Today, #library staff at the #University of #Groningen joined the #strike against the proposed budget cuts to #HigherEducation in the #Netherlands.
We also asked #students to share their thoughts on a whiteboard: Imagine the university without a library. What would that mean to you?
Here's what some of them wrote:
(Photo credits staff: Manuel Reyes @npub1zfej...vr3e)
New in our #digital #collection:
β‘οΈ Science of science : understanding the foundations and limits of science from an interdisciplinary perspective
π https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198937401.001.0001
'Science of Science' provides an integrated framework for the #science of science as an emerging field, and a comprehensive understanding of the foundations and limits of science.
#Philosophy #OpenAccess #OpenScience #MetaScience #histodons
Our #OpenAccess #book fund is showing real results! One of our supported researchers, Stephan Schleim, shared that their book "#Brain Development and the #Law: #Neurolaw in Theory and Practice" has been downloaded over 4,000 times!
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#University of Groningen Press is# an #OpenAccess publisher, providing a publishing platform for #journals, #books and series, inaugural lectures and open textbooks by #teachers and #researchers working at or with the #University of Groningen.
Early academic works on the #internet, such as those by @npub144rv...20qv or Castells, merged visions of digital transformation w/ critical perspectives, influencing both its technological development & conceptual understanding.
π¦December's #OpenAccess article in the spotlight examines these texts: how did their themes and discourses influence #InternetStudies and popular imaginaries of digital technology?
π£ Read our interview with @npub1yz4c...5nps
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New in our electronic #collection
β‘οΈ Artificial intelligence and international human rights law: developing standards for a changing world.
π Available #openaccess http://doi.org/10.4337/9781035337934
This #book explores how international organizations have addressed the actual and potential human rights issues caused by AI technologies.
#AI #artificialintelligence #humanrights #law #ebook
What is Structural #Injustice? This is the title of the first #openaccess book bringing together top researchers in this area of political theory to address this fundamental question.
The edited volume is interdisciplinary including perspectives from #philosophy, #politicalsciences and #law as well as decolonial and feminist approaches.
It's one of the π 17 eligible case studies submitted for our #OpenResearch Award 2024.
π New insights from our #research on #AcademicMastodon
Uptake across disciplines
β45.5% #STEM
β17.2% #SocialSciences
β10.8% #Humanities
β9.6% #Health sciences
β5.4% other
Real-life colleague connectivity on #Mastodon
β32.9% 1-3 colleagues
β8.5% 4-10 colleagues
β5.4% 10+ γ
β30.5% 0 γ
51% of responding social scientists have immediate colleagues on Mastodon, significantly more than other disciplines
π Spreading Mastodon love in your department?
π’ Share your pitch here!
#OpenScience
