My remarks at the Toronto March for Science
Many thanks to the organizers of this past weekend's March on Science here in Toronto. They invited me to be part of the amazing roster of speakers for the event. I was honoured to take part and offer...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Like with La La Land a few months back, here we have a jazz-themed documentary that I haven't seen yet but have read an awful lot about. Unlike La La Land, I actually intend to see Chasing Trane and...
View ArticleJob posting: Physical Sciences Librarian and Head of Steacie Science and...
Come work with me! Be my department head! Here's the full posting: Position Rank: Full Time Tenure Stream - Assistant/Associate/Senior Librarian Discipline/Field: Head of Steacie Science and...
View ArticleThe Donald Trump War on Science: Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement...
For people who are wondering why I'm not doing more of my patented chronologies or collections of posts, the answer is pretty simple. There's so damn much going on it's hard for me to find the time and...
View ArticleAround the Web: A quick list of readings on "predatory" open access journals
As a kind of quick follow up to my long ago post on Some perspective on “predatory” open access journals (presentation version, more or less, here and very short video version here) and in partial...
View ArticleThe Trump War on Science: EPA budget cuts, More on climate change, The war on...
Another couple of weeks' worth of stories about how science is faring under the Donald Trump regime. If I'm missing anything important, please let me know either in the comments or at my email jdupuis...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Is Game of Thrones an allegory for global climate change?
After a bit of an unexpected summer hiatus, I'm back to regular blogging, at least as regular as it's been the last year or two. Of course, I'm a committed Game of Thrones fan. I read the first book in...
View ArticleThe Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change,...
The last one of these was in mid-June, so we're picking up all the summer stories of scientific mayhem in the Trump era. The last couple of months have seemed especially apocalyptic, with Nazis...
View ArticleScience in Canada: Save PEARL, The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research...
Deja vu all over again. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Canadian science under the Harper government from 2006 to 2015 was a horrific era of cuts and closures and muzzling and a...
View ArticleJulie Payette: Engineer, Astronaut, Governor General of Canada, Defender of...
Julie Payette is about as ridiculously accomplished as you could ever imagine any person could be. I like this short passage as a quick summary of awesomeness: In her career and public life, Julie...
View ArticleScienceBlogs is no more: Confessions of a Science Librarian is moving
As of November 1st, 2017, ScienceBlogs is shutting down, necessitating relocation of this blog. It's been over eight years and 1279 posts. It's been predatory open access publishers, April Fool's posts...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: New York Times Notable Books
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: The Globe and Mail 100
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleThe Donald Trump War on Science: Save Net Neutrality!
Net Neutrality is under attack by the Donald Trump administration. It's important to learn what's going on and for Net Neutrality supporters to mobilise. But what's the fuss all about? And what's Net...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Scientists theorize alternate universe where people listen to them
From the so-funny-it-hurts file, courtesy of The Beaverton. Scientists theorize alternate universe where people listen to them “The implications are enormous,” tweeted noted astrophysicist and...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: Smithsonian Ten Best Science Books
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: Amazon.com
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: Waterstones / Adam Rutherford Picks the Best Science...
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: OODA LOOP: Best Security, Business and Technology...
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
View ArticleBest Science Books 2017: Carl Zimmer's Read to Lead List
As you all have no doubt noticed over the years, I love highlighting the best science books every year via the various end of year lists that newspapers, web sites, etc. publish. I've done it so far in...
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