Notes · Louche Cannon

Ready for the eclipse

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:17:01 +0200

Ready for the eclipse

At Écusson, Nîmes · 23°C, light rain

If you want to find me, I’ll be at gbilder@digipres.club

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:23:44 +0000

If you want to find me, I’ll be at gbilder@digipres.club

@ReaderMeter I don’t know. Time to do a follow-up.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:09:08 +0000

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@ReaderMeter I don’t know. Time to do a follow-up.

@Academ_pandem @chartgerink @annemscheel @lakens @uri_sohn …

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:18:22 +0000

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@Academ_pandem @chartgerink @annemscheel @lakens @uri_sohn @CrossrefOrg Note the correction itself has a separate DOI (https://doi.org/s41597-019-0248-6), and the link to the correction is recorded in the CrossMark section of the metadata of the original(https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1038/s41597-019-0184-5)

@hooHar I rant about this fairly frequently. Maybe this? …

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 12:19:48 +0100

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@hooHar I rant about this fairly frequently. Maybe this? https://www.crossref.org/blog/rehashing-pids-without-stabbing-myself-in-the-eyeball/

Mark Oakley describes life after 950 days of shielding, …

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 17:39:32 +0100

Mark Oakley describes life after 950 days of shielding, showing why we need Evusheld in the UK

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vs623byoC3c&feature=share

@martin_eve

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:51:04 +0100

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@martin_eve

Martin Paul Eve is joining @CrossrefOrg ’s R&D group. I …

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:11:22 +0100

Martin Paul Eve is joining @CrossrefOrg ’s R&D group. I can't believe I actually got to type that. More here:

https://www.crossref.org/blog/martin-paul-eve-is-joining-our-rd-group-as-a-principal-developer/

@vcekron @CrossrefSupport Should be back up now. Break a …

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:17:21 +0100

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@vcekron @CrossrefSupport Should be back up now. Break a leg.

@vcekron @CrossrefSupport Yes- we're working on it. We have …

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:04:09 +0100

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@vcekron @CrossrefSupport Yes- we're working on it. We have some bots hitting the republic API, which, in turn, Search depends on. Sorry for the additional stress.

Feeling recursive? Come help @CrossrefOrg run the …

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:00:51 +0100

Feeling recursive? Come help @CrossrefOrg run the infrastructure that runs the infrastructure that ties scholarly publications together. We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer. Closing date: August 23rd.

https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2022-08-02-site-reliability-engineer/

. @AlfMalin (2012-2022) I cannot describe how much I miss …

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 16:30:01 +0100

. @AlfMalin (2012-2022) I cannot describe how much I miss him. He was such a sweet little man.

Tired of the academic grind, but still want to make a …

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:35:36 +0100

Tired of the academic grind, but still want to make a difference? Join @CrossrefOrg as a Principal R&D Developer where there is no REF and you don’t need to worry about your IF, but you’ll still make a big impact building Open Scholarly Infrastructure! https://www.crossref.org/jobs/

@ldodds What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the …

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:36:18 +0100

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@ldodds What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

We’re looking for a new creature to join us at @CrossrefOrg …

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:46:11 +0100

We’re looking for a new creature to join us at @CrossrefOrg as a Principal R&D Developer https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2022-06-17-principal-rnd-developer/

@CameronNeylon @COKIproject @MsPhelps @CrossrefOrg …

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:15:16 +0100

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@CameronNeylon @COKIproject @MsPhelps @CrossrefOrg @unpaywall Nice. We did a less ambitious but similar thing here based on samples:

https://gitlab.com/crossref/language_analysis

I broke it down by backfiles and current, showing a slight increase in recent non-English publications.

Come help @CrossrefOrg design and build a new generation of …

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:25:33 +0100

Come help @CrossrefOrg design and build a new generation of open scholarly infrastructure. We are hiring a Principal R&D Developer. https://www.crossref.org/jobs/

"Subsidized," "free to use," and "community-funded" are all …

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:51:01 +0100

"Subsidized," "free to use," and "community-funded" are all vast improvements over "cost-free," for describing open scholarly infrastructure. but I wonder if we need to get the word "equitable" in there? https://twitter.com/ivyleander/status/1536468841986895872

Besides, with infrastructure, I think there is a danger in tying its value too directly to "users." A fundamental characteristic of infrastructure is that there are parties who benefit from its existence but who may not be direct users of the system.

Free-to-use" or "free-at-point-of-use" raises the question- "use by whom?" In DataCite/Crossref, is the party resolving the DOI or using our APIs "the user?" (they don't pay). Or is the party registering the DOI "the user?" (they do pay). Same with “price-free.” Somebody pays.

In POSI, we use the term "stakeholder." Parties can have a stake in an infrastructure running but may not be direct users/customers of it.

I also worry about focusing on the "user" because that word starts quickly becoming conflated with "customer" and the unhelpful baggage that brings to the conversation.

This is partly why it is easy to underfund infrastructure- so many people don't realize the second-order benefits of the system.

Cynics would claim that the "stakeholders" are the people who pay. But again, in POSI, we explicitly reject that view. https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/faq/

There is also question-begging when we talk about infrastructure cost from the opposite perspective- with phrases like "community funded/subsidized." Who in the community is subsidizing it? Or which stakeholders?

So back to the question- how should we describe scholarly infrastructure that is affordable to all and where the costs associated with participating in and running it are distributed fairly? Maybe we need to use the word "equitable" in addition to "open?"

"POESI?"

@MikeTaylor @kodertj In POSI we use the term "stakeholder." …

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:17:44 +0100

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@MikeTaylor @kodertj In POSI we use the term "stakeholder." There are parties who have a stake in an infrastructure running but who may not be direct users/customers of it.

@MikeTaylor @kodertj I suspect that this assumption that …

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:17:09 +0100

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@MikeTaylor @kodertj I suspect that this assumption that infrastructure users are synonymous with "customers" is the root of the problem of trying to get scholarly infrastructure adequately funded.