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

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd! bit.ly/SCLpostdoc2025 Please share widely!

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

Great to see our colleagues @wrunipress.bsky.social included alongside many other fantastic Library Success Stories in the #CopimCompass 📖 🧭

A timely reminder from @alicemeadows.bsky.social and @funsizesuze.bsky.social on the eve of the Workers' Holiday that we are more powerful when we work together. #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/30/t...

IFLA LIBPUB SIG, ACD Section, and the Advisory Committee on Open Science and Scholarship, have issued a call for papers for the open session, Sustainable Paths Towards Open Science and Open Scholarship, at WLIC 2025. Closing date is April 30 Full details: 2025.ifla.org/acquisition-...

Our model replaces unaffordable Transformative Agreements offered by global commercial publishers with a community-led equitable alternative. Read more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.

In light of this amazing news about an academic journal collective, here's some of my work theorizing library publishing cooperatives from 7-8 years ago 🧵

The IOAP and LAI Library Publishing Group are delighted to host a webinar with Paola Corti (SPARC Europe) on Scholarship with an Open Mindset. Wednesday 16th April at 3pm GMT+1. Full details and registration link: ioap.ie/paola-corti-...

Check out Aisling Coyne's blogpost on the upcoming IOAP & LAI Library Publishing Group webinar, Paola Corti on Scholarship with an Open Mindset on Weds. 16th April 3-4pm​ ioap.ie/paola-corti-...

Please join the Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP) and the LAI Library Publishing Group (LPG) for this collaborative webinar with Paola Corti (SPARC Europe) on Scholarship with an Open Mindset. Wednesday 16th April 3-4pm GMT+1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/scholarshi...

Why open institutional publishing matters: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...

The LAI Library Publishing Group is hosting a webinar on Tuesday 25th March from 4 - 5pm GMT. Niamh Tumelty (LSE; Cambridge University) will speak on The Value of Library Publishing. Not to be missed! All welcome but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.ie/e/lai-lpg-pr...

@ifla-libpub.bsky.social new post by Jeanette Hatherill, Coalition Publica, on its blog series, Library Publishing through the IFLA Global Lens. libpubblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/j...

New article by @janebuggle.bsky.social on the development of @ioap.bsky.social in today's Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The @iflaglobal.bsky.social Library Publishing Group is looking forward to joining the #LibraryPublishing conversation on Bluesky! Find out more about our work at www.ifla.org/units/librar...

(In)equity in open access: OASPA's recommended practices on financial and workflow barriers tinyurl.com/ycjmnrmh

Delighted to share that the write-up of our 2024 Symposium in York has been published by @uksg.bsky.social! www.uksg.org/newsletter/u... You can also access the slides from the keynotes (feat. @janebuggle.bsky.social, Andrew Barker & Sarah Thompson) & lightning talks! oipauk.org/news-events-...

Are you unemployed but used to work in the library/publishing/knowledge comms space? Don't forget you can attend our November conference on Cybersecurity and Censorship completely FREE! Simply email your details to bev @uksg.org Read more here: bit.ly/3xJ55Gp

any book workers (library workers, publishing workers, translators, etc) are welcome to sign this too, not just authors

Recording of our great event with @janebuggle.bsky.social and others (whom I can‘t find here) now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxB... Tune in if you want to learn about #FairOpenAccess and #DiamondOpenAccess. We had great questions from audience around research assessment, #DOAJ, why journals etc

For those interested in #openaccess #openscience #scholcomm

2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access | 8 – 14 December 2024, Cape Town, South Africa