Open Access Archives - Tim Lepczyk

How to Negotiate Your Scholarly Publishing Contract

For a wonderful blog post that details one writer's experience navigating the world of scholarly publishing, please read "Proof" by Micah Vandegrift. You can also read open-access versions of the…

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March 6, 2013

Libraries / Archives

The Shadow Library

In talking about libraries this week, one topic that keeps coming up is the cost of journals and access to them. What isn't discussed is how users navigate these blockades.…

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November 9, 2012

Publishing

Open Access Explained

If you are a librarian, you may be aware that it's Open Access Week. If you are a faculty member, you may have heard the term open access spoken to…

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October 26, 2012

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I’m a technologist, librarian, writer, and father currently working in the Libraries at Boston College.

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I keep asking questions to my AI tool, Melville, which I trained on public domain writings from the 1800s and it only responds, “I’d prefer not to.”
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Sitting in a tiny Neil Young-themed coffee shop in Paris run by a Japanese couple.
(11/29/2023)

5th week of the new job. Toured the Bapst Library today. Bundled up from the cold weather.
(10/23/2023)

First day at Boston College!
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Each fall the coats on the hooks get a little longer.
(9/15/2023)

Hurricane Lee is coming up the coast. Rain, wind, and flooding in Boston?
(8/22/2023)

Tesla Syndrome and Enshittification seem to be two articles in conversation with each other.
(8/18/2023)

Rainy and the kids are away with their grandparents.
(7/20/2023)

We’re in Maine and falling in love with Rangely.