@queensulibrary Scholarly Publishing Librarian
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16 Jan 2023
Check out my op/ed in the @TorontoStar on the impact that the copyright term extension will have on Canadian culture over the next 20 years #copyright #libraries #publicdomainday #publicdomain
16 Jan 2023
The government owes it to the Canadian public to address the harm caused by this.
What seems like a small change to the Copyright Act will have a disastrous impact on Canadian culture over the next 20 years.
#Opinion by Mark Swartz
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22 Oct 2025
Thanks @howardknopf! Glad you could make it.
22 Oct 2025
Mark Swartz from Queen's delivered a great talk yesterday at a TMU event on open access publishing and the commercialization of open access. Very important for the library and educational communities in Canada. Here are his slides. drive.google.com/file/d/1oRh… @markswartz @mgeist
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This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/ho…
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24 Mar 2025
So uh, 15 million DNA samples are now just available to the highest bidder?
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16 Mar 2025
PUBLISHED: New issue of Surveillance & Society with a special Dialogue section on #authoritarian #surveillance
Always #openaccess. Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
ALT US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid scene
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18 Feb 2025
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce how the Elon’s Election Interference Machine™ (EIM) works. Since Musk & his broligarch allies won the presidency for Trump, they’ve now harnessed the machine to interfere in European elections, including the ones in Germany & Romania.
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26 Jan 2025
EVERYBODY. EATS.
@mattymatheson | #BillsMafia
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Legislating Open Access: Making the Case for a Secondary Publishing Right in Canada by Brianne Selman, Lucie Guibault, Mark Swartz :: SSRN ift.tt/nc1y2vI
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5 Dec 2024
SCOSS launches its 6th pledging round with African Journals Online (AJOL), Episciences, Make Data Count, and SciPost. Help support these infrastructures and create a more sustainable future for Open Science. tinyurl.com/SCOSSpledging @AJOLinfo @makedatacount @episciences @scipost
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EFF was proud to call Aaron Swartz a friend and ally. eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/ce…
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8 Nov 2024
Aaron Swartz would have been 38 years old today if MIT hadn't called the police on him & the federal gov't had not been so keen to prosecute him with threats of jail time so severe, he took his own life in 2013 at the age of 26.
We honor the work of Aaron Swartz today.
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14 Oct 2024
The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved webpages are back online arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
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23 Sep 2024
By signing the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @BarcelonaDORI, PKP and @eruditorg, together as #CoalitionPublica, reinforce their commitment to open and transparent information on scientific research:
coalition-publi.ca/news-nouv…
Check out the Paris Conference ⤵️
We are delighted to announce the Paris Conference on Open Research Information (Sept 23-24) for signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration, hosted by Sorbonne University in Paris.
More information on how to register/apply:
barcelona-declaration.org/co…
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12 Sep 2024
PKP is pleased to announce that its community-driven #OpenJournalSystems will underpin Open Research Europe's #OpenAccess publishing platform!
Learn more: pkp.sfu.ca/2024/09/12/ojs-in…
@OpenResearch_EU @EU_Commission @SFU @sfu_library @learnpublishing
#AcademicChatter #ScholComm
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26 Jun 2024
OJS (Open Journal Systems) from @PKP is shortlisted for the Global Impact Award by @ALPSP in recognition of supporting 44,000 journals in 148 countries to publish more than 12m articles. Free and open source software that is now translated into 68 languages for global public good
📢🏅NEWS - ALPSP Impact and Innovation Awards 2024: Finalists revealed! ow.ly/Jen550SplLk
Sponsored by @PAEDITORIAL
@Co_Biologists @pkp @ClearSkiesAdam @Morressier @JSTOR
@researchsignals @ResearchOrgs
#alpspawards #alpsp2024 #scholcomm #scholarly #publishing
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5 Jun 2024
📢PKP is glad to announce it is now a Barcelona Declaration supporter!
🗒️This initiative aligns perfectly with our commitment to open access and the global dissemination of knowledge.
🔗Read more at ow.ly/kGn150S99PF
#OpenResearch #BarcelonaDeclaration #OpenScience
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Find out more about the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. A recording of a recent webinar about the initiative, along with slides and a summary of the Q&A are available here: video.leidenuniv.nl/media/t/…
#OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenResearch
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26 Apr 2024
This is wonderful news. Shelagh Rogers will be the new Chancellor at @queensu. We are blessed indeed. 🥳
26 Apr 2024
Queen’s announces award-winning broadcast journalist and #queensu alumna Shelagh Rogers as the 16th Chancellor of the university. Chancellor-Designate Rogers begins her new role July 1. (Photo by @johnnycylam) queensu.ca/gazette/stories/s…
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Better together: @BigTenAcademic BTAA, @CalDigLib CDL & Lyrasis commit to strengthen Diamond Open Access in the United States. Read more: lyrasisnow.org/wp-content/up…
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