Alastair Dunning
@alastairdunning.bsky.social
Head of Research Services, Delft Uni Library 🇳🇱 | Open Science 🔭 | Technology 💾 | Digital Culture and Humanities 🎨
Australian and New Zealand universities in battle of the century' with publisher Elsevier
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Australian and New Zealand universities in battle of the century' with publisher Elsevier
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
US immigration officials are worried about the archiving of messages that might later be incriminating for them later on.
But they still need to comply with Federal archiving laws
And they're creating weird workarounds for this
But they still need to comply with Federal archiving laws
And they're creating weird workarounds for this
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
US immigration officials are worried about the archiving of messages that might later be incriminating for them later on.
But they still need to comply with Federal archiving laws
And they're creating weird workarounds for this
But they still need to comply with Federal archiving laws
And they're creating weird workarounds for this
"Training in academic skills will need to be fundamentally reconsidered in an era of AI."
"Data analysis and literature synthesis, might need to take a back seat so that researchers can focus on critical evaluation of AI-generated code and analyses"
"Data analysis and literature synthesis, might need to take a back seat so that researchers can focus on critical evaluation of AI-generated code and analyses"
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"Training in academic skills will need to be fundamentally reconsidered in an era of AI."
"Data analysis and literature synthesis, might need to take a back seat so that researchers can focus on critical evaluation of AI-generated code and analyses"
"Data analysis and literature synthesis, might need to take a back seat so that researchers can focus on critical evaluation of AI-generated code and analyses"
The chief executive of the British Library has resigned less than a year into her job
The current strike by some staff has, I guess, a lot to with it
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
The current strike by some staff has, I guess, a lot to with it
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
British Library chief executive quits midway through PCS strike
The British Library has been thrown into further turmoil midway through a two-week PCS strike with the resignation of its chief executive Rebecca Lawrence.
www.pcs.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The chief executive of the British Library has resigned less than a year into her job
The current strike by some staff has, I guess, a lot to with it
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
The current strike by some staff has, I guess, a lot to with it
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
"We need to be bolder: It is our duty to ensure library collections remain open to the public in a form that empowers 21st-century readers. If our intellectual heritage gets enclosed in proprietary tools, we will find ourselves making the same bad bargain we made with scientific publishers"
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"We need to be bolder: It is our duty to ensure library collections remain open to the public in a form that empowers 21st-century readers. If our intellectual heritage gets enclosed in proprietary tools, we will find ourselves making the same bad bargain we made with scientific publishers"
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
Ophelia has been a popular meme cultural history for a long time it seems
www.europeana.eu/en/search?pa...
#swifties
www.europeana.eu/en/search?pa...
#swifties
Ophelia - Search
Europeana
www.europeana.eu
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Ophelia has been a popular meme cultural history for a long time it seems
www.europeana.eu/en/search?pa...
#swifties
www.europeana.eu/en/search?pa...
#swifties
Job: Senior Software Engineer for Open Science - with a focus on our research data repository careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Se...
Senior Software Engineer (Open Source, 4TU.ResearchData)
Senior Software Engineer (Open Source, 4TU.ResearchData)
careers.tudelft.nl
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Job: Senior Software Engineer for Open Science - with a focus on our research data repository careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Se...
Guidance, training and tools for writing research software in the sciences (specifically natural and engineering sciences)
Funding by @nwonieuws.bsky.social as part of its Thematic Digital Competence Centres
ss-nes.github.io
Funding by @nwonieuws.bsky.social as part of its Thematic Digital Competence Centres
ss-nes.github.io
SS-NES landing page - SS-NES landing page
ss-nes.github.io
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Guidance, training and tools for writing research software in the sciences (specifically natural and engineering sciences)
Funding by @nwonieuws.bsky.social as part of its Thematic Digital Competence Centres
ss-nes.github.io
Funding by @nwonieuws.bsky.social as part of its Thematic Digital Competence Centres
ss-nes.github.io
Online Event: Integrating Repositories into the broader Open Science Landscape
Thursday 30th October, 4pm
Thursday 30th October, 4pm
Virtual Networking Forum: Integration of Institutional Open Access Repositories into the broader Open Science Landscape
www.ibi.hu-berlin.de
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Online Event: Integrating Repositories into the broader Open Science Landscape
Thursday 30th October, 4pm
Thursday 30th October, 4pm
How much are you spending on collections and publishing?
