Nick Shockey
@nshockey.bsky.social
Associate Executive Director, SPARC
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We and @sparcopen.bsky.social are hosting two more webinars to support administrators and librarians in their efforts to ensure compliance with public access policies.
These webinars will focus on new publications and data sharing requirements.
More info:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/15/f...
These webinars will focus on new publications and data sharing requirements.
More info:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/15/f...
Federal Agency Publication & Data Sharing Policy Overview & FAQ Events
In response to the 2022 Nelson Memo, federal agencies are required to update their public access policies by the end of this year. New policies are now in effect for several agencies: the NIH, CDC,…
www.authorsalliance.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We and @sparcopen.bsky.social are hosting two more webinars to support administrators and librarians in their efforts to ensure compliance with public access policies.
These webinars will focus on new publications and data sharing requirements.
More info:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/15/f...
These webinars will focus on new publications and data sharing requirements.
More info:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/15/f...
This was fantastic!
Great time with Library Freedom Project pushing back on AI hype, and if you missed us today, fear not...
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
June 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This was fantastic!
Reposted by Nick Shockey
Great time with Library Freedom Project pushing back on AI hype, and if you missed us today, fear not...
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
June 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Great time with Library Freedom Project pushing back on AI hype, and if you missed us today, fear not...
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
We've got so many feelings about AI, and so many folks want to hear them, that ALA asked us to share them twice!
Catch the encode on #alaac25 Sunday at 9 am
cdmcd.co/nRabBy
Reposted by Nick Shockey
Today I'm pleased to announce that the BOAI, which first defined #OpenAccess, is transitioning into an org to support the development of equitable OA. For more, please see our blog post, which is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-tr...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-tr...
BOAI Transitioning to Organization to Support the Development of Equitable Open Access – Budapest Open Access Initiative
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today I'm pleased to announce that the BOAI, which first defined #OpenAccess, is transitioning into an org to support the development of equitable OA. For more, please see our blog post, which is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-tr...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-tr...
Reposted by Nick Shockey
Reposted by Nick Shockey
“Millions that could be used to improve the higher education sector and the academic publishing platforms in South Africa are being syphoned to these large corporations based in the Global North that control much of the global academic publishing sector."
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
Study tracks limited impact of transformative OA contracts
The current levels of implementation of transformative agreements, which aim to facilitate the transition from subscription-based journal publishing t...
www.universityworldnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Millions that could be used to improve the higher education sector and the academic publishing platforms in South Africa are being syphoned to these large corporations based in the Global North that control much of the global academic publishing sector."
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
Reminder that Elsevier's parent company, RELX, is one of the world's leading data brokers and its risk business, LexisNexis, is named in the underlying FTC complaint here as a 3rd party GM sold driver data to which then packaged that data into products for car insurers that led to price increases.
General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24345470/gm-banned-selling-driving-data-insurance-ftc
GM banned from selling your driving data for five years - The Verge
Customers were surprised when their insurance rates went up.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reminder that Elsevier's parent company, RELX, is one of the world's leading data brokers and its risk business, LexisNexis, is named in the underlying FTC complaint here as a 3rd party GM sold driver data to which then packaged that data into products for car insurers that led to price increases.