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Lettie Y. Conrad, PhD
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Independent researcher & consultant, voyager of the scholarly communications universe, work in progress!
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liblynxllc.bsky.social
"How to spot fake scientists" from @nature.com, www.nature.com/articles/d41... -- which offers a great example of why #scholarly #publishing needs solutions like the #STM researcher identity framework, stm-assoc.org/new-digital-...
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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liblynxllc.bsky.social
We achieved ISO 27001 certification! The international gold standard for info security! Not a milestone reached by very many in the #scholarly community. Read more about what it means for clients & what we learned along the way. #infosecurity #iso27001 #scholcomms
www.liblynx.com/news/liblynx...
LibLynx achieves ISO 27001 Certification - LibLynx
LibLynx achieves ISO 27001 certification, the international standard for information security management systems
www.liblynx.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Thank you, @npr.org, for being a steady channel of #fact-based #journalism. This sort of calm, clear, and unbiased reporting on #painkillers and #acetaminophen is a light in today's darkness! www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
How does acetaminophen work? Over-the-counter Painkillers 101
The president and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy. Refresh your knowledge on safe and effective use of common painkillers with these tips from health professionals.
www.npr.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Don't miss this year's New Directions Seminar -- an oasis of thoughtfulness in the chaos of fall conference season.
See you all there s👀n! #SSPND2025
September 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
"I didn’t plan to work in #scholarly #publishing. But now that I’m here, I’m all in." —Deja Forte 👇 must read!!
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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liblynxllc.bsky.social
Join us at next week's @nisoinfo.bsky.social Plus Global event! @michelleurberg.bsky.social will speak to standardizing #usage reporting from aggregators, and Tim Lloyd will address the challenge of leveraging emerging digital #identity infrastructures. Don't miss it! www.liblynx.com/news/liblynx...
LibLynx presenting on Analytics, Identity & Access at NISO Plus 2025 Global - LibLynx
Tim Lloyd and Michelle Urberg on presenting on Identity, Access, and Analytics at next week's 2025 NISO Plus Global conference
www.liblynx.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
📢Call to action! Tell Congress: Don’t Allow Nuclear Weapons Regulatory Process Loopholes! @ucs.org #resist #scicomm #science secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
Tell Congress: Don’t Allow Nuclear Weapons Regulatory Process Loopholes
Tell your member of Congress that the National Nuclear Security Administration must go through the proper regulatory channels for the production of nuclear weapons to ensure the safety and integrity o...
secure.ucs.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
#bugsky #bloomscrolling
#monarchbutterfly
This fella brings us to 170 healthy monarchs released this year in SoCal 🦋😎
August 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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osullyville.bsky.social
Guys, I have a special & unusual request today. My cousin Sean is a union bus driver here in Los Angeles who was just FIRED in retaliation for saying he would not let masked ICE agents onto his bus to abduct riders. The fight is on to get his job back, you can help: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
August 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
So appreciate @dacrotty.bsky.social "showing his math" on the tricky analytical gymnastics required to analyze the #scholcomms market!
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Some eloquent and insightful discussion today about achieving full #accessibility in #scholcomms 👇 @loupeck.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Thank you @rickanderson.bsky.social for putting these thoughts together so clearly and fairly. I appreciate your balanced and expert view on the tricky journey to increase #openaccess publications!
August 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
I’m begging, PLEADING, with people - please, please, please do not just assume that because an LLM “cites its sources” that what it says is right.

In addition to the well-known (I thought) problem where they make up sources entirely, they often “cite” sources that don’t contain the supposed info.
August 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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liblynxllc.bsky.social
“...a community is only as strong as its next generation of leaders,” and we're proud to have played our part in meeting SSP's Generations Fund goals! #GenerationsFund www.liblynx.com/news/ssp-gen... @mdolechek.bsky.social @michelleurberg.bsky.social
@lyconrad.bsky.social
SSP Generations Fund: Partly Powered by LibLynx - LibLynx
We’re proud to support the SSP Generations Fund, which is now partly powered by LibLynx thanks to our $5,000 contribution.
www.liblynx.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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dacrotty.bsky.social
This is a really good and clear explanation for authors and institutions of their obligations under the new NIH Public Access Policy: www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/t...
The NIH Public Access Policy: Q&A for Authors
We’ve received many questions from authors, librarians, and research administrators about the NIH decision to accelerate implementation of its public access plan, going into effect on July 1, 2025.…
www.authorsalliance.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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chorusaccess.bsky.social
🎤 Meet the speakers:

Judith Russell - UF
Caroline Coward - NASA
@lyconrad.bsky.social - Independent Researcher and Consultant
Simon Holt - @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

🗓️ June 18 | 11 AM EDT

🔗 Register now: www.chorusaccess.org/events/choru...

#Accessibility #OpenResearch #ScholComm
June 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Amazing new discovery: Oldest full human fingerprint discovered. A Neanderthal is believed to have dipped a finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago. The rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain

www.bbc.com/news/article...
On the left picture the red dot, on the right one a fingerprint. Multi-spectrum analysis led to the identification of a fingerprint from the red dot
May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Packing some pink so @jenniferaregala.bsky.social will be able to spot me at #ssp2025!!!! 😍💗🧳✈️
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
So excited to see everyone in Baltimore! #ssp2025
liblynxllc.bsky.social LibLynx LLC @liblynxllc.bsky.social · May 26
Meet us at #SSP2025 in Baltimore this week! We’ll be chatting about innovations in usage data & measuring with your heart. Come find Tim, John, @michelleurberg.bsky.social & @lyconrad.bsky.social at the Previews Session, Poster Preview & networking events – or slide into our DMs!
LibLynx staff headshots against the backdrop for the May 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing: Lettie Conrad, John Corkery, Michelle Urberg and Tim Lloyd.
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
This development is welcome news - but it is limited and temporary. We will not rest until IMLS and its funding are fully restored. #ForOurLibraries (2/2)
"These wins are temporary and only as good as the extent to which they are upheld throughout the appeals process... Library advocates will not rest until libraries in every state receive the funding promised and IMLS is back in full" - ALA President Cindy Hohl.
May 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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kawulf.bsky.social
"Academic freedom-the ability to pursue the truth wherever it might lead, and to make publicly available what one believes is true ...[is] not the arcane privilege of an... intellectual guild, but a prerogative essential to the functioning of our Republic and the education of its citizenry."

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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · May 22
This, UVA’s 200th Commencement Address from Michael J. Suarez, SJ, University Professor and Director of the @rarebookschool, is very very good and something that needs more saying. Astonishing that we have to remind our higher ed leaders of that at this very moment. news.virginia.edu/content/fina...
“Academic freedom-the ability to pursue the truth wherever it might lead, and to make publicly available what one believes is true without interference or reprisal-is thus not the arcane privilege of an unworldly intellectual guild, but a prerogative essential to the functioning of our Republic and the education of its citizenry. As a producer of knowledge, teacher of skills and judgment, and caretaker of cultures and learning, the American university is entrusted with the work that helps guide and guard the full exercise of democratic freedom.” “On our 200th anniversary, you may be certain of this: Our ability to pursue the truth and communicate it freely is a national asset. The American university must compromise neither its moral position nor its vision, lest the Republic and its citizens lose one of its most essential ways of learning about and understanding the world. "Knowledge is power," said the first rector of this university, "and," he added, "... ignorance is weakness."”
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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dacrotty.bsky.social
Fantastic post today in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by Alexa Pearce, looking at the pact set up by Vannevar Bush and FDR to drive scientific innovation in America, and where things stand today with both the dismantling of that enterprise and the new mandates for public access to research results
Guest Post - Public Access to the Endless Frontier - The Scholarly Kitchen
Vannevar Bush's Endless Frontier has served as a blueprint for public investments in science for 80 years--a concept now facing great risk.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
lyconrad.bsky.social
Another yummy Friday treat from our head chef, @dacrotty.bsky.social -- ya gotta cop this!!! @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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madubs.bsky.social
Just learned of this effort to crowd-source a mega list of examples of benefits to health, prosperity, and national security resulting from federally-funded research. 41 examples listed to date. Please share and send ideas!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com

h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM