Ed Fay

digital | culture | heritage | libraries | archives | scholarship | curation | preservation | experience | Director @BristolUniLib | own opinions

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

@Friends_UoB_TC @BrisUniSpColl @UoB_Theatre_Col @BristolBooks @MartinNutbeem @briscommonpress That’s the plan 😁

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Aat Vos @includi_ on Why and How TO CREATE A USER-FOCUSED RELEVANT PUBLIC SPACE #lag2022

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

Sure the Luxembourg Learning Centre is great. More surprisingly, I have this evening eaten both *roasted cauliflower with chocolate sauce* and *gnocchi with gorgonzola and grated chocolate* (both were excellent) #lag2022

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

Arrived in Luxembourg for library architecture seminar… I hadn’t expected to encounter *this much* architecture before we even get going… this is just off Avenue du Rock and Roll 🎸 at @uni_lu campus - urban regeneration of old steel works #lag2022 @LIBERLAG2022 @LIBEReurope

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

“We are at the forefront of the fight against fakes, misinformation and cyber threats … Every day, librarians work so that people, communities and society can distinguish true information from lies and resist information and psychological manipulation.” 🇺🇦

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

@torstenreimer @UChicago @UChicagoLibrary Congratulations Torsten!

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

@LimbicCinema @SSGreatBritain @RovingRoshi @HiddenOrchestra Likewise! Really enjoyed experiencing your work

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

The Iron Island installation @SSGreatBritain finds the human in the Brunel Institute archive and presents a powerful and contemporary interpretation - poet @RovingRoshi describes the creation of an immersive experience with @LimbicCinema @HiddenOrchestra https://t.co/wye9iCMpIV

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... Some publishers suggested our immediate open access requirement would risk loss of income and damage the sustainability of the research publishing endeavour, but we judge this risk to be low."

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

The @UKRI_News #OpenAccess policy looks like a total barnstormer from @rachelbruce @dsweeneyUK et al ... absolute clarity on the public benefit and ethical arguments for making research freely available. Kudos!

[UK Research and Innovation @UKRI_News]

Today we're announcing a new #OpenAccess policy for research publications that acknowledge funding from our councils. Read it here: https://t.co/nvToEyUzb7 /1

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

"There were some different positions put forward by publishing providers and stakeholders representing the research and higher education sector ...

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

Fantastic curation by @mshedbristol presenting context and fostering debate about history, memory, and identity. Reinterpreting the past, in the present, to co-create the future #BlackLivesMatter

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

Powerful story from Professor @OlivetteOtele about the statue wars, politics of knowledge production, and the role of memory and archives in intergenerational trauma, entitlement, and social justice https://t.co/1628tgGTu9 #DCDC21 @RL_UK @BristolUni

[RLUK Research Libraries UK @RL_UK]

Catch up with today's #RLUKDSF joint VDB-RLUK session, exploring #library spaces & openness post #Covid featuring @digitalfay, Konstanze Söllner @UniFAU, with Ewald Brahms #UniHI #UBHI & @torstenreimer @britishlibrary 🇬🇧🇩🇪🌎

Catch-up online now: https://t.co/brugL8JfSt

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

With thanks to our board members @joanna_ball @librarianth @PepTorn @NCWright06 and others not on twitter, plus of course our @BrisUniPress hosts @AliShawBristol @julialmortimer @SimonBell74

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

Today is the inaugural meeting of the @BrisUniPress Library Advisory Board, discussing the unique role of the University Press in the changing scholarly communications environment https://t.co/35cNo0IzTA

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We'll be talking about post-pandemic impacts on academic engagement and student experience, the civic role of the university press, and of course open access transformation in scholarly publishing

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

@viroviacum Gefeliciteerd, Demmy!

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

VACANCY: Head of Content @BristolUniLib join us to drive forward open access transformation in scholarly communication and our digital-led support for blended learning. Focus on high quality experience, collaboration, data analytics. £44-49k, open-ended https://t.co/V5KdME0EB9

[Ed Fay @digitalfay]

@AnnaKClements Thanks Anna! Very kind