Chris Bourg
@mchris4duke.bsky.social
Director of Libraries, MIT.
All things open science, plus hiking, birds, Jiffy and Sunny. Maybe other stuff - who knows?
All things open science, plus hiking, birds, Jiffy and Sunny. Maybe other stuff - who knows?
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Science runs on trust, but the systems around it are often opaque.
At @descilabs.bsky.social, we’re building tools that make research records transparent & verifiable, because credible science deserves infrastructure as open as the knowledge it creates.
#DeSci #OpenScience
At @descilabs.bsky.social, we’re building tools that make research records transparent & verifiable, because credible science deserves infrastructure as open as the knowledge it creates.
#DeSci #OpenScience
August 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Science runs on trust, but the systems around it are often opaque.
At @descilabs.bsky.social, we’re building tools that make research records transparent & verifiable, because credible science deserves infrastructure as open as the knowledge it creates.
#DeSci #OpenScience
At @descilabs.bsky.social, we’re building tools that make research records transparent & verifiable, because credible science deserves infrastructure as open as the knowledge it creates.
#DeSci #OpenScience
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Hey mentors: It's great when your students publish papers and share links to them on social media, but it's your job to help them understand that posting only paywalled links excludes readers and limits their reach - and it's not necessary. Train them yourself, or lead them to better training.
Post your papers on SocArXiv
YouTube video by Philip N. Cohen
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hey mentors: It's great when your students publish papers and share links to them on social media, but it's your job to help them understand that posting only paywalled links excludes readers and limits their reach - and it's not necessary. Train them yourself, or lead them to better training.
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Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Very excited for the opportunity to speak at the 2025 Kramer Copyright Conference on “Imagining library futures in chaotic times”
🚨 Registration is now open for the 2025 Kraemer Copyright Conference! Join us June 16–18 in beautiful Colorado Springs to explore the future of libraries, copyright, and access to knowledge. Don’t miss it! #libraries #copyright📷https://copyright.uccs.edu
June 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Very excited for the opportunity to speak at the 2025 Kramer Copyright Conference on “Imagining library futures in chaotic times”
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Good news! Release 1 of the 2024 GSS is available for download.
The 2024 GSS, like 2022, uses web, in-person, and phone modes. For some variables this can complicate analyses of trends. See documentation.
Still a prob sample & gold standard survey w/ high resp rates (by contemporary standards).
The 2024 GSS, like 2022, uses web, in-person, and phone modes. For some variables this can complicate analyses of trends. See documentation.
Still a prob sample & gold standard survey w/ high resp rates (by contemporary standards).
Get the Data | NORC at the University of Chicago
gss.norc.org
May 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Good news! Release 1 of the 2024 GSS is available for download.
The 2024 GSS, like 2022, uses web, in-person, and phone modes. For some variables this can complicate analyses of trends. See documentation.
Still a prob sample & gold standard survey w/ high resp rates (by contemporary standards).
The 2024 GSS, like 2022, uses web, in-person, and phone modes. For some variables this can complicate analyses of trends. See documentation.
Still a prob sample & gold standard survey w/ high resp rates (by contemporary standards).
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This new #RSOS paper investigates beliefs about social dynamics and #OpenScience. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @mchris4duke.bsky.social @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This new #RSOS paper investigates beliefs about social dynamics and #OpenScience. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @mchris4duke.bsky.social @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
This is outrageous and profoundly damaging.
president.mit.edu/writing-spee...
president.mit.edu/writing-spee...
Today’s shocking news about Harvard | MIT Office of the President | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
president.mit.edu
May 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is outrageous and profoundly damaging.
president.mit.edu/writing-spee...
president.mit.edu/writing-spee...
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
May 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
Beliefs about Social Dynamics and Open Science, w/ @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
While perceptions of social dynamics of your field don't predict open science attitudes, we did find high levels of support for open science (YAY) ..
While perceptions of social dynamics of your field don't predict open science attitudes, we did find high levels of support for open science (YAY) ..
May 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Beliefs about Social Dynamics and Open Science, w/ @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
While perceptions of social dynamics of your field don't predict open science attitudes, we did find high levels of support for open science (YAY) ..
While perceptions of social dynamics of your field don't predict open science attitudes, we did find high levels of support for open science (YAY) ..
