📅 Workshop Session 1 — 23 June 11 AM CET This workshop is offered twice with identical content. Please register for ONE session only. ⚠️ Spaces are limited and registration is only confirmed after completing the required consent form. events.teams.microso... 3/4

Interested in exploring knowledge graphs through natural language conversations? Join our GRAPHIA Co-Design Workshop and help shape QUAGGA, a conversational agent for exploring the GESIS Knowledge Graph. 1/4

[WEBINAR] Moving forward after Publications Router Join @jisc.bsky.social online tomorrow to discover how #OpenAlex can help populate your repository automatically 📆 3 June 2026 ⏰ 16:00 – 17:00 🔗 www.jisc.ac.uk/events/opena... @jonesthelibrary.bsky.social #Repositories #ResearchData

📣 Voices of OPERAS UK: Abertay University Prof. Stefano De Paoli shares more about @abertayuni.bsky.social ⭐ Why they joined @operaseu.bsky.social ⭐ How they are involved in SIGS and projects ⭐ Why membership is relevant AND timely to the UK 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/05/1...

I wish I could attend in person but happy there is a hybrid option 💻

[REPORT] Open Book Collective: Stakeholder and Sustainability Evaluation 🩷 Research with a range of @openbookcollective.bsky.social stakeholders 🩷 An analysis of OBC’s finances 🩷 Potential path towards full financial sustainability Read more 👉 buff.ly/CNuua3n

@almasiproject.bsky.social is organizing its 2nd discussion series on scholar-led publishing. From Preprints to Publication: How Community-Driven Models Are Reshaping Scholarly Communication 🕓 11 June 2026, 16:30 CEST 📝 Discover the program: u2l.fr/th3dc8 👉 Register to attend: u2l.fr/nfd3mx

Join the Thoth team next week to discover more about Thoth 1.0, their major new release of the Thoth platform! All details 👇

#OPERAS2026 #SCIROS | Thank you to everyone who joined us for the conference! A full blog post with highlights from the conference will be published soon. In the meantime, you can revisit the sessions through the livestream recordings: https://bit.ly/operas-2026-livestream

If you missed our 'Open Access Publishing in Practice' session, with a number of brilliant authors sharing their insights, you can now read a full summary on our blog: 👉 uolpress.co.uk/2026/05/open... @uclopenscience.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social @oipassoc.bsky.social #LDNOpenFest26 #OpenAccess

Who are the people who make Digital Research Infrastructure work 💡 Join @helenclare.bsky.social & Marion Weinzierl to find out more about #dRTPs ❓What are they? ❓Where do they come from? ❓What do they do? More info + joining link 👉 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/

NEW POST | 'UJ Press: Innovation and Sustainability in Scholarly Book Publishing' #OA The latest post in our series 'Born Open: Rethinking Prestige in Scholarly Book Publishing' is by Wikus van Zyl, Manager of UJ Press: 👉 openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2026/05/20/u...

If you're attending the #operas2026sciros conference, day 1 will open with workshop 'From OMP to DOAB, via Thoth: Open Collaboration to Amplify Slovenian OA Books' 📢📚🇸🇮 ⏰ 9:00, Wed 20 May 📍 Staszic Palace – Room 132 @pkp.sfu.ca @doabooks.bsky.social #OAbooks #openinfrastructures #metadatamatters

#OPERAS2026SCIROS #OPERAS2026 | The OPERAS Conference is taking place next week! Full programme: https://bit.ly/OPERAS-26-conf-programme Zenodo community: https://bit.ly/operas-sciros-2026-zenodo Livestream page: https://bit.ly/operas-2026-livestream#OPERAS2026SCIROS

📢 Find out more about our new Community of Practice! Our blog post outlines the CoP, including ... 🔹 Who should participate 🔹 Proposed format & logistics 🔹 Governance & guiding principles 🔹 How to attend & get involved 🔹 Date/ime of the first meeting! 🔗

Sneak preview 👀 The #OPERASUK poster is printed & ready for the @operaseu.bsky.social conference tomorrow 📍Staszic Palace, Warsaw Come and say hi 👋 👉 operas-eu.org/news-and-eve... #OPERAS2026SCIROS #OPERAS2026 1/2

SAVE THE DATE! 👇 The next @jisc.bsky.social digital research community meet up is on Weds. 10 June (11-12) 👉 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/ #DRTPs #DRI Photo: Juliana Romao, Unsplash

Thothally Fresh - Launching Thoth 1.0 webinar - If you're a publisher looking to improve your #OpenAccess book metadata and distribution, join us online to kickstart your Thoth journey! 📍 Online event 🕒️ Wednesday 3 June • 3 PM - 4:30 PM GMT+1 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thothally-...

Get in touch if you're like to support the UK community using @operaseu.bsky.social services 📩 @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @openlibhums.org @uclpress.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social @abertayuni.bsky.social @ubiquityopen.bsky.social

❓ Do you work with #journals? Are you setting up a new journal? Are you training a team? 🧰 The OA Journals Toolkit should be your start point A free resource from @oaspa.bsky.social and DOAJ with information on how to start or run an #openaccess journal

📫 Did you know we run a quarterly newsletter? Subscribe to keep up to date with new events and training opportunities, see which datasets have been featured across the media and explore opportunities to promote your own research. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/05/06/a...

Delighted to be making my debut at Jisc’s Connect More event, on May 13th, 10:50 - 11:20. I’ll be talking about our interdisciplinary undergraduate module on #sustainability and #ClimateChange, why the module was needed and how it works, as well as some of the impact. www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

🔴 We're pleased to share our 'DOAJ Annual Highlights 2025 Thank you for using, contributing to, supporting and teaching others about DOAJ. We are so grateful for our growing global community #DOAJ #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #DOAJAmbassadors ▶️ zenodo.org/records/2015...

