From London to The Gambia - in our latest guest blog, librarian Dr Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan reflects on traveling across 2 continents discussing #DiamondOpenAccess, the BookHub initiative, and her work building equitable scholarly infrastructure from the inside out. obc.copim.pub/from-copim-t...

Our new quarterly newsletter is out today! Get a more detailed insight into 'behind the scenes' at the OBC - where we've been, what we've been doing, and what is still to look forward to! obc.copim.pub/wp-content/u...

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1/ We are pleased to publish a major new evaluation of our work over the past 4 years. Authored by @judithfathallah.bsky.social y.social and @joedeville.bsky.social, the report brings together research with a range of OBC stakeholders, with an analysis of OBC's finances obc.copim.pub/obc-stakehol...

One door closes, another opens: the @openbookcollective.bsky.social team got together in Manchester on the second to last day of the @copim.bsky.social OBF project to plan our collective work together for the coming years. Have come out feeling really excited & hopeful about what we can do together

Join @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social at #LDNOpenFest26 to find out about their career in #OpenScience Details 👇

Kia ora, Ōtautahi! A warm welcome Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury as our latest Library Supporter, championing open scholarship, Māori knowledge systems, and research in the public interest from Aotearoa New Zealand. We're delighted to have you with us!

Many congrats to @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social on this major platform update. Thoth are not just one of our members, but our metadata management partner. They power our own collective catalogue and are making it far easier for small publishers to manage and disseminate their works. Well done all!

It's the last day of #UKSG2026 ... And your last chance to get hold of our merch!! Get your mits on bags, pens, stickers and bookmarks & more from stand no. 66 ! @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social © Hollis Photography UK

Just in time for #UKSG2026 the @openlibhums.org team have launched this blistering Robin Hood poster campaign. Divest from commercial publishing (the rich) & redirect your library budget into non-profit scholar-led publishing like @ojcollective.bsky.social & @openbookcollective.bsky.social ! 💪🏼🔥💪🏼

Our Managing Director, @joedeville.bsky.social, and Community Engagement Lead, @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social, will both be at #UKSG2026 tomorrow! Find them at the COPIM stand (#66) or roaming around talking about all things OA books, OBC, and collective funding!

We are very pleased to be able to announce that OBC and @ojcollective.bsky.social have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, committing to work together to achieve a sustainable, open access future, for both books and journals obc.copim.pub/collaboratin...

New member alert! Today we're welcoming @verfassungsblog.de to the OBC family. Verfassungsblog is a fully #OpenAccess world-leading source of expert analysis and commentary on constitutional law and politics - with nearly 5 million views last year, it's more necessary & relevant than ever!

It was great to see @rluk.ac.uk's recent call for collective OA funding. We also need to ensure that the full diversity of HEIs and libraries can and do participate as a shared, collective commitment to help support a new publishing ecosystem, not just historic or 'research-led' HEIs and libraries.

RLUK's new principles call for collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, and transparency. For us here at the OBC, these principles are at the core of our operating model. 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

1/ This feels like a watershed moment to me. @rluk.ac.uk's Collections Strategy Network has posted new guidance on the criteria Research Libraries should use when making their investment decisions on #OpenAccess monographs, inc. recommending @openbookcollective.bsky.social as one model to consider

RLUK's just-published principles for evaluating OA monograph models call for: collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, transparency & equity. Sounds familiar! So if you're an RLUK library wondering where to start - look no further!

New from @rluk.ac.uk: "Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models", with direct mention of @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social & Thoth as prime examples 🌞 www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ... #OAbooks #OpenInfras

Delighted to welcome the School of Advanced Study, University of London as our newest Library Supporter! The UK's national centre for humanities research, backing scholar-led, non-commercial diamond open access book publishing - what could be a better fit? 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

Read @heroicendeavour.bsky.social's editorial on the vulnerability of long-form scholarship and the importance of collective funding models in the latest CILIP Buyers' Guide. 👇

We are delighted to share an update from the second project funded by our Collective Development Fund in 2025: 'Knowledge accessible to the community’: CLACSO as a platform to democratize scholarly publishing in Latin America and the Caribbean’ obc.copim.pub/update-on-cd... #OABooks

Big news: @newcastleuni.bsky.social has joined the Open Book Collective as our latest Library Supporter! 🙌 Support like this helps us make scholar-led, non-commercial OA book publishing a genuinely viable and sustainable alternative - so thanks, Newcastle, welcome aboard! 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

Just under a week left to apply to the #CollectiveDevelopmentFund 2026. This fund is to support projects building capacity for Open Access Books, including networks and infrastructure. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. #OpenAccess #OABooks #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA

As a small, predominantly #OpenAccess publisher, we’ve really benefitted from the work done by these projects - working with @openbookcollective.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social which have been so beneficial to our work @uolpress.bsky.social

Collaboration in action at #CopimConference ❤ Getting together with Harrison Inefuku (Iowa State U Digital Press), Steel Wagstaff ( @pressbooks.bsky.social ), Joe Muller ( @janewayolh.bsky.social ), and Javier Arias (Thoth Open Metadata) to establish ...

