Rachel Caldwell

Librarian and co-lead on Library Partnership Rating. Interests: Improving equity in scholarly publishing. Mitigating SARS-CoV-2. Becoming a better human.

[Rachel Caldwell @TheLibIsOpen]

The Library Partnership Rating Rubric is now available! Robin and I announced the beta version of the LP Rubric in @commonplace_kfg today.

If you want a tool to help evaluate journal publishers using library values, take a look at the LP Rubric: https://t.co/gf7iwVUZYj

[Commonplace @commonplace_kfg]

New in the Knowledge Futures Commonplace: an update on the Library Publishing (LP) Rating by Robin N. Sinn (@ISU_Library) and Rachel Caldwell (@TheLibIsOpen, @UMassLibraries): https://t.co/Y5IsxqAbeM

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

Sure is telling to see scientists up in arms about a few week delay in grant reviews but utterly silent about the cancelling of the diversity initiatives they’ve been trumpeting for a decade.

[Big Cases Bot (Deprecated) @big_cases]

New filing: "Penguin Random House v. Gibson (publishers sue re book ban)"
Doc #97: Leave to File Document

PDF: https://t.co/TbrJVmWR25

#CL69110142

[Marina A. Creed FNP-BC, APRN, MSCN @MarinaC_Dyb]

After 3 long, hard years of tireless work, our cross-campus, multi-discilinary academic team reaching our goal: State of CT support to scale up CR Boxes for every classroom in Connecticut! 💪🌬️💫💫

This passion project started from the point of care at @uconnhealth 🏥where I have been treating people living with MS since 2017 as a neuro-immunology nurse practitioner. 👩���⚕️

When the 🦠 pandemic struck, my immunosuppressed patients were vulnerable - majority females with families and many educators that work in our CT Schools. 👩‍🏫👦🧒 [https://t.co/u1dVpgMRoV]

I looked at the mitigation efforts in these hubs of our communities and saw a gap - no air purifiers in schools, while @JohnsHopkinsSPH and @HarvardChanSPH recommended this intervention.[https://t.co/LX9zc5G02u]

[Lee Altenberg, Ph.D. 🇺🇸 @AltenbergLee]

@j_g_allen Coming full circle. 119 years ago—in 1905—Massachusetts already had a 30 cfm/person ventilation mandate for schoolhouses:

"the apparatus will supply at least thirty cubic feet of air per minute for each scholar accommodated in the rooms"
https://t.co/XHm1ckgxdR

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

BIG NEWS. California Department of Public Health adopted 30 cfm/p as the ventilation target for classrooms, citing our Lancet report 🙌
https://t.co/3j8vF0CSsa
Thread on 30 cfm/p here (with a cool update...)👇

[SPARC @SPARC_NA]

The #OAWeek theme of "Community over Commercialization" resonates with @_CLACSO - a shining example of #OpenAccess in Latin America.
https://t.co/hIemeijuZd

[Doron Dorfman @DorfmanDoron]

My new article Empirical Disability Legal Studies is now published in the Annual Review of Law & Social Science (@AnnualReviews). It explores work looking at disability law critically via a disability studies lens and through the use of empirical tools https://t.co/lDEUSvWKN1 1/3

[Rachel Caldwell @TheLibIsOpen]

I have a new heroine! @LucinaUddin

[EFF @EFF]

Copyright filters are not compatible with fair use. Read how lawful expression is curtailed in our whitepaper, “Unfiltered: How YouTube’s Content ID Undermines Fair Use.” https://t.co/U6Ml38z6Uz

[Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez @jljcolorado]

Possible legislation to improve Indoor Air Quality in the US: great news!

Especially that it is bipartisan, so that it has a chance to pass.

But just the fact that it has been introduced is great news. Even a few months ago people were discussing this as nearly impossible

[Paul Tonko @RepPaulTonko]

Today, I introduced the bipartisan Indoor Air Quality & Healthy Schools Act that would implement needed, science-based measures to protect the public from poor indoor air quality.

Thankful to @RepBrianFitz for partnering in this effort. Read more below:
https://t.co/GK5ou4ciiB

[Rachel Caldwell @TheLibIsOpen]

@coopermarianne "We need to guard against lowering our standards for normalcy. When we mentally and emotionally recalibrate to the new normal, we also disassociate from our own humanity." https://t.co/QbIVTBYtQA

[Big Cases Bot (Deprecated) @big_cases]

New filing: "Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive (appeal)"
Doc #295: NOTICE OF HEARING DATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, on behalf of Appellant Internet Archive, FILED. Service date 06/04/2024 by CM/ECF. [3625292]…

[full entry below 👇]

PDF: https://t.co/iOp6vuyUnN

#CL67801014

[#RespiratorsWork #AirborneProtections @RespiratorsWork]

@US_FDA Given data showing Novavax is superior to the mRNA platform for both longevity (see thread quoted below please) & reactogenicity (less side effects), why hasn’t the FDA moved to issue a Novavax EUA for kids < 12 years old?

Children are not faring well from serial SARS2 exposure.

[Rachel Caldwell @TheLibIsOpen]

"Administrators and leaders of earlier eras, unlike our own, were too deeply committed to education, discussion, and open debate — even when they disagreed with students’ beliefs, tactics, and proposals — to quickly call police to campus to arrest student demonstrators."

[Katelyn Jetelina @dr_kkjetelina]

The risk of #H5N1 to the general public is currently low.

But, what road signs will indicate that risk to humans increases? @cmyeaton + team just published a beautiful risk assessment report.

We are currently between scenario 2 and 3 (really 2+ because of the cats).

[Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin88]

You may well have the unusual situation of the Columbia student radio station being eligible for a Pulitzer Prize, administered by Columbia University, for the station’s coverage of how Columbia called the cops on Columbia students. (They’re doing an extraordinary job).

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Possible evidence of human to human transmission of Avian Flu H5N1

Transmission to doctors?

Bird flu outbreak in Jharkhand; 2 doctors, 6 others quarantined in Ranchi https://t.co/Fm9lfNgpV6 via @timesofindia

[Endless Air Cleaners - Modular Air Purifier System @EndlessCleaners]

16 fans + 5 filters = nearly silent and huge flow of clean air. Add framing on top to reduce noise, isolate fans, and increase available room space by attaching calendars, a white board, etc. Raise with legs to recover floor storage space.

#CovidIsAirborne #CorsiRosenthalBox

[Rachel Caldwell @TheLibIsOpen]

“The next time you encounter an instance of plagiarism, ask yourself how significant the differences would be if the plagiarism hadn’t occurred. You’ll be in a better position to evaluate the seriousness of the offense… .”

[Retraction Watch @RetractionWatch]

“To figure out whether an accusation of plagiarism is serious, apply the counterfactual test.”
https://t.co/WHKOnNklw2