Lucy Woolhouse (she/her)
@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social
STEMM librarian at the University of Cambridge, interested in open research and EDI. Also a disabled feminist, bookworm, barbershopper, musical theatre nerd 🎶
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It started as a routine book move. Before we know it, it’s a modern art installation (or perhaps a minor safety concern).
It's hard to say.
#FoundArt
It's hard to say.
#FoundArt
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It started as a routine book move. Before we know it, it’s a modern art installation (or perhaps a minor safety concern).
It's hard to say.
#FoundArt
It's hard to say.
#FoundArt
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*slams it down* I finished it
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
Opinion: Is it worth it to use AI? Some things you should know
AI has shown us again and again how it aims to change our society. Is this technology really "here to stay" and what's it doing to us?
www.foundationwebdev.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
*slams it down* I finished it
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
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Interrupting a fortnight's holiday for 9, The Pirate Queen, at the Minack Theatre, at the very edge of Cornwall. The ADC has some way to go to match this view...
July 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Interrupting a fortnight's holiday for 9, The Pirate Queen, at the Minack Theatre, at the very edge of Cornwall. The ADC has some way to go to match this view...
June 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space.
And they've called it the Toddleian.
And they've called it the Toddleian.
June 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space.
And they've called it the Toddleian.
And they've called it the Toddleian.
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Completely agree - research support should be for everyone! @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh #Darts9
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Completely agree - research support should be for everyone! @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh #Darts9
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@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh Workshop on making open research more inclusive. #TechniciansCommitment #darts9
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh Workshop on making open research more inclusive. #TechniciansCommitment #darts9
Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊
The final presentation at #DARTS9 is by Lucy Woolhouse & Frankie Marsh, from the University of Cambridge, on ‘How to make open research more inclusive by supporting under-recognised research professionals’.
Relevant to previous talks, & I heard a little about this talking with Frankie earlier.
Relevant to previous talks, & I heard a little about this talking with Frankie earlier.
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊
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A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Journal collected $400,000 from papers it later retracted
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculation…
retractionwatch.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
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Just published on FOSS Force: The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most fossforce.com/2025/05/the-...
The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most - FOSS Force
The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile Browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy, and offers some ways that you can protect yourself.
fossforce.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Just published on FOSS Force: The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most fossforce.com/2025/05/the-...
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On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people"
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people"
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now...
Register and share please!
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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UK SC's definition of 'woman' is a serious affront to decades of labour in queer studies to decouple sex & gender that even WHO recognises. It's a colonial-racial chokehold to safeguard power of TERFs & GCs. Moving forward, all women will have rights curtailed.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...
UK Supreme court rules legal definition of a woman excludes trans women
The UK Supreme Court has ruled the legal definition of a woman excludes trans women.
www.thepinknews.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
UK SC's definition of 'woman' is a serious affront to decades of labour in queer studies to decouple sex & gender that even WHO recognises. It's a colonial-racial chokehold to safeguard power of TERFs & GCs. Moving forward, all women will have rights curtailed.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
April 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Shortlisting for a library assistant role currently, and I'd forgotten just how frustrating it is when people refer to experience in their statement that they haven't listed in their job history *head desk*
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Shortlisting for a library assistant role currently, and I'd forgotten just how frustrating it is when people refer to experience in their statement that they haven't listed in their job history *head desk*
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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
plos.io
February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
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Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
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Far more sense & informed comment on the REF PCE pilot & proposals from @lizziegadd.bsky.social than you will find in the pages of the Times. wonkhe.com/blogs/anothe...
Another way of thinking about the national assessment of people, culture, and environment
Can we make better use of existing mechanisms to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make the assessment of research culture better for everyone
wonkhe.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Far more sense & informed comment on the REF PCE pilot & proposals from @lizziegadd.bsky.social than you will find in the pages of the Times. wonkhe.com/blogs/anothe...
Had to do some PGCTLHE work today (next Day School on Wednesday and first assignment due on 20th!). Particularly interested in studies on the different experiences of public school and state school students in supervisions - we have to do better to provide a level playing field and foster belonging.
January 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Had to do some PGCTLHE work today (next Day School on Wednesday and first assignment due on 20th!). Particularly interested in studies on the different experiences of public school and state school students in supervisions - we have to do better to provide a level playing field and foster belonging.
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It was helpful to search through the spreadsheet directly here, I wasn't surprised to find a simple game I play with lots of ads in it was on the list. I checked and it doesn't have personalized ads or location tracking in my permissions, not sure if that means much. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
gravy_app_list
docs.google.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It was helpful to search through the spreadsheet directly here, I wasn't surprised to find a simple game I play with lots of ads in it was on the list. I checked and it doesn't have personalized ads or location tracking in my permissions, not sure if that means much. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Another one bites the dust. York now confirming they are dropping the Elsevier deal, alongside Surrey and Sheffield. @librarianth.bsky.social you must be crushed... 😅
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal - Research Professional News
York becomes third institution known to have cancelled agreement with academic publishing giant
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another one bites the dust. York now confirming they are dropping the Elsevier deal, alongside Surrey and Sheffield. @librarianth.bsky.social you must be crushed... 😅
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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"The University of Surrey has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying the arrangement is not financially sustainable.
The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
UK university drops Elsevier deal - Research Professional News
Surrey says Jisc-negotiated deal “not sustainable in the current financial climate”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"The University of Surrey has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying the arrangement is not financially sustainable.
The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The first of three Sondheims I've never seen before that we'll be seeing in the next six months 🥳
Resurrecting an old thread from the Other Place: every musical @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social has brought me to in 2025:
1. Sondheim's Road Show at @gatehouselondon.bsky.social
1. Sondheim's Road Show at @gatehouselondon.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The first of three Sondheims I've never seen before that we'll be seeing in the next six months 🥳