Oxford and Harvard libraries now publishing their own diamond open access journals. Love it. ❤️ Paying hundreds of millions to big commercial publishers isn't the only way of supporting researchers to publish their research. Oxford: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox#collapse5381526 Harvard […]

Excited to be presenting at this webinar with @copim.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social! Join us!

“Be proactive. Consider positioning yourself as a leader in this space. You’re not small. You can be a leader and be mighty. And don’t wait for libraries to come to you to update accessibility standards.” Attending #chsconf2025 session with @lalair.bsky.social speaking about accessibility.

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)

Join the @openbookcollective.bsky.social at @chashub.bsky.social 📚 They're setting up their booth (no 29) ready for the Vendor Showcase tomorrow (4 Nov) 🛠️ See who else is joining them 👉 buff.ly/lQc5k3w #chsconf2025

Thrilled to share this blog post oapen.hypotheses.org/1733 introducing our new Head of Technology at @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social, Anna Wałek - a warm welcome, Anna.

Recording now available - Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt... 🔸 @kirahopkins.bsky.social 🔸 @rupertgatti.bsky.social 🔸 @joedeville.bsky.social 🔸 @joannaball.bsky.social 🔸 @theblochian.bsky.social Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social

Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice' Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture: www.openlibhums.org/news/861/

We are excited to announce that Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social has joined as our new Community Engagement Lead. Hooray! 🥳 Caroline is a committed advocate for libraries, #OpenAccess & knowledge equity, a Trustee at @wikimediauk.bsky.social, & played a key role in the #EbookSOS campaign.

TOMORROW! 📆 Join @theblochian.bsky.social for Open Access Australasia’s #OAWeek 2025 celebrations! 👉 buff.ly/B40j30m And then @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #OpenEngaged conference! 👉 buff.ly/DAiC0dn 4/4

OA WEEK: Next week (20-26 October) is #OAWeek! At the OABN, in collaboration with @copim.bsky.social , we've gathered as many online events as we can find that relate to OA books or open infrastructures & shared the details in this post: 👉 openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/15/i...

Join @rosiehigman.bsky.social on Day 2 for the panel discussion: Technology, Power, and Equitable Design @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be speaking on 'enabling equity in scholarly publishing with open infrastructures and open metadata' Register now 👉 openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-eng...

1/ We are extremely happy to announce that Edizioni Ca’ Foscari (ECF), or Venice University Press, has joined the Open Book Collective, taking the total number of publisher members to 15. ECF is a fully #OpenAccess publisher openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/edizioni...

It's time for @buchmesse.de 📚 You'll find @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social in Hall 4.0 #fbm2025 📅 15-19 October 📌 Frankfurter Buchmesse 🔗 buff.ly/KKVI5ro It's your chance to talk about #OAbook publishing, open infrastructures, bibliodiversity and more!

We're looking forward to our panel tomorrow 'The Evolution of Open Access Books' at @buchmesse.de #Buchmesse Join us if you're there!

TWO WEEKS LEFT! posting closes Oct 31 🎃! Spread the word so that we get an amazing person in this important role for @pkp.sfu.ca #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

For anyone heading to the Frankfurt book fair this year, you can find out details about @oipassoc.bsky.social at the @thoth-metadata.bsky.social stand (Hall 4.0 / E67)! OIPA was founded to connect and encourage #OpenAccess publishing. #InstitutionalPublishing #UniversityPress #FBF25 #Academic

Next up for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social is #fbm2025 📅 15-19 October 📌 Frankfurter Buchmesse 🔗 buff.ly/wLLMLbN Go and find them to talk all about open access book publishing, open infrastructures, bibliodiversity and more!

Join our celebratory panel at @buchmesse.de on Thursday 16 October from 12:00 to 12:30 CEST at the Innovation Stage (Hall 4.0, H106).  @tandfresearch.bsky.social @barbarabudrich.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @ebsco.bsky.social

Excited to be going to my first Frankfurt Book Fair next week #fbm25 Will be hanging out at @thoth-metadata.bsky.social stand (Hall 4.0 / E67) & discussing digital sovereignty (wed, 1pm, International stage) and the evolution of #OABooks (thurs, 12noon, Innovation Stage) Do make contact to meet up!

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

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to share our 2024–2025 Annual Report: A Year of Important Progress. We’ve made big strides toward sustainability, expanded our collective + strengthened global partnerships for OA books. Read the full report: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-boo...

