Joshua Chalifour

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Journalism, Communication Studies, and #DigitalScholarship #Librarian | #Bibliothécaire, Concordia University, Montréal. Exploring information ecosystem edges & ethics  #IntellectualFreedom #CognitiveLiberty #OpenScholarship #OpenAccess #Library #Academia | writer & abstract strategy board game designer.
Blog (Chroknowlogy)https://chroknowlogy.ca
Blog (Know Fore)https://knowfore.ca
ORCiD:orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7663-0509
Adomochttp://www.adomoc.org
My son requested his toast, raw, for breakfast this morning.

Dear journalism studies researchers, instructors, and graduate students:

With thanks to @konrad for the idea, I have created a Google form to populate a directory of those of us who are on Mastodon. I describe "journalism studies" as ICA does: those into journalism theory, research, and education.

#JournalismStudies Google Form
https://forms.gle/HWj5hcfjiSAv2jbbA

#JournalismStudies Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13hih8a1oHZNIERGBiUCaZLjvh57I4of-mLNTHXNRv5M/edit?usp=sharing

I will monitor the list for any problematic content. Contact me with any comments.

Journalism Studies Scholars on Mastodon

Dear All, To help journalism studies researchers, instructors, and graduate students find each on Mastodon, consider adding yourself to this list that will I post on Mastodon and will be openly available online. Contact me on Mastodon (@[email protected]) if you have any questions. I will do my best to monitor this list for any inappropriate material. Note that I am defining "journalism studies" in this instance as the study of or interest in "journalism theory, journalism research, and professional education," as taken directly from the mission statement of the Journalism Studies division of the International Communication Association. Link to share this form with others Link to the spreadsheet

Google Docs

for those I haven't met yet, hi, I'm Tessa! i develop/maintain open source software for libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage folks. these days I work on open source web archiving software for all at Webrecorder. previously I was a software dev working on Archivematica and AtoM at Artefactual, and before that I was a digipres librarian and digital archivist a few places.

outside of work I play music (mostly doom metal these days) and ttrpgs, do archery, and hang with my pets :)

Of course we're open to having new friends join us, but with what's going on over at Twitter, the number of people trying to join is high enough that I honestly can't tell the spam signups from the legit ones, so we've gone invite-only

If you want to join Scholar, and you understand what kind of space you're joining and want to be a part of that

Reach out to me and I'll give you an invitation to join

Double dipping is not only an issue when it comes to nachos but even more when we’re talking about access to scientific knowledge

@glynmoody explains why
👉 https://walledculture.org/open-access-is-taking-over-but-academic-institutions-are-paying-as-much-money-as-ever-what-happened/
👉 https://walledculture.org/the-book/ #FreeEbook

#OAweek #OAweek22 #OAweek2022 #AccessToKnowledge

Open access is taking over, but academic institutions are paying as much money as ever: what happened?

<p>The good news is that open access publishing, which allows anyone to read academic papers without needing a subscription, is taking over. The bad news is that academic publishers have managed to subvert it, so the victory is proving hollow. That’s confirmed by a new preprint from an international group of researchers: Since the early …</p>

Here's some background on a project my colleagues and I made for #OpenAccessWeek2022 -- we wanted to help people see that sources of #OpenAccess research can answer all kinds of questions (in this case, related to the climate crisis). https://chroknowlogy.ca/intellectual-liberty/2022/talk-broad-value-open-access/
Talk about the Broad Value of Open Access – Chroknowlogy

It's #OpenAccessWeek2022 (themed for climate justice)  & a few of us at Concordia's Library wanted to make something fun to show the value that #OpenAccess research can have in everyone's life, so we made Seer, an interactive digital experience. It's designed for our large visualization studio but we also have a more basic web version. Info here (though more will be added): https://github.com/lib-development-concordiaU/Seer try here: https://library.concordia.ca/apps/seer/
GitHub - lib-development-concordiaU/Seer: Seer is an interactive digital experience that invites people to explore questions about our world through open access research sources.

Seer is an interactive digital experience that invites people to explore questions about our world through open access research sources. - GitHub - lib-development-concordiaU/Seer: Seer is an inter...

GitHub
Today is the 95th birthday of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The organization facilities international collaboration. https://www.ifla.org/news/95-years-strong-an-ifla-anniversary/
95 years strong – an IFLA anniversary

95 years strong, lively and counting. On this day, 30 September, we celebrate a special anniversary of our Federation - a unique organisation bringing together members and volunt...

IFLA

This week is #BannedBooksWeek.

- 2,532 individual banned books
- 1,648 unique book titles
- 1,261 different authors
- 290 illustrators
- 138 school districts
- 32 states
- 5,049 schools
- 4 million students

- 41% LGBTQ+ theme
- 40% prominent characters of color;
- 21% directly address issues of race and racism

Most books were banned in the red cancel culture states of Texas and Florida. https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

On the upside: the bigots clearly know their ideology is indefensible.

Banned in the USA

PEN America's report on school book bans offers the most comprehensive look at banned books in the 2021–22 school year, with counting more than 2,500 bans.

PEN America
One thing I've done while on vacation, was to ask GPT3 to write me jokes. This is mostly a bad pastime. e.g.1: "A dog walks into a bar and asks for a beer. The bartender says 'You're a dog. You can't have a beer.' The dog says 'You're a bartender. You can't have a job.'" or e.g.2 "Why did the chicken go to summer camp? To get away from the ax!"