New article in Journal of Popular Communication doi.org/10.1080/1540... #fanstudies

Yesterday I spoke at 'Choosing open access for books: An author journey', an Open Scholarship event hosted by the Bodleian Library, Oxford. This was some great discussion and stimulating questions, both on the #OpenBookCollective and #OA generally. Recording here: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE-OA-For-...

What a lovely review of Killer Fandom in the International Journal of Communication (OA of course), thank you so much! ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc #OABooks #FanStudies

Lyrasis is hiring for 2 new (US-based preferred) remote roles on the CSCI team! Support open access and community-driven publishing. Apply by June 25: Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs

Really happy to see the amazing progress on this project #OABooks

Now begins the panel on Open Systems and Infrastructure, featuring @simonxix.com

Hello new followers, the icon is Zara, she is almost 15 and a queen.

Varina Jones-Reid of Aberdeen University Press is speaking on the need for Diamond OA to support equity for ECRs

Enjoyed @judithfathallah.bsky.social's point that the citation advantage and openess of publishing #OpenAccess is more personally beneficial for researchers, particularly as publishing with "prestige" legacy publishers doesn't result in permanent contracts these days anyway!

#EORC opens with a welcome from Edinburgh Library Director Jeremy Upton. @kjsanders.bsky.social and I will be speaking momentarily. The theme is "Open Access: What's Stopping Us?"

Heading up to Edinburgh this evening for #EORC to present with @kjsanders.bsky.social on Author Agency and the Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social - see the full programme here openresearch.ed.ac.uk/conference/

When it comes to #OpenResearch practices, what's stopping us?! 🤔 @judithfathallah.bsky.social & @kjsanders.bsky.social are at #EORC (4 June) to discuss: ⭐ Author agency & @openbookcollective.bsky.social‬ ⭐ Open source software for OR, including libraries View the programme 👉

Full programme for Fan Studies and True Crime in the New Media Environment. This is a free hybrid workshop on 8 May hosted at Coventry University, but please register using the link in the programme tinyurl.com/4c7cw42d

Winnie loves Zara. Zara thinks Winnie is ok. She'll concede that her fur is useful.

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I will be giving a short talk on author choices in OA publishing and the work of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social at the The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship on March 11. Full programme at openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25

This is not about publishing, but myself and other #fanstudies scholars with an interest in true crime genres in the new media environment are starting up a network. Inaugural workshop May 8; there is a small amount of funding available to assist w/ travel: www.eventsforce.net/fanstudies

A reflection on the Open Book Collective workshop at the Diamond OA Summit in December 2024 at University of Cape Town openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/reflecti...

Winnie: be best friends Zara: *rejected* Winnie: after careful consideration I regret to inform your that your rejection has been rejected.

1/4 📣 OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2025 Call & Guidance! We are delighted to launch the second call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/obc-coll...

3/3 NB that the 2025 call for applications will open this month, on an earlier schedule than our 2024 round. Follow for updates very soon

1/3 The Open Book Collective is pleased to introduce the third recipient of our Collective Development Fund award scheme. openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/annoucin...

All of a sudden Winnie is looking like a grown-up lady. She's not *acting* like it - in fact she was especially delinquent last night- but I think this is as big as she's going to get.

When you're 14 but live a pampered life:

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this coat

If Winnie jumps on Zara and Zara is tolerant and patient (which she normally is now) I reward her with treats. Which means Winnie gets treats too, they get treats together, so they associate each other with something nice. I think I've accidentally trained Winnie to jump on Zara for treats.

This is my last working day until New Year so posts will probably be cat updates for the next 2 weeks/pictures of the "homemade Christmas decorations" I attempt at my friends house tomorrow/my unsolicited opinions on general matters

More "Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG" @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interviews Lucy Barnes, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers. linktr.ee/uksgpodcast

The look she gets when she's gearing up to provoke Zara or slap me

In this post, joedeville.bsky.social, Nonhlanhla Dube and I reflect on our experiences at #OASPA2024, with a focus on the theme of equity openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/equity-i...

The @openbookcollective.bsky.social workshop at the #DOASummit2024 programme has been updated with all our slides and links, hopefully this will be useful to attendees and those who were not able to be there this time. openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-mon...

I've come home and Winnie has grown again. She is now bigger than Zara. Her fur has also grown. What will her final form be?

The Copim perspective on Sustainability,by Lucy Barnes (@alittleroad.bsky.social), @judithfathallah.bsky.social, Toby Steiner, @joedeville.bsky.social,Kira Hopkins,Tom Grady,Janneke Adema, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @mirandab-oa.bsky.social,& al / @copim.bsky.social copim.pubpub.org/pub/the-copi...

This one is Winnie. I got her from the shelter in June when she was around 6 months old and had already had a kitten despite being a kitten herself, thanks to irresponsible people. She is now around 1 and just starting to mature. A bit. I had totally forgotten what cats are like before 1.

Hello new followers. The profile pic is Zara, she is over 14 years old and a queen 👸

The Open Book Collective workshop at the #DOASummit2024 is about to close. Thank you to all our colleagues and collaborators for your valuable input and we look forward to continuing our work towards a more equitable, sustainable and diverse landscape for OA books globally

Now scholar-publisher Francois van Schalkwyk discusses African Minds, an OA press and OBC member devoted to publishing African scholarship and scholarship of specific relevance to Africa www.africanminds.co.za

#DOASummit2024 In the next session, Mary Felix-Maina (DOAB and OAPEN) and Francois van Schalkwyk (African Minds) will present on the possibilities of scholar-led publishing

Live posting will now stop until the afternoon as I will be presenting, thanks for following

Vincent will now introduce thoth.pub open metadata

Niels now presents on Open Infrastructure for Books, specifically DOAB/OAPEN/OPERAS

Joe will now speak on the Open Book Collective and Opening the Future funding models

Day 2 of the Open Monograph Publishing workshop at the Diamond OA Summit will begin with'Open infrastructures for OA book publishing', featuring Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers/Thoth), Joe Deville (Lancaster U/OBC), Niels Stern (DOAB & OAPEN) & Vincent van Gerven Oei (punctum books/Thoth)

The final speaker is Dr. Shirlene Neerputh of the University of the Western Cape

Next speaker is Dr. Richard Bruce Lamptey of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana on his experience developing new OA policies. KNUST is a leading science and technology institution in Ghana and an early chamption of OA

Next Josiline Chigwada (orcid.org/0000-0003-09...) will be speaking on the Development of Open Access policies in Zimbabwe

The afternoon sessions begin with 'Developing OA policies locally and nationally', first speaker is Dr. Melkamu Beyene, Chief Librarian, Addis Ababa University

There is a discussion of peer review and quality assurance in OA. Prof Oyewole points out that Open Research has more rigorous peer review as data is accessible. Niels mentions PRISM www.doabooks.org/en/article/p...