Danny - OAPEN books are by definition not textbooks, but we know they are being used for teaching & learning. Conclusion (in Katina article): need a system like COUNTER for eBooks. katinamagazine.org/content/arti... #OASPA2025

Wir freue uns sehr, euch unseren allerersten Blogbeitrag auf Deutsch vorstellen zu dürfen! 🚀 Neben Englisch möchten wir künftig auch Inhalte in anderen Sprachen anbieten.

🔊 Unique employment opportunity w/ @pkp.sfu.ca -- lead an impactful, mission & values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of #ScholarlyPublishing! This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making management career: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #AcademicSky

New Open Research Event 🎓📆 - Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS 2026) [EN] held United Kingdom (Oxford), online from 03/03/2026 to 06/03/2026. For more info, view the event in our calendar.

NEW RESOURCES on #CopimCompass 🧭 Hear from @universityofessex.bsky.social authors who have published their research #OA 📙 READ 📹 WATCH 🎓 LEARN 👉 buff.ly/JOnL5wz #OpenAccess #OpenResearch Thank to @hannahcrago.bsky.social for sharing!

Read reflections on #OASPA2025 by @drachiarelli.bsky.social in Italian and with an English translation. Multilingualism is just one of the many important considerations raised at the conference. Do share your own reflections #inyourownwords www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...

We’re thrilled to unveil OAPEN’s refreshed visual identity – including a new logo – that better reflects who we’ve become, what we stand for, and where we’re headed. Read more about it in the announcement: oapen.org/article/intr...

VACANCY NOTE: Metadata & Systems Specialist. We're looking for someone to join our technical team to help manage and enhance our open infrastructures for #OAbooks. Read the full job description and find out how to apply: oapen.hypotheses.org/1586 Deadline: 10 October 2025 at 10 AM CEST.

Wonderful to see among others two @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social board members - @charleswatkinson.bsky.social and Antia Wiersma - and @doabooks.bsky.social Scientific Committee member @c-bz.bsky.social on #oaspa2025 stage discussing WHY #openaccess matters and HOW to make it work

🔓📖 Moving beyond closed silos: Liberating workflows based on #OpenMetadata... #interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters With @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, #OBC, @oapenbooks.bsky.social ⤵️ #OASPA2025 convo @joedeville.bsky.social & at #Munin2025

Coming up now at the #OASPA2025 poster session, @nielsstern.bsky.social will be presenting on behalf of the @operaseu.bsky.social #OABooks SIG. Preview the poster, 'Building a Stronger OA Book Ecosystem' below!

Tackling the problems of getting #OA works into the wider book supply chain TOGETHER 🤝 A sneak preview of @openbookcollective.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @thoth-metadata.bsky.social presentation at #Munin2025 🔗 buff.ly/QI8P6C3 #OpenScience #ScalingSmall #Bibliodiversity

WITH PHOTO - #OASPA2025

REFERENCE to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) by @oapenbooks.bsky.social Niels Stern at #OASPA2025 open book panel - using as a mechanism for structuring the panel discussion around Introductions, Governance, Impact & Quality and Sustainability openscholarlyinfrastructure.org

DOAJ and CNPIEC Collaborate to Support Open Access Journals in China blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d... #scholcomm #publishing #oa @doaj.bsky.social

Happy to be here at the #OASPA2025 conference at the University of Leuven, to see Demmy Verbeke @viroviacum.bsky.social from the university (and also an @openbookcollective.bsky.social Steward/Trustee) open proceedings in the beautiful Irish College

We're at the beautiful Irish College Leuven, Belgium for #OASPA2025 📆 22 – 24 September Programme includes keynote talks, panel discussions, poster lightning talks, and much more! Full conference programme 👉 buff.ly/4cjqhjm And don't forget to follow @oaspa.bsky.social too

🌐DOAJ is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC) to establish a joint #DOAJ China Open Access Journal Pre-evaluation Working Group #DOAJCollaboration blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d...

Guest Post — Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/22/g...

This guy is looking down at us all over my shoulder. Wondering who this is, in the context of the conversations at #OASPA2025. Monopolistic commercial publishing practices? LLM-based exploitation of open content? Higher education meltdown and rising censorship? Caffeine overload?

🗓️Applications close this Friday #DOAJ

POSTERS session at #OASPA2025 - a good set of work being described here. Posters are available www.oaspa.org/wp-content/u...

🔵Live from our community development activity How do @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social benefit the libraries that support them?🤔 A snippet from the first part of our seminar presented by @nielsstern.bsky.social 👇 #OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure

So @openbookcollective.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have made it! Come and speak with us about all things open access around books, including infrastructures. @copim.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social

Slides of our #oat25 workshop together with #AGUniverlage, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social and #BerlinUP now live! 👇

With @jordyfindanis.bsky.social & Sebastiano Sali from @oapenbooks.bsky.social and Toby Steiner from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social. Also raised a glass in absentia to @kirahopkins.bsky.social from @openingthefuture.bsky.social who was meant to be there but had to withdraw last minute. Thanks all!

Happening TODAY at 17:05 CEST: 'Hello from the other side: What’s the story from fully open access book publishers?' #OASPA2025 @oaspa.bsky.social Join @nielsstern.bsky.social & panellists from Amherst College Press, Firenze University Press, @uclpress.bsky.social & University of Johannesburg Press

#OSFair2025 Rethinking Research Assessment @hldejonge.bsky.social shares how Open Science NL has provided funding for Dutch institutions to include open science in their career assessment policies. Currently, 25 institutions in the Netherlands are exploring this. We look forward to the results!

