petersuber<p>Update. "Since 2017, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> has mandated organisations employing more than 250 people to publicly report their annual <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PayGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayGap</span></a>…Every science publisher pays men more than women. In 2024, the lowest median pay gap favouring men was 9.5% (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SpringerNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpringerNature</span></a>), followed by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Sage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sage</span></a> (13.3%), <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiley</span></a> (17.7%), and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Informa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Informa</span></a> (formerly Taylor & Francis) (22.7%). <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsevier</span></a> remains an outlier in the magnitude of its gender pay gap and in the lack of progress. Eight years ago Elsevier stood out among publishers, with a median pay gap in 2017 of 40.4% in favour of men over women in its UK business…Elsevier’s median pay gap for 2024 is 32.8%, maintaining its position as worst performer among peers over all eight years of mandatory reporting."<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004673" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0</span><span class="invisible">004673</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p>Did you know there are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>? Read all about them in this two-part essay on the Scholarly Kitchen blog. <a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/03/guest-post-trust-and-transparency-in-open-access-book-publishing-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/03/guest-post-trust-and-transparency-in-open-access-book-publishing-part-1/</span></a> <a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/04/guest-post-trust-and-transparency-in-open-access-book-publishing-part-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/04/guest-post-trust-and-transparency-in-open-access-book-publishing-part-2/</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botany.social/@botanyone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>botanyone</span></a></span> a great idea for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> ! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/studies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openAccess</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Kudos to the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connecticut</span></a> legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LibraryFutures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryFutures</span></a>.(<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@libraryfutures" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraryfutures</span></a></span>).<br><a href="https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">libraryfutures.net/post/connec</span><span class="invisible">ticut-ebook-bill</span></a></p><p>"After the governor signs, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> will no longer be able to<br>* Prohibit <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/lending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lending</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ILL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILL</span></a>)<br>* Restrict <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>license</span></a> terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission<br>* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy<br>* Prohibit libraries from making <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/copies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copies</span></a><br>* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Flipboard UK<p>We've got exciting news! We're federating more of the quality publishers we work with, so you can follow everything from news and tech to fashion and music across the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Brazil on the open social web! </p><p>Read more about it here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/</span></a></p><p>If you're curious, here's our full list of federated accounts:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=2111401936#gid=2111401936" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=2111401936#gid=2111401936</span></a></p><p>These are some of our UK publishers now available.</p><p>90min—the online leader in global football: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@90min" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>90min</span></a></span></p><p>British Vogue—fashion, beauty & celeb news, backstage photos, catwalk videos & supermodel interviews: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BritishVogue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BritishVogue</span></a></span></p><p>The Evening Standard—London's award-winning newspaper: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@EveningStandard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EveningStandard</span></a></span></p><p>T3—gorgeous tech. Smarter living: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@T3dotcom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>T3dotcom</span></a></span></p><p>What Hi-Fi?—The most trusted tech reviews in the world: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@WhatHiFi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WhatHiFi</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocial</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Espa%C3%B1a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>España</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Italie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italie</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brasil</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Today, we're beginning to federate publisher accounts in Italy, France and Spain, and expanding in Brazil, Germany and the U.K.</p><p>You can now follow even more of your favorite news, lifestyle, tech and sports sources from Flipboard on the open social web. Read more about it here. See the spreadsheet at the second link for the full list of federated profiles.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u</span><span class="invisible">/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocial</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Espa%C3%B1a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>España</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Italie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italie</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brasil</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Protecting research from censorship: resources for scholarly publishers."<br><a href="https://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/protecting-research-resources-for-scholarly-publishers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.scholasticahq.com/post/pr</span><span class="invisible">otecting-research-resources-for-scholarly-publishers/</span></a></p><p>"The onslaught of executive actions introduced over the past few months to impose significant funding cuts and workforce reductions on federal research agencies, take down public data, and prohibit the use of words related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has left many in the crosshairs grappling to wrap their heads around the implications of hastily issued government directives and policy changes. While there are still more unknowns than answers, initiatives are forming to track, assess, and help individuals and organizations respond to threats to research, including the Declaration To Defend Research Against US Government Censorship (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> declaration), which <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Scholastica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scholastica</span></a> has joined. We’ve developed this blog post to help scholarly publishers and editors stay abreast of guidance and initiatives pertinent to their operations and communities…We will update this post with new information as it becomes available." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Lisa Schiff<p>Courage and leadership, like that shown by Emerald Publishing, are sorely needed now. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a>, please look at Emerald's inspiring efforts to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> and do the same! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/defendresearch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emeraldgrouppublishing.com/def</span><span class="invisible">endresearch</span></a></p>
