Exciting times for the Open Institutional Publishing Association! We wrote about our activities in 2025 and plans for the future – including our symposiums, new committee members and Advisory Board, and member milestones – for UKSG eNews. Give it a read and share! www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

So happy to see that 'Democratising spy watching' is now out there for all to read! #OpenAccess It looks at cases where the public fought back against digital surveillance ✊ This was the last book I worked on with SUP so I feel quite emotionally attached to it! 👉 books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...

We recently said au revoir to our OIPA Secretary – @dominiquewalker.bsky.social! Dominique was instrumental in the smooth running of OIPA – we miss her and wish her all the best in her new adventure with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC). Thank you for everything, Dominique!

📣CHAOS IS COMING FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 📣 Watch out, there are radical publishing models about! @theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.

Any Glasgow academic pals - please let your students know about this free 'Libraries that shaped me' event happening tonight at Kelvin Hall!

🎉 Thrilled that the first ever issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research has published today, #DiamondOA of course! This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice. Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article! 👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88

Calling all Glasgow and Central Belt folks - please do join us at the Mitchell Library on Sunday for our event with Tim Ingold. Tickets are only £8! There may be a pub trip afterwards 🤔

We love to see it! Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social! Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA 💪 #MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25

If you are at @meccsa2025.bsky.social, pop up to level 2 to speak to SUP Publishing Officer, Dominique Walker, about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days! #MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU

👀 Check out this interview with SUP's Gillian Daly, published in @cilip.bsky.social's #InformationProfessional magazine! "Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all." 👇 content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...

NEW ARTICLE: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?' Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...

Ridiculously light for 11.30pm!

Looking forward to running this free online #training session next week with my colleague Kat Nelson. This one offers an overview to the book publishing process - please share with any colleagues/networks who might find this useful ⬇️ @oipassoc.bsky.social #AcademicPublishing #ECR #AcademicSky

Please do stop by the SUP stall at the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) conference @bacls.bsky.social at the University of Stirling. Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋

If you’re at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week, stop by the @scotunipress.bsky.social stand to find out more about institutional Open Access publishing, and to chat about publishing with SUP

I love an excuse to visit the beautiful University of Stirling campus!

What is a University Press? On the acquisition of AUP by T&F (and my anger at it), the governance link between universities and university presses, and putting one's labour where one's values are. eve.gd/2025/06/08/w...

Congratulations to @uclpress.bsky.social on ten years of open access book publishing. I still think one of the biggest successes of the UK approach to OA has been the resurgence of the subsidised university press landscape. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

I suspect we lose far more access to content every year through publishers’ restrictive licensing of ebooks than we do from weeding print books.

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social. Details here: uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...

Becky and @dominiquewalker.bsky.social are back at it again! This time we are promoting OIPA at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference. If you’re here, come say hi 👋

Some good discussion of openwashing from commercial publishers and their proprietary platforms in the Q&A. Redirect your money from commercial publishers to community-led open access publishers. #EORC25

good to see the elegant @scotunipress.bsky.social table (with all those brand new books!) at the Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 www.sup.ac.uk #EORC25 @dominiquewalker.bsky.social

At the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference today. Great to hear from @kjsanders.bsky.social and @judithfathallah.bsky.social on the awesome @openbookcollective.bsky.social, and always enjoy seeing @oipassoc.bsky.social member logos on slides 😄

I love getting to go to these events and learning about the awesome research projects at our member institutions. Didn't so much enjoy carting the pop-up banner on the train 😂 More of the same tomorrow at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social festival!

Great panel session with Gillian Daly from @scurlscottish.bsky.social along with @simonjbains.bsky.social, @martinamcc.bsky.social and Evelyn Kilmurry with useful examples of how we articulate the value of HE libraries and public libraries, and the skills we need as a profession! #CILIPS25

Thanks to SLIC's Alison Nolan for mentioning how academic libraries are leading the way with innovative #OpenAccess publishing models in her keynote at #CILIPS25 - including a shout out for @scotunipress.bsky.social 😄

Watch the recording of our fireside chat with Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social marking the launch of 'The vow of stability'. Richard covers his experiences of life in a Benedictine monastery, his thoughts on stability and more challenging topics such as sexual abuse. 👉 youtu.be/DtjjP2k1DoU

The recording of the fireside chat celebrating the launch of 'Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century' is now available! Thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott and Michelle Doran for a great discussion and answering our questions 🙋 Watch it here 👇 youtu.be/Az9v6kDpp8M?...

