Following the first post in this series on the realities of bibliometric practice and the isolation of practitioners, LIS-Bibliometrics Committee member Naomi Richards reflects on her personal experience as a Research Intelligence Librarian and shares experiences of challenges faced and ways of coping in the hopes of connecting with others in similar situations.

In the past few years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the importance of using ROR IDs to identify organizations that researchers are affiliated with. Less well-known, but equally important, is that organizations can also act as creators or contributors themselves, and these organizational creators and contributors can also be identified with ROR IDs, which is particularly useful for tracking organizational partnerships.

Introduction To a beginner, open source can be one of the best pathways into a fulfilling tech career. It not only provides access to source codes but also connects you with a global community of people from diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Together, contributors share ideas, collaborate on projects, and continuously improve the software.

We’ve written plenty about the problems with what is now ubiquitously called “artificial intelligence”: see for example These new “artificial intelligence” programs don’t know what they’re talking about, Another day, another catastrophic “AI” failure, If you believe in “Artificial Intelligence”, take five minutes to ask it about stuff you know well, What LLMs are really […]

The “publish or perish” race is a fixture of academic life, even as studies periodically warn that we are approaching a dead end. Since the 1980s, we have referred to this as the “serials crisis,” usually pointing the finger at commercial publishers who profit immensely from the scientific system.

Prevailing responses to digital violence against women and girls are largely reactive— demanding justice after a case of revenge-porn, doxxing or cyber-bullying has already destroyed a life, livelihood or a sense of safety.

In January 2026, our new annual membership fee tier takes effect. The new tier is US$200 for member organisations that operate on publishing revenue or expenses (whichever is higher) of up to US$1,000 annually.

As a package maintainer, you might want to get some numbers or impressions on the usage of your package for various reasons: getting some confirmation that your work is useful, prioritizing development on specific features of your software, helping justify a request for funding. Don’t get your hopes too high: there is no perfect solution nor measure.

Introduction From November 17 to 25, 2025, Bioconductor held its first in-person training workshop in West Africa.

PKP invites Open Monograph Press users and community members to join OMP Fest for a half-day on Wednesday March 25th, 2026, 8 AM PT, and shares a Call for Proposals. We invite you to join us in March for OMP Fest, a half-day event to celebrate the use of OMP in the PKP user community! […] The post Save the Date! PKP is hosting “OMP Fest” to celebrate our Community and Open Monograph Press appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.

The compound spiro-dibenzocycloheptatriene (figure 1) made headlines a year ago by claiming that the ipso carbon atoms across the molecule were bound together by a single electron σ bond.