Demmy Verbeke
@viroviacum.bsky.social
Head of Artes at KU Leuven Libraries and Associate Professor of Open Research. Scholarly Communications & Cultures in the Humanities with a pinch of 16thC humanism.
247! + just added the checklist to my slidedeck of the course I give each term for our doctoral students about scholcomm in HSS. Very handy, and in this context extra handy to have the distinction between career phases & potential impact on career advancement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
247! + just added the checklist to my slidedeck of the course I give each term for our doctoral students about scholcomm in HSS. Very handy, and in this context extra handy to have the distinction between career phases & potential impact on career advancement.
Sorry to miss the conference and celebrations of 1y Katina, not so sorry to miss the singing. But am still spending some time in the company of Liz while waiting for the train home after a long day of teaching and meetings.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sorry to miss the conference and celebrations of 1y Katina, not so sorry to miss the singing. But am still spending some time in the company of Liz while waiting for the train home after a long day of teaching and meetings.
Second defence: this is only an issue in the UK. Everyone coming from outside of the UK has made the same mistake, as none of us knew you also had to activate the plug.
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Second defence: this is only an issue in the UK. Everyone coming from outside of the UK has made the same mistake, as none of us knew you also had to activate the plug.
And - besides the point - it is not even one of Doyle’s ones. This obsession with Moriarty and - don’t get me started - Adler is one of adaptors and people who only watch adaptations, not of people who actually read him.
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
And - besides the point - it is not even one of Doyle’s ones. This obsession with Moriarty and - don’t get me started - Adler is one of adaptors and people who only watch adaptations, not of people who actually read him.
Also brewing on an article arguing how this lack of funding offers freedom and opportunity e.g. in the context of OA.
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Also brewing on an article arguing how this lack of funding offers freedom and opportunity e.g. in the context of OA.
Agreed, but constantly in 2 minds. On the one hand: imagine what we could do if we had similar funding (and use some of it for our essential infrastructure: libraries and archives). On the other hand: look what we can do with just a fraction of the funding!
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Agreed, but constantly in 2 minds. On the one hand: imagine what we could do if we had similar funding (and use some of it for our essential infrastructure: libraries and archives). On the other hand: look what we can do with just a fraction of the funding!
Agreed, I have an increasingly hard time to argue that we should fund DOA, if I have to follow it up with statistics about OA availability for which I have to say “btw, gold includes diamond in this graph, regardless of the fact that I just spent 30’ explaining what the difference is”
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Agreed, I have an increasingly hard time to argue that we should fund DOA, if I have to follow it up with statistics about OA availability for which I have to say “btw, gold includes diamond in this graph, regardless of the fact that I just spent 30’ explaining what the difference is”
imagine the peace and quiet of some family gatherings
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
imagine the peace and quiet of some family gatherings
thanks! it was lovely to see you
September 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
thanks! it was lovely to see you
I fully approve! Let the fountains of wisdom flow.
September 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I fully approve! Let the fountains of wisdom flow.
Agreed - that was I have started using “so-called TA’s”. I am not allergic completetely to R&P deals, but we’re only experimenting with them if the cost for a R&P is the same as a R deal (without hidden costs or restrictions).
September 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Agreed - that was I have started using “so-called TA’s”. I am not allergic completetely to R&P deals, but we’re only experimenting with them if the cost for a R&P is the same as a R deal (without hidden costs or restrictions).
Reposted by Demmy Verbeke
Demmy name-checked @openlibhums.org and @openbookcollective.bsky.social as reasons to be hopeful in scholarly publishing. He finished by arguing that the future belongs to those who can discover new ways of publishing research outside of commercial models (I paraphrase). #OASPA25
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Demmy name-checked @openlibhums.org and @openbookcollective.bsky.social as reasons to be hopeful in scholarly publishing. He finished by arguing that the future belongs to those who can discover new ways of publishing research outside of commercial models (I paraphrase). #OASPA25