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Nick Sheppard
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Open research at University of Leeds. Amateur Wikimedian. Conscientious objector to the culture war.
#OpenResearch #OpenScience #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia
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Sunniest Chevin Chase I’ve ever seen
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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“Do not despair. It’s a privilege to despair. Don’t lose sight of the fact that resistance takes a lot of different shapes and you know whatever you are able to do, even if it feels small, is something.” @rouhiroo.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Any recommendations of #OpenResearch related podcasts/events I may have missed this year?

Here are a few that I have heard:

@openresshef.bsky.social Open Research Conversations doi.org/10.15131/she...

@hiddenref.bsky.social What the REF hidden-ref.org/what-the-ref/

#OAI14 oai.events/oai14/
Open Research Conversations
A series of Open Research Conversations facilitated by The University of Sheffield Library, which include talks from researchers and other experts to share their experiences, promote best practices an...
orda.shef.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇

📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.

Categories are:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
lucymoore.bsky.social Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 22d
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻‍🔬

We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
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December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Twelve months already! Time flies when you're having fun - looking forward to 2026 and another year @openresleeds.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social 😍
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Happy Friday! Recordings and slides are now available from Open and Engaged Conference 2025: "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" Here is the link to the collection of fantastic talks and presentations. #OpenEngaged doi.org/10.22020/dgz...
Open and Engaged Conference 2025 - Who owns our knowledge? // British Library
This year’s Open and Engaged Conference aligns with the Open Access Week 2025 theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, by exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is…
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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@kirstywallis.com is this it? blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

Will it be running again in 2026?
Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025 now open for booking! | UCL Open@UCL Blog
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑

www.gida-global.org/care

These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.

(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
A graphic in different shades of green. At the top is the word 'fair' in capital letters, and under each of the letters are the words 'findable', 'accessible', 'interoperable' and 'reusable'. On the bottom half of the graphic is the word 'care' in capital letters, and under each of the letters are the words 'collective benefit', 'authority to control', 'responsibility' and 'ethics'.
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
(Episode 139) Championing Change: Vicky Williams on Impact, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Value and recognition for all contributions to research

leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...

Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
This post is by Nick Sheppard, Open Research Adviser based in the Edward Boyle Library Back in October I was amongst the delegates at the Festival of Hidden REF held at the Birmingham Science Museu…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Sobering session at #OAI14 about challenges to research integrity including Ivan Oransky (@retractionwatch.com) @deevybee.bsky.social on paper mills and Ophélie Fraisier-Vannier on the increasing use of LLMs and AI 😨
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Talking of Wikipedia and Academic Libraries👇

@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social

Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:

leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...

All welcome😀
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Perhaps part of the solution is rewarding and incentivising more diverse research outputs? i.e. @hiddenref.bsky.social

research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/valu...

researchadjacent.com/recognising-...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6u9...
pwgtennant.bsky.social Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Nov 12
How do we incentivise people to publish fewer papers?

We need to live in a world where saying 'I have published over 500 papers' is widely understood as a red flag, not as something to brag about.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Great initiative...

First issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research:

doi.org/10.36399/f74...
Vol. 1 (2025) | Scottish Journal of Open Research
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Event recording now available on @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social blog:

Archives Across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black Histories

leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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@earthowned.bsky.social featured in a dream last night...I was visiting Edinburgh and saw you receive an award. Not sure what for...and you were only 21 🤷
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Add your two penn'orth: www.linkedin.com/posts/peterw...
pwgtennant.bsky.social Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Nov 4
The lobbying has started!
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Magic
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Nick Sheppard stood in front of the blue plaque highlighting the anti-slavery history of Leeds.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?

leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818

Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm

With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge

@akadidymus.bsky.social
Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?
The N8 Research Partnership launched its Rights Retention statement in January 2023. Now nearly three years later and with the sector in the midst of a financial crisis, the...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Still time to book for this event tomorrow 👇👇👇

More than 150 colleagues registered to attend, from both sides of the Atlantic 🌊

#BlackHiatoryMonth
nickshepp.bsky.social Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · Oct 9
Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:

🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)

leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester.
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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🗣️Speakers:

🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)

💂‍♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)

🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)

💂‍♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
🏛️@richardnevell.bsky.social and "Wikimedian in Residence" @yclepit.bsky.social join host @nickshepp.bsky.social to discuss @wikipedia.org and the importance of human curated knowledge in the age of Artificial Intelligence. 🤖
(Episode 133) Promoting Open Knowledge at the University of Leeds with Lucy Hinnie and Richard Nevell
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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October 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Join us for this special online event that brings together a panel from two universitiess, separated by the Atlantic Ocean while joined by a common history. We’ll hear from academics and archivists with an interest Black history and how libraries and archives support these histories 👇
nickshepp.bsky.social Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · Oct 9
Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:

🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)

leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester.
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
leeds.libcal.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM