Krista Godfrey
@weelibrarian.bsky.social
I'm a librarian (Head, Advanced Research Services @UVic), tech wannabe, UX enthusiast, instructor, chocoholic, tea lover, bluenoser at heart. Also at mastodon.social/@weelibrarian
oh goodie. why is it every time i move to an institution, this happens?
OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
The BC Govt has announced a review of the public post-secondary system. Review will be led by Don Avison, recently Chair of the board at Emily Carr. He's a past Deputy Minister of Education, Skills and Training, and President of the Research Universities Council of BC
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
oh goodie. why is it every time i move to an institution, this happens?
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Second budget update: on research, CSLP and more:
Canadian Federal Budget 2025 Part 2
YouTube video by Higher Education Strategy Associates
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November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Second budget update: on research, CSLP and more:
Get to act as a judge and provide closing remarks at our Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium today. Love seeing the amazing research being done on campus.
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Get to act as a judge and provide closing remarks at our Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium today. Love seeing the amazing research being done on campus.
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UNB is hiring a Dean of Libraries this is an interesting opportunity to work with some good eggs. www.royerthompson.com/opportunitie...
Dean of Libraries - University of New Brunswick - Royer Thompson
Lead, innovate, and inspire one of Canada’s most recognized research-intensive library systems
University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a top comprehensive university in Canada with more than 100 world-...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
UNB is hiring a Dean of Libraries this is an interesting opportunity to work with some good eggs. www.royerthompson.com/opportunitie...
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also -- oop get ready for so much more of this
"Unlike closed ecosystems that require researchers to adopt proprietary tools, Wiley AI Gateway prioritizes intentional interoperability, seamlessly integrating scholarly content and data subscriptions with today’s leading AI platforms." newsroom.wiley.com/press-releas...
Wiley Launches Interoperable Platform to Power Scientific Discovery in World's Leading AI Technologies
Wiley AI Gateway brings trusted scholarly content directly into Anthropic's Claude, AWS Marketplace, Mistral AI's Le Chat, and Perplexity Wiley (NYSE: WLY), a global leader in authoritative content an...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
also -- oop get ready for so much more of this
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Friends, we are hiring 2 positions on our Collections & Content Team.
1. A Continuing-Appointment track Collections & Content Librarian. Focus is on copyright and licensing
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...
2. A Contract ERM Librarian
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Maybe you're interested?
1. A Continuing-Appointment track Collections & Content Librarian. Focus is on copyright and licensing
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...
2. A Contract ERM Librarian
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Maybe you're interested?
Collections & Content - Assistant or Associate Librarian
Collections & Content - Assistant or Associate Librarian
careers.uoguelph.ca
October 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Friends, we are hiring 2 positions on our Collections & Content Team.
1. A Continuing-Appointment track Collections & Content Librarian. Focus is on copyright and licensing
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...
2. A Contract ERM Librarian
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Maybe you're interested?
1. A Continuing-Appointment track Collections & Content Librarian. Focus is on copyright and licensing
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...
2. A Contract ERM Librarian
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Maybe you're interested?
new journal: Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries joi-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/joi/index
Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries
joi-ojs-txstate.tdl.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
new journal: Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries joi-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/joi/index
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Opinion | Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too
Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes. https://bit.ly/46xyL8D
Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes. https://bit.ly/46xyL8D
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Opinion | Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too
Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes. https://bit.ly/46xyL8D
Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes. https://bit.ly/46xyL8D
only just starting this but am fairly certain that this might resonate with others too: Don’t Do More With Less: Sustainable Work as a Management Value oasis.library.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcont...
oasis.library.unlv.edu
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
only just starting this but am fairly certain that this might resonate with others too: Don’t Do More With Less: Sustainable Work as a Management Value oasis.library.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Reposted by Krista Godfrey
What's that? My team is HIRING a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER?!? www.ithaka.org/job/46013390...
omg yeah we totally are
This won't be open long, so don't sleep on it! But if I know you & your work, hit me up for a referral link first. Happy to answer questions.
omg yeah we totally are
This won't be open long, so don't sleep on it! But if I know you & your work, hit me up for a referral link first. Happy to answer questions.