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p>I agree with The Substack Post that a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> order is emerging: "Many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> thriving on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a> cut their teeth in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegacyMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegacyMedia</span></a>, & they are carrying forward those values & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a>. Others [are] from outside, bringing fresh <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perspectives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perspectives</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insight</span></a>." <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bd3a4tyr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/bd3a4tyr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Spotted on Mastodon: a spreadsheet of 900 media outlets with a Fediverse presence. “I did it! Although it’s still very rough & really not pretty, I got my spreadsheet with (> 900) verified accounts of media organizations in the <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> away from <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/google/" target="_blank">#Google</a>. The solution was <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/datatables/" target="_blank">#DataTables</a> all along.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/spotted-on-mastodon-a-spreadsheet-of-over-900-media-outlets-with-a-fediverse-presence/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/spotted-on-mastodon-a-spreadsheet-of-over-900-media-outlets-with-a-fediverse-presence/</a></p>
UnCoveredMyths<p>I rememebr when <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Agents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agents</span></a> would throw fits about <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> having other people send <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Submissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Submissions</span></a> in for them.</p><p>Yet, the block blind people and deafblind people from sending in submissions.</p><p>I guess they only want sighted submitters.Even if they claim to want to read work from all authors.</p>
UnCoveredMyths<p>Today, I have to decide if I want to send some <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <br>to a specific outlet.</p><p>When I tried a few days ago, It required a blind author blocker - captcha. </p><p>Which means, as a blind author, I have to find a random person walking down the street to come in and lay the captcha game so I can submit the poetry.</p><p>Not sure how <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> think blind authors can successfully, independently, submit writing through <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> Blocking <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Captchas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Captchas</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Forms is the worst!</p>
Bagolina<p>Vanishing Culture: Preserving the <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> System<br><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/vanishing-culture-preserving-the-library-system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/va</span><span class="invisible">nishing-culture-preserving-the-library-system</span></a><br>Based on a simple but catastrophic business decision, the big <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> are making it impossible for libraries to do their core functions of preservation and enduring access in the digital era. <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a>, for instance, recently changed its terms of service to explicitly prohibit <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a>, therefore allowing them to remove or change any movie for all subscribers at once<br><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <br><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a></p>
Regina Kammer<p>Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks are advocating for libraries in response to the March 14 executive order dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).<br><a href="https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/publishers-send-letter-to-congress-advocating-for-libraries-imls-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.penguinrandomhouse.com/</span><span class="invisible">announcements/publishers-send-letter-to-congress-advocating-for-libraries-imls-funding/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
Ronald Snijder<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> bots are destroying OpenAccess by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilde.zone/@gluejar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gluejar</span></a></span> <br>AI companies are hard at work destroying the websites of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a>, non-profit organizations, and scholarly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html?m=1</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> fear that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> will stop buying books on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> topics.<br><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/books-publishing/2025/03/21/academic-publishers-braced-slowdown-trump-dei-purge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/facult</span><span class="invisible">y-issues/books-publishing/2025/03/21/academic-publishers-braced-slowdown-trump-dei-purge</span></a></p><p>But the article offers no evidence that the publisher fears are justified. Has anyone seen evidence libraries are cutting back, or plan to cut back, on new titles on DEI topics?</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SelfCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCensorship</span></a></p>
Christof Schöch<p>Not impressed with legacy <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>, in this case <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Brill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brill</span></a>. </p><p>- Publisher's website of (discontinued) journal has no content anymore: <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/hew/hew-overview.xml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brill.com/view/journals/hew/he</span><span class="invisible">w-overview.xml</span></a> </p><p>- <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOI</span></a> to article does not resolve: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157018606779068306" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">dx.doi.org/10.1163/15701860677</span><span class="invisible">9068306</span></a></p><p>For purely academic purposes of verification, I was able to ascertain that the paper exists and would be available from alternative sources... </p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/LongTermArchiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongTermArchiving</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library"<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> on Friday told staff members it has canceled subscriptions carried by its National Agricultural Library as part of a drive by President Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s administration to cut federal spending. The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including many prominent in various agricultural subfields —but curiously none from the world’s three largest scientific publishers, all of which are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a>. USDA staff members depicted the move as hasty, indiscriminate slashing…Studies of journal subscription fees indicate that on average, scientific <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocietyPublishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyPublishers</span></a> charge less than such for-profit companies."</p><p>PS: (1) Of course the best ag research should be <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>. But that's a goal, not the current reality, and while we work for that goal, policymaking agencies still need access the best research. (2) If efficiency requires budget cuts, why focus the cuts on journals from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>, which on average are lower in price and higher in quality? </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>Report: DOGE Order Leads to Journal Cancellation by U.S. Agricultural Library <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/18/report-doge-order-leads-to-journal-cancellation-by-u-s-agricultural-library/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/18/repo</span><span class="invisible">rt-doge-order-leads-to-journal-cancellation-by-u-s-agricultural-library/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a></p>
IDAHO<p>📢 🟢 Seeking journal <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editors</span></a> to participate in the <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/IDAHO_project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDAHO_project</span></a> interviews! </p><p>➡️ We are launching a series of <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interviews</span></a> with <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/journal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journal</span></a> editors and <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> to explore the strategies & initiatives they have in place to support authors without strong ties to <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> </p><p>🌍 Editors from all disciplines can participate<br>🕒 40 minute </p><p>If you would like to share your perspective, please get in touch👇 </p><p>➡️ <a href="https://projects.tib.eu/idaho/en/news/seeking-journal-editors-to-participate-in-the-idaho-project-interviews/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.tib.eu/idaho/en/news/</span><span class="invisible">seeking-journal-editors-to-participate-in-the-idaho-project-interviews/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/barriersOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barriersOA</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AcademicPublishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishers</span></a></p>
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