Rick Anderson

@bilspop Yes -- and also a difference in authority and role. Sometimes it's a leader's job to veto; in the contexts I described in my piece, the heckler is imposing his will without authority. (This may be what you mean by legality.)

@Looptopper Thank you for sharing your valuable thoughts. Looks like a 'leader's veto' is a panacea to the 'heckler's veto,' albeit a wide difference in their modus operandi and social legality.

It's been a while since the last installment in my Vision & Balance newsletter, but I have a new piece up today -- offering thoughts on how academic library leaders can deal with the "heckler's veto." visionandbalance.org/2026/05/06/the…

More wisdom from the incomprable Rick Anderson (@Looptopper) via @UKSG Ten years of a ‘quiet culture war’: where does it stand now? | UKSG Insights insights.uksg.org/articles/10.16…

About ten years ago, I published an essay titled "A Quiet Culture War in Research Libraries -- and What It Means for Librarians, Researchers, and Publishers." Today I publish an update in @UKSG _Insights_: insights.uksg.org/articles/10.16…

Today, part 2: a five-point "modest manifesto" for a scholcomm future characterized not by universal openness, but by pluralism and a diversity of publishing models. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/18/a-m…

@Matt_Pinner Leola

WHAT was your grandmother's name... I'm looking for a vintage girl's name. Not Doris.

The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned — not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/17/the…

In today's installment of my twice-weekly blog on academic library leadership, I address an issue we never talk about: the phenomenon of "bullying from below." Comments welcome! visionandbalance.org/2025/10/14/bul…

I'm honored to be keynoting the annual @IATULorg conference in Shanghai this year. Join us! It should be a fun discussion. :-) linkedin.com/posts/iatul-in…

Wow. Interesting developments at @dpla. dp.la/about/a-new-ho…

I've got a new piece up in the @scholarlykitchn today, this one explaining my deep pessimism about the future of the subscribe-to-open OA publishing model. Comments are coming in thick and fast and the discussion has been really good so far, I think. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/18/sub…

Quick reminder that the call-for-papers deadline for next year's Researcher to Reader conference is steadily approaching -- if you've attended in the past you know what a great meeting it is. If you haven't, this is your chance to join us and participate! r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for-p…

So it turns out that making scholarly content freely available to readers is relatively easy. Making it reusable without restriction in a complex global legal environment is more of a challenge. Who knew? #openaccess scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/23/gue…

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/14/pre… by @rharington via @scholarlykitchn

"A transition to open access is now largely in the hands of Chinese policymakers, especially... in physical sciences and engineering." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/gue… by Christos Petrou via @scholarlykitchn

The latest from #UKSGInsights: "A model for publishers to introduce globally fair and transparent pricing" by @wisealic @imdavejago, Herman Mentink and Lorraine Estelle dub.sh/JpMmP7P

"A failure to uplift the humanities, not just as critical underpinning for STEM research and technologies, but as essential to every feature of the research enterprise, has been part and parcel of this catastrophe." Wise words today from my friend @kawulf: tinyurl.com/2znzw5bd

@CaitlinPacific @PG_Ting I get the feeling that a lot of women would happily settle for decent/kind/competent masculinity. But I'm not a woman and can't claim any special insight there.

@PG_Ting Heroic masculinity

I've noticed that women who don't have this kind of problem have something in common: They like men. nytimes.com/2025/06/20/sty…

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/18/ref… by @rschon via @scholarlykitchn

Don't forget to submit your presentation idea for #UKSG2026 in Glasgow! dub.sh/lGMfvyz