Here's a breakdown of TU Delft's projected collections and publication costs for 2026. (Roughly 7.6m Euros in total)
(Thanks to Louise Otting for collating figures)
Here's a breakdown of TU Delft's projected collections and publication costs for 2026. (Roughly 7.6m Euros in total)
(Thanks to Louise Otting for collating figures)
TU Delft Collections and Publishing Costs for 2026 - TU Delft Library collections
Below is collections and publishing budget for TU Delft in 2026 (subject to final approval as part of the overall library budget). The total budget for collections and publishing is €7,615,000, the…
library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How much are you spending on collections and publishing?
Here's a breakdown of TU Delft's projected collections and publication costs for 2026. (Roughly 7.6m Euros in total)
(Thanks to Louise Otting for collating figures)
Here's a breakdown of TU Delft's projected collections and publication costs for 2026. (Roughly 7.6m Euros in total)
(Thanks to Louise Otting for collating figures)
What is Ricgraph?
Ricgraph, also known as Research in context graph, enables the exploration of researchers, teams, their results, collaborations, skills, projects, and the relations between these items.
www.ricgraph.eu/what-is-ricg...
Developed by Rik Janssen from University of Utrecht
Ricgraph, also known as Research in context graph, enables the exploration of researchers, teams, their results, collaborations, skills, projects, and the relations between these items.
www.ricgraph.eu/what-is-ricg...
Developed by Rik Janssen from University of Utrecht
What is Ricgraph? – Website Ricgraph - Research in context graph
Ricgraph (Research in context graph) enables the exploration of researchers, teams, their results, collaborations, skills, projects, and the relations between these items.
www.ricgraph.eu
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What is Ricgraph?
Ricgraph, also known as Research in context graph, enables the exploration of researchers, teams, their results, collaborations, skills, projects, and the relations between these items.
www.ricgraph.eu/what-is-ricg...
Developed by Rik Janssen from University of Utrecht
Ricgraph, also known as Research in context graph, enables the exploration of researchers, teams, their results, collaborations, skills, projects, and the relations between these items.
www.ricgraph.eu/what-is-ricg...
Developed by Rik Janssen from University of Utrecht
DH Benelux will take place in beautiful Maastricht in early June 2026
The call for papers is now open
2026.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap...
The call for papers is now open
2026.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers 2026 - DH Benelux 2026
2026 CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSIONS, TOPICS & IMPORTANT DATES Storytelling is fundamental to human experience; stories help us make sense of the world, preserve and narrate our heritage, construct identi...
2026.dhbenelux.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
DH Benelux will take place in beautiful Maastricht in early June 2026
The call for papers is now open
2026.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap...
The call for papers is now open
2026.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap...
Great to see Barcelona Declaration team tackling openness of publication metadata
Lack of clarity in this area has really hampered efficient sharing and discovery
Lack of clarity in this area has really hampered efficient sharing and discovery
Barcelona Declaration and OA2020 Launch Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata – OA2020
We are excited to announce the launch of a Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata, established in partnership between the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information…
oa2020.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Great to see Barcelona Declaration team tackling openness of publication metadata
Lack of clarity in this area has really hampered efficient sharing and discovery
Lack of clarity in this area has really hampered efficient sharing and discovery
Advocacy Kit for Open Science
And EU project (Skills4EOSC) has created an Advocacy Kit to empowers users to promote Open Science skills to policymakers and funders to help foster steady policy support.
And EU project (Skills4EOSC) has created an Advocacy Kit to empowers users to promote Open Science skills to policymakers and funders to help foster steady policy support.
Advocacy Kit
Skills4EOSC ‘Skills for the European Open Science commons: creating a training ecosystem for Open and FAIR science’ is funded by the European Commission Horizon Europe programme (GA 101058527)
www.skills4eosc.eu
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Advocacy Kit for Open Science
And EU project (Skills4EOSC) has created an Advocacy Kit to empowers users to promote Open Science skills to policymakers and funders to help foster steady policy support.
And EU project (Skills4EOSC) has created an Advocacy Kit to empowers users to promote Open Science skills to policymakers and funders to help foster steady policy support.
@4turesearchdata.bsky.social are piloting Codecheck
✅ This helps verify that the code behind research outputs runs and successfully reproduces the key results from the related publication.
data.4tu.nl/info/about-y...
✅ This helps verify that the code behind research outputs runs and successfully reproduces the key results from the related publication.
data.4tu.nl/info/about-y...
4TU.ResearchData
4TU.ResearchData is an international data repository for science, engineering and design. We offer research dataset curation, sharing, long-term access and preservation services to anyone, anywhere. O...
data.4tu.nl
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@4turesearchdata.bsky.social are piloting Codecheck
✅ This helps verify that the code behind research outputs runs and successfully reproduces the key results from the related publication.
data.4tu.nl/info/about-y...
✅ This helps verify that the code behind research outputs runs and successfully reproduces the key results from the related publication.
data.4tu.nl/info/about-y...
Congrats to three nominees for Leo Waaijers Open Science award!
- Barcelona Declaration (www.researchequals.com)
- ResearchEquals (www.researchequals.com)
- EnvisionBox (envisionbox.org)
ukb.nl/nieuws/de-sh...
- Barcelona Declaration (www.researchequals.com)
- ResearchEquals (www.researchequals.com)
- EnvisionBox (envisionbox.org)
ukb.nl/nieuws/de-sh...
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Congrats to three nominees for Leo Waaijers Open Science award!
- Barcelona Declaration (www.researchequals.com)
- ResearchEquals (www.researchequals.com)
- EnvisionBox (envisionbox.org)
ukb.nl/nieuws/de-sh...
- Barcelona Declaration (www.researchequals.com)
- ResearchEquals (www.researchequals.com)
- EnvisionBox (envisionbox.org)
ukb.nl/nieuws/de-sh...
Come and work with a great team!
📢 We're hiring! Join TU Delft Library as a Trainer in Research Data Management & Digital Skills. 2 temp positions (until 31 Dec 2026) in a diverse, international team.
📅 Apply by 22 Oct
🔗 Info: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Tr...
📅 Apply by 22 Oct
🔗 Info: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Tr...
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Come and work with a great team!
Not quite sure what to make of Unesco's Museum of Stolen Heritage website
museum.unesco.org
It feels like some art wellness app by a developer who's revisiting his 2007 love of Adobe Flash
Why not just use web standards?
museum.unesco.org
It feels like some art wellness app by a developer who's revisiting his 2007 love of Adobe Flash
Why not just use web standards?
UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
Discover the UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.
museum.unesco.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Not quite sure what to make of Unesco's Museum of Stolen Heritage website
museum.unesco.org
It feels like some art wellness app by a developer who's revisiting his 2007 love of Adobe Flash
Why not just use web standards?
museum.unesco.org
It feels like some art wellness app by a developer who's revisiting his 2007 love of Adobe Flash
Why not just use web standards?
Our Diamond OA publisher, TU Delft Open, published 45 books in 2024
20 textbooks, 18 edited volumes, 4 conference books, 3 monographs
One significant growth area: interactive textbooks (25% of the textbooks)
openpublishing.tudl.tudelft.nl/tu-delft-ope...
20 textbooks, 18 edited volumes, 4 conference books, 3 monographs
One significant growth area: interactive textbooks (25% of the textbooks)
openpublishing.tudl.tudelft.nl/tu-delft-ope...
