Sharla Lair
@lalair.bsky.social
Lead Strategist, Open Scholarship, Lyrasis • https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharlalair/ • Views are my own
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🧰The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for new and established #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape
@oaspa.bsky.social
🆕New content on Accessibility Remediation Resources has just been released:
www.oajournals-toolkit.org/getting-star...
@oaspa.bsky.social
🆕New content on Accessibility Remediation Resources has just been released:
www.oajournals-toolkit.org/getting-star...
Accessibility Remediation Resources - OA Journals Toolkit
Understanding and adopting accessibility standards can help ensure that your journal reaches and benefits a broad audience with diverse abilities. This is
www.oajournals-toolkit.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🧰The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for new and established #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape
@oaspa.bsky.social
🆕New content on Accessibility Remediation Resources has just been released:
www.oajournals-toolkit.org/getting-star...
@oaspa.bsky.social
🆕New content on Accessibility Remediation Resources has just been released:
www.oajournals-toolkit.org/getting-star...
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Starting now: It’s Time to Rally: Stakeholder Engagement in the U.S. Diamond Open Access Landscape
“Diamond open access did not grow in spite of decentralization -- it grew because of it.” @lalair.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #charleston2025
“Diamond open access did not grow in spite of decentralization -- it grew because of it.” @lalair.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Starting now: It’s Time to Rally: Stakeholder Engagement in the U.S. Diamond Open Access Landscape
“Diamond open access did not grow in spite of decentralization -- it grew because of it.” @lalair.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #charleston2025
“Diamond open access did not grow in spite of decentralization -- it grew because of it.” @lalair.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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A (cont'd)
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A (cont'd)
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
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"Diamond open access leads with its values, and as you can see, the values make a very pleasing word cloud." The value of diamond #openaccess, however, is much harder to put in a word cloud. @camitchell.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Diamond open access leads with its values, and as you can see, the values make a very pleasing word cloud." The value of diamond #openaccess, however, is much harder to put in a word cloud. @camitchell.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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"If we want to see diamond #openaccess flourish as more than just part of a patchwork... we will have to rally together. No one is coming to build this for us. The future of diamond open access in the United States will depend on the choices we make." @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"If we want to see diamond #openaccess flourish as more than just part of a patchwork... we will have to rally together. No one is coming to build this for us. The future of diamond open access in the United States will depend on the choices we make." @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
The new OACIP Journals are here!!!
Every new round reminds me how much community, trust, and shared commitment matter in building sustainable open access publishing.
Deep deep gratitude to all the editors, libraries, and partners who keep showing up for this work. You make this possible.
Every new round reminds me how much community, trust, and shared commitment matter in building sustainable open access publishing.
Deep deep gratitude to all the editors, libraries, and partners who keep showing up for this work. You make this possible.
🎉 Today the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program announces the new 2025-2026 OACIP Journals! Libraries, consortia, academic departments, research centers, museums and funding agencies can support any of the #DiamondOA journals seeking funding. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/cu5I50XgjY7
Lyrasis Announces 2025–2026 Cohort of Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) Journals
Lyrasis today announced the 2025–2026 cohort of journals in its Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). This year’s selection spans a broad range of disciplines and highlights the continued growth and impact of Diamond Open Access publishing, which removes financial barriers for both authors and readers. About OACIP Launched in 2020 to support stand-alone Diamond […]
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October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The new OACIP Journals are here!!!
Every new round reminds me how much community, trust, and shared commitment matter in building sustainable open access publishing.
Deep deep gratitude to all the editors, libraries, and partners who keep showing up for this work. You make this possible.
Every new round reminds me how much community, trust, and shared commitment matter in building sustainable open access publishing.
Deep deep gratitude to all the editors, libraries, and partners who keep showing up for this work. You make this possible.
