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  • Open Update #50 (2022-03-29)

    In this week's episode, we talk about financial aid and open science, and a new analysis by the United Nations on vaccine inequities economic effects.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    CrossRef outage

    https://www.crossref.org/blog/outage-of-march-24-2022/

    WHO Open Source Office

    https://socialimpact.github.com/insights/world-health-organization-OSPO-launch/

    Russian ties severed

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/germany-sets-out-new-details-scientific-sanctions-against-russia

    https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2022-3-uk-cuts-r-d-ties-with-russia-over-ukraine-war/

    Financial study aid

    https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/03/25/invoering-basisbeurs-voor-alle-studenten-in-hoger-onderwijsUNDP vaccine analysis

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114762

    6 min
  • Open Update #49 (2022-03-22)

    In this week's episode, we talk a bit about a new study on reproducibility of brain association studies and further effects of the war in Ukraine on scientific labor.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    Censored in China

    https://www.ft.com/content/63cbf209-656f-4f99-9ee3-722755c228ed

    COVID vaccine waiver

    https://www.politico.eu/article/compromise-reached-on-covid-19-vaccine-intellectual-property-rights-waiver/

    UK Strikes

    https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2022-3-more-strikes-start-at-38-uk-universities/

    Brain association studies

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04492-9

    Lab supplies in Russia

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/russian-labs-run-out-equipment-sanctions-begin-bite

    Protestware

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/

    Russian minister barring international conferences

    https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22988994/russia-science-publication-database-conferences

    7 min
  • Open Update #48 (2022-03-15)

    In this week's episode, we talk about further developments in the research relations with Russia, and the strikes at Nigerian universities.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    Bosch Project

    https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-digital-archive-of-hieronymus-boschs-complete-works.html

    Ableism in the Netherlands

    https://www.dub.uu.nl/nl/plussen-en-minnen/cbs-beperking-voel-je-ook-hoger-onderwijs

    Queer it up!

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263728

    Russian Rectors

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/russian-rectors-support-putin-prompts-uk-universities-cut-links

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/european-university-association-suspends-russian-members-over-pro-war-statement

    Boycott Russian manuscripts

    https://www.science.org/content/article/few-journals-heed-calls-boycott-russian-papers

    Space cooperation

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/ukraine-war-disrupting-east-west-cooperation-space

    CERN

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/cern-physics-lab-suspends-ties-russia

    https://sciencebusiness.net/viewpoint/viewpoint-russia-relations-academic-freedom-and-universities-do-matter

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities-start-scoping-out-how-help-ukrainian-academics-fleeing-war

    Nigerian strike

    https://africasacountry.com/2022/03/why-are-nigerian-academics-on-strike/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00606-5

    6 min
  • Open Update #47 (2022-03-01)

    In this week's episode, we talk about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the newly released IPCC report on climate adaptation.

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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    State of the Internet’s Language

    https://internetlanguages.org/en/

    FORRT Glossary

    https://forrt.org/glossary/

    OJS

    https://pkp.sfu.ca/2022/02/23/its-time-to-upgrade-ojs/

    Ukraine situation

    https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/ukrainian-universities-suspend-activities-their-campuses-wake-russian-invasion

    https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

    https://twitter.com/ilyamatveev_/status/1498404492009689091?s=12

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/discussion-begins-brussels-over-science-sanctions-russia

    https://twitter.com/Richvn/status/1498278233279803394

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-should-sever-scientific-ties-russia-says-leading-german-mep

    IPCC Report

    https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

    https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/ipcc-wgii-report

    https://www.science.org/content/article/un-panel-warns-of-global-warmings-toll-on-humans-and-nature

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00560-2

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112852

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/climate/climate-change-ipcc-report.html

    6 min
  • Open Update #46 (2022-02-22)

    In this week's episode, we talk about the threat of a looming war in Ukraine, a happy accident of publishers trying to circumvent open access mandates, and the vagueness of tenure decisions.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    DOIs on Arxiv

    https://blog.arxiv.org/2022/02/17/new-arxiv-articles-are-now-automatically-assigned-dois/

    South Africa draft open science policy

    https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-africa-south-2022-2-south-africa-s-draft-open-science-policy-promises-shake-up/

    US NIH open data policy

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00402-1

    OpenEditors 2022

    https://github.com/andreaspacher/openeditors/releases/tag/v2.0.0

    Ukrainian looming war

    https://netblocks.org/reports/mobile-internet-disrupted-in-luhansk-ukraine-amid-heightened-tensions-with-russia-l8Wx7LAO

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00505-9

    APCs fee waivers

    https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/2/4/1123/107612/Assessing-the-effect-of-article-processing-charges

    Dr. Kraus denied tenure

    https://twitter.com/mwkraus/status/1493749366925893633

    https://psyarxiv.com/b5jpr/

    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.05.475103v1

    6 min
  • Open Update #45 (2022-02-15)