Software Engineer (Full-stack) - ITHAKA
ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome b...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What's that? My team is HIRING a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER?!? www.ithaka.org/job/46013390...
omg yeah we totally are
This won't be open long, so don't sleep on it! But if I know you & your work, hit me up for a referral link first. Happy to answer questions.
omg yeah we totally are
This won't be open long, so don't sleep on it! But if I know you & your work, hit me up for a referral link first. Happy to answer questions.
Reposted by Krista Godfrey
Our annual statisical publication, The State of Post-Secondary Education in Canada is out today. The book is very pretty: the state of postsecondary education in Canada isn't.
The State of Postsecondary Education in Canada, 2025 | HESA
Hi all. Today, HESA is releasing the eighth edition of The State of Postsecondary Education in Canada, co-authored by myself … Continued
higheredstrategy.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our annual statisical publication, The State of Post-Secondary Education in Canada is out today. The book is very pretty: the state of postsecondary education in Canada isn't.
Reposted by Krista Godfrey
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
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How Trump is reshaping government data www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... via @nbcnews.com
How Trump is reshaping government data
The Trump administration has influenced data used by researchers, economists and scientists — an effort that drew more attention after the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.nbcnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How Trump is reshaping government data www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... via @nbcnews.com
interesting read from @thatandromeda.bsky.social andromedayelton.com/2025/07/30/i... Also, I wish I had done more code reviews/walk through with my previous team when we did code. Such a great opportunity to build shared knowledge and avoid single points of failure.
In which we ask Copilot to do the team a solid
So, I wrote an alien artifact no one else on my team understood. (I know, I know.) I’m not a monster — it has documentation and tests, it went through code review for all that that didn…
andromedayelton.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
interesting read from @thatandromeda.bsky.social andromedayelton.com/2025/07/30/i... Also, I wish I had done more code reviews/walk through with my previous team when we did code. Such a great opportunity to build shared knowledge and avoid single points of failure.
good follow up on the AI Research Assistant issues aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
good follow up on the AI Research Assistant issues aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
i know this is making the rounds but sharing anyway because it is so terrible acrlog.org/2025/07/21/w...
“We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question” - ACRLog
Editor’s note: We welcome a guest blog post from Jay Singley, Document Delivery and Circulation Desk Manager at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In March 2025, Ex Libris unveiled thei...
acrlog.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i know this is making the rounds but sharing anyway because it is so terrible acrlog.org/2025/07/21/w...
neat piece on citation as art www.cbc.ca/arts/how-bla...
How Black artists use citational art to build upon one another's legacies | CBC Arts
"Black citational art is a kind of code that allows artists to speak in secret ... Everything comes together for the viewer who 'reads' all the references."
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July 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
neat piece on citation as art www.cbc.ca/arts/how-bla...
i hate the push away from physical cards. it assumes everyone has a phone and that it's always connected and charged.
July 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
i hate the push away from physical cards. it assumes everyone has a phone and that it's always connected and charged.
After 20+ years, I have an office with a window. This excites me likely more than it should.
July 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
After 20+ years, I have an office with a window. This excites me likely more than it should.
You know things are getting real when the Teams invites start rolling in. Only 1 day left at UWaterloo. Craziness
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
You know things are getting real when the Teams invites start rolling in. Only 1 day left at UWaterloo. Craziness
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So, with Bill 33, the Ontario government is now giving itself the power to decide what "merit" is and which students should and should not be admitted to each college and university.
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So, with Bill 33, the Ontario government is now giving itself the power to decide what "merit" is and which students should and should not be admitted to each college and university.
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
agentic ai comes to clarivate www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Clarivate Expands its Academic AI Platform, Introducing Agentic AI for Research and Learning
/PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the expansion of its Academic AI Platform, helping...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
agentic ai comes to clarivate www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
i see there is a call to host Access in the CARL e-alert. i wonder if anyone will step up
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
i see there is a call to host Access in the CARL e-alert. i wonder if anyone will step up
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Data providers like EBSCO, ProQuest, Sage + Cengage are “implementing “local controls” on databases, particularly related to health + race. ‘Under even the smallest of threats, the co’s have provided the tools or have secretly put on the tools… that apply the content blocking on these systems”
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Data providers like EBSCO, ProQuest, Sage + Cengage are “implementing “local controls” on databases, particularly related to health + race. ‘Under even the smallest of threats, the co’s have provided the tools or have secretly put on the tools… that apply the content blocking on these systems”