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kdnyhan

@kdnyhan@social.esmarconf.org

Public health librarian in an academic medical library
Co-founder of Community Access to Ventilation Information, https://cavico2.com/, because everyone should have clean, safe indoor air

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#HealthEquity
#EnvironmentalHealthLiteracy #CO2monitoring #PublicLibraries #LibraryOfThings
#Accessibility #COVIDisAirborne

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n1xnx , to random
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So, something I heard recently on my local NPR station on borrowing ebooks vs. hardcover from your local library:
Apparently, the library pays ~$15 for a hardcover book, but ~$150 for the ebook - and the ebook is a LIMITED LICENSE for, say, 52 loans of that book. After which they have to pay ANOTHER $150 for the book, AGAIN.

The takeaway here: If you can get the hardcopy from the library instead of borrowing an ebook, please do so. The impact on their budget will be SIGNIFICANT.

Here's a related, but older, reference:
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118289764/the-surprising-economics-of-digital-lending

kdnyhan ,
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@n1xnx Hi - as a librarian, I want everyone to read books in whatever format they prefer! But it's true that these terms are ridiculous. What we really need is legislation calling for fair e-book pricing and publishing practices.

This is a good campaign website:
https://ebooksforus.com/take-action/

kdnyhan , to random
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This NPR story about the Biden admin nursing home staffing requirements devotes TEN PARAGRAPHS featuring CEO Stu Almer of the non-profit Gerwin Healthcare System complaining it's too hard and expensive to hire enough staff.
Maybe the reporter could have found out

kdnyhan , to random
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I read "The Parable of the Sofa" bc @pluralistic recommended it and the pun made me smile

And now I feel like a Civic Hero bc I dropped off the old couch cushion at my excellent local upholstery shop 💪

Here's the essay: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/06/01/Parable-of-the-Sofa

And for people in , the shop is Ecujimo in Brookline Village

kdnyhan , to random
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Wow. A microbiology lab at Texas A&M accepted purchased raw milk samples from NPR for H5N1 testing, then contacted the milk producers to seek permission. When the producers said, "don't test our milk," the lab not only declined to carry out the tests but also refused to send the samples on to another lab.

“They're frankly afraid of what's going to happen to their farms, their families. It isn't just strictly a public health issue. It's an issue of economics and frankly, survival,” said Swinford, the director of the Texas A&M lab that declined to test the milk NPR submitted for analysis. On May 21, an employee of the Texas A&M lab confirmed that the lab could ship the samples to another laboratory for NPR, and that shipping was a service the lab provided to clients. But on May 22, Swinford called a reporter to say that she would not allow that for the raw milk that NPR purchased and submitted for testing of bird flu.
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    luckytran , to random
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    News: Biobot is sunsetting its COVID-19 wastewater public data visualization platform.

    While Biobot will continue to publish their contextualized weekly respiratory risk reports, this represents another decrease in data transparency, and a step in the wrong direction.

    Source: https://biobot.io/from-raw-data-to-actionable-insights-biobots-evolution-of-public-data-sharing/

    The Future of Biobot’s Public Data: With the abundance of publicly available wastewater data and our shift to contextualized respiratory risk reports, we are sunsetting our public data visualization platform (www.biobot.io/data). This evolution represents Biobot’s commitment to maximizing the value of wastewater data. We believe that by adding context and expert analysis, we can empower individuals, communities, and public health officials to take proactive steps towards a healthier future.
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    kdnyhan ,
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    @luckytran
    They call them weekly reports, but they also say
    “These reports will be published throughout the respiratory virus season and during moments of need (such as in the case of H5N1)…. Periodic updates will also be shared outside of respiratory virus season as and when they become relevant to the public.”

    kdnyhan , to random
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    Just got a peer review request from a journal I didn't know, and because the topic was right up my alley I went and looked up the journal -- diamond OA, CC-BY, author retains copyright -- all things I want to support. None of which they mentioned in the request.
    Don't hide your light under a bushel, handling editors!

    kdnyhan , to random
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    I know @pluralistic has talked about right to repair in the context of wheelchairs - I bet you'd be interested in this too

    https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/01/wheelchair-repair-delay-numotion-national-seating-mobility/

    The headline is "After private equity firms gobbled up wheelchair makers, users pay the price in long repair times"

    kdnyhan , to AcademicChatter group
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    "We are actively committed to becoming a fully Open Access journal."

    "Non-primary research is not eligible for Open Access and is only published using the traditional publishing route."

    Someone is using the words "actively," "committed," and "fully" in very creative ways

    @academicchatter

    Authors submitting primary research articles to Nature Mental Health can choose to publish their work using either the traditional publishing route OR Open Access. *Non-primary research (i.e. Reviews, Comments, News & Views) is not eligible for Open Access and is only published using the traditional publishing route. Find out more about publishing in Nature Mental Health Nature Mental Health is actively committed to becoming a fully Open Access journal. We will increase the number of articles we publish OA, with the eventual goal of becoming a fully Open Access journal. This transition towards OA recognises our commitment to the principles developed by cOAlition S. A journal that commits to this process is known as a Transformative Journal (TJ).
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    • pluralistic , to random
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    Today's threads (a thread)

    Inside: When private equity destroys your hospital; and more!

    Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/28/5000-bats/

    #Pluralistic

    1/

    kdnyhan ,
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    @pluralistic
    I copied the URL to send to people without even opening the blog post or content warning myself -- I know I will get so ticked off if I read it now that I won't be able to focus on work....

    kdnyhan , to random
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    LMAO at this

    ** Please note that some fully open access journals require the submitting author to tick a box agreeing to the standard publishing agreement as part of the submission process. In such instances, authors should tick this box to be able to proceed and the values will then be manually overridden by our Author Service team.

    Accept the terms that you legally can't accept, and then we promise we'll override the system to apply the right terms later. Trust me :)

    luckytran , (edited ) to random
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    Hmmm. It’s like GenZ has spent their formative years living through a historic pandemic that is causing mass death and disability.

    kdnyhan ,
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    @luckytran
    10 times a day? I bet I'll wash my hands 10x while I'm making dinner... especially if I want to touch my phone or the radio while I'm doing it

    kdnyhan , to AcademicChatter group
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    When an author uses a transformative agreement to publish without themselves paying an APC, is it appropriate to say "The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article"?
    If not, what should they say in the funding/sponsorship section?
    @academicchatter

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