Maturing a #LibraryPublishing program often means scaling back, not continual growth. In our newest #LibPubWorkflows Evolutions blog, @gilmani reflects on @PacULibraries' experience sunsetting its journal publishing program. Read more on the blog: librarypublishing.org/fewer-steps-fo…

Let's say you want to see if your students have done the reading. Surveilling student behavior in a social annotation tool is not the way! Here's a quick thread on ways you *can* tell if students have done the reading that's not conducted in the spirit of policing. (1/6)

Do you want to build a Textbook? You may need to stay up late if you join LibreTexts Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, guiding you through how to create an open textbook using LibreTexts one-of-a-kind OER creation platform. To join: tinyurl.com/oew22buildtext

Congratulations Denise Nicholson on Scholarly Horizons' First Birthday. scholarlyhorizons.com. May there be many more

Interrupting an unintentionally long Twitter break to say: I'm hiring! I'm looking for an OA Manager to work with me on the #openaccess books programme Bloomsbury Academic. #jobsinpublishing bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/25…

3 things to do during #oeweek 1) Post about your event or asset. Don’t forget to tag it #oeweek 2) View the weeks schedule of global #oeweek activities & explore the OERs 3) Share experiences, impressions, thoughts, ideas, etc on the Daily OE Week page oeweek.oeglobal.org/events/

We will be tweeting from the #UCT Open Textbook Conversation at 2pm today. A link to the presentations will be made available after the event. You can also follow Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) for more information #OEWeek #openeducation #opentextbooks

How do we communicate a compelling story and keep our audience engaged with a report that’s meant to be consumed asynchronously? A few ideas for how to make your asynchronous research deliverables engaging for your audience. nngroup.com/articles/engag…

Microcopy is the term for the small bits of copy in the user interface that help users figure out how to do things. Like error messages, labels in a contact form, pop-up hints. Surprisingly, these tiny words have a massive impact on conversions. builtin.com/design-ux/micr…

The battle to pass the copyright amendment bill is a ..."skirmish in an ongoing battle .... waged by powerful lobbies ...to keep as much control .. of “IP”, even if this means cutting off scholars ... from intellectual resources that are badly needed" peterlor.com/2022/03/10/sou…

Brief history of the Copyright Amendment Bill. Denise Nicholson highlights the reaction to the new proposed amendments. "Overly restrictive and/or prohibitive, even unconstitutional...leaving thousands of stakeholders perplexed and dissatisfied". scholarlyhorizons.co.za/blog/new-propo…

Interesting report from ⁦Creative Commons⁩ about the growing challenges of combating disinformation and the disconnect between the public and the media. creativecommons.org/2022/04/08/glo…

On the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) #SCCR42 Education International launches 🆕 research by Teresa Nobre on the impact of restrictive #copyright laws on remote and digital education in🗺️40 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and North America. ➡️eiie.io/3L44Wi5⬅️

Created this account when I heard conversations happening around open text books in South Africa. A few lovely institutional initiatives. But how far are we really? What has changed? #MyTwitterAnniversary

📢📢📢 Just in: EXPLAINER 📘 WTO TRIPS Covid-19 'Deal' / 17 June decision

Leveraging IT and Library Partnerships for OER Development across Institutions er.educause.edu/articles/2022/…

What changes are management initiating in ICTE, after the experience of remote learning?

What are noticeable features the are part of the efforts to improve ICTE?