Mel Chivers
@melchivers.bsky.social
Librarian living in Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa.
Likely to post about politics, food, library-stuff, exercise (bouldering, cycling...), crafting (knitting, crochet, mending) and life in-between.
Likely to post about politics, food, library-stuff, exercise (bouldering, cycling...), crafting (knitting, crochet, mending) and life in-between.
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Librarians and library workers: “We’d like seamless access, security for our patrons’ information, plus more things to try with APIs and macros.”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Librarians and library workers: “We’d like seamless access, security for our patrons’ information, plus more things to try with APIs and macros.”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
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Feel like our priorities on what's urgent may be a bit skewed
September 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Feel like our priorities on what's urgent may be a bit skewed
Got angry at Winston and this spineless government. Had a little cry. Wrote to my local (nat) MPs again pleading that they use their position of power to reconsider this cowardly position. #nzpol #symbolicgestures
September 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Got angry at Winston and this spineless government. Had a little cry. Wrote to my local (nat) MPs again pleading that they use their position of power to reconsider this cowardly position. #nzpol #symbolicgestures
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new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
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When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen
When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest post discusses research metrics and their relationship to research integrity, inclusivity, and long-term impact.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen
Feeling relevant in Aotearoa with the introduction of #TREF
When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/11/g...
When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest post discusses research metrics and their relationship to research integrity, inclusivity, and long-term impact.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Feeling relevant in Aotearoa with the introduction of #TREF
This great quote from our 2023 report on one of the many reasons why relying on metrics for research evaluation is problematic dx.doi.org/10.15663/UoW...
#PBRF #TREF
#PBRF #TREF
September 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This great quote from our 2023 report on one of the many reasons why relying on metrics for research evaluation is problematic dx.doi.org/10.15663/UoW...
#PBRF #TREF
#PBRF #TREF
Reading back through the article my team published last year in light of the PBRF/TREF news #ReducedToANumber
doi.org/10.31273/eir...
doi.org/10.31273/eir...
![Text reads:
We’re not writing for scope and scale, we’re writing for quality of a knowledge system, we’re writing because we want to bring that [Indigenous] voice forward. Now, if I was going to be really tactical, I would abandon all of that and just write for scale and write to have the broadest citation marketplace appeal—so as many consumers of my work would be interested in citing it. So, to me, that’s a fundamental tension in the way that citations are used to grade a scholar’s quality of work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2h7u5mc2vr7xwxqu2luozdpf/bafkreiaxuiweydodnxy6fvf7hs5mc3dlkij24o7tzlrxe5zsg5bid4y6wy@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reading back through the article my team published last year in light of the PBRF/TREF news #ReducedToANumber
doi.org/10.31273/eir...
doi.org/10.31273/eir...
Last day working in Te Iho o Te Manawataki... last day working in a library (for now). New job starts Monday!
July 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Last day working in Te Iho o Te Manawataki... last day working in a library (for now). New job starts Monday!
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As night falls this May Day, we remember: rights were won by standing together.
From Te Tiriti to the workplace, unity matters.
Maranga ake for workers, for whānau, for a future where people come before profit.
Pō mārie, e te whānau.
#MayDay2025 #UnionStrong #OneTermGovt
#NZPol
From Te Tiriti to the workplace, unity matters.
Maranga ake for workers, for whānau, for a future where people come before profit.
Pō mārie, e te whānau.
#MayDay2025 #UnionStrong #OneTermGovt
#NZPol
May 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As night falls this May Day, we remember: rights were won by standing together.
From Te Tiriti to the workplace, unity matters.
Maranga ake for workers, for whānau, for a future where people come before profit.
Pō mārie, e te whānau.
#MayDay2025 #UnionStrong #OneTermGovt
#NZPol
From Te Tiriti to the workplace, unity matters.
Maranga ake for workers, for whānau, for a future where people come before profit.
Pō mārie, e te whānau.
#MayDay2025 #UnionStrong #OneTermGovt
#NZPol
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Craig Murdoch & I wrote this after interviewing editors from @tuwhera.bsky.social journals.
The message is clear: investing even a small percentage of the budgets that go to the commercial publishers could sustain a shared OA infrastructure for Aotearoa.
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
The message is clear: investing even a small percentage of the budgets that go to the commercial publishers could sustain a shared OA infrastructure for Aotearoa.
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
The time for action is now: Equity and sustainability for diamond publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand
Diamond open access journals make a significant contribution to scholarship globally while enduring a precarious existence due to a lack of funding. The purpose of this study was to identify the neces...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Craig Murdoch & I wrote this after interviewing editors from @tuwhera.bsky.social journals.
The message is clear: investing even a small percentage of the budgets that go to the commercial publishers could sustain a shared OA infrastructure for Aotearoa.
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
The message is clear: investing even a small percentage of the budgets that go to the commercial publishers could sustain a shared OA infrastructure for Aotearoa.
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
Walked up a maunga yesterday. So good but wow my legs hurt today!
March 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Walked up a maunga yesterday. So good but wow my legs hurt today!
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
popular.info
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Really excited to deepen my understanding of Indigenous data over the next two days! www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/...
Te Ara Raraunga: Indigenous Pathways to Transforming Data Ecosystems :: University of Waikato
www.waikato.ac.nz
February 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Really excited to deepen my understanding of Indigenous data over the next two days! www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/...
Is anyone surprised by this?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Groundbreaking botanical discoveries on Captain Cook voyage were thanks to Indigenous people
New book reveals that Pacific islands inhabitants helped European scientists identify hundreds of plant species
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Is anyone surprised by this?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Baulking over the cost of my bike service and then remembering how much more it would cost to have a second car!
February 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Baulking over the cost of my bike service and then remembering how much more it would cost to have a second car!
Climbed up Maungatautari today - so lovely to be out in the ngahere. Feeling physically tired and recharged
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Climbed up Maungatautari today - so lovely to be out in the ngahere. Feeling physically tired and recharged
Watching my 7yo wake up and immediately pick up her book brings me joy 😊
January 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Watching my 7yo wake up and immediately pick up her book brings me joy 😊
Lost some skin this morning but I still got to the top! 🧗♀️ 💪
#bouldering
#bouldering
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Lost some skin this morning but I still got to the top! 🧗♀️ 💪
#bouldering
#bouldering
Winning in the garden!
January 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Winning in the garden!