TU Delft OPEN Publishing | 2024 Annual Report - Blog TU Delft OPEN Publishing
2024 marked the 5-year anniversary of TU Delft OPEN Publishing (TUDOP) Publications Highlights | Books In April 2024, we reached the milestone of 100 books published. The landmark textbook publication...
openpublishing.tudl.tudelft.nl
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Our Diamond OA publisher, TU Delft Open, published 45 books in 2024
20 textbooks, 18 edited volumes, 4 conference books, 3 monographs
One significant growth area: interactive textbooks (25% of the textbooks)
openpublishing.tudl.tudelft.nl/tu-delft-ope...
20 textbooks, 18 edited volumes, 4 conference books, 3 monographs
One significant growth area: interactive textbooks (25% of the textbooks)
openpublishing.tudl.tudelft.nl/tu-delft-ope...
We had an amazing launch of our new headquarters in Amsterdam. Thank you to everyone who made it a fantastic afternoon and it was a beautiful sunny day! Such great luck. Sebastian’s photos did a great job capturing the atmosphere and enthusiasm.
Internet Archive Europe Open House, 19 September 2025
The Open House event on 19 September 2025 celebrated the official opening of Internet Archive Europe's new headquarters in Amsterdam. This significant milestone marks Internet Archive Europe’s commitm...
www.flickr.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Some early (slightly bland?) research on how ChatGPT is used.
“Practical Guidance,” “Seeking Information,” and “Writing” are
the three most common topics and collectively account for nearly 80% of all conversations.
www.nber.org/system/files...
“Practical Guidance,” “Seeking Information,” and “Writing” are
the three most common topics and collectively account for nearly 80% of all conversations.
www.nber.org/system/files...
www.nber.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some early (slightly bland?) research on how ChatGPT is used.
“Practical Guidance,” “Seeking Information,” and “Writing” are
the three most common topics and collectively account for nearly 80% of all conversations.
www.nber.org/system/files...
“Practical Guidance,” “Seeking Information,” and “Writing” are
the three most common topics and collectively account for nearly 80% of all conversations.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Interested in coordinating a two year project to improve digital skills for researchers in the sciences?
Then apply for this position @4turesearchdata.bsky.social
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Pr...
Then apply for this position @4turesearchdata.bsky.social
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Pr...
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator
careers.tudelft.nl
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Interested in coordinating a two year project to improve digital skills for researchers in the sciences?
Then apply for this position @4turesearchdata.bsky.social
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Pr...
Then apply for this position @4turesearchdata.bsky.social
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Pr...
This is a thoughtful article on standing firm on CC licences and reuse in the AI scraping era.
Also, was / is CC-BY a mistake?
Also, was / is CC-BY a mistake?
Essential reading: “AI Scraping of OA Content Warrants a Collective Response” doi.org/10.21428/ae6... from @punctumbooks.bsky.social
AI Scraping of OA Content Warrants a Collective Response
doi.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is a thoughtful article on standing firm on CC licences and reuse in the AI scraping era.
Also, was / is CC-BY a mistake?
Also, was / is CC-BY a mistake?
Reposted by Alastair Dunning
Loving the concept and content on News Minimalist: newsminimalist.com
Using ML to rank news stories by "importance" (scale, impact, novelty, credibility, legacy) and gives you a feed of only high scoring items.
At first glance, better quality than the front page of the BBC, Guardian, or NYT
Using ML to rank news stories by "importance" (scale, impact, novelty, credibility, legacy) and gives you a feed of only high scoring items.
At first glance, better quality than the front page of the BBC, Guardian, or NYT
September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Loving the concept and content on News Minimalist: newsminimalist.com
Using ML to rank news stories by "importance" (scale, impact, novelty, credibility, legacy) and gives you a feed of only high scoring items.
At first glance, better quality than the front page of the BBC, Guardian, or NYT
Using ML to rank news stories by "importance" (scale, impact, novelty, credibility, legacy) and gives you a feed of only high scoring items.
At first glance, better quality than the front page of the BBC, Guardian, or NYT