Library Cactus

Will be closing this account soon head over to: Social🐘&🦋 = @SarahHLib also! Opp.own She/r

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

When I get the think space I too shall be doing this - Check me out on BlueSky and/or Mastodon (same @ as here) I'll also be completely deleting this account and all it's information after I do a full data pull. I've only ever used it for Librarian work so...

[Phil Bradley @Philbradley]

I am no longer using Twitter/X due to the activities of its owner, and the amount of disinformation and hatred that is allowed here. I suggest all info professionals do the same.

[Open Access Tracking Project @[email protected] @oatp]

OxFOS 2025 now open for booking https://t.co/j6h6p3Mzuv

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

#OxFOS25 is now open and bookable on our website: https://t.co/vOOyzOPEmu

Check out the timetable of events both in-person and online. Look forward to seeing people!

[Prof Nick Jennings @LboroVC]

Astonished to have an AI generated (I assume) article published under my name. We must find better ways of detecting and flagging bogus content such as this. Note my “co-author” also had nothing to do with this. @erichorvitz

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

@SimonXIX *aHEM* I do no such thing - Had that MET office app on my phone since I had a smartphone 😝

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

Oh hey! It worked!!! Whoop that will save me time.

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

This is a test for Buffer - I'm trying to use a piece of cross-posting software. Lets see how this goes!

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

Morning Twitter (no I won't call it X - you can't make me) - BE aware I'm doing some testing. If all works well I'll be using Buffer to cross post on BlueSky, Mastodon and Twitter all at once and scheduling posts. Lets see how this goes!

[Arthur Wang @warthurw]

I feel like we have the opposite problem in the humanities: publishing in special issues as a junior scholar can be special & good for your career, but the process is often opaque & info is fractured and inaccessible! I'm working on a project to help address these issues :)

[Authors Alliance @auths_alliance]

Exciting news! Read about our new collaboration with @SPARC_NA on legal pathways to open access for scholarly works:

https://t.co/pWUrv1qLlR

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

So there's that: https://t.co/XCUbCaK2it no monograph OA policy for this REF (to 2029) A relief for Sarah the Librarian (though I'm going to have to rejig my training now) but a irritation for Sarah the open advocate.

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

Now it's not invite only there's a certain butterfly social site with a cerulean colour...

I've + the SarahHLib/Library cactus - If I followed you it's because the transfer worked - If I've missed you please find me! I use the Elephant site more though (With + followers too!)

[Katherine Stephan @msiowaintheuk]

I've spent most of my adult life as a librarian, with access to information and choice the focus of what I do. Hearing and seeing this news broke my heart.

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

@msiowaintheuk Humanity at it's worst but there's this: https://t.co/DFi1i0OrU3

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

@TimHickson1 Check out The Real Mary King's Close attraction while you're there. it's a great insight into a type of life (re: the poor of Edinburgh) that you usually don't see.

[David Prosser @RLUK_David]

Birmingham Uni is recruiting an Open Access Librarian - https://t.co/wXD6asGQEz

[Dr Ruth Alison Clemens @RuthieClems]

Just found out that Taylor & Francis has sold access to all @routledgebooks data to Microsoft to train their AI. This includes my publications. I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism...

[Library Cactus @SarahHLib]

It's official - I now have the same number of followers on Mastodon as I do on Twitter - In a lot less time! (they also sometimes interact with me which is novel!)