Die Open-Access-Community war vom 10. – 12. September 2024 zu Gast in Köln, bei nicht ganz so schönem Wetter wie erhofft, aber die Regenschauer hielten sich in Grenzen, so dass niemand nass wurde … soweit bekannt.

Autumn again, polycrisis persists

Tragic Disappearance of K Pod Orca: What We Know A beloved member of the Southern Resident killer whale population, known as K Pod, has been missing since July and is now feared dead. This unfortunate event marks a significant loss for the critically endangered population of orcas residing in the Pacific Northwest.

Grenoble: a different way of life ? In France and particularly in Grenoble, one can find a lot of active associations that usually do not have a strong online presence, but are very active locally. These are sport, culture or teaching-directed associations. A good example is the “ptit velo dans la tête” organisation.

The Open Peer Review summary from the PKP Turin Sprint, hosted by the CRAFT-OA project in October 2024, is now available. Sprints involve PKP community members joining diverse groups to work on PKP software and support. In October, the CRAFT-OA project and the University of Turin hosted eight working groups at the PKP Turin Sprint. This is a summary of one such group’s work.

Dejé pendiente en la última entrada sobre ChrysoCollate —hace algunos meses— hablar del modo de edición ( Edition Mode ). Se trata del segundo modo de trabajo en el aplicativo (después de modo de colación, Collation Mode ). Si el modo de colación permite introducir los textos de los testimonios manuscritos o impresos de una obra, anotando las particularidades del texto mediante las herramientas de comentarios y notas, y resaltando

We live in stupid times. As I write this, Google Scholar’s front page is advertising “New! AI outlines in Scholar PDF Reader: skim per-section bullets, deep read what you need”. Yes: it’s using AI to provide a short summary of what’s in a paper.

On November 12, 2024, I had the pleasure of delivering a workshop titled “ Scientific Publishing: Publication Strategies, Open Science, and Open Access” at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. This event aimed to provide researchers with essential insights and practical strategies for navigating the complex world of academic publishing.

This is a call for chapters on the following FX Channel documentary and reality TV series: Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days (2005) , New York Times Presents (2020-2023) , AKA Jane Roe (2020) , Welcome to Wrexham (2022-present) , and The Secrets of Hillsong (2023) for an edited book collection (The FX Reader), which is under a two-volume book contract with Syracuse University Press.

Metadata is at the heart of DataCite’s services. This blog post is about why and how an organization is harvesting DataCite metadata.

Killing of Jaguar Pushes Survival in Gran Chaco to Brink The Plight of Jaguars in the Gran Chaco The mysterious and majestic jaguar, a symbol of power and beauty, is facing unprecedented threats to its survival in the Gran Chaco region. This area, a hotspot of biodiversity, has become a battleground for jaguar conservation as increasing human activity infringes on their natural habitat.