George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬
Librarian working in HE. Also scientist, teacher, pagan, metalhead, queer and other stuff. Views own. (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈
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The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history | David Olusoga
the Guardian 221d 27 tweets
The slave trader’s figure loomed over Bristol for 125 years. Now a multiracial protest has achieved what past campaigns couldn’t, says historian and broadcaster David Olusoga
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history. Excellent stuff from 221d
Breaking: All University lectures to be online-only in 2020-21
Varsity Online 241d 7 tweets
Lectures and Michaelmas exams will be virtual whilst it is ‘not yet clear’ how many students will be in Cambridge in 2020-21
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 My disappointment yesterday has turned into mutterings of poor journalism and stories being twisted as I have found the source of the story and there is a lot more detail and context. This misinformation is not what we need right now. 240d
Cambridge colleges criticised for asking students to leave over coronavirus
the Guardian 303d 2 tweets
International staff and students report panic after receiving contradictory advice on whether to leave their colleges
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 The repercussions of how everything has been handled across the institution are going to be felt much longer after this pandemic goes away. I fear for our staff and students. Cambridge colleges criticised for asking students to leave over coronavirus 303d
XR Red Handed Rebellion - Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion - Extinction Rebellion 455d 1 tweets
TOMORROW – 18 October 12pm – Whitehall Gardens – Red-Handed Rebellion At the beginning of this Rebellion, we asked the Government one simple question: ‘What is your plan for the Climate and Ecological Emergency?’. So far, the only answer we have...
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 So I know I'm going to get hounded for this but XR are doing a Red Handed protest. On the day of a massive Brexit vote. Which involves the (in)stability of Northern Ireland. Are you really that tone deaf? 455d
Liberate our library: social justice and the need for change | UKSG
Uksg.org 707d 1 tweets
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Great article via about social justice and decolonising our libraries from Marilyn Clarke at . Well worth a read. 707d
Scholars ARE Collectors: A Proposal for Re-thinking Research Support | Ithaka S+R
Ithaka S+R 779d 9 tweets
After fifteen years of digging into the research practices of scholars at Ithaka S+R, it is clear that scholars are collectors. We have found that they are creating and amassing increasingly complex personal collections of information over the...
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Currently reading a super paper by & which reframes researchers as collectors and how research supports needs to help facilitate that activity. 778d
Save the right to vote!
Cl.cam.ac.uk 821d 1 tweets
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 If you have Regents House voting rights, consider using them to ensure that Research Associates (and others) at have the right to vote. There is a risk of ppl taking career breaks etc. being penalised too. Here's a good breakdown 821d
Never neutral: Libraries, technology, and inclusion
Chris Bourg - Feral Librarian 1226d 3 tweets
Below is the text from the OLITA Spotlight talk I gave at the OLA Super Conference (#olasc15). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I want to acknowledge from the outset that this talk has been heavily influenced by a nu…
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 More informed people than I have written about these sorts of issues extensively and I recommend that you seek them out. I'll get you started with this great talk from which always makes me think of new things each time I read it. 903d
Engagement with scholarly work as professional development
Andrew Preater 1007d 7 tweets
Why read books, book chapters, journal articles, and other scholarly work as part of your professional development? As a manager, why support and enable colleagues to do so? In this post I discuss …
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 I dug into some of the resources linked to by in his piece on whiteness in the academy & found this article by on using scholarly lit as CPD really useful. It's a ridiculously obvious to do but I realise many don't plan in the time: 909d
Celebrating Cambridge’s LGBT+ scientists and engineers
YouTube 925d 8 tweets
We are celebrating all those who work in science, technology, engineering and medicine and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other mino...
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 This video from about our LGBT+ staff and scientists made me cry happy tears. The sentiments about being comfortable about being oout and open because others were really hit home for me. #LGBTSTEMDay 925d
Academia.edu - Share research
Academia.edu 1478d 575 tweets
Academia.edu is a place to share and follow research.
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Getting spam from about who has read my paper and how I should pay more to see who exactly this mystery fan is is always a bit annoying. This variant however is hilarious. Good job everyone. 945d
The library of the future? It's digital
the Guardian 1256d 5 tweets
Universities looking to provide the best library service to students should prioritise digital innovation
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 I did a thing co-written with in response to *that* Guardian article. 1256d
How librarians support TDM in the research environment
George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 - Cardies and Tweed 1278d 3 tweets
I presented on the topic of how librarians can support text and data mining (TDM) in the research environment at the recent Text and Data Mining Symposium organised by the University of Cambridge O…
Guidelines for Supporting TDM at Universities - FutureTDM
FutureTDM 1283d 1 tweets
The FutureTDM project seeks to improve uptake of text and data mining (TDM) in the EU by actively engaging with stakeholders such as researchers, developers, publishers and SMEs.
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 So much good guidance here #osctdm 1283d
Guidelines for Content Licences - FutureTDM
FutureTDM 1282d 1 tweets
The FutureTDM project seeks to improve uptake of text and data mining (TDM) in the EU by actively engaging with stakeholders such as researchers, developers, publishers and SMEs.
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Lots of excellent guidance from including this: #osctdm 1283d
Introduction to Open Science: Why data versioning and data care practices are key for science and social science.
Impact of Social Sciences 1299d 3 tweets
A significant shift in how researchers approach their data is needed if transparent and reproducible research practices are to be broadly advanced. Carly Strasser has put together a useful guide to…
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Introduction to Open Science: Why data versioning and data care practices are key for science and social science. 1299d
Conservation science in a world of poaching – what steps can researchers take to protect vulnerable species from harm? – PeerJ Blog
Peerj.com 1317d 2 tweets
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Wrote about #openaccess & #openscience with vulnerable new species in conservation for . Thoughts welcome! 1317d
Why Open Research?
Whyopenresearch.org 1525d 25 tweets
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George the Hermit 💀🐙🔬 Love the illustrations here: A collaborative project between and her artist father! #OpenConCam 1513d