Are you a library looking to download rich, quality MARC records for #OpenAccess books? Then come straight to Thoth! Skip the stripped down, low quality ingest into your LMS via proprietary vendors. This blog post by @uolpress.bsky.social explains how easy it is to make the change! #OpenMetadata

At #CALC2026 today, WRUP is attending a really important talk from the Open Book Futures project on accessibility in diamond open access monograph publishing. 📚 #OpenAccess

Join us online on 9 June for a timely transatlantic conversation about defending, celebrating and securing the future of the arts, humanities and social sciences. With colleagues from @acls1919.bsky.social, @artsandhums.bsky.social and @britishacademy.bsky.social. Book now: https://bit.ly/4dv1w9h

Strengthening evidence use in the improvement of research practice & management in UK HEIs Join @jisc.bsky.social digital research community & the @wellcometrust.bsky.social COMET project next week to find out more! 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/ @armauk.bsky.social @ukrepro.bsky.social

📢 Webinar: Improving the visibility of #DiamondOA publications This session demonstrates how tools such as the Guide to Scholarly Indexes and Diamond Discovery Hub enhance the reach of #DiamondOA research. 📆Date & time: 3 June 2026, 14:00 CEST 🔗Register here: bit.ly/48PbK1L @openedition.bsky.social

💎Discover AEGIS-OA! We’re excited to share that the AEGIS-OA project webpage is now live: edch.eu/aegis-oa/ AEGIS-OA is working to support a sustainable, high-quality #DiamondOA ecosystem in Europe. 🗞️ Our first deliverables are now available, and more outputs are coming soon: bit.ly/4eQuwJE

The @copim.bsky.social Archiving and Preservation Group is happy to announce the publication of a new report, "Applying Open Access and Open Data to the Archiving of Long-Form Scholarship", ... copim.pub/preserving-o...

The Call for Speakers and Topics for #UKSG2027 is out now! dub.sh/nWpdE5R

How can we shape equitable #OA for longform?! A panel featuring @scholtom.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social will try to unpack this thorny question as part of @knowledgeen.bsky.social Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026! More info, and registration details 👉

📢 New @jisc.bsky.social guidance promotes #DigitalEquity in UK transnational education ✅ Includes a checklist of digital considerations to help senior leaders drive equitable practice and manage risk in the delivery of UK based #TNE 👉 www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/new...

Join the COMET team to find out more about their @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project to improve evidence-informed decision-making around #ResearchCulture in #HEIs 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/ @armauk.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social #REF2029 #SPRE #ResearchPolicy 1/2

If anyone from the #UK community is interested in this opportunity please get in touch 📞 You don't have to be an expert in all the services, full training will be provided!

Did you hear Andrew Barker speak at #UKSG2026? Well, you can hear more from him in this podcast episode where he unpacks a typical day for a library director 🎧 👉 soundcloud.com/uksg-podcast... @lulibrary.bsky.social

📢 Join @jisc.bsky.social digital research community to find out more about the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded COMET project 📆 13 May 2026 ⏰ 11-12 (UK time) 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/ @ukrepro.bsky.social Photo credit: Alex Moliski on Unsplash

“The question is not whether a new open access mandate is coming (it is), but if the sector is remotely prepared for it (it is not).”

Developed as part of the @copim.bsky.social Open Book Futures, #CopimCompass is now a community resource - please do contribute and help it grow 🌱 @kirahopkins.bsky.social

Are any #UK members of @operaseu.bsky.social interested in this opportunity? @openbookcollective.bsky.social @abertayuni.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @openlibhums.org @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @uclpress.bsky.social Ping me for more info! ☎️

🌟 Meet our Keynote Speaker: Anna Wałek! We are honored to announce that Dr Anna Wałek, a leading expert in open science and research data management, will be joining us as a keynote speaker at the OPERAS 2026 and SCIROS conference! Join the event to stay updated: www.linkedin.com/events/opera...

Join the mailing list and stay in touch with Copim -- the Open Book Futures project is concluding, but there is more to come from this group! #OAbooks #OpenAccess #WhatATeam

The Open Book Futures project may finish today, but the fantastic #CopimCommunity continues! OBF members are booked up well into 2026 so keep an eye on our socials for more info 👀 Join our new mailing list 👉 buff.ly/gP2Q4cw And look out for the final project report, coming soon! #OABooks 1/2

Join @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social TODAY at @helmholtzhmc.bsky.social ☑️ Open data ☑️ Open access ☑️ Open Source 🟰 Liberating #Metadata for #OABooks and chapters! 🔗 buff.ly/ixaQQol #HMCConference2026 Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

The @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social team are heading to Heidelberg, Germany for #HMCConference2026 📆 28–30 April 2026 🔎 Explore how metadata creates scientific impact across disciplines and infrastructures! 🔗 buff.ly/uQmDvas #MetadataInAction #MetadataMatters @helmholtzhmc.bsky.social

[WEBINAR] How to make your #OA books more accessible (and why it matters) Join @jofitz.bsky.social & @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social later today to discuss #Accessibility for #EBooks and how smaller publishers can make their #OA books more accessible to users of assistive tech 🧑‍💻 🔗 buff.ly/GVQ2CCD

Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎤

Looking forward to the next post in this series 👇

I’ve written on how our recent genAI policy was made at @openlibhums.org Many open access publishers are waiting for clear global standards to be devised for the appropriate use and declaration of genAI in scholarly research and publishing. We’ve aimed to provide a flexible and extensible start.

🔦 Shining a spotlight on our publishers [email protected] is an academic publisher of a wide range of #HSS subjects Find out more about their #OtF packages 🔹Past meets present 🔹History 🔹Political Science 🔹Editors choice 🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net