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#ResourceReview: Earlier Latin Manuscripts digitizes and expands E. A. Lowe’s foundational Codices Latini Antiquiores (CLA) and its later supplements, allowing researchers to explore the corpus in new ways. ✍️ Sofia Fagiolo, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

In this #OpenAccessWeek reflection, Katina editors grapple with the costs of knowledge, invisible and visible, asking who pays, who benefits, and how we can invest in a future that treats knowledge as a public good. #OAWeek ✍️ The Open Knowledge Editorial Committee at Katina Magazine

Until we acknowledge the harm caused by the systematic exclusion of entire regions from participating in the access, production, and dissemination of knowledge, the true cost of knowledge will remain obscured. ✍️ Reggie Raju, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Phillip Ball, celebrated British science writer who has authored books on topics ranging from quantum physics and systems biology to alchemy and invisibility.

🗳️ Heading to South Carolina for the 2026 Charleston Conference? Don’t forget to vote early! US Midterm Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, so consider getting that ballot in before you pack your bags. Find national voting information here: vote.gov Safe travels, and we’ll see you soon!

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Jonathan Grunert, Scholarly Publishing Librarian at the University at Buffalo.

The UK Print Book Collection has grown rapidly since its 2025 launch. In this interview, representatives of participating organizations explain how it works, why it’s succeeded, and where they hope to go from here. ✍️ Christina Kamposiori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

To protect academic libraries from institutional leaders looking for cost savings, we must invest seriously in strategic positioning. Here’s how. ✍️ John Cox, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Harry Collins, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.

Jonathan Grunert explains why the latest changes to rules affecting federal financial assistance for research proposed by the Office of Management and Budget fail to pass peer review. ✍️ Jonathan Grunert: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

In this interview, architect Cliff Gayley talks about his work on major library projects and why designing a library is every architect’s dream. 📚 Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Lilly Ho examines the OAPEN Library, showing why it has become a key component of the global open scholarly book ecosystem. Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

My new interview for Charleston Hub/ Against the Grain is live! Michael Upshall & I look back critically at 25 years of #OpenAccess: libraries, researchers’ incentives, Diamond OA, the limits of one-size-fits-all solutions—and how AI may reshape scholarly publishing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXew...

Over the last decade, scholarly publishing has dedicated significant resources to detecting research integrity failures. We need to pay more attention to the institutions and communities that can prevent those failures in the first place. ✍️ Muhammad Sarwar: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

EBSCO, ProQuest, and JSTOR have recently added to the generative AI features available on their platforms. Here’s what libraries need to know. ✍️ Aster Zhao, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it. ✍️ Mark Huskisson and Johan Rooryck, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Collections-based decolonization has become a priority for many academic and research libraries. Findings from Research Libraries UK illuminate the practical requirements of this work. ✍️ Christina Kamposiori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Coherent Digital aggregates a uniquely wide variety of primary source documents, with a focus on born-digital and at-risk content. Here’s a guided tour of the platform. ✍️ Billie Cotterman, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with @lizziegadd.bsky.social, Chair of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group and Head of Research Culture and Assessment at Loughborough University.

For two decades, the open access movement has been concerned with making knowledge openly available. Now we must take collective responsibility for the infrastructures that make openness sustainable. ✍️ Kamran Naim, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Josh Cromwell, Scholarly Communications Manager at the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host @mupshall.bsky.social sits down with Georgios Papadopoulos, Chairman and Founder of @atypon.bsky.social.

Scilit stands out for its scope, speed, and openness. But it lacks analytical capabilities and is undermined by the reputation of its parent company. ✍️ Ch. Mahmood Anwar, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

In this Q&A, Isabelle Eula explains why positioning the library within the university’s governance structure should be viewed as a strategic investment rather than an administrative detail. ✍️ Gabi Wong, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Russell Michalak, Library Director at Goldey-Beacom College and Founding Partner of Inclusive Knowledge Solutions.

Instead of fixating on the latest chaos from an administration that excels in it, we should look ahead to the opportunity to build something new. ✍️ Alicia Salaz, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Sage Knowledge integrates multiple Sage learning resources into a unified interface. But the distinction between the platform and the resources it hosts can be unclear, and a lack of price transparency can complicate purchasing decisions. ✍️ Janice G. Schuster, Katina Magazine:

A comprehensive approach to accessibility isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about making science better. ✍️ Jeff Lang, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host @mupshall.bsky.social sits down with @ohoeber.bsky.social, Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Regina and founder of Dilex Search.

Moara.io gathers a range of tools into a single platform to support researchers at all stages of the literature review process. But user experience varies with level of expertise. ✍️ Erin Owens, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Journal brand and peer review are poor proxies for trustworthiness. Here’s how we can design trust signals that work. ✍️ Jonny Coates, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub) lacks some features of competitor products. But it’s focused, simple to use, and openly available. ✍️ CJ Garcia, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Without a common reference point, today’s dynamic open science landscape is vulnerable to duplicated efforts, fragmented knowledge, and missed opportunities. The COSMI Hub invites collaboration to help make it visible. ✍️ Abdelghani Maddi, Isabelle Dorsch and Marc-André Simard, Katina Magazine:

On this week’s podcast episode of Against the Grain, catch up with Ben Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Information School.

Jon Brassey doesn’t consider himself to be an entrepreneur. Rather, he’s a problem solver. That’s why he created Trip Database, a medical question-and-answer service for practitioners that contains over 125 million clinical articles, systematic reviews, and medical guidelines.

For librarians and researchers working in copyright, scholarly communication, information policy, internet governance, digital rights, AI and publishing, and access to knowledge, TorrentFreak should be required reading. ✍️ Monica Westin, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

By treating ebooks as inherently different from physical books, regulations in Ireland and across Europe impede libraries’ ability to acquire, own, and lend ebooks. Here’s how the law should change. ✍️ Martin Bradley, Katina Magazine

Shadow libraries, Zakayo Kjellström says, “put the finger on the very issue of publishing in a very explicit way: this needs to circumvent very robust traditional infrastructures in order to get what’s needed to do your job.” 🎧 Listen to the latest from Against the Grain

🎙️ This week’s Against the Grain podcast episode features guest host @mupshall.bsky.social talking with Gary Price, Editor, LJ’s @infodocket.bsky.social and ARL Day in Review. Check it out ⬇️