Now! Our own @joedeville.bsky.social on "Barriers to collective funding of Diamond Open Access in six European Countries". #oat25

We are also there and happy to join OBC and THOTH at #OATAGE.

☀️ Good morning, #OpenScience community! Day 3 of #OSFair2025 begins. As we enter the final stretch, we carry with us energy, collaboration, and ideas! Grateful, inspired & ready to close strong, let’s make this last day count. #CERN #OpenAIRE @cern.bsky.social @openaire.bsky.social

→ 🔓 Join us in celebrating Software Freedom Day #SFD2025! Members of @erudit.org and PKP teams, partners in #CoalitionPublica, describe the importance of #SoftwareFreedom and its central role in our actions 1. Using free software is a "political and ethical choice" 🧵 pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/16/c...

Dir of Programs Katherine Skinner keynotes Publishers Speak today on "Open Infrastructure at a Crossroads", sharing findings from our 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report: investinopen.org/state-of-ope... Excited to participate in cross-sector dialogue on securing the tools scholars depend on!

Looking forward to OASPA 2025 Conference: Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA? @oaspa.bsky.social 📌Irish College, Leuven, Belgium 📌22-24 September #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess Ful programme now available - www.oaspa.org/events/oaspa...

#OATage2025 - Happening in half an hour! Workshop 12: 'Scaling Small in Practice: Horizontal Collaboration Based on Open Values and Interoperability to Support Open Workflows for Open Access Books' Find our more at the link below and discover the full conference programme.

Today at 13:45 catch @nielsstern.bsky.social at the @osfair.bsky.social on the panel 'Trust in the Balance: Securing Open Science in an Age of Misinformation' with Natalia Manola & Suzanne Dumouchel. Read more about the session here: buff.ly/BPBlvX9 #OSFair2025 @doabooks.bsky.org

Free upcoming webinar: 'Who Owns Our Knowledge? The Future of Equitable Open Access', Monday 20 October at 15:00 CEST. With our very own @nielsstern.bsky.social. Hosted by @igiglobal.bsky.social, eContent Pro International Press, and OAPA. For more information & to register: buff.ly/l55ScKT #OAWeek

There's still time to register to join @nielsstern.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social tomorrow in the upcoming @forumforopen.bsky.social webinar 'Infrastructures to Support Open Access Books and Journals' at 11:00 CEST / 13:00 GST: buff.ly/uS32bfD

Next week, we're looking forward to our MD @nielssern.bsky.social moderating a panel at the @oaspa.bsky.social Conference in Leuven, Belgium: 'Hello from the other side: What’s the story from fully open access book publishers? Find out who esle is on the panel in the conference programme linked.

What a great session on 'Trust and Transparency in Scholarly Book Publishing' yesterday at the #UNGA80 #ScienceSummit. Here's a screenshot of @nielsstern.bsky.social in action! #OAbooks

One week until 'Scaling Small in Practice: Horizontal Collaboration Based on Open Values and Interoperability to Support Open Workflows for #OAbooks' at #OATage2025 looking at the ongoing activities of #OpenAccess university presses of AG Universitätsverlag, in cooperation with the Copim Community!

We're delighted to extend our collaboration with @bigtenacademic.bsky.social & host the latest #BigTenOpenBooks collection 'Indigenous North Americans' in the OAPEN Library. Read more in the post below and browse the collection here: library.oapen.org/browse?type=.... #OA #openaccess #ReadUP

Next week @nielsstern.bsky.social will be participating in the panel 'Trust in the Balance: Securing Open Science in an Age of Misinformation' which will look at how infrastructures are tackling disinformation, promoting quality & safeguarding public trust in research @osfair.bsky.social #OSFair2025

#DOAJ's Dominic Mitchell is part of a panel at this year’s NISO Plus 2025 event @nisoinfo.bsky.social Do We Need an Open Access Standard for Journals? 🔸Sept. 16 🔸11-12:15 EST (16-17:15 BST) #NISOPlus25 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA @latindex.bsky.social @eudch.bsky.social niso.plus/niso-plus-20...

#OpenAccess needs strong infrastructures to thrive🔓 This webinar will unpack how @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social are shaping the future of discoverability & accessibility for books & journals 16 Sept | 13:00 GST 🔗Register: shorturl.at/GgpLB #OpenScience

Attending Open Access Days in Konstanz this year? Sign up to Workshop 12: 'Scaling Small in Practice: Horizontal Collaboration Based on Open Values and Interoperability to Support Open Workflows for #OABooks When? 9-10:30 CEST Where? C425 Contributions welcome in both English and German. #OATage

Still four days left to apply to our new Head of Technology position. Full job description and application details available here: oapen.org/article/vaca...

📣Upcoming webinar! Want to navigate #OpenAccess publishing with confidence? Join our webinar on @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social, & @doaj.bsky.social Learn from experts how to support & sustain OA books & journals 16 Sep | 13:00 GST 🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GgpLB #OpenScience

This reading list covers some vitaly important topics, including; ♻️Just Transition ♀️women in politics 🎓Inequity in academia 🍉Calls for solidarity with older Palestinians All available open access #OpenAccess #OA

One week left until registration closes for #OSFair2025. From 15 to 17 September, @cern.bsky.social will host a global gathering of innovators, researchers, and policy leaders to co-create the future of Open Science. 🔗Secure your spot today: www.opensciencefair.eu/registration... #OpenAIRE #CERN