📢 @copim.bsky.social have announced highlights from Day 1 (Thursday 26 February) of their upcoming #CopimConference Day 2 highlights to follow tomorrow!!

Did you know you can apply for an all expenses paid trip to #UKSG2026 This year @uksg.bsky.social is sponsoring TEN places PLUS JoVe is sponsoring an additional place for an early career library professional! Find out more 👉 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...

📢 Announcing a Major Update to the Thoth Platform 📢 We are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of Thoth 1.0, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of its open metadata infrastructure for #OA book publishing 🎆🎆🎆 Read more in our latest blog post: thoth.pub/blog/10.7095...

📚✨ Now live: What does the FIL Guadalajara reveal about the circulation of academic books? This post links a panel discussion to the role of Thoth Open Metadata and SciELO Books in supporting the discovery and circulation of OA books. 🔗 copim.pub/fil-guadalaj... #OpenAccess #OpenMetadata #OAbooks

The programme looks amazing (even if I do say so myself!) 🤩 Register now!

Registration for the event below has now closed - if you got a ticket, join @rupertgatti.bsky.social Gareth Cole and other #digipres experts tomorrow 🎫

🌟 Win a fully funded trip to #CopimConference Early‑career #librarians are invited to apply for one of 3 sponsored places 📍 London, UK 📅 26-27 February 2026 ⏳ Apply by Sunday 1 February 2026 🔗 copim.pub/sponsored-pl...

Help the @eudch.bsky.social grow the forum & registry by filling in their quick form 🌱

Two new reports and advocacy materials available 👇

🌟Win a fully funded trip to #UKSG2026 Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places! 📍 Glasgow, UK 📅 30 March–1 April 2026 Apply by 15 February 2026 🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...

[CATCH UP] @kirahopkins.bsky.social shares her experiences of presenting to @forumforopen.bsky.social last year during #OAWeek Just one thread in a growing relationship between ourselves and #OpenAccess #Publishing in the Middle East & North Africa 🌱 Find out more 👉

We're joining @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy online to discuss Preserving #eBooks: where are we now? 📆 27 Jan 2026 🕰️ 2:00-5:30 pm (UTC) Sign up now 👉

📣 New JiscMail list for small publishers! Help grow the community! 🌱 Join us for open, supportive discussions on accessibility challenges and good practice Search [email protected] 👉 buff.ly/b1eJBdE Photo: Bernd Dittrich via Unsplash

Did you know you can apply for an expenses paid trip to #UKSG2026? UKSG is sponsoring a number of places, and Jove is sponsoring an additional place for an early career library professional. Check it out here: dub.sh/zXgew9r and please share far and wide!

Do please share the news about these bursaries with your networks or with anyone you know who might be interested! #LibraryBsky #OAbooks #OpenAccess

Take part in an experiment in collective review 🧪 Join our Experimental Publishing Group for an online peer review party on 29 Jan! Help review Deep Maps: Blue Humanities - to be published @uniwestpress.bsky.social - alongside author @scrivenersmith.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy Find out more 👉

⏱️ Save time! The Open Access Books Toolkit gives authors, librarians, and publishers quick answers to the most common questions about open access book publishing. 🔗 Check it out: oabooks-toolkit.org #openscience #oabooks #openinfrastructure

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

Check out the new episode of Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG 🎙️In this episode we hear from Dr Samuel Moore (@samuelmoore.org) who discusses his varied career as a Scholarly Communications Specialist, bridging research, open access publishing, and his recently published book. dub.sh/EncwGkc

On Jan 27, our Executive Director Prof. Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social) will speak at Open Access and the Commons organised by LSE Open Research Community. Learn about the crises in #oa publishing and how scholar-led models can help. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-acces...

Hi Janneke 👋

The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component. 📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/

Policymakers play a key role in advancing Diamond OA — but face tough challenges: feasibility, fragmentation, and urgency. The DIAMAS Recommendations help bridge these gaps. Here’s how policy can drive sustainable change. 👇

Great opportunity to join @jisc.bsky.social as Associate Project Manager Apprentice - Software and content licensing 👉 jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-GB/jisc/C... #ScholComms

Find out more about Thoth 1.0 at the official launch event 🚀 🧡 Copim Conference 📆 26–27 February 2026 📍 Loughborough University (London Campus) and online 🔗 copim.pub/join-us-for-...

Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February? Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP #OAbooks

Yet I still can't hold of any tickets for the games in Toronto for love nor money...! ⚽💵⚽💵⚽💵⚽💵⚽💵⚽💵⚽💵⚽

Knowing Me Knowing @uksg.bsky.social (A-HA!) Listen to the latest episode of THE podcast series for the scholarly communications sector! 👉 featuring @samuelmoore.org Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️ 🔗 www.uksg.org/uksgpodcast/

⏰ Just a reminder of the @jisc.bsky.social digital research community coffee & chat meet-up this morning 📆 14 Jan (11-12 GMT) We’ll be thinking about: ⭐ Highlights (and lowlights) of 2025 ✈️ Priorities in 2026 💡 Ideas for the community Joining link 👉 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/

WOW these tickets are like gold dust 🎫 Get yours now!

⏰ This is not a drill - last chance to register! Discuss issues faced in digitally preserving #OpenAccess monographs AND theses from the perspective of publishers, university repositories and authors

Last chance to register and find out what Copim’s Archiving and Digital Preservation Group has been up to!

📘 Want to demystify open access book publishing? The Open Access Books Toolkit provides a clear, step-by-step guide that debunks common myths! 🔗 Explore here: oabooks-toolkit.org #openscience #oabooks #openinfrastructure

Great to see this new site, and all the new content on it Catch up now! 👇

Join @jisc.bsky.social digital research community for an informal coffee & chat type meet up☕ 📆 14 January (11-12 GMT) 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/ Whether you're curious about the community, have something to share, or a question to ask, join the team online! @helenclare.bsky.social

Wow, it's truly going to be a global conference! 🌐 In person ticket sales end on 8 Feb, online deadline is 18 Feb 📆 Get your ticket NOW - when they're gone, they're GONE ⌛

📣 First research seminar of 2026! @samuelmoore.org, scholarly communication specialist at Cambridge University Library, will give a talk on 'Publishing beyond the market'. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Find out how previous recipients have used the fund to support #OA book publishing 📚 👉 obc.copim.pub/collective-d...

Interested in AI, ethics and open access? I’ll be speaking at this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on 5 February - it’s free to register, so please come along! www.uksg.org/events/free-...

[WEBINAR] We're joining @bodleian.ox.ac.uk to talk about the challenges & solutions for preserving #OA monographs & #Theses ✍️ Bodleian Open Scholarship series 📆 13 Jan 2026 ⏰ 2 PM GMT 🔗 buff.ly/nnrT0fk #OpenAccess #DigitalPreservation #Archiving

Agree, it really is excellent!

From strategic vision to intelligent infrastructure and empowered people, Data Matters 2026 will equip you with the insight, connections and confidence to lead with clarity and impact. Registrations close next week, have you got your ticket yet? #academicsky

Happy New Year! Here's a resolution... "I will get more involved in opening up research". Yeah? Great! Oh, wait - hey - I think we can help with that! Why not submit a talk or poster to EORC2026? library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup... That way we can meet, chat, and perhaps support one another!

Very interesting piece in @uksg.bsky.social Insights on the need for professional development interventions to support #DiamondOpenAccess publishing Thoughts on how scholar‑led publishing can overcome the effect of the prestige economy | Insights%20/articles/10.1629/uksg.699

❇️CRAFT-OA: KER #5 — OJS Diamond Plugins❇️ 👉CRAFT-OA’s Key Exploitable Results (KER) are the main results of the project. They enhance Diamond OA publishing and facilitate its sustainability and collaboration among all actors in theOA community. https://www.craft-oa.eu/ojs-diamond-plugins/

Join us on 28 January for our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar. 📅 28 January 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/data-...

Banish the January blues with an online coffee & chat ☕ Join the @jisc.bsky.social digital research community for an informal chat about all things #Research 📆14 January 2026 ⏰11-12 GMT Join via Microsoft Teams🔗 teams.microsoft.com/meet/3531205...

Wishing all of our publishers and friends in the #OtF space a restful winter break and a very happy new year! 🎄 We're looking forward to 2026 when we'll have some exciting news to share! 👀 www.openingthefuture.net 👀 #OpenAccess #Books #BacklistToTheFuture

🌍 Webinar Replay: Reclaiming knowledge: why Diamond Open Access matters 👉 u2l.fr/qd96dt ✅ Key topics: Why APC-based systems limit participation and shape research assessment Legal principles for public-good publishing How community-owned models reduce financial barriers and empower researchers

Join @kirahopkins.bsky.social @kjsanders.bsky.social Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship #OxFOS26 📝 Who owns our knowledge? 📆 Monday 2 March – Friday 6 March 2026 🔗 openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos