“The field of scientific communication is in some ways tremendously conservative. When you introduce any innovation, you need to immediately show that it has advantages, that you will gain in prestige, visibility and impact.”

In Katina Magazine , SciELO co-founder Abel Packer discusses the past, present and future of the pioneering platform, which holds the world’s largest collection of Latin American scholarly articles.

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/how-collective-action-shaped-open-access-latin-america

#OpenAccess #LibraryScience #ScholComm

“The field of scientific communication is in some ways tremendously conservative. When you introduce any innovation, you need to immediately show that it has advantages, that you will gain in prestige, visibility and impact.”

In Katina Magazine , SciELO co-founder Abel Packer discusses the past, present and future of the pioneering platform, which holds the world’s largest collection of Latin American scholarly articles.

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/how-collective-action-shaped-open-access-latin-america

#OpenAccess #LibraryScience #ScholComm

Cool job at University of Maryland working on metadata for Indigenous Archival Search

https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/details/Metadata-Specialist_JR101772?q=metadata

#Libraries#Academia#GetFediHired#Indigenous#LibraryScience

Cool job at University of Maryland working on metadata for Indigenous Archival Search

https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/details/Metadata-Specialist_JR101772?q=metadata

#Libraries#Academia#GetFediHired#Indigenous#LibraryScience