Hello Fediverse! 👋

We are the Kula: Library Futures Academy, a transdisciplinary collider space and incubator at the University of Victoria Libraries.
We explore the changing nature of knowledge creation, preservation, and dissemination—asking what the "library of the future" truly looks like. 🔮

📍We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Follow us for updates on:
🔹 Open Knowledge & Scholarship
🔹 Knowledge Resilience
🔹 Knowledge Democracy
🔹 Our Open Access KULA Journal

#Introduction #Libraries #CdnLib #UVic #AcademicMastodon #KnowledgeDemocracy #OpenKnowledge #OpenScholarship

Hello Fediverse! 👋

We are the Kula: Library Futures Academy, a transdisciplinary collider space and incubator at the University of Victoria Libraries.
We explore the changing nature of knowledge creation, preservation, and dissemination—asking what the "library of the future" truly looks like. 🔮

📍We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Follow us for updates on:
🔹 Open Knowledge & Scholarship
🔹 Knowledge Resilience
🔹 Knowledge Democracy
🔹 Our Open Access KULA Journal

#Introduction #Libraries #CdnLib #UVic #AcademicMastodon #KnowledgeDemocracy #OpenKnowledge #OpenScholarship

Super exciting to present at #EverythingOpen today with Rebecca Barber from ANU! Also what an awesome day for #GLAM sessions and some really interesting discussions around data ownership and privacy.

More fulsome notes to come, but these are the summary ~vibes~ of each session:

🔑 Keynote: “Peak Text: AI and the Golden Age of Libraries and Archives” by Keir Winesmith, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
😎 Vibe: A galvanising affirmation of serving the public good.

🎙️Session: “I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy insight into librarianship” by @hugh, La Trobe University
😎 Vibe: A warm hug for the weary soul.

🎙️Session: “A university library’s journey in making tech training resources FAIR” by Stéphane Guillou, The University of Queensland
😎 Vibe: Quietly leading with practical expertise.

🎙️Session: ”How one ISO standard led the way for national library infrastructure” by @saera, CAVAL
😎 Vibe: Actively equitable and gets the thing done.

🎙️ Session: “My degoogled life” by Joshua Hesketh, Grafana Labs
😎 Vibe: Seriously amused and terrifyingly pragmatic.

Check out the schedule and keep an eye out for the recordings! https://lnkd.in/g3qzqsSd

#EO26 #CAUL #Libraries #HigherEducation #OpenKnowledge #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenScholarship #OpenEducation

Super exciting to present at #EverythingOpen today with Rebecca Barber from ANU! Also what an awesome day for #GLAM sessions and some really interesting discussions around data ownership and privacy.

More fulsome notes to come, but these are the summary ~vibes~ of each session:

🔑 Keynote: “Peak Text: AI and the Golden Age of Libraries and Archives” by Keir Winesmith, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
😎 Vibe: A galvanising affirmation of serving the public good.

🎙️Session: “I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy insight into librarianship” by @hugh, La Trobe University
😎 Vibe: A warm hug for the weary soul.

🎙️Session: “A university library’s journey in making tech training resources FAIR” by Stéphane Guillou, The University of Queensland
😎 Vibe: Quietly leading with practical expertise.

🎙️Session: ”How one ISO standard led the way for national library infrastructure” by @saera, CAVAL
😎 Vibe: Actively equitable and gets the thing done.

🎙️ Session: “My degoogled life” by Joshua Hesketh, Grafana Labs
😎 Vibe: Seriously amused and terrifyingly pragmatic.

Check out the schedule and keep an eye out for the recordings! https://lnkd.in/g3qzqsSd

#EO26 #CAUL #Libraries #HigherEducation #OpenKnowledge #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenScholarship #OpenEducation

This #OAWeek we're pleased to share this call for papers!

Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures

From Medien Pädagogik @medienpaed_com

Editors: Klaus Rummler, Natalie Marty, and PKP’s Urooj Nizami

Themes

- Engagement w/ #ScholarlyPublishing Norms
- Politics & Sustainability of #OpenScholarship
- Infrastructures & Ecologies of Scholar-Led Publishing: #OPenJournalSystems & PKP in Practice

And more:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/medien-padagogik-call-for-papers/

I'm pretty excited to be attending and a part of the 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science & Open Scholarship, starting this morning. There is a free live stream for anybody that is interested and could not come in person (or didn't hear of it previously). The website with the program and other info is here: https://oscanada.github.io and if you'd like to access the Zoom links (different for day 1 and 2), they are here: https://oscanada.github.io/en/program
#OpenScholarship #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OSCanada

I'm pretty excited to be attending and a part of the 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science & Open Scholarship, starting this morning. There is a free live stream for anybody that is interested and could not come in person (or didn't hear of it previously). The website with the program and other info is here: https://oscanada.github.io and if you'd like to access the Zoom links (different for day 1 and 2), they are here: https://oscanada.github.io/en/program
#OpenScholarship #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OSCanada

The 1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience and #OpenScholarship is happening October 9 -10, 2025!

PKP, erudit.org, and #CoalitionPublica are pleased to be partner contributors to this event.

Livestreaming will be on!

Details: https://oscanada.github.io/en/

#OSCanada #CanadaSky #AcademicChatter

The 1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience and #OpenScholarship is happening October 9 -10, 2025!

PKP, erudit.org, and #CoalitionPublica are pleased to be partner contributors to this event.

Livestreaming will be on!

Details: https://oscanada.github.io/en/

#OSCanada #CanadaSky #AcademicChatter

This looks like it will be useful: @coar_repositories recently announced its International Repository Directory. It has all kinds of information about #OpenAccess repositories at institutions around the world. https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/coar-launches-the-international-repository-directory/

Link to the directory: https://ird.coar-repositories.org

#OpenScholarship#OpenScience

This looks like it will be useful: @coar_repositories recently announced its International Repository Directory. It has all kinds of information about #OpenAccess repositories at institutions around the world. https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/coar-launches-the-international-repository-directory/

Link to the directory: https://ird.coar-repositories.org

#OpenScholarship#OpenScience

Keep up with the latest developments in #openaccess #openresearch #openscholarship #openscience and efforts to capture & preserve government science data. Thanks to @petersuber for his threads on Mastodon. Click here for links: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/tracking-emerging-trump-administration-actions-related-to-open-access/

Keep up with the latest developments in #openaccess #openresearch #openscholarship #openscience and efforts to capture & preserve government science data. Thanks to @petersuber for his threads on Mastodon. Click here for links: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/tracking-emerging-trump-administration-actions-related-to-open-access/