MLA Commons | Dave Ghamandi | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/ghamandi/activity/ Activity feed for Dave Ghamandi. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:12:47 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 710a95abefaac1e9356a0657a198f7ef Dave Ghamandi deposited Do You Control Any Means of Production? — Exploring the Production Consumption Dialectic https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899061/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:37:35 -0400 Exploring the Production Consumption Dialectic

]]> 0 5031a50325e7864e8e72a70076990fd6 Dave Ghamandi deposited Eight Theses on Scholarly Communication https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899060/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:35:21 -0400 Eight Theses on Scholarly Communication

]]> 0 401a48a39db892b62739424f0d30f9d3 Dave Ghamandi deposited Transformative Zombies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899059/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:33:35 -0400 “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci

]]> 0 77cbc310c8d0b40cf1db9b41e60032ae Dave Ghamandi deposited Open, Power, and the Organized Masses https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899058/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:31:22 -0400 “Power can only come from the organized masses. All of our power to bring change in this country comes from mass struggle. That’s clear. So, if the power comes from mass struggle, it is clear, to change things, political power can come from the organized masses to ensure those changes. And since the mass of our people are not organized, we can hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 1693b8edbd848b8172217dfa6a55faac Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Do You Control Any Means of Production? — Exploring the Production Consumption Dialectic, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=212 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:05:28 -0400 INTRO

I’m still striving to write shorter, but more frequent posts. Increasing job duties and life in an on-going pandemic make this difficult. I also wanted to reiterate that having some understanding of d […]

]]> 525259e178f9278a30d051891d1778b4 Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Eight Theses on Scholarly Communication, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=201 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:55:56 -0400 1. Scholarly communication and open access are better understood and analyzed not as a static collection of things, individuals, and companies but as an interconnected system in constant motion, change, and […]

]]> 2e3389b2970822d903cf5f1d1d1700fb Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Transformative Zombies, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=190 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:09:34 -0400 “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci

“TRANFORMATIVE AGREEME […]

]]> 869e1c8df573f935122ca4cbc1d7ec94 Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Open, Power, and the Organized Masses, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=186 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:29:36 -0400 “Power can only come from the organized masses. All of our power to bring change in this country comes from mass struggle. That’s clear. So, if the power comes from mass struggle, it is clear, to change thi […]

]]> 6c41c3843a05f1e0f0d5ff59db2d793e Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, A Critical Examination of the OSTP Memo, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=108 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:55:18 -0400 A PDF of this essay is available at https://doi.org/10.17613/ejk2-ys30

“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. C […]

]]> eeaecb0c492c3d3510bae28a0b2f14ac Dave Ghamandi deposited A Critical Examination of the OSTP Memo https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793969/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:51:28 -0400 Open access (OA) takes many forms. It can be the product of voluntary associations that are cooperative and mutually supportive. It can result from the “free market,” where Springer Nature charges an $11,000+ article processing charge (APC) to make a single article OA. It can also be produced through a regulatory-compliance-and-punishment sys…[Read more]

]]> 0 5a2e1c781eb972afd63ebe6fff45765c Dave Ghamandi deposited Library-Cop Collaborations are Nothing to Celebrate https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793219/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:48:00 -0400 Analysis of liberal support for FBI seizure from trump’s estate and role of NARA

]]> 0 e607aa23555f0b44f26b92c87b00213c Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Black August, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=100 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:15:49 -0400 Free Mutulu Shakur!

Free Mumia!

Free all political prisoners!

According to Hood Communist, “Black August is an African (Black) institution that is commemorated annually to honor the contributions of o […]

]]> 40ce870182f3fa02d989d3fec99867b0 Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Library-Cop Collaborations are Nothing to Celebrate, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=93 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:49:53 -0400 My Twitter timeline exploded with different variations of “Don’t Mess with Archivists” this week in the aftermath of the FBI raid on 45’s house.[1] Archivists at the National Archives and Records Adminis […]

]]> 90e02416a34ffeeddd6e71df791ec421 Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, OA Isn't Always DEI, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=88 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:59:21 -0400 Lightly edited version of a virtual talk given to the Virginia Scholarly Communication Interest Group in July 2022

Background material• h […]

]]> dd6ca0ba56d7e30ef89340a8fa7dbbee Dave Ghamandi deposited OA Isn't Always DEI https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787026/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:09:45 -0400 Analysis of library organizations’ support for the anti-Chinese, racist, and imperial u.s. Innovation and Competition Act

]]> 0 41f94588f96e77b2a8bb9ea76a41f6f7 Dave Ghamandi deposited A Plea for Polarization: Or Why We Shouldn’t Center Comfort and Peace Before Justice https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1780673/ Wed, 04 May 2022 18:59:49 -0400 A response to op-ed and call for polarization

]]> 0 cdd4b6007827e76f803e304b96ae535d Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Cold War Open Access, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=77 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:31:35 -0400 I’m immediately suspicious of anything that has bipartisan support in congress and the full approval of the u.s. president. When both parties unite around a bill or set of policies, I can pretty much rest a […]

]]> e7c1336450a8e69238975e28ed08a6eb Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, MEDIUM READ: System Change is in Order, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=72 Fri, 21 May 2021 18:35:54 -0400 This is a repost of my contribution to the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication editorial. Originally published May 12, 2021 at https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2432

In the spirit of Walter […]

]]> 3a275476a7a11ad863057a2223956f59 Dave Ghamandi wrote a new post, Happy Birthday, Malcolm X!, on the site By Every Means Necessary https://ghamandi.hcommons.org/?p=42 Mon, 17 May 2021 19:19:13 -0400 “I’m not the kind of person who come here to say what you like. I’m going to tell you the truth whether you like it or not.” – Malcolm X

In my first post, I’m honoring Malcolm X, on his birthday (May 19). He […]

]]> 616f704e967f143c0b2e0dd5f967bdee Dave Ghamandi's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1738479/ Mon, 17 May 2021 14:07:43 -0400 0 f1e7fc4d30dd0b8bcbdd73572c373e61 Dave Ghamandi created the site By Every Means Necessary https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1738394/ Sat, 15 May 2021 21:27:32 -0400 0 608eb46be4080990c4f9b306ba52b200 Dave Ghamandi deposited “Transformative Agreements” & Library Publishing: A Short Examination https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1738271/ Fri, 14 May 2021 16:10:29 -0400 Library publishing is continually shaped by the goals of their parent institutions as well as outside organizations, namely the commercial publishing oligopoly. The emergence of “transformative agreements” (“TAs”) represents a new relationship between universities and commercial journal publishers. However, the motivations behind these agreeme…[Read more]

]]> 0 ae08278ac31826f2354de39c7f3507ee Dave Ghamandi deposited Uncensored Scholarly Communication Fragments https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1731168/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:23:15 -0500 Uncensored, pre-COVID-19 musings on “transformative agreements” and scholarly communication in two parts:
♦ Part One: Reflections on “Transformative Agreements”
♦ Part Two: Scholarly Communication Freedom Dreams

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