    In this week's episode, we talk about renewed academic strikes in the UK and the lawsuit against Harvard and it’s alleged ignoring of decades of sexual harassment within its walls.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    CRediT as ANSI/NISO

    http://www.niso.org/press-releases/contributor-roles-taxonomy-credit-formalized-ansiniso-standard

    Einstein Foundation Award

    https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/award/

    Collabra call on Replicability

    https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/pages/has_replicability_improved

    Google Analytics illegal in france

    https://matomo.org/blog/2022/02/france-google-analytics-gdpr-breach/

    UCU Strike

    https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12100/Ten-days-of-strike-action-begins-at-UK-universities

    Lawsuit Harvard

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/harvard-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.html

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEJiBwUe99QHqFAXaA-7DrMqSsUTfigG/view

    Tips by Dr Bedera

    https://twitter.com/nbedera/status/1491098629586956288?s=12

    8 min
  • Open Update #44 (2022-02-08)

    In this week's episode, we talk about reading research safely, the new European clinical trial registry, and the unintended consequences of moving research and education online.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    WHOSTP Science integrity

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/01-22-Protecting_the_Integrity_of_Government_Science.pdf

    WHOSTP Head resigns

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/lander-white-house-apologizes/

    W3c nominated for Emmy

    https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9400

    Preprints indiaRxiv

    https://indiarxiv.in/preprints-will-soon-be-accepted-on-indiarxiv/

    Tracking PDFs

    https://twitter.com/json_dirs/status/1486120144141123584

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw48g/academic-journal-claims-it-fingerprints-pdfs-for-ransomware-not-surveillance

    EU Clinical Registry

    https://euclinicaltrials.eu/home

    https://www.transparimed.org/single-post/ctis-euctr-penalties

    Online teaching and gender bias

    https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/14787/online-teaching-and-gender-bias

    Online conferences and inclusion

    https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/when-scientific-conferences-went-online-diversity-and-inclusion-soared/4015040.article

    6 min
  • Open Update #43 (2022-01-25)

    In this week's episode, we talk about developments in the area of patents, and how they relate to some of our biggest societal issues yet.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    Doomsday Clock

    https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

    CORE APIv3

    https://research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/01/19/access-the-worlds-research-outputs-through-the-core-api/

    Yemen internet disrupted

    https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-connectivity-knocked-out-in-yemen-after-airstrike-PAYbNoBe

    Burkina Faso internet disrupted

    https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-burkina-faso-amid-reports-of-coup-attempt-oy9Y9Qy3

    ORCID pronunciation

    https://twitter.com/ObserveIR/status/1485567411562635264

    CORBEVAX - patent free

    https://theconversation.com/corbevax-a-new-patent-free-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-a-pandemic-game-changer-globally-174672

    EU Unitary Patent

    https://sciencebusiness.net/news/after-almost-50-years-eu-unitary-patent-edges-closer-becoming-reality

    Solar Geoengineering Non-use agreement

    https://www.solargeoeng.org/

    https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754

    9 min
  • Open Update #42 (2022-01-18)

    In this week's episode, we talk about the Elsevier negotiations in Cambridge and a European court ruling that may see Google Analytics become illegal.


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    Google scholar library

    https://scholar.googleblog.com/2022/01/save-papers-to-read-later.html

    OJS-ORCID

    https://github.com/pkp/orcidProfile/issues/181

    Nature Neuroscience APC

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00995-2

    Elsvier - Cambridge uni

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bH7WjbMc3pGVU0Hh_gE_WnHZVR6UJhOE7rsHs0k-aR4/edit#

    Google Analytics illegal?

    https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-dsb-eu-us-data-transfers-google-analytics-illegal

    5 min
  • Open Update #41 (2022-01-11)

    In this week's episode, we talk about a peer review business model, sexual violence at academic institutions, and how preprints may affect patentability.


    TIMESTAMPS

    (00:00) Intro

    (00:30) Quick updates

    (02:03) Peer review business model

    (03:58) Sexual violence at academic institutions

    (05:38) Preprints and patents

    (06:55) Outro


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    PEOPLE behind the podcast

    Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

    Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

    Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton

    Contact: [email protected] or @libscie


    SOURCES

    77TB lost

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-loses-77tb-of-research-data-due-to-backup-error/

    Internet disruption Kazachstan

    https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-kazakhstan-amid-energy-price-protests-oy9YQgy3

    Public Domain Day 2022

    https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/

    OpenAlex launched

    https://blog.ourresearch.org/openalex-launch/

    Accelerated publication

    https://taylorandfrancis.com/partnership/commercial/accelerated-publication/

    https://www.science.org/content/article/updated-editor-quits-journal-over-pay-expedited-peer-review-offer

    Sexual violence endemic at UK institutions

    https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11937/Sexual-violence-endemic-at-UK-universities-and-colleges

    Preprints and patents

    https://www.embopress.org/doi/epdf/10.15252/embr.202154439

    8 min

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