Jill ONeill
@jillmwo.bsky.social
Only semi-retired from the information industry. I read a lot and across multiple subject areas. All opinions my own. Likes indicate interest rather than endorsement.
Funniest thing I've read about artificial intelligence thus far: terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Funniest thing I've read about artificial intelligence thus far: terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Releasing the Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals (www.authorsalliance.org/2025/12/03/r...) The initial focus of the service is on a corpus development, discovery, and access solution for books data (digitized and/or born digital text with metadata) at scale.
Releasing The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals
Today, we are pleased to release The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals. This release builds on the recap of our final planning workshop and anticipates release of our final deliverable la…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Releasing the Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals (www.authorsalliance.org/2025/12/03/r...) The initial focus of the service is on a corpus development, discovery, and access solution for books data (digitized and/or born digital text with metadata) at scale.
Impelsys and Delta Think Join Forces to Expand Strategy and Technology Capabilities www.deltathink.com/impelsys-and...
Impelsys and Delta Think Join Forces to Expand Strategy and Technology Capabilities
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December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impelsys and Delta Think Join Forces to Expand Strategy and Technology Capabilities www.deltathink.com/impelsys-and...
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What is the advantage of a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)? https://bit.ly/3l50Qem
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What is the advantage of a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)? https://bit.ly/3l50Qem
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
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Friends, please share? Brown2026 is advertising for its 3rd year of fellowships. Would love to have you consider this opportunity to work with us as we face 2026. Link to position and application info in the thread: And more info about the initiative is here: brown2026democracy.brown.edu 1/
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Friends, please share? Brown2026 is advertising for its 3rd year of fellowships. Would love to have you consider this opportunity to work with us as we face 2026. Link to position and application info in the thread: And more info about the initiative is here: brown2026democracy.brown.edu 1/
I honestly found some of this to be surprising as an analysis of my activity on Bluesky. Check out your 2025 Bluesky Harvest from @anisota.net! anisota.net/harvest/
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I honestly found some of this to be surprising as an analysis of my activity on Bluesky. Check out your 2025 Bluesky Harvest from @anisota.net! anisota.net/harvest/
In case you may have missed this announcement (as I had).
We launched a PAC!
“This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
“This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In case you may have missed this announcement (as I had).
"...college libraries face shrinking budgets, limited space, reduced staffing, and growing pressure to do more with less."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/02/g...
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Guest Post — What Do College Students Lose When Libraries Are Ignored? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest post argues that academic libraries are an investment in the very foundation of quality scholarship and responsible publishing.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"...college libraries face shrinking budgets, limited space, reduced staffing, and growing pressure to do more with less."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/02/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/02/g...
"Importantly, adopting an AI-first strategy does not mean removing humans from the loop." www.knowledgespeak.com/news/knowled...
Knowledgespeak Editorial - Metadata at Scale: Why Scholarly Publishing Must Go AI-First - Knowledgespeak
In scholarly publishing, the conversation around AI often centers on authorship, peer review, or research acceleration. But one of the most quietly transformative opportunities sits much earlier in th...
www.knowledgespeak.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Importantly, adopting an AI-first strategy does not mean removing humans from the loop." www.knowledgespeak.com/news/knowled...
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Sharing 100 percent just for the pics LOL
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A Home That Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Books
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December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sharing 100 percent just for the pics LOL
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Read the full text of the press release for the rationale behind cancelation. www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Read the full text of the press release for the rationale behind cancelation. www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
Wonderful writing! Highly recommended.
🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wonderful writing! Highly recommended.
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Now the problem is "device-hoarding". People are holding on to their smart phones for a horrifying 29 months rather than upgrading! Legacy tech is a problem, granted, but how sustainable is it to expect upgrades on hardware every two years? www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Now the problem is "device-hoarding". People are holding on to their smart phones for a horrifying 29 months rather than upgrading! Legacy tech is a problem, granted, but how sustainable is it to expect upgrades on hardware every two years? www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
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Doing all I could this morning to keep the few undergrads who even turned up awake, & even this ghastly but interesting image, a prop to my discussion of the female Gothic & "Get Out" didn't quite do the job.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Doing all I could this morning to keep the few undergrads who even turned up awake, & even this ghastly but interesting image, a prop to my discussion of the female Gothic & "Get Out" didn't quite do the job.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
This is an amazing (and most worthwhile) virtual experience.
How the Getty Provenance Index is transforming art research.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is an amazing (and most worthwhile) virtual experience.
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Comin' atcha with a trunk full of updates! November 2025 edition features the latest buzz in the Resource Sharing pilot, 19 million items, the Member Meeting recording and more. #trusty #digitallibraries
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Comin' atcha with a trunk full of updates! November 2025 edition features the latest buzz in the Resource Sharing pilot, 19 million items, the Member Meeting recording and more. #trusty #digitallibraries
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Our executive director Peter Berkery responds, "The education of student interns is an additional benefit of university-based publishing initiatives, not a substitute for the essential function that university presses play in the curation and advancement of the scholarly record." bit.ly/47HnLF3
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Our executive director Peter Berkery responds, "The education of student interns is an additional benefit of university-based publishing initiatives, not a substitute for the essential function that university presses play in the curation and advancement of the scholarly record." bit.ly/47HnLF3
Are we reading, watching, or listening to the news? www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... Admittedly, no real surprises here.
More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
A majority of Americans who prefer to watch the news (62%) say they prefer to get it from TV, rather than another platform.
www.pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Are we reading, watching, or listening to the news? www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... Admittedly, no real surprises here.
Interesting thread here...
The uncomfortable truth about mandatory publications for PhD students
There’s a point in this debate that many people tiptoe around: mandatory publication doesn’t just create pressure, it also creates inequality.
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There’s a point in this debate that many people tiptoe around: mandatory publication doesn’t just create pressure, it also creates inequality.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Interesting thread here...
The most important point from this article is this quote: "We ignore research infrastructures at our peril." Pay attention to what's happening with the British Library. www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The most important point from this article is this quote: "We ignore research infrastructures at our peril." Pay attention to what's happening with the British Library. www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US (Internet Archive)
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Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US | Internet Archive Blogs
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November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US (Internet Archive)
blog.archive.org/2025/11/18/m...
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ICYMI: AI Chatbots are prolific letter-writers to the detriment of the scientific publishing process. (Nov 4, 2025, NYTimes Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ICYMI: AI Chatbots are prolific letter-writers to the detriment of the scientific publishing process. (Nov 4, 2025, NYTimes Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...