Allison Buser’s new @physicstoday.aip.org article uses APS and AIP archival records to examine how scientific societies navigated the Oppenheimer security-clearance case and Cold War political pressures. -> physicstoday.aip.org/features/pla...
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My presentation on Democracy's Library at the @archive.org from the Spring @cni-org.bsky.social meeting is now available! If you want to learn more about my work, I'm the first 15 minutes of this recording.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9--u...
YouTube video by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information
New Research on Research Institute Working Paper examines the bureaucratic burdens of research funding -
Great to be back @nationalacademies.org for this years #stateofthescience event.
The @ala-acrl.bsky.social released its 2026–27 Legislative Agenda, highlighting four key issues for the research community: impacts on higher edu, public access to reliable data, federal agency reorganization, and ethical concerns around AI.-> www.ala.org/acrl/issues/...
"Death is not an edge case" from @ukglo.bsky.social is a must read for anyone thinking about preserving records of communities in the 21st century. Invaluable insights on digital legacies and also a whole Memento Mori vibe for us folks who grew up with the web -> www.flickr.org/death-is-not...
A new review evaluates global efforts to reduce grant bureaucracy
To increase ACRL's visibility and influence in the arena of higher education policy development and legislation, the ACRL Government Relations Committee (in consultation with the ACRL Board and staff)...
TODAY at 3 pm ET, don't miss NAS President Marcia McNutt deliver the third annual #StateoftheScience address, where she will explore the status of the U.S. research enterprise, global science leadership, and economic competitiveness. Join here: www.nationalacademies.org/events/1133
Also, it comes with amazing stories about people like Corey, a university librarian who built up a collection of 160,000 photos of Michigan’s squirrel population on Flickr over time.
National Academy of Sciences
"Death is not an edge case" from @ukglo.bsky.social is a must read for anyone thinking about preserving records of communities in the 21st century. Invaluable insights on digital legacies and also a whole Memento Mori vibe for us folks who grew up with the web -> www.flickr.org/death-is-not...
Check out our blog, where our flash reader and NEW co-director of social media @marjeec.bsky.social debriefs her silent artist’s residency in Finland with flash reader/contributor Jack Barrie!
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Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine.
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Four charts from a new @aip.bsky.social research report on physics & astronomy graduate enrollments & admissions offer a view into broader state of STEM in the U.S.
Biggest decline since 1994.
Further contraction ahead, particularly for international students.
www.aip.org/statistics/f...
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Split Lip Magazine
Many current conversations about broadening participation in science have deeper institutional histories. Anna Doel’s new piece traces the origins of APS’s Committee on Women in Physics in the early 1970s as part of a larger AIP project on these histories. www.aip.org/history/stat...
