A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time.
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I've been active on a big Fediverse server for a few years now. I like it here, and I enjoy my experience more in some ways *because* it's a big server.
Some people like it better on small servers. That's good too! I use smaller, more specialized forums in other contexts (though most of my favorites aren't Fediverse-enabled).
If you want more folks on small servers, I recommend inviting them to your favorites. I'm not sure "don't use a big Fediverse server" by itself is very helpful.
PSA: Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr., so Scientific American published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new administration.
The #NIH just released new info on its zero-embargo #OpenAccess policy, which takes effect next week (July 1).
https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access
This includes:
* a new overview of the policy itself
https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/nih-public-access-policy-overview
* a new overview of the methods for submitting papers to comply with the policy
https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/submitting-pubmed-central
* and a new FAQ.
https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public-access-policy
#Embargoes #GreenOA #Medicine #NelsonMemo #PubMedCentral #OSTP
The Copyright Office's Public Records System (CPRS) is now live, and I've updated our Deep Backfile pages, and our copyright renewal documentation, to link to and reflect the new system, and describe how to use it.
Our updated guide on how to search for #copyright renewals: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html
Our updated "Determining copyright status of serial issues" guide: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/decisions.html
And our new first serials renewals inventory: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/firstperiod.html
Corrections & suggestions welcome!
It happened: the Trump regime just deleted NOAA's climate information site climate.gov, which was a great global resource.
Finished a new blog post: "My Coworkers Don't Want AI. They Want Macros"
An exploration of how we are using macros in our current system, contrasted with what we're getting pitched by vendors. We want to: enter consistent data, avoid typos, improve system design, add conditional logic, and generally save the user repetitive, mindless work. Right now, that seems to require macros.
The #Copyright Office has just switched over its official copyright registration database to its new Copyright Public Records System! https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/. Here's the announcement: https://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2025/1071.html
(Any links to the old cocatalog.loc.gov now redirect to the new site. I hope to have my own copyright search documentation updated for the new site very shortly. They'd announced it for sometime in June, but as far as I can tell hadn't given an exact date till they went live today.)
The Data Rescue Project (DRP) is excited to announce the launch of the DRP Portal—a milestone in our collective effort to protect and preserve at-risk public information. As of June 2025, DRP volunteers and other organizations have rescued over 1,100 public datasets from 80+ government offices. Started as
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