Mel Chivers

Master Librarian. She/Her.
In no particular order tweets about smallish human, food, beer, garden, libraries, politics, knitting, life.

[Tertiary Education Union @nzteu]

Our members @waikato will strike for 3.5 hours on Friday - after 8 months of negotiations, the Vice Chancellor has only moved by 0.1% despite the fact our claim fits within their budget for pay movement. https://t.co/7x4yb3oaBW

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

We do have a lot to learn from success in kura kaupapa but structured literacy is all Stanford takes away 🤦‍♀️
https://t.co/YPdmRXfewv

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

We do have a lot to learn from success in kura kaupapa but structured literacy is all Stanford takes away 🤦‍♀️
https://t.co/YPdmRXeGGX

[DORA @DORAssessment]

✨@waikato conducted internal interviews across disciplines to better understand the views of their research faculty & staff on metrics & research impact. Their findings include:
💡There is no one-size-fits-all approach to assessment
💡Metrics can be gamed
https://t.co/eW3Ub4yC9u

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

Watching news from burning man reminds me of my first ever festival G2000
https://t.co/Hus9Le88SQ

[RNZ News @rnz_news]

Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants accept pay equity settlement https://t.co/hQiicgJtoi

[Jake 🇵🇸🔴🟢⚫️ @Jakeruruku]

There are 38 OECD countries.

NZ is the only country without a CGT.

NZ is one of 13 without an estate or inheritance tax.

NZ is one of 3 without a different tax rate for food.

NZ ranks sixth for net wealth.

NZ tax take, spending and debt are below the OECD average.

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

Black boys on Mopeds came out around the time my parents immigrated from England to raise me in Aotearoa and listening to that song always makes me thankful to them for that decision

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

I was listening to Sinead O’Connor earlier this week while cleaning. She's always been my go to for loud cleaning music (and breakups), never get through without a tear.

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

Long covid registry launched in nz: https://t.co/XzQ5bQi83h

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

@LeeRowe *because you're all exhausted

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

@LeeRowe Thinking of you and your colleagues through this rough time. Being a long time coming could make it harder being you're all exhausted

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

Has anyone else had issues recently with no longer receiving emails from https://t.co/LdWXbmhG9m ? #journalTOCs

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

@mmmandar Congrats!

[Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social @LizzieGadd]

@ChristopheDony #LISBIB22 85% of journals with a JIF are produced in Western Europe & North America.

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

@siandart @joininthechorus Does takeaway coffee count too?

[John Hart @farmgeek]

I'm with the goose.

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

What if there was a way to:
• Mitigate climate change
• Create more life
• Grow the economy
• And make money along the way?

Let's call it *Seaflooding*

[Chamfy @chamfy]

Oh wow has it been a hundred years already since the last one? ⛈⛈

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

Are their any repositories that openly do this? Or do this on the down low?

[Mel Chivers @melchivers]

How much of a problem (ethically/legally) is it to reverse engineer Accepted Manuscripts from published versions? #openaccess