
Let's welcome @amamotoryoji.bsky.social, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Stefano Bertozzi, @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @rnls.bsky.social, and @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy!
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
We would like to extend a warm welcome to the six new members of the ASAPbio Board of Directors!
Let's welcome @amamotoryoji.bsky.social, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Stefano Bertozzi, @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @rnls.bsky.social, and @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy!
Let's welcome @amamotoryoji.bsky.social, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Stefano Bertozzi, @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @rnls.bsky.social, and @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy!
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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
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If the NDP really wants to set themselves apart, this should be a no brainer for them.
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If the NDP really wants to set themselves apart, this should be a no brainer for them.
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On Jan 11, join me and an incredible line-up of special guests for an all-day outreach party to bring thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
Drop in anytime and help build the movement: https://act.lewisforleader.ca/january-11
Drop in anytime and help build the movement: https://act.lewisforleader.ca/january-11
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
On Jan 11, join me and an incredible line-up of special guests for an all-day outreach party to bring thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
Drop in anytime and help build the movement: https://act.lewisforleader.ca/january-11
Drop in anytime and help build the movement: https://act.lewisforleader.ca/january-11
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Next stop: Vancouver, January 18! Find us in a city near you:
All Out for Avi Calendar - Lewis for Leader - National
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avilewis.link
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Next stop: Vancouver, January 18! Find us in a city near you:
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Thanks to support from thousands of people in cities and towns across the country, we're breaking records for fundraising in an NDP leadership race.
Our movement's only growing. Now’s the time to jump in and be a part of it.
Join us. avilewis.link/join
Our movement's only growing. Now’s the time to jump in and be a part of it.
Join us. avilewis.link/join
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Thanks to support from thousands of people in cities and towns across the country, we're breaking records for fundraising in an NDP leadership race.
Our movement's only growing. Now’s the time to jump in and be a part of it.
Join us. avilewis.link/join
Our movement's only growing. Now’s the time to jump in and be a part of it.
Join us. avilewis.link/join
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Happy to be quoted in this overview looking at the complex problem of who pays for scientific #publishing.
Appearing with @samuelmoore.org , @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca , @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
by @peterandreysmith.com for @undark.org
undark.org/2026/01/07/a...
Appearing with @samuelmoore.org , @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca , @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
by @peterandreysmith.com for @undark.org
undark.org/2026/01/07/a...
In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?
Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?
undark.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Happy to be quoted in this overview looking at the complex problem of who pays for scientific #publishing.
Appearing with @samuelmoore.org , @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca , @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
by @peterandreysmith.com for @undark.org
undark.org/2026/01/07/a...
Appearing with @samuelmoore.org , @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca , @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
by @peterandreysmith.com for @undark.org
undark.org/2026/01/07/a...
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1.9 million author entries. 2.1 million affiliation entries. 1.75 million matched to ROR IDs.
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
1.9 million author entries. 2.1 million affiliation entries. 1.75 million matched to ROR IDs.
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
That's what our fine-tuned open-weight model extracted from 430,000 arXiv preprints. Join us on 21 Jan to discuss the results.
📅 Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
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Excited to join @braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy & team at Open Science Monitoring Inititative (OSMI) as steering board member. Looking forward to work w/ Cécile Coulibaly, Moumita Koley, @susannanykyri.bsky.social & @jeroenson.bsky.social
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited to join @braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy & team at Open Science Monitoring Inititative (OSMI) as steering board member. Looking forward to work w/ Cécile Coulibaly, Moumita Koley, @susannanykyri.bsky.social & @jeroenson.bsky.social
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
Ha! Just thought: "ooh, that sounds interesting! and super related to that work we did!" only to realize that this is a link to our paper
Towards an inclusive Open Science: examining EDI and public participation in policy documents across Europe and the Americas | Royal Society Open Science | The Royal Society […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ha! Just thought: "ooh, that sounds interesting! and super related to that work we did!" only to realize that this is a link to our paper
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1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
dub.link
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
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Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
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📣 Our friends at the #ScholCommLab have published a preprint, "The Drain of #ScientificPublishing", and are calling for #research communities, funders, governments, and #universities to "re-communalise publishing to serve #science not the market"
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ScholComm #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ScholComm #AcademicSky
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
📣 Our friends at the #ScholCommLab have published a preprint, "The Drain of #ScientificPublishing", and are calling for #research communities, funders, governments, and #universities to "re-communalise publishing to serve #science not the market"
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ScholComm #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ScholComm #AcademicSky
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🚀 Big news for open research information!
From 2026, @cnrs.fr will no longer have institutional access to Web of Science.
This move aligns with the vision of the Barcelona Declaration and shows how institutions can operationalise the transition to open systems.
🔗 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
From 2026, @cnrs.fr will no longer have institutional access to Web of Science.
This move aligns with the vision of the Barcelona Declaration and shows how institutions can operationalise the transition to open systems.
🔗 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
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 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚀 Big news for open research information!
From 2026, @cnrs.fr will no longer have institutional access to Web of Science.
This move aligns with the vision of the Barcelona Declaration and shows how institutions can operationalise the transition to open systems.
🔗 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
From 2026, @cnrs.fr will no longer have institutional access to Web of Science.
This move aligns with the vision of the Barcelona Declaration and shows how institutions can operationalise the transition to open systems.
🔗 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...