Mish Dalton
@mishdalton.bsky.social
Research and Library stuff @ UCD. Views my own
Giraffes! 🦒 Badminton! 🏸 Exclamation marks!
Contentedly discontent. #OABooks #ResearchCulture
Giraffes! 🦒 Badminton! 🏸 Exclamation marks!
Contentedly discontent. #OABooks #ResearchCulture
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📺 Tune in tonight!
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📺 Tune in tonight!
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
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Read about the resources created by the 'Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Read about the resources created by the 'Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...
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Attend our joint seminar with @ucdresearch.bsky.social:
Engagement for Research Impact
12th November
2.30pm
Link 3, James Joyce Library
This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more.
Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211
Engagement for Research Impact
12th November
2.30pm
Link 3, James Joyce Library
This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more.
Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Attend our joint seminar with @ucdresearch.bsky.social:
Engagement for Research Impact
12th November
2.30pm
Link 3, James Joyce Library
This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more.
Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211
Engagement for Research Impact
12th November
2.30pm
Link 3, James Joyce Library
This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more.
Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211
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A rapidly growing share of letters to journals may be drafted by machines, undetected by editors. Study quantifies recently ‘prolific debutante authors’ who had published no letters before 2022, when ChatGPT debuted. #academicjournals #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
www.science.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A rapidly growing share of letters to journals may be drafted by machines, undetected by editors. Study quantifies recently ‘prolific debutante authors’ who had published no letters before 2022, when ChatGPT debuted. #academicjournals #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
"AI has changed the baseline conditions of knowledge itself: the ability to fake competence at scale now exceeds the university’s ability to detect authenticity."
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Higher Ed Is Sleepwalking Toward Obsolescence — And AI Won’t Be the Cause, Just the Accelerant
AI Has Exposed Higher Ed’s Hollow Core — The University Must Reinvent Itself or Fade
substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"AI has changed the baseline conditions of knowledge itself: the ability to fake competence at scale now exceeds the university’s ability to detect authenticity."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“The government has definitively ruled out introducing a copyright exemption for artificial intelligence companies training their models on Australian creative works.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Artists rejoice as Labor rules out copyright carve-out for AI
Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works, after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists...
www.abc.net.au
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“The government has definitively ruled out introducing a copyright exemption for artificial intelligence companies training their models on Australian creative works.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
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“Yes” to Transparent Service Fees, “No” to Fees That Charge Authors to Exercise Their Rights | Plan S https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/yes-to-transparent-service-fees-no-to-fees-that-charge-authors-to-exercise-their-rights/
“Yes” to Transparent Service Fees, “No” to Fees That Charge Authors to Exercise Their Rights
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have introduced new fees targeting authors who exercise their right to self-archive accepted manuscripts under a CC BY license. cOAlition S opposes these charges because they penalize authors for complying with open access policies. This blog post by Bodo Stern (Chief […]
www.coalition-s.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Yes” to Transparent Service Fees, “No” to Fees That Charge Authors to Exercise Their Rights | Plan S https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/yes-to-transparent-service-fees-no-to-fees-that-charge-authors-to-exercise-their-rights/
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?
You know what platform never crashes?
You know what platform never crashes?
October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?
You know what platform never crashes?
You know what platform never crashes?
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"The story of diamond #OA is still being written. Its rise reflects a powerful shift toward scholarly communication as a public good.. But... ideals alone cannot sustain journals." Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by my fellow chef Maryam Sayab scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/15/d...
Diamond Dreams, Unequal Realities: The Promise and Pitfalls of No-APC Open Access - The Scholarly Kitchen
Diamond Open Access promises equity, but sustainability challenges remain. Discover the hidden costs, global gaps, and paths toward lasting open publishing.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"The story of diamond #OA is still being written. Its rise reflects a powerful shift toward scholarly communication as a public good.. But... ideals alone cannot sustain journals." Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by my fellow chef Maryam Sayab scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/15/d...
Libraries pilot expands access to no-cost course materials, saving Huskers millions news.unl.edu/article/libr...
Libraries pilot expands access to no-cost course materials, saving Huskers millions | Nebraska Today
The University Libraries’ Course Materials program has saved Nebraska students more than $3 million. A recent pilot shows even more savings are possible by partnering with faculty to provide affordabl...
news.unl.edu
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Libraries pilot expands access to no-cost course materials, saving Huskers millions news.unl.edu/article/libr...