1/ OBC publishers are innovating when it comes not only to #OpenAccess, but also to form & process. Emma Gallon @emmagallon.bsky.social from @uolpress.bsky.social talking at the #CopimConference about how the press is engaging in a range of #ExperimentalPublishing practices

Don't usually go for open access stickers but there are some good ones

It's so encouraging to see libraries being proud of, and publicly proclaiming, their support for #DiamondOpenAccess. We are absolutely equally proud to be able to include Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford @bodleian.ox.ac.uk as one of our supporters. Thanks so much, on behalf of our Members! 😍

If you’re at #CopimConference, don’t forget to pick up one of our new stickers! 💎💎💎

If you’re not able to be with us at #CopimConference, either in person or online, @emmabooth.bsky.social’s Bluesky live threads are the next best thing!

With support from OBC's Collective Development Fund, Professor Tilahun Shiferaw and his team at Haramaya University is transforming how Ethiopian universities understand and adopt open book access, through efforts from policy to multilingual publishing. #OpenAccess #AcademicSky Read his update 👇

Excellent post detailing the rationale that lay behind the creation of Open Book Collective and other similar collective funding initiatives. We have to stop thinking of open access in terms of 'free' content & instead start viewing it as infrastructure and labour that needs systematic funding.

Help shape the future of #OpenAccess! We are looking for reviewers for our 2026 Collective Development Fund. If you’re passionate about Diamond OA books and want to support global publishing capacity, we want to hear from you! 📨[email protected] to apply

We’ve been made aware of individuals receiving emails claiming to be from the OBC, requesting fees from authors. To be clear: OBC does not charge individuals, book clubs, or authors for meetings/events. We're a collective funding model that channels library support to OA publishers & infrastructure.

Tomorrow is the final day to submit your optional scope check for the Collective Development Fund Call 2026. Full applications are due by March 7. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

Librarian colleagues, do you have a moment to contribute your views for the OBC's evaluation work? Whether or not your institution is or has been a member, we would like to hear from you.

We’re pleased to share that the Open Book Collective’s new home for our resources and documentation is now live on WordPress! obc.copim.pub

And great to have you .. again!

A reminder about the @openbookcollective.bsky.social Collective Development Fund which is open to new applications until 7 March 2026 👇 #CDF #OBC #OABooks

There are 3 more weeks to submit an optional scope check for this year's Collective Development Fund Call! Scope check closes February 7; Call closes March 7. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese: obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...

Dear librarian colleagues, you are invited to take part in a short survey for the Open Book Collective's evaluation. Whether or not your library supports or has supported any publisher and/or infrastructure service providers via membership of the Open Book Collective we'd love to hear from you.

Join @copim.bsky.social colleagues for this free webinar at 2pm today, hosted by the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Bodleian libraries! Questions answered on archiving and preservation of #OABooks and theses: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0c0...

As we've just opened our Collective Development Fund Call for 2026, the time is apt to introduce the final project funded in our 2025 round, "Enhancing Library Publishing Service through OA Book Publishing at Addis Ababa University Library": openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/announci...

The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti... N.B. this fund is not for BPCs

[CATCH UP] @amandasramalho.bsky.social at #FILGuadalajara2025 📚 Listen to insights on @scielo.org @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers! @openbookcollective.bsky.social 🎥 Watch now buff.ly/XCQwcz0 #FIL2025 #MetadataMatters

Rounding off the week, we would like to welcome another wonderful library Supporter, @universityofessex.bsky.social! None of what we do here at the OBC would be possible without the support of libraries like this, so many thanks are due! 👏

Another day, another new library supporter to thank! Today we would like to extennd our acknowledge and gratitude to @angliaruskin.bsky.social for joining our Supporter Programme and helping open access book publishing become a real, viable and thriving option for academic authors! 📚

Another recent library to join the Collective is @exeterunilib.bsky.social - thank you for your help in supporting a diverse and sustainable open access ecosystem! openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/the-open...

In the past few months we have welcomed some new library supporters to the Open Book Collective, so we'd love to take the opportunity over the next few days to introduce and publicly thank them for their support of open access book publishing.