Ben Companjen 🟥Nov 7, 2024

I'm curious about the data warehouse @Bibliothecaris mentioned in
https://ukrant.nl/magazine/elseviers-stranglehold-on-academia-how-publishers-get-rich-from-our-data/?lang=en - is there source code or more info online?

#DigitalSovereignty #AcademicIT

Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data

Academic publishers get rich collecting and then selling data from researchers. That is extremely concerning, say UG researchers.

UKrant.nl
Daniel ThomasMay 12, 2023
I often find at work I wish I could say: Just let me write a SELECT query against your backend databases. I can make this problem go away and save several FTEs work faffing around manually with spreadsheets... #Databases #SingleSourceOfTruth #AcademicIT
Eleanor LNR BlairNov 8, 2022

#introduction. This is me.

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I'm married to Mike with one child (Matthew). I'm #bi, and a trans-inclusive intersectional #FeministKilljoy - #LGBTQ+.

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