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Librarian, Research, Australia
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noreenmasud.bsky.social
🚨ASK YOUR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN TO TURN OFF AI SUMMARIES ON PROQUEST🚨
walkyouhome.bsky.social Dr Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · May 1
It's at platform level, so libraries were given the choice about whether they want it on or off. We can either toggle it on and off ourselves through the admin platform or ask the supplier to do it for us, but it's for *everyone* not just individual accounts. First stop would be the your librarian!
May 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Although the chapter on Diet and Nutrition in the Roman Republican Army by Jeremy Armstrong is gloriously open access (but not the rest of the book)
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Brill’s Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare
"Brill’s Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare" published on 04 Dec 2023 by Brill.
brill.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Also may be handy to throw a look at the recent J.F. Donahue and L.L. Brice, Brill's Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare (2023); some of the chapters may be useful.

Alas, my contributor copy is a hard-copy and the book is Brill-priced.
April 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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theulspeccoll.bsky.social
So, it's Elizabethan England, and you need to know how to cure STDs, extract bullets, and live to be a hundred? Well, we have got the manuscript for you. Read more in our new #CuriousCures blogpost:

specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=29988
A paper manuscript lying open, displaying recipes written in cursive hand. A page from a printed book showing illustrations of instruments for extracting bullets.
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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paperstarsorg.bsky.social
oh this is awesome (also... have a bit of a soft spot for nice Shiny app...)
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 19
We set out to describe the strain on scientific publishing. Reviewers are overworked, editors are mass-resigning, we can't keep this up. What we need are good stewards of science.

Find them with our data explorer. ImpInf on most journals, and TATs on many: bit.ly/StrainWeb
#AcademicSky

🧵 9/n
April 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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paperstarsorg.bsky.social
love this!! this aligns with our goals too 🙌 what a cool project
librarykirsten.bsky.social Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · Apr 9
We had the third meeting of the UK Universities Research Metrics Meet-up yesterday! Really interesting to hear Kate Lapage from University of Southampton talking about their new Responsible Research Metrics Self-Study Module - unisotonlibrary.github.io/responsible-...
Responsible Research Metrics Self-Study Module – Responsible Research Metrics Self Study Module
unisotonlibrary.github.io
April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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kawulf.bsky.social
And the employment data supports this.
gsoh31.bsky.social Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Apr 17
One of the worst effects of successive govts' rhetoric on Higher Ed is that it's 'training for a job'. So 18yos get themselves (and are pressured) onto narrow technical courses. Yet employers are crying out for ppl who can read, think, write, speak! I've never met an employer who said different.
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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j9austin.bsky.social
Love to see a university leaning hard on the expertise of their own faculty in such a pivotal moment.
More of this please.
#AcademicSky 🧪
April 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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markrubin.bsky.social
"In practice, science also functions in terms of rivalries and competing interests; hierarchy and competition are at the heart of academic and scientific practices."

New paper by @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social and Çağlar Dede extends Longino's critical contextual empiricism.

doi.org/10.1007/s112...
In her account of science known as critical contextual empiricism (CCE), Helen Longino has famously argued that critical discursive interaction provides the very basis for the objectivity of science. While highly influential, CCE has also been criticized for being overly idealized, failing not only as a descriptive but also as a normative account of scientific institutions and practices. In this paper, we examine Longino’s social account of science from the vantage point of a conception of argumentation as epistemic exchange. We show that CCE does not explicitly problematize some important aspects of scientific practices, in particular: the costs and risks involved in extensive critical discursive interaction; the imperative of responsible collective workload management in a scientific community; and the need for mechanisms of curation and filtering in any sufficiently large epistemic community. The argumentation as epistemic exchange model retains the core idea of CCE, namely the centrality of critical discursive interaction in science, but incorporates aspects of scientific practice neglected by CCE (costs and risks, workload management, curation). Our analysis thus adapts CCE to situations where scientists are ‘busy people’ who must contend with limited resources (of time, energy, funding etc.). To illustrate our proposal, we discuss practices of peer review as instances of epistemic exchange. While highlighting the intrinsic vulnerabilities of the peer review system, we also offer some recommendations on how to improve it.
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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paperstarsorg.bsky.social
Have you ever discovered a paper had been retracted after citing it? #academicchatter #science
April 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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timeshighered.bsky.social
Universities benefit everybody when they tailor their activities for disadvantaged people, according to an Australian disability advocate, who says inclusivity can also help rebuild the sector’s social licence
#AcademicSky
Tailoring teaching for disabled students ‘can benefit everyone’
As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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minorrevision.com
#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Comics 🧪
April 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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danielpjones.bsky.social
Are you a Neurodivergent academic? Why not apply for mentorship / to be a mentor with the Neurodivergent Humanities Mentorship Scheme!

