There is a rat in my flat. Neither cat has caught it yet. Yesterday I tried to save it and ended up having to get a tetanus shot. Pro tip: they jump.

Great to see The Work Foundation research cited in an interesting but sobering read in the @WEF: "Women are the ‘shock absorbers of poverty'’" and are "almost twice as likely" to be in insecure work than men 👇 weforum.org/agenda/2023/01…

The @Knowledge21org Project welcomes responses to two calls for research proposals: 1) The impact of research exceptions in #copyright law 2) The interplay between technological protection measures and exceptions. Deadline: 7 March. Read more here: ow.ly/CTpL50MRSi7

Most of us: *imposter syndrome in positions we have legitimately earned and are objectively more than capable in* Boris Johnson: I should be Prime Minister again.

Presentation at #FORCE2023 Supporting Bibliodiversity in OA Book Publishing: The Open Book Collective, Judith Fathallah, Lancaster University and Coventry University dr. judith fathallah 18 April 10:00 UTC More info force11.org/force2023/

Happy to announce with National Library of Scotland + support from Scottish Refugee Council 🧡 a fully-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council CDP studentship supervised by @Openreflections dr. judith fathallah Silcrow @[email protected] Sarah Ames. What role should libraries play in supporting refugee publishing? Info & apply: jobs.ac.uk/job/CZR131/phd…

A reminder to register for next week's webinar - Funding Open Access After the Transformation. Hear perspectives on the emerging landscape of collective and conditional open models from Publishers. In a future webinar, we will hear from funders. oaspa.org/webinar-fundin…

The Open Book Collective Open Book Collective seeks an Engagement Lead to join us openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-acces…

📢 More @COPIMproject hiring! 📢 We are looking for an excellent Project Manager to lead the new Open Book Futures project. This crucial role is based out of Lancaster University Library, with remote working options. Part time (3 days per week) with flexible hours: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Another position at the Open Book Futures project: we're looking for a project manager. Flexible working available hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

‘When it comes to the true crime community, Taylor is a legend’: Social and symbolic capital among murderabilia fans -New article in IJCS journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #fanstudies #darkfandom #murderabilia

Open-access, online first: dr. judith fathallah explores symbolic & social capital in #fandom through the online persona of Taylor James, proprietor of the leading #Murderabilia auction house CultCollectibles.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

So anyway this is part of what I've been doing for the last 3 years #OABooks #OpenAccessBooks mediastudies.press/killer-fandom

Killer Fandom booklaunch (online/in person) on December 12 Postdigital Cultures, featuring me and mediastudies.press | @[email protected] director Jeff Pooley postdigitalcultures.org/book-launch-ki…

My interview with New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) on Killer Fandom is out now newbooksnetwork.com/killer-fandom

hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… FT fixed term position to come work with us as Accessibility and Library Engagement Manager for the Open Book Futures project, do share with anyone who might be interested

3. Servpub: A Collective Infrastructure to Serve and Publish: copim.pubpub.org/pub/servpub-bo… which expands the idea of books as networked objects towards the infrastructures facilitating their creation & distribution, a collaboration of @CsniResearc Minor Compositions, systerserver and others.

Not using Twitter much anymore, but follow me on BlueSky at @judithfathallah.bsky.social

Heads up academic friends, JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni seeks permanent lecturer to lead on development and delivery of MA International Journalism. NB this post requires "significant editorial experience in broadcast and television news." jobs.ac.uk/job/DKJ106/lec…