hometown 4.6.8+hometown-1.3.0Principal of Forthcoming LLC, a publishing consultancy; Member of the Limn editorial collective; Researcher & practitioner of #ScholarlyPublishing & #ScholarlyCommunication; Digital explorer–analog #sailor; @timelfen@assemblag.es on Bluesky; typos & grammatical mistakes are an expression of my humanity. tfr
There are 100s, maybe 1000s, of diamond open access journals in the United States, but many remain invisible in the broader scholarly publishing landscape. A new national effort is underway to comprehensively map this ecosystem in the US for the first time. Participation from editors and publishing programs across disciplines is essential.
If you are involved with a journal that does not charge authors publication fees, please consider completing this short survey:
www.tinyurl.com/mappingdoa
The KCWorks repository service for institutions is now up and running. https://about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/announcing-kcworks-for-institutions-a-hosted-repository-that-works-for-you/
From: @timelfen@assemblag.es
https://assemblag.es/@timelfen/114355879689118302
Another excellent paper from @sabinaleonelli@mstdn.social, pushing back against the universalist prescriptions of most open-science policy—based on the repertoires of specific, established forms of science—by highlighting the significance of epistemic diversity. Open science advocacy & policy that doesn't recognize the plurality of the world is seeks to shape is harmful. (H/T to @renebekkers@mastodon.social for the reference to the paper).
Next Friday, @marcellaflamme@scholar.social & I are moderating a discussion with @stephenpinfield@mstdn.social on his new book, *Achieving Global Open Access: The Need for Scientific, Epistemic and Participatory Openness* (https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91151) for the Society for Cultural Anthropology. We'll have questions & reflections from @acorsin@mastodon.social, @apandian@sciences.social, & Eleana Kim. Bring your own questions & comments.
Register for the event: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdu-przwrH9JQKBxm9Ue1_kqXikJjG3oo#/registration
Tomorrow, @marcellaflamme@scholar.social & I are moderating a discussion with @stephenpinfield@mstdn.social on his new book, *Achieving Global Open Access: The Need for Scientific, Epistemic and Participatory Openness* (https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91151) for the Society for Cultural Anthropology. We'll have questions & reflections from @acorsin@mastodon.social, @apandian@sciences.social, & Eleana Kim. Bring your own questions & comments.
Register for the event: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdu-przwrH9JQKBxm9Ue1_kqXikJjG3oo#/registration
Now that I've moved to Saint Martin, I'm finding that much local news coverage and P2P commerce happens on Facebook. While I've kept my old FB account, I haven't used in it years.
Can anyone point me to resources on how to use FB while withholding as much of my data as possible?