RECORDING: the recording of our recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share: 📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?... #OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word! pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

Today is OBP's 17 year anniversary! We have... published 434 books; received 24 awards; surpassed 250 book reviews & 380 endorsements; worked on software development projects; and amassed 273 member libraries. The code 17OBP2025 provides 17% off our books, available for 17 days! buff.ly/8tQiAjG

Excited to present the OPERAS Research Infrastructure Special Interest Group on #OpenAccess Books at #OASPA2025. If you want to join the community then have a look at operas-eu.org/special-inte...

🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨 Only 2 days left to get your application in join us as a Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books! 📆 Closing date 26 Sept 📍 Based @lborouniversity.bsky.social 🗣️ 1 FTE, Fixed Term appointment for 6 months Find out more 👉

Up now!

Sylvia Marothy explaining the OA books policies are L'Harmattan at #OASPA2025 - with a nice shot out for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social

🗓️Applications close this Friday #DOAJ

On my way to join the @copim.bsky.social team there!

I'll be speaking online at the #FORM4Open conference on Monday 20 October, on 'Advancing Open Access Books through Community-Driven Collaboration' with my @copim.bsky.social colleague @kirahopkins.bsky.social. Looking forward to kicking off #OAWeek with an excellent conversation!

Well, we may not have bagged an #ALPSP25 award but the opportunity to present as a finalist, talk all things #OABookPublishing and meet our @oipassoc.bsky.social colleagues made up for it! Thanks to everyone who dropped by & expressed interest in our commitment to #OpenMetadata🔓

Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA? Join us at @oaspa.bsky.social conference next week! 📆 22 – 24 September 🔗 buff.ly/uSqHBj7 Find us to chat about our fave topic - community-led, #OA book publishing! 📚 #OASPA25 #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess

🚨 Job opportunity at @lborouniversity.bsky.social Join the wonderful Open Book Futures project team as a Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books 🔸 1 FTE, Fixed Term appointment for six months 🔸 Anticipated start date of 1st November 2025 🔗 buff.ly/jbJ3yrQ

This is an exciting new #openaccesstextbook by Prof Martin Osbourne, that will fit comfortably into both undergrad and grad courses in political economy - particularly for lecturers looking to provide students with formalisation of the concepts taught.

#ALPSP2025 is going glam for the evening

Hannah Hillen explaining @thoth-metadata.bsky.social as part of the innovation awards at #ALPSP2025

The OBC is delighted to share a second update on our Collective Development Fund awarded project, 'Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria Through Open Access Books' openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/second-u... #OABooks #OAPublishing

Here's where to find us at #alpsp2025! 📍Wed Session 3: Awards Finalists Lightning Presentations 📍Thurs morning coffee break, Deansgate Foyer, 10am Or drop us a message via the event app ✉️ 👋

The #alpsp2025 conference has kicked off with a keynote on innovation in publishing. Pleased that @thoth-metadata.bsky.social is nominated for the innovation award - here are some details: www.alpsp.org/news-publica...

Last week we had an @openlibhums.org journal editor who was elected as a Poet Laureate (Azad Sharma from The Hythe Review), this week it’s a double-page spread in @prospectmagazine.co.uk for Professor Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social, editor of Political Philosophy! OLH editors are on FIRE right now 🔥🔥🔥

No sleep till B̶r̶o̶o̶k̶l̶y̶n̶ Coventry! Just setting up the @copim.bsky.social / @openbookcollective.bsky.social stand at today's Mercian Collaboration conference! #Mercian25 Do come and speak with @joedeville.bsky.social and I. (However, I may need a gallon of coffee to get myself going...)

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 😀

I'll be there! #ALPSP25

Important observations - management of the flow of metadata between systems/platforms also matters. Especially true for OA content which is shared more broadly and with less publisher control.

Our colleague Gareth Cole is leaving us for pastures new Read his reflections on his 10 (ish) years at Loughborough 🔗

Back from hols and wanted to repost this ⬇️ We’re so grateful for the support from libraries via @openbookcollective.bsky.social 🙏 📚 It makes a big difference to what we can do @uolpress.bsky.social and supports non-profit, no-fee #OpenAccess publishing 👏

Agree with the prognosis that GS will be axed because it’s not making money but am not so worried. OpenAlex and open community-owned infrastructure FTW! #BarcelonaDeclaration