Lyrasis is hiring for 2 new (US-based preferred) remote roles on the CSCI team! Support open access and community-driven publishing. Apply by June 25:
Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse
Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs
Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse
Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs
June 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lyrasis is hiring for 2 new (US-based preferred) remote roles on the CSCI team! Support open access and community-driven publishing. Apply by June 25:
Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse
Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs
Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse
Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs
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Lyrasis invites institutions to support @leverpress.bsky.social, a library-led, Diamond open access monograph publishing program. By joining, libraries become part of a growing community dedicated to advancing open access book publishing! Learn more here, ow.ly/NssC50Vi95S.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Lyrasis invites institutions to support @leverpress.bsky.social, a library-led, Diamond open access monograph publishing program. By joining, libraries become part of a growing community dedicated to advancing open access book publishing! Learn more here, ow.ly/NssC50Vi95S.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
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And to instead spend our funds supporting non-profit and academy-based publishers who share our values and deliver value. But I don't blog anymore, so this will do.
March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And to instead spend our funds supporting non-profit and academy-based publishers who share our values and deliver value. But I don't blog anymore, so this will do.
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I would suggest that maybe this budget crisis is the time to finally say NO to spending precious library dollars to fill the pockets of shareholders of for-profit publishers who routinely report stupid high profits margins ..
March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I would suggest that maybe this budget crisis is the time to finally say NO to spending precious library dollars to fill the pockets of shareholders of for-profit publishers who routinely report stupid high profits margins ..
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The first books in @leverpress.bsky.social's Re-Editions series are out this year!
The first (May) is the archival manuscript of José Villarreal's groundbreaking Chicano novel Pocho, originally called Our Little Life!
The second (Nov) is a selection of Chinese children's primers.
The first (May) is the archival manuscript of José Villarreal's groundbreaking Chicano novel Pocho, originally called Our Little Life!
The second (Nov) is a selection of Chinese children's primers.
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The first books in @leverpress.bsky.social's Re-Editions series are out this year!
The first (May) is the archival manuscript of José Villarreal's groundbreaking Chicano novel Pocho, originally called Our Little Life!
The second (Nov) is a selection of Chinese children's primers.
The first (May) is the archival manuscript of José Villarreal's groundbreaking Chicano novel Pocho, originally called Our Little Life!
The second (Nov) is a selection of Chinese children's primers.
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Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social on meeting its #sustainability goal for 2025! IReL is delighted to have played a small role in this achievement by providing our members with access to #ProjectMUSE and benefiting its #SubscribeToOpen initiative. #S2O
Lyrasis is proud to be a consortial partner of Project MUSE, which has just announced that its Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative has reached its sustainability goal for 2025! Read more here, about.muse.jhu.edu/news/S2O-Suc...
#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #Libraries #ScholComm
#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #Libraries #ScholComm
March 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social on meeting its #sustainability goal for 2025! IReL is delighted to have played a small role in this achievement by providing our members with access to #ProjectMUSE and benefiting its #SubscribeToOpen initiative. #S2O
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I love this idea so much.
"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
oldgoats.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love this idea so much.
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If you have connections with universities, foundations, or other groups that might be interested in partnering reach out to @sciencewriters.org and @sciencewriting.bsky.social. We are committed to making this conference happen!
BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
March 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you have connections with universities, foundations, or other groups that might be interested in partnering reach out to @sciencewriters.org and @sciencewriting.bsky.social. We are committed to making this conference happen!
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US Bioethics colleagues: I'm talking with Cdn bioethics colleagues about how we can support you, even if it's only by providing a space for free speech, such as the Canadian Journal of Bioethics (cjb-rcb.ca). And if you have to publish anonymously, we can do that as well.
cjb-rcb.ca
March 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
US Bioethics colleagues: I'm talking with Cdn bioethics colleagues about how we can support you, even if it's only by providing a space for free speech, such as the Canadian Journal of Bioethics (cjb-rcb.ca). And if you have to publish anonymously, we can do that as well.
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Friends and colleagues: if you have work that has previously been made available via #PubMed or other federal infrastructure, please find other ways to share it. For instance: KC Works is a non-profit, community-governed repository (built on top of CERN's InvenioRDM). works.hcommons.org
KC Works
works.hcommons.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Friends and colleagues: if you have work that has previously been made available via #PubMed or other federal infrastructure, please find other ways to share it. For instance: KC Works is a non-profit, community-governed repository (built on top of CERN's InvenioRDM). works.hcommons.org
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As individuals it’s difficult to get things in motion, as a group we can...
Science is currently being attacked in multiple ways in the US right now.
Don’t let this happen. And we in Europe should not let this happen either.
Consider signing! Read further:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Science is currently being attacked in multiple ways in the US right now.
Don’t let this happen. And we in Europe should not let this happen either.
Consider signing! Read further:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research.
We ca...
docs.google.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As individuals it’s difficult to get things in motion, as a group we can...
Science is currently being attacked in multiple ways in the US right now.
Don’t let this happen. And we in Europe should not let this happen either.
Consider signing! Read further:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Science is currently being attacked in multiple ways in the US right now.
Don’t let this happen. And we in Europe should not let this happen either.
Consider signing! Read further:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Dear President Zelensky,
As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here.
I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here.
I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
To President Zelensky, From an Embarrassed American
Dear President Zelensky,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Dear President Zelensky,
As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here.
I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here.
I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
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Subscribe to Open isn't perfect (IMO), but it is great to see no-fee diamond OA models succeeding and being praised. These are the future.
We’re celebrating the success of S2O on MUSE!
We extend our gratitude to our global community, as this milestone is a testament to the power of community & a shared value of making knowledge available to all.
Explore S2O on MUSE: bit.ly/MUSE_S2O
#openaccess #oa #S20
We extend our gratitude to our global community, as this milestone is a testament to the power of community & a shared value of making knowledge available to all.
Explore S2O on MUSE: bit.ly/MUSE_S2O
#openaccess #oa #S20
February 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Subscribe to Open isn't perfect (IMO), but it is great to see no-fee diamond OA models succeeding and being praised. These are the future.
I am so excited by this achievement! Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social and all the publishers that participated.
Lyrasis is proud to be a consortial partner of Project MUSE, which has just announced that its Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative has reached its sustainability goal for 2025! Read more here, about.muse.jhu.edu/news/S2O-Suc...
#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #Libraries #ScholComm
#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #Libraries #ScholComm
February 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am so excited by this achievement! Congratulations to @projectmuse.bsky.social and all the publishers that participated.
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We're putting the finishing touches to a little one-day meeting at Cambridge on community-led publishing where we'll explore the diamond OA and community-led journal landscape at Cambridge. It's on May 13th at the West Hub in Cambridge -- more soon!
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We're putting the finishing touches to a little one-day meeting at Cambridge on community-led publishing where we'll explore the diamond OA and community-led journal landscape at Cambridge. It's on May 13th at the West Hub in Cambridge -- more soon!
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We've reached 40,000 #OAbooks in the OAPEN Library! 🥳
The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌
Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org
The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌
Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org
February 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We've reached 40,000 #OAbooks in the OAPEN Library! 🥳
The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌
Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org
The transition to #openaccess for books is far from complete, but this milestone is proof great things are happening because of passionate people who want to see knowledge open to all 🙌
Browse the collection today: library.oapen.org
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Coming later this year from @leverpress.bsky.social! First book in our film|minutes series: leverpress.org/filmminutes
February 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Coming later this year from @leverpress.bsky.social! First book in our film|minutes series: leverpress.org/filmminutes
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New Roanoke College poll of Virginia out this morning finds Donald Trump at his highest level of disapproval in either term — 59%.
www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc...
Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away
www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc...
Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away
www.roanoke.edu
February 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New Roanoke College poll of Virginia out this morning finds Donald Trump at his highest level of disapproval in either term — 59%.
www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc...
Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away
www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc...
Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away
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Want to learn more about @standupforscience.bsky.social ? I spoke with three of the lead organizers for a Q&A you can read here: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies Will Protest Trump Attacks on Research
Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7
www.scientificamerican.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Want to learn more about @standupforscience.bsky.social ? I spoke with three of the lead organizers for a Q&A you can read here: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...