Our latest webinar, co-organized with the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica, highlighted that the recent adoption of APCs by some journals in Latin America, has influenced the globalization of publication topics away from local issues and an increase in English-language publishing.

"Moving from pay-to-read to pay-to-publish has been devastating for us in Africa. Many APCs are equal to an annual salary for a junior researcher" Evelyn Gitau, Science for Africa during this great discussion at the Science Summit event.sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...

100% agree with these authors who highlight, in @elife.bsky.social "that the Global South’s approach (to OA) offers a blueprint for a fairer, more inclusive, and more just academic publishing ecosystem." elifesciences.org/articles/108...

Really enjoyed this interview. Kudos to the podcast team for finding a clip from The West Wing relevant to Global Equitable #OpenAccess!

Favorite quote from today's webinar from Bianca Amaro "Journals are like children and we need to support them!"

Looking forward to today's discussion! ⏰ 11:00am-12:30pm CST/1:00-2:30pm EDT/2:00-3:30pm BRT Announcements in - English: tinyurl.com/2x7863tn Portuguese: tinyurl.com/4ff5brrs Spanish: tinyurl.com/mrxzth2w

Please join us!

Congratulations to @asapbio.bsky.social & @creativecommons.bsky.social! Really excited to see this critical project on funder and organizational preprint policies come together.

📺 Missed our "Exploring Common Governance for Open Knowledge" event? Watch the recording with @melissahagemann.bsky.social, @samuelmoore.org, @alek.bsky.social, and participants discussing equitable Open Access, AI in scholarship, and open infrastructure challenges. 🔗 openfuture.eu/event/explor...

Looking forward to joining @samuelmoore.org & @alek.bsky.social for this discussion next week. Please join us!

Looking forward to this session! Through my fellowship with @openfuture.bsky.social, I interviewed #OpenAccess leaders in the Global South who are supporting equitable OA. I'll discuss lessons that can be drawn from their experiences for the global transition to equitable OA. Please join us!

Looking forward to this kick-off event for CC signals, and espeically the prospect of how CC signals can support the #OpenAccess community in the age of AI!

We’re kicking off CC signals! These preference signals will be designed to offer a new way for stewards of large collections of content to indicate their preferences as to how machines (and the humans controlling them) should contribute back to the commons. Register here: buff.ly/2v9fNVY

Excited to see this paper from Emily Choynowski, as there is so much the 🌍 #OA community can learn from examining how OA is developing outside Europe & North America. Our work is strengthened through our strategic partnership with @forumforopen.bsky.social. katinamagazine.org/content/auth...

Excited to share my new paper which explores why countries support equitable #OA models. Through interviews with OA leaders in the Global South, lessons are offered for the global transition to equitable OA. Thanks to @openfuture.bsky.social for the support and partnership on this journey!

Super excited to develop this Strategic Partnership with @forumforopen.bsky.social!

Thanks to all for participating! Great turnout for the webinar which focused on the worrying trend of diamond journals considering the APC model. Given the level of interest, we are excited to continue the discussion by making this a series of webinars. More info will be available soon.

Please join us for the @boaiopen.bsky.social's inaugural event! We will have an all-star lineup of speakers with @ariannabec.bsky.social, @lesliechan.bsky.social, @petersuber.bsky.social & Saray Cordoba.

Please join us next Weds. to discuss the worrying trend of #DiamondOA journals considering the APC business model. Simultaneous translation in Spanish & English will be provided. To register: tinyurl.com/55fnyhej.

Read about our time at SXSW in a new blog post. We’d like to sincerely thank our event sponsor, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for making this event and these conversations possible. creativecommons.org/2025/04/09/c...

🌍 Thrilled to see our BSPU Open Science Policy resonating with global initiatives! 🚀 Thank you, @boaiopen.bsky.social & @barcelonadori.bsky.social, for supporting our commitment to Open Research Information & Open Access. 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenScience #OpenAccess #FAIRdata #EOSC #I4OC

Indonesia, a leader of the development of equitable #OpenAccess, has unfortunately signed a "One Nation One Subscription" Agreement.

Congratulations to BSPU for the adoption their new Open Science Policy! Ukraine continues to play a leading role in #OpenAccess. Fond memories of our first OA workshop in Kyiv exactly 20 years ago.

Come work with us at @okfn.bsky.social on a short, high-impact, CKAN-related project! Two roles open: okfn.org/en/jobs/seni... okfn.org/en/jobs/prod...

