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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/ #OAbooks

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hello Bluesky! 👋

We're Copim, an international community of people building non-profit, community-owned & community-governed infrastructure to support equitable open access book publishing:

🌐 www.copim.ac.uk
📝 copim.pubpub.org

Follow us for all things #OAbooks #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure

Copim

Copim is an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers. It is building community-owned, open systems and infrastructur...

www.copim.ac.uk

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1h

[EVENT] We'll be joining @openlibhums.org to celebrate #OAWeek

👉 Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional perspectives, Shared Futures

Hear key voices from the diamond #OA community to share what their respective organisations are doing to support and advance #DiamondOA

Register now 👉

Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional perspectives, Shared Futures

Date: Friday 24 October 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm BST | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CET. Check your timezone here. Registration: Free. Please register here. Reflecting on this …

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 23h

And @oapenbooks.bsky.social @doabooks.bsky.social will be practically next door at stand E69 🤝

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The OAPEN Foundation

<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 text-editor-left">The OAPEN Foundation promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure service...

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 23h

Great news 🎉

And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website

🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 23h

Hot off the press 🔥

Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚

Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️

Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books

Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1d

Join @kirahopkins.bsky.social @alittleroad.bsky.social next week for their English language talk, 'Advancing Open Access Books through Community-Driven Collaboration'

📆 20 October 2025
⏲️ 11:30 – 13:00
📌 Online
🔗 buff.ly/D57AxhZ

#OAWeek

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1d

[EVENT] We'll be part of @forumforopen.bsky.social 4th Annual Forum for Open Research in #MENA

Are you joining us 🫵

Join #FORM4Open online or in-person for dynamic panels, hands-on workshops, & inspiring discussions shaping the future of #OpenScience

Register now 👉 buff.ly/i1XNAW0

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Registration - Forum for Open Research in MENA

Registration for the 2023 Annual Forum for Open Research in MENA is now open! Join us in Abu Dhabi from 23-25 October to be a part of the vital conversation surrounding the advancement of Open…

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 4d

[CATCH UP] How to support & encourage authors to publish #OA monographs with no #REF2029 mandate 🤔

@kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians

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@uksg.bsky.social

Supporting and encouraging authors to publish OA monographs with no REF2029 mandate - UKSG

As I sat through the presentations last December at the UKSG Forum – Our Profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future I wondered if the people attending the…

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss our free, online Open and Engaged Conference 2025, as part of #InternationaOpenAccessWeek.

This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.

Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...

A collage of images including a person with headphones on working at a desk, a person weaving straw together and someone in a lab holding a bottle. A open padlock graphic is laid over each image and text reads Open and Engaged 2025. Who owns our knowledge? Monday 20th, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd October, online conference..

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d

Another #OAWeek event to add to the diary 📆

Calling librarians and professional services staff 📢

Learn more about #OpenResearch and how it impacts on YOUR role 🫵

Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 6d

Calling library and professional services staff! Do you want to learn more about open research and how it impacts on your role?

Join us during #OAWeek for 'A Practical Guide to Open Research'!

Find out more and register: www.sup.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

@scurlscottish.bsky.social

An advert for the Scottish Universities Press webinar 'A practical guide to open research'.
Date: Wednesday 22 October
Time: 09:30am to 12:30pm
Register: https://bit.ly/4q6n2pl

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d

Join @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @pkp.sfu.ca online for #OAWeek (or in person if you're near Ottawa!)

What are the opportunities presented by #openinfrastructures - systems designed to be #community-driven, #transparent, and #inclusive of diverse types of research outputs 💡

Bibliothèque uOttawa Library @uottawabiblio.bsky.social · 6d

#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”

Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...

@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Text reads: International Open Access Week - Who Owns Our Knowledge? From Closed to Open Infrastructures for Research Assessment and Metascience. Please register in advance for this hybrid event. With Stefanie Haustein, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab and Juan Pablo ALperin, Scientific Director, Public Knowledge Project and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab.

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 5d

The 1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience and #OpenScholarship is happening October 9 -10, 2025!

PKP, @erudit.org, and #CoalitionPublica are pleased to be partner contributors to this event.

Livestreaming will be on!

