Joshua Chalifour @jc@scholar.social

This is interesting, first in North America, the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) is joining cOAlition S, adopting Plan S so that publications from the research they fund immediately become open access #oa - https://www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-expands-its-global-footprint-as-the-quebec-research-funds-adopt-plan-s/

Provincial and federal governments must step up and invest in post-secondary education so we can stop the corporatization of universities. #weloveOCADUlibrarians - https://utfa.medium.com/ocadus-decision-to-terminate-four-librarians-reflects-a-troubling-trend-in-the-post-secondary-4fdf11043cf1

Stark and eye-opening. Our forests have been overwhelmed for a number of years now... they're unable to absorb more CO2 than is emitted. No quick solution to this; planting billions of trees won't be enough. We need, broad, intense, systemic change. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/07/news/canada-carbon-sink-managed-forests-circling-drain

The Zotero beta (thus upcoming versions) makes it possible to import your data from the online Mendeley. This is important if you want to switch but struggle getting out of Mendeley's database encryption lock-in. Here's the info: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/89393/available-for-beta-testing-online-mendeley-importer

There is a "rally on wheels" this morning to protest
the decimation of Laurentian University https://www.scholarstrikecanada.ca/laurentian-university - Also sign a petition (or donate to spread the word) here https://www.change.org/p/those-responsible-for-the-ccaa-process-at-laurentian-laurentian-solidarity-call-to-action-appel-à-l-action-de-solidarité-de-la-laurentienne
#IWillDefendPublicEducation #JeDéfendslÉducationPublique

Wrapping up our #CULibraryForum, so many great speakers, many of which we've recorded and I hope will be availble in the near future. Our last speakers are Nadine Anderson & Raya Samet who are discussing Designing Student Research Opportunities Across Differences

Next, looking forward to Camille-Hélène St-Aubin's research on Jeanne-Marguerite Saint-Pierre et la place des femmes dans le développement des bibliothèques au Québec #CULibraryForum

All the #CULibraryForum posters are available to download here: https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/index.php and we can chat with their presenters now.

Monique Flaccavento is telling us about hiring practices in academic libraries with respect to improving diversity now in the #culibraryforum

About to start our 2nd & final day of the annual Concordia University Library Research Forum #CULibraryForum with Emily Kopley's research into the statistics of anonymous publications. https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/index.php

Now we get to hear from Jeanette Hatherill about her research on deceptive publishers and scams #culibraryforum

Now learning about Canadian Federal Government Depository Publications at CARL Libraries with Michelle Lake, Graeme Campbell, and Catherine McGoveran #CULibraryForum

Next in the #CULibraryForum (at 2:30) Lynne Bowker will be presenting on machine translation literacy.

Interesting point on archivists needing to ask questions about their organization's history... how that led to the materials they have. Getting to a better understanding how to improve the diversity of what's in the archives. #CULibraryForum

Swanson mentioned that since its community started it in the early 70s, ArQuives is now among the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world. #culibraryforum

About to get started at the Concordia Library Annual Research Forum https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/ #CULibraryForum. Keynote this year from Raegan Swanson, the Executive Director of The ArQuives https://arquives.ca/ Canada's LGBTQ2+ archives

19th of April is #BicycleDay - learn more about Dr. Albert Hofmann and LSD https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/swiss-chemist-albert-hofmann-discovers-lsd