Great opportunity! The @barcelonadori.bsky.social is seeking a community manager. Deadline to apply is 20 March. barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025022...

L’initiative de Budapest BOAI en transition pour soutenir le développement de l’accès ouvert équitable. With thanks to @jcdrg.bsky.social & @lariviev.bsky.social for the translation! www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/linitia...

Transición de BOAI hacia una Organización que Apoya el Desarrollo de un Acceso Abierto Equitativo www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/transic...

Transición de BOAI hacia una Organización que Apoya el Desarrollo de un Acceso Abierto Equitativo. www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/transic...

New preprint! Tracking transformative agreements w/ #openmetadata. We developed and tested a method to identify papers published under these contracts using data from OpenAlex & @coalitions-oa.bsky.social Journal Checker Tool. w/ @msphelps.bsky.social @jeroenson.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31222/osf...

The @boaiopen.bsky.social was released on February 14, 2002, and today, on our 23rd anniversary, I'm thrilled to share that we are transitioning into an org to support the equitable development of #OpenAccess!

I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the Open Access Tracking Project and the open-source software on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: bit.ly/TransferOATP Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any questions or any level of interest. #OpenAccess

"The reluctance of researchers to publish OA was attributed to the failure of the research assessment system to recognize and reward such article." Hurdles to Open Access publishing faced by authors: a scoping literature review from 2004 to 2023 osf.io/preprints/os...

Very disturbing.

Thanks to HELIOS Open for these case studies of how universities are incentivizing open!Our BOAI20 Recommendations call for the reform of research assessment & rewards to improve incentives, and such studies are critical to demonstrate how institutions are taking steps to reform research assessment.

Timely, as I was just part of a discussion around the need to do more to track the societal impact of #OpenAccess. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/06/t...

It’s now live! I’m so excited about this post – I’m recruiting to the new role of Head of Student Library Experience at @lselibrary.bsky.social. Interested? jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Two recent studies on "Transformative" Agreements, same conclusion - "Trapped in Transformative Agreements?" by W. Benedikt Schmal arxiv.org/abs/2409.20224 "How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?" by Najko Jahn www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Excited to see Creative Commons new Strategic Plan! Really like the emphasis on centering community. Open advocates across the #OpenAccess, #OER & #OpenCulture movements are stronger when we build synergies and collaborate. creativecommons.org/2025/01/22/c...

Encouraging to see the use across disciplines: "Despite the dominance of medical journals, Bluesky is a remarkably evenly distributed source of attention at the current time, with good coverage from all disciplines."

Exciting to celebrate the growth of Wikipedia over the last 24 years! So many synergies between the #OpenAccess and Wikimedia movements.This year we will foster greater collaboration betw these 2 communities by providing a platform for Wikimedians interested in advocating for & collaborating on OA.

New study: "Our analysis demonstrates that research institutions seem to be ‘trapped’ in transformative [Read-and-Publish] agreements. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully #OpenAccess world, academia is stuck in the hybrid system." www.cwts.nl/seminars/ann....

The U of Surrey cancelled its #ReadAndPublish agreement with #Elsevier. Our BOAI20 Recs highlight that "Read-and-publish agreements are unsustainable, by paying more than necessary and putting short-term growth ahead of long-term growth." www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Every year on 1 January, Public Domain Day celebrates the artistic works that enter the public domain, becoming free for everyone to use, share, and adapt. Wikimedia volunteers are at the forefront of sharing these works while navigating copyright restrictions. ➡️ w.wiki/CbAe

Inspiring talk by Prof. Mary Oyiela Abukutsa Onyango about her #OpenAccess journey since attending an EIFL workshop in Kenya in 2010! @GlobalDiamondOA

A fantastic resource from #AfricArxiv For truly equitable #OpenAccess, academia needs to be aware of and encourage progress of the generation of scholarship and #Africanresearch. This tool does this so well. africarxiv.pubpub.org/country-prof... #scholcomm #AcademicChatter #ResearchinAfrica

Critical new report out looking at the threats and opportunities ahead for the creation of a shared advocacy agenda for the Knowledge Commons.

Over the past year, I've been collaborating with SPARC & Open Future on a series of convenings to address rapid changes to the digital environment & ensure we can continue to accelerate progress toward systems that support sharing knowledge as a public good.Learn more: sparcopen.org/news/2024/re...