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Anneke Dirkx Jan 27, 2025

John Overholt Jan 27, 2025

After some years accessible only through a subscription database, more than 300 medieval manuscripts comprising the library of 17th century scholar Isaac Vossius are now freely available. https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2025/01/more-than-300-medieval-manuscripts-from-the-bibliotheca-vossiana-now-available-in-open-access

More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access - Leiden University

The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini, is now available in open access via the Digital Collections. The 324 Latin manuscripts copied in medieval Europe, along with 48 post-medieval manuscripts,…

Anneke Dirkx Jan 11, 2024

Dr Pen Jan 11, 2024

Today I will be posting thoughts about Aaron Swartz, who died on this day in 2013. The academic community should be much more aware of him, and challenge the massive problem of academic publishing that we are all part of. Let's make it our mission to tell people about Aaron and what he stood for.

#academic #academicmastodon #academicchatter #copyright #publishing #openaccess #publicdomain #otd

Aaron's Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz