Juan Pablo Alperin
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca
Latin American extraordinaire; scholar; father; publishing revolutionary; self-declared king of bocce; #openscience #scholcommlab #pkp #SFU
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PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
pkp.sfu.ca
JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
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🎉 PKP has launched its 2026 - 2030 Strategic Plan!
Check out our mission, mission, values, and key priorities:
🔗 Get the full plan here: pkp.sfu.ca/2026-2030-st...
#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm
Check out our mission, mission, values, and key priorities:
🔗 Get the full plan here: pkp.sfu.ca/2026-2030-st...
#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
🎉 PKP has launched its 2026 - 2030 Strategic Plan!
Check out our mission, mission, values, and key priorities:
🔗 Get the full plan here: pkp.sfu.ca/2026-2030-st...
#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm
Check out our mission, mission, values, and key priorities:
🔗 Get the full plan here: pkp.sfu.ca/2026-2030-st...
#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm
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Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
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Who owns our knowledge? And how is CRAFT-OA helping communities reassert control over their knowledge production? Hint: It has to do with developing Open-Source software. @pkp.sfu.ca 's recent blog post is a great read: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
pkp.sfu.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Who owns our knowledge? And how is CRAFT-OA helping communities reassert control over their knowledge production? Hint: It has to do with developing Open-Source software. @pkp.sfu.ca 's recent blog post is a great read: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
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Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information Science
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
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Here’s my humble pitch: we stop calling Vancouver’s housing market a “slowdown” or “slump”, implying that it was a great time before.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here’s my humble pitch: we stop calling Vancouver’s housing market a “slowdown” or “slump”, implying that it was a great time before.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
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NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is meeting the moment.
New Yorkers just proved bold socialist ideas can win. Ottawa just proposed the most harmful climate and care budget since Harper.
Bold ideas win and we need to rebuild that kind of NDP.
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
Bold ideas win and we need to rebuild that kind of NDP.
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning 2025 NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is meeting the moment.
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Gifted article
Stop the anti-DEI campaign against Canadian researchers — what amounts to a hunt for personal information that could enable individuals be targeted, bullied and harassed #cdnpse #cdnpoli #research #SSHRC #CIHR
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/836f94c...
Stop the anti-DEI campaign against Canadian researchers — what amounts to a hunt for personal information that could enable individuals be targeted, bullied and harassed #cdnpse #cdnpoli #research #SSHRC #CIHR
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/836f94c...
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If the idea of Musk’s empire crashing and burning makes you happy, find a Tesla Takedown near you! 🔥🔥🔥
@teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @tesla-takedown.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @tesla-takedown.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If the idea of Musk’s empire crashing and burning makes you happy, find a Tesla Takedown near you! 🔥🔥🔥
@teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @tesla-takedown.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @tesla-takedown.bsky.social
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Thanks for writing/highlighting this. I agree with the thinking. It also reminds me of something I wrote about 9 years ago: danielskatzblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/c... where I think I was trying to get at some of the same points, though likely not as clearly
Clash of cultures: Why all science isn’t open science
Open Science is a great concept (and recently described really nicely by Titus Brown, who said in part, “scientific progress relies on the sharing of both scientific ideas and scientific met…
danielskatzblog.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thanks for writing/highlighting this. I agree with the thinking. It also reminds me of something I wrote about 9 years ago: danielskatzblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/c... where I think I was trying to get at some of the same points, though likely not as clearly
Worth highlighting this post, which communicates a key tension in the #OpenSciene movement.
The #OpenScience movement aims to transform how scientists work with each other and with society. These shifts pull in different directions — and “scientific cultures” helps make sense of the tension.
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly cl…
www.scholcommlab.ca
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Worth highlighting this post, which communicates a key tension in the #OpenSciene movement.
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The wealthy have benefited far too long from a tax code that favours wealth and penalizes work. This is upside down. Great societies are built by its working population. Create a tax code that reflects this.
#taxwealthnotwork
#taxwealthnotwork
45 wealthy Canadians to Minister Champagne ahead of the federal budget:
"The tax code is the best tool the government has to reduce wealth inequality, but its current design guarantees that the wealthy will always get a better deal than working Canadians.”
patrioticmillionaires.ca/media/press-...
"The tax code is the best tool the government has to reduce wealth inequality, but its current design guarantees that the wealthy will always get a better deal than working Canadians.”
patrioticmillionaires.ca/media/press-...
Press Release: 45 High Net Worth Canadians Demand Nov. 4th Budget Include a Plan to Tax the Super-Rich. — Patriotic Millionaires CA
“The tax code is the best tool the government has to reduce wealth inequality, but its current design guarantees that the wealthy will always get a better deal than working Canadians.”
patrioticmillionaires.ca
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The wealthy have benefited far too long from a tax code that favours wealth and penalizes work. This is upside down. Great societies are built by its working population. Create a tax code that reflects this.
#taxwealthnotwork
#taxwealthnotwork
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Such a pleasure to speak with INCT-CPCT about our recent research on how science journalists navigate predatory publishing
study w/ @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca & @lauramoorhead.bsky.social available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
study w/ @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca & @lauramoorhead.bsky.social available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Such a pleasure to speak with INCT-CPCT about our recent research on how science journalists navigate predatory publishing
study w/ @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca & @lauramoorhead.bsky.social available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
study w/ @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca & @lauramoorhead.bsky.social available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
LAST CHANCE! Only a few days left to throw your hat in the ring for this amazing job opportunity at @pkp.sfu.ca . Come work with me!
JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
pkp.sfu.ca
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
LAST CHANCE! Only a few days left to throw your hat in the ring for this amazing job opportunity at @pkp.sfu.ca . Come work with me!
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🔊 Contributors sustain and grow essential work towards equitable future for #ScholarlyPublishing – support the #OpenInfrastructure you use
Become a PKP Development Partner, Financial Contributor, In-Kind Supporter, or Research Funder:
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
Become a PKP Development Partner, Financial Contributor, In-Kind Supporter, or Research Funder:
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🔊 Contributors sustain and grow essential work towards equitable future for #ScholarlyPublishing – support the #OpenInfrastructure you use
Become a PKP Development Partner, Financial Contributor, In-Kind Supporter, or Research Funder:
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
Become a PKP Development Partner, Financial Contributor, In-Kind Supporter, or Research Funder:
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
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If you're in Ottawa, head to uOttawa Bibliothèque to hear @pkp.sfu.ca @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca (also online via Zoom)
🎯 Who owns our knowledge? From closed to open infrastructures for research assessment and meta science
🕰️ 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
🔗 buff.ly/K9iYN7k
3/5
🎯 Who owns our knowledge? From closed to open infrastructures for research assessment and meta science
🕰️ 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
🔗 buff.ly/K9iYN7k
3/5
uottawa-ca.zoom.us
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If you're in Ottawa, head to uOttawa Bibliothèque to hear @pkp.sfu.ca @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca (also online via Zoom)
🎯 Who owns our knowledge? From closed to open infrastructures for research assessment and meta science
🕰️ 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
🔗 buff.ly/K9iYN7k
3/5
🎯 Who owns our knowledge? From closed to open infrastructures for research assessment and meta science
🕰️ 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
🔗 buff.ly/K9iYN7k
3/5
Of particular interest to those interested in #preprints and #openscience , or anyone who has been thinking about the Engagement with Society aspects of OS cc. @asapbio.bsky.social @ludowaltman.bsky.social @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @jacoates.bsky.social
The #OpenScience movement aims to transform how scientists work with each other and with society. These shifts pull in different directions — and “scientific cultures” helps make sense of the tension.
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly cl…
www.scholcommlab.ca
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Of particular interest to those interested in #preprints and #openscience , or anyone who has been thinking about the Engagement with Society aspects of OS cc. @asapbio.bsky.social @ludowaltman.bsky.social @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @jacoates.bsky.social
The #OpenScience movement aims to transform how scientists work with each other and with society. These shifts pull in different directions — and “scientific cultures” helps make sense of the tension.
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly cl…
www.scholcommlab.ca
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The #OpenScience movement aims to transform how scientists work with each other and with society. These shifts pull in different directions — and “scientific cultures” helps make sense of the tension.
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
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Creating this festschrift reminded me of a basic truth: you can do something nice for someone whenever you want. Don't wait until people are dead to praise them. Don't hold out for someone else to do it. Nominate people for prizes. Write someone a note of appreciation. Today's the day.
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Creating this festschrift reminded me of a basic truth: you can do something nice for someone whenever you want. Don't wait until people are dead to praise them. Don't hold out for someone else to do it. Nominate people for prizes. Write someone a note of appreciation. Today's the day.
There's so much happening this #OAWeek! Seems everyone felt jazzed about organizing this year! I'm doing a few events, including one at 9PT/12ET. See thread below for how to register.
On Oct 20, I’m giving keynote for #OAWeek at Iowa State / U. of Northern Iowa. I'll talk about how growth of journals are challenging publishing models, reshaping access to knowledge, and redefining the global landscape of scholarly communication. 1–2 pm ET. Register → uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Who Owns our Knowledge? Rethinking Publishing in a Scholar-Led World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This presentation will discuss how the proliferation of open access journals, led by scholars and published out of universities from around the world, are challenging publishing models, reshaping acce...
uiowa.zoom.us
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There's so much happening this #OAWeek! Seems everyone felt jazzed about organizing this year! I'm doing a few events, including one at 9PT/12ET. See thread below for how to register.
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
After all the fancy rollout of the new UI, the @cos.io interface still fails at doing some basic scholarly infrastructure stuff correctly. Tried importing an OSF preprint into Zotero and it gets added with no authors.
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
After all the fancy rollout of the new UI, the @cos.io interface still fails at doing some basic scholarly infrastructure stuff correctly. Tried importing an OSF preprint into Zotero and it gets added with no authors.
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There is considerable discussion about the (lack of) openness of metadata of journal articles, but how do preprint servers perform in terms of openly available metadata?
@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and I report our findings in a new @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post doi.org/10.59350/te7....
@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and I report our findings in a new @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post doi.org/10.59350/te7....
Crossref as a source of open bibliographic metadata for preprints
Crossref is a crucial source of open bibliographic metadata for articles published in scientific journals. Importantly, however, Crossref can also serve as a source of bibliographic metadata for prepr...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There is considerable discussion about the (lack of) openness of metadata of journal articles, but how do preprint servers perform in terms of openly available metadata?
@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and I report our findings in a new @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post doi.org/10.59350/te7....
@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and I report our findings in a new @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post doi.org/10.59350/te7....
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Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
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Talking Points Memo is turning 25 and I wrote a little encomium to early blogging, which I sometimes miss: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...
What Made Blogging Different?
Whether I like it or not, the first line of my obituary...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Talking Points Memo is turning 25 and I wrote a little encomium to early blogging, which I sometimes miss: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...
NEW COURSES: Registration is open SFU + PKP Open Publishing courses! Open to all, so please share with anyone interested in some professional development!
Webinar coming up Oct 30th to meet instructors (including. me!) Read more and register for webinar and courses here: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...
Webinar coming up Oct 30th to meet instructors (including. me!) Read more and register for webinar and courses here: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...
Register Now for PKP + SFU Open Publishing Courses! - Public Knowledge Project
The Open Publishing Series registration for an info webinar and the courses are open. Join the webinar on October 30 to meet the instructors.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
NEW COURSES: Registration is open SFU + PKP Open Publishing courses! Open to all, so please share with anyone interested in some professional development!
Webinar coming up Oct 30th to meet instructors (including. me!) Read more and register for webinar and courses here: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...
Webinar coming up Oct 30th to meet instructors (including. me!) Read more and register for webinar and courses here: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...