Rachel Bickley
@rachelsbickley.bsky.social
British immigrant in Kaurna Country. Acting Senior Manager, Academic Liaison, University of Adelaide Library. Librarian, wanderer, travel blogger, intersectional feminist, runner, vegan, bookworm, Aston Villa fan. Big on Open Access. #ebooksos co-founder.
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Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!
For anyone who saw a (factually inaccurate) article in The Australian likening Barr Smith Library staff to Nazis & painting the author as the saviour of Australian literature (from our 'free book' trolleys) - please see the excellent response from our UL on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I want to respond directly to a recent piece in The Weekend Australian, which paints a misleading and inaccurate picture of collection management practices at the Barr Smith Library. | Sian Woolcock
I want to respond directly to a recent piece in The Weekend Australian, which paints a misleading and inaccurate picture of collection management practices at the Barr Smith Library.
I share Mr Orr’s...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For anyone who saw a (factually inaccurate) article in The Australian likening Barr Smith Library staff to Nazis & painting the author as the saviour of Australian literature (from our 'free book' trolleys) - please see the excellent response from our UL on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This is fascinating (select your answer to see how the researchers responded) - and also incredibly concerning in some areas! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Take Nature’s AI research test: find out how your ethics compare
What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers?
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is fascinating (select your answer to see how the researchers responded) - and also incredibly concerning in some areas! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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WOW - how do these people lie straight in bed at night? IEEE is charging a 'Repository License Fee' (or should that be 'FEEE'?)
"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
bibliotheek.ehb.be
May 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
WOW - how do these people lie straight in bed at night? IEEE is charging a 'Repository License Fee' (or should that be 'FEEE'?)
"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
"The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs."
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
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Great opportunity in a lovely city!
CWTS | Leiden University is hiring a PhD candidate to research paper mills and manipulation in publishing, supervised by RoRI researchers. Apply here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research Publishing
PhD candidate Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research PublishingThe past decade has seen the rise of distinct new challenges for research integrity in the context of scientific publishing....
www.universiteitleiden.nl
April 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great opportunity in a lovely city!
University of Adelaide's Visualise Your Thesis comp. is now open for registration! 🥳 VYT challenges HDRs to present their research in a 1 min, eye-catching digital display & compete for prize money 💰 & a spot in the international comp...plus get 5 CaRST points! ✅ www.adelaide.edu.au/library/libr...
April 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
University of Adelaide's Visualise Your Thesis comp. is now open for registration! 🥳 VYT challenges HDRs to present their research in a 1 min, eye-catching digital display & compete for prize money 💰 & a spot in the international comp...plus get 5 CaRST points! ✅ www.adelaide.edu.au/library/libr...
This is an excellent read.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen
The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is an excellent read.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
And knowing less about the Australian ocean makes tourists more receptive to jumping into the water outside the flags at Bondi when they can't swim properly...
theconversation.com/knowing-less...
theconversation.com/knowing-less...
Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research
People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And knowing less about the Australian ocean makes tourists more receptive to jumping into the water outside the flags at Bondi when they can't swim properly...
theconversation.com/knowing-less...
theconversation.com/knowing-less...
Love this Predatory Publishing Advent calendar! papermills.tilda.ws/advent
Advent Calendar 2024
Find any issues with journals or papers? New case every day
papermills.tilda.ws
December 4, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Love this Predatory Publishing Advent calendar! papermills.tilda.ws/advent
Join me in the comments? www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/there-v...
There is value in the simplicity of my open access proposal for Australia
But we must be sure to protect research and future subscription budgets, as well as building a sensible authentication system, says Cathy Foley
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Join me in the comments? www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/there-v...
I'm hiring! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Liaison Librarian to join a brilliant team at the University of Adelaide Library supporting our research community. Lovely people and plenty of snacks! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Come and celebrate our 150th year. Explore our events, our history, and the foundation we’ve built for the future.
careers.adelaide.edu.au
July 29, 2024 at 10:49 PM
I'm hiring! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Liaison Librarian to join a brilliant team at the University of Adelaide Library supporting our research community. Lovely people and plenty of snacks! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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SHIFT: new Gates Foundation OA rules www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
*End the foundation’s payment of individual article publishing fees such as APCs - paving the way for more equitable publishing models
*Require grantees to share preprints of their articles
*End the foundation’s payment of individual article publishing fees such as APCs - paving the way for more equitable publishing models
*Require grantees to share preprints of their articles
March 27, 2024 at 10:55 PM
SHIFT: new Gates Foundation OA rules www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
*End the foundation’s payment of individual article publishing fees such as APCs - paving the way for more equitable publishing models
*Require grantees to share preprints of their articles
*End the foundation’s payment of individual article publishing fees such as APCs - paving the way for more equitable publishing models
*Require grantees to share preprints of their articles
Vital research! "The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
February 14, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Vital research! "The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Dodgy science and unethical publishing practices aren't funny of course...but this article does kind of get more and more amusing as you read on 🤭 retractionwatch.com/2024/02/11/e...
February 12, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Dodgy science and unethical publishing practices aren't funny of course...but this article does kind of get more and more amusing as you read on 🤭 retractionwatch.com/2024/02/11/e...
Just booked flights for my first trip back to the UK since I emigrated. Will be in Birmingham and London for a couple of weeks in June, would love to catch up with folk and also potentially available if anyone needs a speaker from Aussie library land for anything 😊
January 27, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Just booked flights for my first trip back to the UK since I emigrated. Will be in Birmingham and London for a couple of weeks in June, would love to catch up with folk and also potentially available if anyone needs a speaker from Aussie library land for anything 😊
I mean...I can't say I'm totally surprised by this...but 😐https://www.askamanager.org/2024/01/men-are-hitting-on-my-scheduling-bot-because-it-has-a-womans-name.html (dunno why it won't hyperlink, sorry - still learning this app!)
January 9, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I mean...I can't say I'm totally surprised by this...but 😐https://www.askamanager.org/2024/01/men-are-hitting-on-my-scheduling-bot-because-it-has-a-womans-name.html (dunno why it won't hyperlink, sorry - still learning this app!)
And "Open access through disciplinary or institutional repositories showed a stronger effect than open access via publisher platforms". Great article.
Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations - Scientometrics
The goal of open access is to allow more people to read and use research outputs. An observed association between highly cited research outputs and open access has been claimed as evidence of increase...
link.springer.com
January 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM
And "Open access through disciplinary or institutional repositories showed a stronger effect than open access via publisher platforms". Great article.
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Guest Post — The Truth Is in There: The Library of Babel and Generative AI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/04/g...
Guest Post - The Truth Is in There: The Library of Babel and Generative AI - The Scholarly Kitchen
The short story “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges provides an opportunity to consider the veracity of AI-generated information.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Guest Post — The Truth Is in There: The Library of Babel and Generative AI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/04/g...
We are advertising for a Graduate Librarian (Indigenous Identified) position. No library experience required, applications invited from candidates who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander who have completed a degree in any discipline. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #libraryjobs
January 4, 2024 at 12:35 AM
We are advertising for a Graduate Librarian (Indigenous Identified) position. No library experience required, applications invited from candidates who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander who have completed a degree in any discipline. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #libraryjobs
How strange starting all over again here. Hello all and hope you are keeping warm/cool. I'm keen for the end of this rainy spell in the supposedly driest state on the driest inhabited continent!
December 12, 2023 at 10:22 AM
How strange starting all over again here. Hello all and hope you are keeping warm/cool. I'm keen for the end of this rainy spell in the supposedly driest state on the driest inhabited continent!