Sharla Lair
@lalair.bsky.social
Lead Strategist, Open Scholarship, Lyrasis • https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharlalair/ • Views are my own
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A (cont'd)
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A (cont'd)
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
"We're trying to get up to the standards of other parts of the globe."
"We're figuring out who we are"
#chsconf2025
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"Diamond open access leads with its values, and as you can see, the values make a very pleasing word cloud." The value of diamond #openaccess, however, is much harder to put in a word cloud. @camitchell.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Diamond open access leads with its values, and as you can see, the values make a very pleasing word cloud." The value of diamond #openaccess, however, is much harder to put in a word cloud. @camitchell.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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"If we want to see diamond #openaccess flourish as more than just part of a patchwork... we will have to rally together. No one is coming to build this for us. The future of diamond open access in the United States will depend on the choices we make." @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"If we want to see diamond #openaccess flourish as more than just part of a patchwork... we will have to rally together. No one is coming to build this for us. The future of diamond open access in the United States will depend on the choices we make." @lalair.bsky.social #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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And to instead spend our funds supporting non-profit and academy-based publishers who share our values and deliver value. But I don't blog anymore, so this will do.
March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And to instead spend our funds supporting non-profit and academy-based publishers who share our values and deliver value. But I don't blog anymore, so this will do.
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I would suggest that maybe this budget crisis is the time to finally say NO to spending precious library dollars to fill the pockets of shareholders of for-profit publishers who routinely report stupid high profits margins ..
March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I would suggest that maybe this budget crisis is the time to finally say NO to spending precious library dollars to fill the pockets of shareholders of for-profit publishers who routinely report stupid high profits margins ..