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Please help: Do you know a baby, less than 12 months old, who can walk? We are trying to complete a project, 7 years in the works. And all we need are 3 infants who are less than a year old and can walk, to do a short online looking-time study.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please help: Do you know a baby, less than 12 months old, who can walk? We are trying to complete a project, 7 years in the works. And all we need are 3 infants who are less than a year old and can walk, to do a short online looking-time study.
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Please, for the love of science in infant cognition, make videos of your stimuli available (even if you do live puppet shows). I'm trying to read through a paper right now, and there is no way someone could replicate it in good faith because there are no videos and so few details.
May 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Please, for the love of science in infant cognition, make videos of your stimuli available (even if you do live puppet shows). I'm trying to read through a paper right now, and there is no way someone could replicate it in good faith because there are no videos and so few details.
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There's a common misperception about SocArXiv, unfortunately promoted by the much larger, richer, profit-generating SSRN service (Elsevier).
It sounds harsh to say this, but at SocArXiv we serve the scholarly community, and the scholarly record - not individual authors. I can explain.
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There's a common misperception about SocArXiv, unfortunately promoted by the much larger, richer, profit-generating SSRN service (Elsevier).
It sounds harsh to say this, but at SocArXiv we serve the scholarly community, and the scholarly record - not individual authors. I can explain.
/1
May 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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There's a common misperception about SocArXiv, unfortunately promoted by the much larger, richer, profit-generating SSRN service (Elsevier).
It sounds harsh to say this, but at SocArXiv we serve the scholarly community, and the scholarly record - not individual authors. I can explain.
/1
There's a common misperception about SocArXiv, unfortunately promoted by the much larger, richer, profit-generating SSRN service (Elsevier).
It sounds harsh to say this, but at SocArXiv we serve the scholarly community, and the scholarly record - not individual authors. I can explain.
/1
Firing the Librarian of Congress in a 2 sentence email then joking about it is disgraceful. Dr. Carla Hayden was an exceptional leader, a remarkable person, a brilliant and compassionate leader, and a fierce advocate for libraries. She deserved so much better. We all deserve so much better.
May 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Firing the Librarian of Congress in a 2 sentence email then joking about it is disgraceful. Dr. Carla Hayden was an exceptional leader, a remarkable person, a brilliant and compassionate leader, and a fierce advocate for libraries. She deserved so much better. We all deserve so much better.
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This forthcoming hybrid event at @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 21st May will bring together experts to explore the challenges & opportunities in fostering more equitable publication models.
More info and booking links on the page below:
#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
More info and booking links on the page below:
#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
Supporting Equitable Publication Models: A Roundtable Discussion
Academic publishing is shaped by a system of inequalities which significantly impact where and how researchers publish their work. This roundtable discussion will bring together academics, publishers ...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This forthcoming hybrid event at @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 21st May will bring together experts to explore the challenges & opportunities in fostering more equitable publication models.
More info and booking links on the page below:
#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
More info and booking links on the page below:
#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
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What's Open Science?
April 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What's Open Science?
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What will most transform #scholcomm in the next 10 years? A new survey of 90 #ECRs from 7 countries gives first place to #ai, followed closely by #openaccess and #OpenScience, followed by changes to #PeerReview.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2008
While respondents […]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2008
While respondents […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What will most transform #scholcomm in the next 10 years? A new survey of 90 #ECRs from 7 countries gives first place to #ai, followed closely by #openaccess and #OpenScience, followed by changes to #PeerReview.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2008
While respondents […]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2008
While respondents […]
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What are the consequences of current attacks on science by the Trump administration on #openscience? Join this webinar with the fabulous @rouhiroo.bsky.social and @danrdmnn.bsky.social!
📅 Mark your calendars for our seminar on 16 May!
📚 @rouhiroo.bsky.social and @danrdmnn.bsky.social will discuss the implications of the recent attacks of the Trump administration for Open Science.
@hldejonge.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📚 @rouhiroo.bsky.social and @danrdmnn.bsky.social will discuss the implications of the recent attacks of the Trump administration for Open Science.
