RE: https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_TALER/115979059032103616

How dependent is Europe on US tech giants for core digital infrastructure like the Digital Euro?
In Das Parlament, Prof. Christian Grothoff warns:
🛑 As long as it’s built on proprietary tech digital sovereignty remains an illusion.
✅ The answer? Critical public infrastructure must be built on Free Software.
🔗 https://www.das-parlament.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/die-abhaengigkeit-von-google-und-apple-bleibt
#GNUTaler #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenInfrastructure #TechPolicy
#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalEuro #PublicCode

RE: https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_TALER/115979059032103616

How dependent is Europe on US tech giants for core digital infrastructure like the Digital Euro?
In Das Parlament, Prof. Christian Grothoff warns:
🛑 As long as it’s built on proprietary tech digital sovereignty remains an illusion.
✅ The answer? Critical public infrastructure must be built on Free Software.
🔗 https://www.das-parlament.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/die-abhaengigkeit-von-google-und-apple-bleibt
#GNUTaler #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenInfrastructure #TechPolicy
#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalEuro #PublicCode

Web scraping to train #LLMs has surged in the past few years, overwhelming #OpenAccess infrastructures like #DOAJ with bot traffic.

DOAJ Platform Manager Brendan O'Connell discusses how we’re responding to these challenges.
🤖 #AI #OpenInfrastructure #Chatbots

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/26/open-access-vs-open-excess-doaj-and-ai-scraper-bots/

Web scraping to train #LLMs has surged in the past few years, overwhelming #OpenAccess infrastructures like #DOAJ with bot traffic.

DOAJ Platform Manager Brendan O'Connell discusses how we’re responding to these challenges.
🤖 #AI #OpenInfrastructure #Chatbots

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/26/open-access-vs-open-excess-doaj-and-ai-scraper-bots/

RE: https://indieweb.social/@investinopen/115905201521634257

Are you using the @investinopen Infra Finder tool? Share your use cases and feedback!

#FOSS #OpenInfrastructure

🧩 Two new sessions are now live on the Barcelona Declaration YouTube channel: looking at how open research infrastructures are sustained, and how different actors across the ecosystem contribute to that.

How can governance, community and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures?
🔽
#OpenInfrastructure #OpenResearch #BarcelonaDeclaration

🧩 Two new sessions are now live on the Barcelona Declaration YouTube channel: looking at how open research infrastructures are sustained, and how different actors across the ecosystem contribute to that.

How can governance, community and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures?
🔽
#OpenInfrastructure #OpenResearch #BarcelonaDeclaration

Open Infrastructure Map

https://openinframap.org

#HackerNews #OpenInfrastructure #Map #OpenSourceInfrastructure #MappingTools #CommunityDrivenInfrastructure

New blog post on how Wellcome and Europe PMC are using the Crossref Grant Linking System to improve funding transparency and reduce reporting burden through open metadata. https://doi.org/10.64000/c1dh8-qn968

#OpenResearch #OpenMetadata #OpenInfrastructure

From principles to practice: how can open research information be strengthened at national level?

A new OpenAIRE blog post reflects on the Barcelona Declaration event in Greece, focusing on coordination, openness, and the importance of community-led research information infrastructures.

🔗https://www.openaire.eu/community/blogs/strengthening-open-research-information-in-greece-reflections-from-the-barcelona-declaration-event

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchInformation @BarcelonaDORI

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@tullney/115667096920408185

On October 15th, 2025, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB, the German National Library of Science and Technology) @tibhannover, announced the PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS) Deutschland Consortium 2026 – 2028.

This #FOSS is a keystone in everything open -- join in!

Learn about why this consortium matters for sustaining OJS together, how this national consortium helps sustain an international #OpenInfrastructure, why join the consortium, and what comes next.

#OpenJournalSystems #Metadata

Blogs deserve love too (and interoperability) ❤️

I just learned about Rogue Scholar @rogue_scholar, a repository that makes science blogs more findable and citable: full-text search, long-term archiving, DOIs, metadata...

You can register your blog and search ~200 blogs already there.

Learn more about Rogue Scholar here: https://rogue-scholar.org/

And I wrote a bit more at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alelazic_roguescholar-openscience-openinfrastructure-activity-7403810948412641281-O2TA

#openscience #openinfrastructure #scicomm

RE: https://mastodon.online/@craftoa/115683776934835750

@craftoa and PKP have been working together to improve #OpenInfrastructure #ScholarlyPublishing software features that lend to open access. A big thank you to CRAFT-OA for all your support and amazing work!

Check out their blog post to learn more about enhancements in #OpenJournalSystems 3.5 and 3.6 ⤵️

#FOSS #ScholComm #OpenAccess

Blogs deserve love too (and interoperability) ❤️

I just learned about Rogue Scholar @rogue_scholar, a repository that makes science blogs more findable and citable: full-text search, long-term archiving, DOIs, metadata...

You can register your blog and search ~200 blogs already there.

Learn more about Rogue Scholar here: https://rogue-scholar.org/

And I wrote a bit more at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alelazic_roguescholar-openscience-openinfrastructure-activity-7403810948412641281-O2TA

#openscience #openinfrastructure #scicomm

📰 PKP's community newsletter Archipelago Issue 8 is out -- check out these features!

📌 Inclusive global publishing: PKP Documentation and #Multilingualism Specialist Emma Uhl

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/inclusive-publishing-interview-emma/

📌 Advancing #OpenPublishing: Feature highlights from three years of @craftoa

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/craft-oa-3-years/

📌 Sustaining open infrastructure together: A warm thanks to @tibhannover

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/sustaining-open-infrastructure-together-a-warm-thanks-to-tib/

📌 PKP update on #OpenInfrastructure #accessibility work

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/accessibility-update-2025/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject/115590081222718446

Hi all, just a quick reminder to folks in #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure, #OpenPublishing, #ScholComm, and #ScholarlyPublishing communities that registration for our new, unique PKP SFU Open Publishing courses are open until December 12, 2025.

Secure your spot soon! ⤵️

@sfuscience @sfu @ResearchOrgs @DOAJ @ORCID_Org @scielo @sparc @crossref

#AcademicChatter #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #PublicKnowledge