Check out the details here! 🤩

#AcademicSky #Humanities #Neurodiversity #Mentorship #CriticalNeurodiversityStudies #Crip #HigherEducation
ndhumanities.bsky.social Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · Apr 14
📣📣 THE NDHUMS MENTORSHIP SCHEME 2025/26 IS LIVE! We are delighted to announce that our non-hierarchical neurodivergent research partnership programme is now open for applications. Follow the link to learn more and apply. ndhumanities.com/mentorship-s...
Mentorship Scheme 2025 – ND Hums
ndhumanities.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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quahrc.bsky.social
About half the places on our #Qualitative Research Methods summer school are now booked - don't miss out (but do share with others who might be interested once you've got your place)

Full info here: www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course...

#ResearchMethods #AcademicSky #QualitativeResearch
April 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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forumforopen.bsky.social
Welcoming our newest member: the Arab Congress for Open Access!🎉

ACOA champions #bibliodiversity, Arabic-language resources, & inclusive policies through advocacy, training, & community building💡🤝

🔗Read more: shorturl.at/9w5Kr

#OpenScience #ScholComm #OpenAccess #AcademicSky
April 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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mirandaprynne.bsky.social
We asked academics and university staff around the world to share personal strategies for maintaining #wellbeing and balance in a sector in which #stress and #overwork are commonplace. Hear what they had to say in our latest podcast: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/podca... #academicsky #edusky
THE podcast: how to look after yourself in higher education
Personal insights from a range of higher education voices on how they preserve their own well-being
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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drlpretorius.bsky.social
Excited to receive my very niche board game in the mail today! 😎🎉 #academia #iykyk #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
Photo of a board game titled "The publish or perish game". There are three additional boxes with the titles "incomplete submission", "midterm grading extravaganza" and "the revenge of reviewer 2"
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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mossinante.bsky.social
Whether it was a “glitch” that blocked posts about Cyclone Alfred on FB or not, we can’t and shouldn’t depend on Meta products for sharing crucial emergency info.

amp.abc.net.au/article/1050...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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squigglyrick.bsky.social
To prevent Cyclone Alfred from idling off the coast and getting stronger I am drawing it closer by putting the washing on
March 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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belindajones68.bsky.social
FYI
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#TropicalCycloneAlfred
March 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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leakylifeboat.bsky.social
Hey #Auspol, you heard about all those #NDIS eligibility letters, right?

Where else have we seen vague government letters fishing for vague information in a way that sets recipients up for an adverse outcome in the last decade? 👀

#LeakyNDIS
An image with text over a blurred background. The text reads: "Not providing an NDIS participant or their nominee sufficient information to have reasonable opportunity to respond is not only a clear an absence of procedural fairness, but also demonstrably unethical." Below this, it states: Leaky Lifeboat Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments The bottom includes the website link: "leakylifeboat.substack.com."
December 22, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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radiantg.bsky.social
Still looking for #disabled game developers! Everyone from #indiedev to Triple A #gamedev welcome!

Is that you? Reply to the QTd post! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
radiantg.bsky.social Radiant G🌈✨ @ INK INSIDE OUT NOW @radiantg.bsky.social · Dec 21
📢 ISO OF DISABLED GAME DEVELOPERS 📢

♿️🎮 I’m making a disabled game devs starter pack!

🗣️ Neurodivergent &/or physically disabled game devs reply below with games you’ve worked on & what you do

🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁
#disabilitysky #disabled #disability #neurodivergent #indiedev #gamedev #a11y
December 22, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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profkarenboyle.bsky.social
Excited to announce 3 #AcademicJobs in Humanities at Uni Strathclyde funded through the Charlotte Lythe bequest. I'm new here, so appreciate your help in getting the word out! The jobs are in History, Media and English/Creative Writing. Details below in my first bsky thread (drumroll please...)
November 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM