Have you heard about our new Opening the Future program? We're proud to be expanding open access publishing in a sustainable way, ensuring that more high-quality content can be made accessible globally. buff.ly/0G8gi5k #OpenAccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social

Oh & this also mentions a webinar that @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & colleagues are running on open infrastructures on Tues 11 Nov that is free & well worth attending. OA books are all very well but no good without open infra that's not owned by corp giants: copim.pub/webinar-11-n...

Lots of interesting stuff in here and can't help but notice that it's a bit of a @copim.bsky.social Community Takeover! 🔥Loads of topical blogs from colleagues & partners incl: @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social @openlibhums.org

Hot off the press from @chashub.bsky.social 🗞️❤️‍🔥 @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have launched their OtF programme in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social via Fulcrum (an #OpenSource platform) 🤝 👉 boydellandbrewer.com/open-access/... #chsconf2025 #OA #Monographs

Today we launch our new Opening the Future (OtF) program: a partnership model funding equitable and sustainable open access. Learn more: buff.ly/vYJO8QN #chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social

So pleased to see this go live! When we first launched OtF with two pilot presses in 2021 (shoutout to @ceu-press.bsky.social & @livunipress.bsky.social for being early adopters!) we hoped other scholarly publishers would take up the model to fund more OA books. That is now happening... (1/2)

[CATCH UP] How to support & encourage authors to publish #OA monographs with no #REF2029 mandate 🤔 @kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians 👉 buff.ly/2iEJ3YZ @uksg.bsky.social

Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀 Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing 📆 26-27 February 2026 📍 Loughborough University | London [or online] 🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

Panel discussion chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social and featuring 🔸@kirahopkins.bsky.social 🔸@rupertgatti.bsky.social 🔸@joedeville.bsky.social 🔸@joannaball.bsky.social 🔸@theblochian.bsky.social #CopimCommunity 🤝

We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆 Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity 👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM 1/5

For a small press publishing in a specialist area, the OtF model works really well to help CEU Press move towards being fully #openaccess on their frontlist. Contact us if you want to know more!

Hi 👋 Did you know that members pay a small annual fee to get DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed selection of the @ceu-press.bsky.social backlist, with perpetual access after three years 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Find out more 👉 ceup.openingthefuture.net

Lots going on this #OAweek with @copim.bsky.social and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium!

If you're in #Barcelona for #DCMI2025 go and find @thoth-metadata.bsky.social

Lots going on this OA week with Copim and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium! Also nested is my OA week interview (mostly in the form of a rant on collective funding and the issues it faces...)

Who Owns Our Knowledge? It's International Open Access Week 2025! 😍 Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team 🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD #OAWeek 1/4

Absolutely great news, congratulations all! OBC is helping presses fund new OA books through an equitable model - well worth supporting.

[EVENT] SJSU Biennial Open Access Conference for #OAWeek Join @alittleroad.bsky.social to discuss how to 'Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing' 📆 21 October ⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT 📍 Online 🔗

Hot off the press 🔥 Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚 Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️

Great news 🎉 And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website 🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/

Did you know that to date, CEU Press has been able to publish c.35 new #OA books through library member investment like Cambridge’s, with around the same number of books again funded and in the publishing pipeline ... 🤓

ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/154/ Pleased to announce that the University of Cambridge has renewed their initial three year membership of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press! 🥳 Their member fees will go towards only funding new frontlist titles in OA format at the Press.

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

@copim.bsky.social reprezzzzented whoop whoop ⚡

Join us for #OAWeek! Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @joannaball.bsky.social & @paulaclemente.bsky.social 🗓️ 24/10 - 1:00 pm BST 🔗 shorturl.at/eFIvX

Great 🧵by @forumforopen.bsky.social about the upcoming #FORM4Open 👇 bsky.app/profile/foru... We'll be joining them online on 20 Oct 📆

The @openbookcollective.bsky.social has welcomed several new supporting members this month! Find out more on the #OBC webpages 👇 🔗 buff.ly/drcUzu4 Thanks to support from our library members, the OBC is able to support a fairer and more bibliodiverse landscape for #OpenAccess publishers ⚖️

Join @copim.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social for more #Books chat, but with beers 📚🍻

Excited to carry on the conversation after presenting to @forumforopen.bsky.social earlier this year! 👉 copim.pubpub.org/pub/k34uh3g7...

