Appalachian History Series Why East Tennessee mattered in 1863 When Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside moved into East Tennessee in late summer 1863, his columns relied on thin railroad guards to keep the East Tennessee and Virginia line open. One of those guard posts sat at the Limestone Creek railroad bridge and nearby depot at Telford. A short, sharp fight there on September 8 became one of the most lopsided small actions of the campaign.

Appalachian History Series Where and why Mossy Creek mattered After the siege of Knoxville, both armies probed across East Tennessee’s roads and creek valleys. Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis protected the railroad corridor near Mossy Creek and Talbott’s Station. Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gen. William T. Martin covered Longstreet’s winter positions and kept pressure on the Federal outposts.

PKP’s Community Engagement and Outreach Associate Director, Urooj Nizami, interviews OBC’s Managing Director, Joe Deville, to explore OBC’s origins, purpose, and relationships, as well as OMP and the open book publishing landscape, among other fascinating stories.

DOI: 10.60804/8v2k-cm37   The Open Science Monitoring Initiative promotes the open science monitoring principles and adoption of practices to understand the progress of open science. Make Data Count is an active participant in OSMI, through its Working Group focused on open science monitoring with scholarly content providers. We had a...

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PKP extends heartfelt thanks to Sonya Betz for her term as Chair of PKP’s Member Committee and welcomes Stephanie Savage. PKP extends its sincere thanks to Sonya Betz, Acting Associate University Librarian at the University of Alberta as she concludes her two-year term as inaugural Chair of PKP’s Members Committee (MC) this October. Under Sonya’s […] The post Members Committee: Thank you Sonya Betz; welcome Stephanie Savage!

PKP honours long-time Director of Operations, Kevin Stranack, for his dedication to the project, the team, and the communities he has worked to serve. Learn more about Kevin’s story and his time with PKP in this interview with Urooj Nizami.

Cet été, j’ai eu le plaisir de participer à la Société des ornithologistes du Canada à Saskatoon au Canada.C’était génial de croiser Sunny Tseng, Championne rOpenSci et collègue ornithologiste!Ce n’est pas souvent que je rencontre les deux types de collègues (développeur·se·s R et ornithologistes) lors d’une même conférence, alors je chéris ces expériences.

This summer I had a wonderful time attending the Society for Canadian Ornithologists meeting in Saskatoon, Canada.It was super exciting to run into Sunny Tseng, rOpenSci Champion and fellow ornithologist!It’s not often that I am able to run into both types of colleagues (R developers and ornithologists) at the same conference, so I cherish these experiences.

On September 22, I had the honor of serving as a keynote panelist at the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Conference. The panel addressed a crucial set of questions under the title “Who owns open knowledge? Who has the power and responsibility?”—issues at the very heart of scholarly communication and open science.

Appalachian History Series Blountville, the old Sullivan County seat on the road between Knoxville and Bristol, saw a sharp engagement on September 22, 1863. The fight came amid Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s East Tennessee operations, when Federal mounted troops probed toward the Virginia line to secure the railroad and pressure Confederate forces back toward the Holston River and the saltworks beyond.