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🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books
Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
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Dublin small press fair on 28 & 29 November at Pearse St library. Free and open to the public.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dublin small press fair on 28 & 29 November at Pearse St library. Free and open to the public.
dublinsmallpressfair.com
dublinsmallpressfair.com
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Are you interested in the practice of Citizen Science but unsure where to begin? 🤔
A good starting point might be the resources on our webpages which can support the planning, development, and delivery of Citizen Science projects 📒
👉 buff.ly/mkGTQ7Z
A good starting point might be the resources on our webpages which can support the planning, development, and delivery of Citizen Science projects 📒
👉 buff.ly/mkGTQ7Z
Citizen Science support and training
Discover tools, training, and guidance to help you plan and deliver impactful citizen science projects.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you interested in the practice of Citizen Science but unsure where to begin? 🤔
A good starting point might be the resources on our webpages which can support the planning, development, and delivery of Citizen Science projects 📒
👉 buff.ly/mkGTQ7Z
A good starting point might be the resources on our webpages which can support the planning, development, and delivery of Citizen Science projects 📒
👉 buff.ly/mkGTQ7Z
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HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Job alert!✨
We are looking for a multimedia designer - a role creating visual content for digital & physical displays, utilising skills in graphic design, video production & editing to enhance UCD Library comms & engagement initiatives.
Apply by 12 noon 7 Oct at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #jobsIE
We are looking for a multimedia designer - a role creating visual content for digital & physical displays, utilising skills in graphic design, video production & editing to enhance UCD Library comms & engagement initiatives.
Apply by 12 noon 7 Oct at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #jobsIE
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Job alert!✨
We are looking for a multimedia designer - a role creating visual content for digital & physical displays, utilising skills in graphic design, video production & editing to enhance UCD Library comms & engagement initiatives.
Apply by 12 noon 7 Oct at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #jobsIE
We are looking for a multimedia designer - a role creating visual content for digital & physical displays, utilising skills in graphic design, video production & editing to enhance UCD Library comms & engagement initiatives.
Apply by 12 noon 7 Oct at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #jobsIE
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The Irish Health Survey (IHS), 2024 dataset is now available to request on ISSDA Dataverse: doi.org/10.7929/ISSD...
To request please follow the request process in the terms tab.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
To request please follow the request process in the terms tab.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
Irish Health Survey (IHS), 2024
www.ucd.ie
September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Irish Health Survey (IHS), 2024 dataset is now available to request on ISSDA Dataverse: doi.org/10.7929/ISSD...
To request please follow the request process in the terms tab.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
To request please follow the request process in the terms tab.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
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how much did google pay to slip an entire magazine of corporate propaganda into this weekend's @irishtimes.com newspaper disguised as public communication about AI
September 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
how much did google pay to slip an entire magazine of corporate propaganda into this weekend's @irishtimes.com newspaper disguised as public communication about AI
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Glad Science collected this data (though the results are entirely unsurprising). GenAI cannot accurately summarize scientific papers, sacrificing accuracy for simplicity.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
September 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Glad Science collected this data (though the results are entirely unsurprising). GenAI cannot accurately summarize scientific papers, sacrificing accuracy for simplicity.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
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Ireland’s Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver at World Championships
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver at World Championships
Dundalk heptathlete adds yet another personal best in the javelin with throw of 53.06
www.irishtimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver at World Championships
5 PBs in 7 events ... even with a knee injury. Grit.👏💪
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
5 PBs in 7 events ... even with a knee injury. Grit.👏💪
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📢 #Job Reminder!
Come work with us as our new Student Engagement Librarian. Lead on the development & delivery of UCD Library’s Orientation and engagement activities & programmes with both new & existing students.
Apply by 12 noon, 25 September
www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#LISjobsIE #LibraryJob
Come work with us as our new Student Engagement Librarian. Lead on the development & delivery of UCD Library’s Orientation and engagement activities & programmes with both new & existing students.
Apply by 12 noon, 25 September
www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#LISjobsIE #LibraryJob
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📢 #Job Reminder!
Come work with us as our new Student Engagement Librarian. Lead on the development & delivery of UCD Library’s Orientation and engagement activities & programmes with both new & existing students.
Apply by 12 noon, 25 September
www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#LISjobsIE #LibraryJob
Come work with us as our new Student Engagement Librarian. Lead on the development & delivery of UCD Library’s Orientation and engagement activities & programmes with both new & existing students.
Apply by 12 noon, 25 September
www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#LISjobsIE #LibraryJob