Details: oscanada.github.io/en/

#OSCanada #CanadaSky #AcademicChatter

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d

And the day before, they'll be at the EDItEUR 46th International Supply Chain Seminar (Frankfurt's essential mini-conference for metadata and supply chain specialists)

📅 14 October
🕰️ 13:00 - 17:30
📌 Haus am Dom, Frankfurt am Main
🔗 buff.ly/PMIUyyf

Frankfurter Buchmesse | Home

Frankfurter Buchmesse 15 - 19 October 2025

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d

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!

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 8d

The OBC shares some reflections on the assesment process for the 2025-26 round of our Collective Development Fund. Grant awardees will be announced on our blog in due course:
openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/collecti...

Collective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our Second Assessment Process

In this update, we reflect on the decision-making process in the second round of Collective Development Fund, and the lessons we learned for next time.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 7d

#NoOpenAccessWithoutOpenInfrastructure. OBC's @joedeville.bsky.social making the case for open, interoperable digital infrastructures for #OAbooks at the National Open Access Stakeholders
Summit in Nigeria. Presenting on 'Open access books: If not now, when'. Slides at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Joe Deville at a podium, in front of a slide with a banner reading 'No open access without open infrastructure'

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d

Great 🧵 from @openbookcollective.bsky.social sharing highlights from their 2024–2025 annual report

Get a cuppa and dive in!

Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 5d

🧵 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...

Open Book Collective 2024-2025 annual report: A year of important progress

The team provide an overview of the Open Book Collective's work, as well as the work of its Publisher and Publishing Service Provider Members

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 6d

The @openbookcollective.bsky.social share lessons learnt from their call for applicants to the Collective Development Fund

Find out more, including:

📝 Fewer applications, but of very high quality
🤝 Community-led review process
✅ Due diligence
🪜 Next steps

Full blog 👉 buff.ly/yw010x6

OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2025 Call & Guidance

The Open Book Collective is pleased to launch the second call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. For updates on our previously funded projects, see the following:

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 7d

Did you miss the LIS Research seminar on "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties"?

If so, never fear, the recording is now out! I'd really recommend giving it a listen.

doi.org/10.52843/cas...

#Library #openaccess #LISResearch #Librarian

A banner image for a seminar entitled "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustice in academic publishing" The seminar is by Nataliia Kaliuzhna and Zeynep Aydin. In the background is a faded out image of academic library bookshelves.

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 7d

Great to see so many partners collaborating to progress #OAbooks publishing 🧡

Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.bsky.social · 7d

Missed Toby's #craft_oa2025 presentation on our collaboration across #DiamondOA #OAbooks publishing infrastructures?

👇Slidedeck on how @pkp.sfu.ca, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social and Thoth Open Metadata work together

doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books

Within the context of Open Science, book publishing has traditionally lagged behind in the adoption of open access, open data and corresponding practices. A number of not-for-profit infrastructures in...

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to working with very soon! 🧡

Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · 7d

Settling in for my last day today. It's a strange feeling. The last time I moved jobs I had the Christmas break in-between finishing one and starting the other, which rather softened the transition. Tomorrow I will wake up and be (temporarily) a lady of leisure!

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 7d

Day 2 of the National OA Summit in Nigeria. Kicking off with @copim.bsky.social colleagues Mary Felix-Maina from @doabooks.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social & Vincent van Gerven Oei from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @punctumbooks.bsky.social talking about trust, metadata & discoverability for books

A smiling Mary Felix-Maina projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground

Vincent van Gerven Oei projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 7d

The recording is now available 📽️

Catch up with insights from ERC-funded authors about publishing their books #OpenAccess

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVf9...

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 8d

If you’re not joining #CRAFT_OA2025 in person, you can watch the livestream (please note only the talks from Pauliner Church are being livestreaming)

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 8d

It's just started if you want to join the live stream!!

Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 National Open Access Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria, starting today, will have plenary sessions live streamed and is open to all. Titled 'Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty', the event starts at 9am BST/10am CEST. Programme: oa-summit.bookhub.ng. Streaming at wacren.zoom.us/j/67762421550

Flyer, with a monochrome collage showing colleagues at events and speaking, alongside text reading From Pilots to Policy: Advancing a National Framework for Open Access Books in Nigeria. National Stakeholder Summit on Community-led Academic Publishing

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 8d

You can catch Toby Steiner not once but twice!

↔️ Open Access, Open Metadata, Open Archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
➡️ The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books