A busy @copim.bsky.social day at OA Tage #OAT25 ends with @kjsanders.bsky.social presenting a paper co-authored with @kirahopkins.bsky.social outlining the problematic outcomes for the scholarly system resulting from entanglements between large commercial publishers, acquisition practices & funders

Lafayette College becomes first @openingthefuture.bsky.social member with MSU Press 🥳🎉 Read more about the announcement on the OtF website 👉 buff.ly/L7CVkS6 #OAbooks #OpenAccess #OA

‼️Reminder: our next Community Development Activity is coming up: Infrastructures to Support Open Access Books and Journals: @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social 16 September | 13:00 GST 🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GgpLB #OpenScience

We're on the programme three times on Thursday 18 September 📆 And if you'd like to continue the conversation, join us at Konzil for #CopimCorner We'll be there from 6pm onwards 🍻 👉 buff.ly/ifPm7lM

We're heading to Germany for #OAT25 ✈️ 📍 University of Konstanz 📆 17-19 September 2025 Registration is now closed but if you're lucky enough to have a ticket, view the full programme 👉 buff.ly/8j0k8m6

📣 Save the date! Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026 🗓️ 26–27 February 2026 📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online) 📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!

Fingers (and toes) crossed for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social 🤞

EVENT: Join us at our next free webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors' 📆 Tuesday 30 September ⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p... #OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social

OA books in the Middle East and North Africa: Copim and FORM Read all about our recent outreach with @forumforopen.bsky.social (an #OA advocacy group and community of practice) 🔗

I'm going to the #Alpsp25 conference in Manchester tomorrow. Let me know if you're going and would like to find some time to chat about @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @openbookpublish.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, the Open Journals Collective, or #OABooks generally 😀

We catch up with 2 authors who have published #OpenAccess with @livunipress.bsky.social thanks to funding from our collective library funding model @openingthefuture.bsky.social 🎉 🔗 Tess C. Rankin buff.ly/Ix1Lo63 🔗 Dean Allbritton buff.ly/e7GQ8eh

Bookmark this Shelf to see the Opening the Future implementation toolkit 👇📚 compass.copim.ac.uk/shelves/open...

Not long to go until they find out! 🤞

📣 Save the date! Join us to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026 🗓️ 26–27 February 2026 📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online) 📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!

TL:DR ✨Over 100 libraries now subscribe to OtF packages ✨Since its inception, OtF has raised over £500K for its presses = funding for over 70 #OA books (half of which have been published, the other half to be published in the coming years!)

Hot off the press 🔥 New special issue of @jepub.bsky.social on Publishing & Climate Justice, edited by our colleague Janneke Adema! 🔗 buff.ly/hdoMPIN Want to know more? Read this 🧵 buff.ly/FNQEOR7

DON'T FORGET: register for Collective Infrastructures for Publishing, a hybrid event exploring the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book project 📆 Sat 4 Oct, 12:30–18:00 BST 📍 Online & Borough Road Gallery, London Programme: buff.ly/n22lvif Register: buff.ly/2O7aFqE (Click "Register" at top of page)

We really enjoyed presenting at @forumforopen.bsky.social last month Read our blog post about it now! 🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/k34uh3g7...

Our @openingthefuture.bsky.social programme is included with several opt-in Diamond offers to IReL members! 🥳 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/849a0BS @ioap.bsky.social #OABooks #OpenAccess

See you all at 10am tomorrow for our next panel on building equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystems with @simonxix.com and @kjsanders.bsky.social from @copim.bsky.social, Hannah Hillen from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, and @samuelmoore.org #OpenFest25

Hear from authors who have published #OpenAccess thanks to @openingthefuture.bsky.social 👏 They explain why publishing #OpenAccess was so important, the benefits and demystify the process. 1/4