This is a great blog post from Richard Irvine about his latest book, published today with @scotunipress.bsky.social! Especially the part about being a huge fan of libraries 😄 It was great working with @robotforaday.bsky.social on this title!

🌟 It's publication day for 'The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life'! 👏Congratulations to Dr Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social on his unique account of life in a Catholic Benedictine monastery. Download #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.62637/sup... #SocialAnthropology

Digital Editing and Publishing in the Twenty-first Century launched this morning: thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott, and Michelle Doran for participating in the session hosted by @scotunipress.bsky.social. The book is #openaccess: doi.org/10.62637/sup... #digitalhumanities

Little day trip to Edinburgh for the @publishingscotland.bsky.social Scottish Book Trade Conference. Looking forward to learning more about the current publishing landscape in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚

We are thrilled to announce that SUP is launching an #OpenAccess textbooks programme! We are seeking to address the significant need for more affordable and accessible educational resources across the UK higher education landscape. Read more here 👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis... #Textbooks #OERs

Offering a unique anthropological account of life in a Catholic Benedictine monastery, 'The vow of stability' by Richard Irvine publishes on 20 May! Join Richard for a fireside chat to learn more: 📅 22 May ⏰ 2pm BST 👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/the-vow... @robotforaday.bsky.social #SocialAnthropology

We're excited to introduce our new online ‘guide of guides’ #CopimCompass 🧭 This comprehensive toolkit will support #publishers & #libraries with the latest resources and best practices for publishing #OAbooks 🛠️ Learn more & get started today! 🚀 🔗 buff.ly/evuQYdn #OA #Monographs #LaunchDay

Anyone at @uofglasgow.bsky.social today, pop over to the ARC to chat to me about #OpenAccess publishing, and take a look at our latest book, Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century! Available for free here: doi.org/10.62637/sup...

OUT NOW! Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century, edited by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social et al. is now published #OpenAccess 20 chapters reflecting on the current state and future of the scholarly edition 📖 Read and download free: doi.org/10.62637/sup... #DigitalHumanities

It’s conference week for me this week - now at #REDUX2025 hosted by OUP. Great to see @oipassoc.bsky.social Chair, Kate Petherbridge, talking about the work of @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social UP and OIPA (Open Institutional Publishing Association) in this morning’s plenary 👏

It has been a pleasure spending three days shouting about all the amazing work OIPA have been doing to build a community for open institutional publishing 💪 Chuffed at how many people visited our stand and engaged with us. I'm all talked out! #UKSG2025 @oipassoc.bsky.social

Having a blast at #UKSG2025 with my OIPA and COPIM buddies!

Great to see the @oipassoc.bsky.social stand at #UKSG25. Books & flyers from members such as @lsepress.bsky.social @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social & even some new @ojcollective.bsky.social flyers! #OpenAccess

If you are at #UKSG2025 I'll be hanging around stand 78 with fellow @oipassoc.bsky.social members! 👋 Come and have a look at some of our books and journals, steal some lovely OIPA merch and chat to us about #OpenAccess institutional publishing!

I'm looking forward to chatting about @scotunipress.bsky.social and #OpenAccess books for the Open University next week! Take a look at the full line up of talks, some really interesting stuff happening in the world of open research: research.open.ac.uk/events/open-...

At least Springer Nature is doing well while higher education is collapsing all over the place. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

To celebrate #WorldBookDay we are announcing our third book 📚 'The vow of stability' by Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social is a close study of the rhythms and challenges of community life in an English Benedictine monastery. Publishes #OpenAccess in May! www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...

SCURL Executive Officer, Gillian Daly, has joined the IFLA Library Publishing group to represent the work going on in academic libraries in Scotland through @scotunipress.bsky.social Follow @ifla-libpub.bsky.social for an international perspective on #LibraryPublishing

We are delighted that Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is joining the SUP Editorial Board! 👋 Brianna is passionate about #OpenAccess and represents small specialist institutions. www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-wel... @breerob-kirk.bsky.social @rcsofficial.bsky.social

Want to learn about metadata for #OpenAccess books but not sure where to start? Join us for the Good Metadata Practice for Open Access Books webinar – hosted by OIPA & @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social. 📆 20 March 2025 🕙 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET, 11:00 EDT Sign up for free: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The absolute coup de grace of universities scrambling to find the money for 20K+ OUP BPCs is that the surplus ultimately gets funnelled to one of the richest universities in the world at a time when higher ed is on fire.