@hldejonge.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Open Science and Authoritarianism: An Interactive Discussion
In this webinar, Sara Rouhi (AIP Publishing) and Dan Rudmann (Utrecht University Library) will discuss the implications of the recent attacks of the Trump administration on academic freedom in the US ...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What are the consequences of current attacks on science by the Trump administration on #openscience? Join this webinar with the fabulous @rouhiroo.bsky.social and @danrdmnn.bsky.social!
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I broke 1k followers recently, so let’s do a book thread! Here’s a bunch of releases I have coming out this spring from @mitpress.bsky.social! Games, trans theory, speculative design … it’s the best list in the business!
mitpress.mit.edu
mitpress.mit.edu
Home Page
MIT Press - Home Page
mitpress.mit.edu
February 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I broke 1k followers recently, so let’s do a book thread! Here’s a bunch of releases I have coming out this spring from @mitpress.bsky.social! Games, trans theory, speculative design … it’s the best list in the business!
mitpress.mit.edu
mitpress.mit.edu
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It’s one of the great, terrific weirdnesses of my professional life that a member of the Velvet Underground was a colleague at MIT: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
“We Were a Good Band”: An Interview with Walter Powers: Rock Music Studies: Vol 3 , No 2 - Get Access
We’re here to help
www.tandfonline.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s one of the great, terrific weirdnesses of my professional life that a member of the Velvet Underground was a colleague at MIT: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Sharing the new MIT Liibraries' vision statement: Knowledge for the People ...
April 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sharing the new MIT Liibraries' vision statement: Knowledge for the People ...
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🤝 The need to reform research assessment and scientific publishing practices is widely recognized. However, @ludowaltman.bsky.social argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful only if they manage to align their agendas.
👇 Read about it in our latest blog post
👇 Read about it in our latest blog post
Assessment reform and publishing reform need to go hand in hand
The need to reform research assessment and scientific publishing practices is widely recognized. However, Ludo Waltman argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful onl...
www.leidenmadtrics.nl
March 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🤝 The need to reform research assessment and scientific publishing practices is widely recognized. However, @ludowaltman.bsky.social argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful only if they manage to align their agendas.
👇 Read about it in our latest blog post
👇 Read about it in our latest blog post
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For those just learning about LibGen because of the reporting on Meta and other companies training LLMs on pirated books, I’d highly recommend the book Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education (open access: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...)
Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education
How students get the materials they need as opportunities for higher education expand but funding shrinks.From the top down, Shadow Libraries explores the
direct.mit.edu
March 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For those just learning about LibGen because of the reporting on Meta and other companies training LLMs on pirated books, I’d highly recommend the book Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education (open access: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...)
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Yesterday, academic social media went into overdrive as many intellectuals discovered LibGen (“Library Genesis”), thanks to an article in The Atlantic.
Here’s a secondary reading list of some of the material that’s out there on LibGen and other academic pirate platforms.
eve.gd/2025/03/21/a...
Here’s a secondary reading list of some of the material that’s out there on LibGen and other academic pirate platforms.
eve.gd/2025/03/21/a...
A critical bibliography about LibGen, the pirate site that Meta used for AI training
Yesterday, academic social media went into overdrive as many intellectuals discovered LibGen (“Library Genesis”) for the first time, thanks to an article and tool in The Atlantic.
eve.gd
March 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yesterday, academic social media went into overdrive as many intellectuals discovered LibGen (“Library Genesis”), thanks to an article in The Atlantic.
Here’s a secondary reading list of some of the material that’s out there on LibGen and other academic pirate platforms.
eve.gd/2025/03/21/a...
Here’s a secondary reading list of some of the material that’s out there on LibGen and other academic pirate platforms.
eve.gd/2025/03/21/a...
Dang it Louisville! That will teach me not to rely on ACC loyalty for my bracket picks.
(Actually it won’t. I’ve been favoring ACC teams, and picking Duke to win it all for 35 years, not likely to change)
Also - Go Duke.
(Actually it won’t. I’ve been favoring ACC teams, and picking Duke to win it all for 35 years, not likely to change)
Also - Go Duke.
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Dang it Louisville! That will teach me not to rely on ACC loyalty for my bracket picks.
(Actually it won’t. I’ve been favoring ACC teams, and picking Duke to win it all for 35 years, not likely to change)
Also - Go Duke.
(Actually it won’t. I’ve been favoring ACC teams, and picking Duke to win it all for 35 years, not likely to change)
Also - Go Duke.