Budapest Open Access Initiative
@boaiopen.bsky.social
BOAI offered the first definition of open access to research and has transitioned to an organization to support the equitable development of the field. budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/about.
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CommonsDB, a new registry that enables users to verify the rights status of online images
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
CommonsDB - Meta-Wiki
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
CommonsDB, a new registry that enables users to verify the rights status of online images
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
As we close out #OpenAccessWeek, read about our work to strengthen collaborations betw the Open Science & Wikimedia communities through the development of an Open Science Wiki Community. We invite you to join us! @ericluth.bsky.social
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/strengt...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/strengt...
Strengthening Wikimedia Collaborations with and for Open Science – Budapest Open Access Initiative
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October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As we close out #OpenAccessWeek, read about our work to strengthen collaborations betw the Open Science & Wikimedia communities through the development of an Open Science Wiki Community. We invite you to join us! @ericluth.bsky.social
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/strengt...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/strengt...
In celebration of #OAWeek2025, please join us for the third event in our series of webinars focused on protecting the no-fee #OA model in Latin America! Simultaneous translation in Spanish, Portuguese & English will be provided. Sign up details below.
🔓 #OAWeek2025
Únete al webinar gratuito: Buenas prácticas para revistas de #AccesoAbierto sin cobro en América Latina.🌎
🗓 22 octubre de 2025
⏰ 11:00 am CST | 1:00 pm EDT | 2:00 pm BRT
Org. @boaiopen.bsky.social y #CONARE
🔗 Inscríbete: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎧 Transmisión simultanea
Únete al webinar gratuito: Buenas prácticas para revistas de #AccesoAbierto sin cobro en América Latina.🌎
🗓 22 octubre de 2025
⏰ 11:00 am CST | 1:00 pm EDT | 2:00 pm BRT
Org. @boaiopen.bsky.social y #CONARE
🔗 Inscríbete: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎧 Transmisión simultanea
October 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In celebration of #OAWeek2025, please join us for the third event in our series of webinars focused on protecting the no-fee #OA model in Latin America! Simultaneous translation in Spanish, Portuguese & English will be provided. Sign up details below.
Join us during #OAWeek for a Free Webinar on Best Practices for No-Fee OA Journals in Latin America. @ariannabec.bsky.social will moderate an all-star panel. Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese & English will be provided.
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/free-we...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/free-we...
Free Webinar: Best Practices for No-Fee OA Journals in Latin America – Budapest Open Access Initiative
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October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Join us during #OAWeek for a Free Webinar on Best Practices for No-Fee OA Journals in Latin America. @ariannabec.bsky.social will moderate an all-star panel. Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese & English will be provided.
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/free-we...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/free-we...
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Really enjoyed discussing best practices for equitable OA at yesterday's Technical Meeting of @latindex.bsky.social. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with the organization & representatives from the 23 countries within their network on the future of Ibero-American scientific publications.
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Really enjoyed discussing best practices for equitable OA at yesterday's Technical Meeting of @latindex.bsky.social. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with the organization & representatives from the 23 countries within their network on the future of Ibero-American scientific publications.
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QSS is now accepting articles that have gone through independent, open peer review via MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR). The authors of an article on tracking transformative agreements through open metadata shared their experiences using MetaROR's Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model:
The MetaROR Publish-Review-Curate Model: our experience as authors | Open Science NL
As professionals working in open science and scholarly communication reform, we believe in practicing what we preach. That’s why we recently chose to publish an article using the…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
QSS is now accepting articles that have gone through independent, open peer review via MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR). The authors of an article on tracking transformative agreements through open metadata shared their experiences using MetaROR's Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model:
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🔍 New @communia.bsky.social Policy Paper #23 advocates for copyright reform with a mandatory research exception. This would help build a borderless European Research Area by removing barriers to accessing and sharing resources across Member States. Read more: communia-association.org/2025/09/10/n...
New policy paper for a general scientific research exception
Today, COMMUNIA releases Policy Paper #23 for a general scientific research exception (also available as a PDF file), advocating for a comprehensive overhaul of the copyright framework for research us...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🔍 New @communia.bsky.social Policy Paper #23 advocates for copyright reform with a mandatory research exception. This would help build a borderless European Research Area by removing barriers to accessing and sharing resources across Member States. Read more: communia-association.org/2025/09/10/n...
🔍Read about our recent discussion highlighting the need to protect the Latin American model of no-fee OA journals. The webinar focused on Brazil & videos are available in English, Spanish & Portuguese. #OpenAccess 🌎
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/webinar...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/webinar...
Webinar raises correlation between adoption of APCs with rise of English-language publishing in Latin America – Budapest Open Access Initiative
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September 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔍Read about our recent discussion highlighting the need to protect the Latin American model of no-fee OA journals. The webinar focused on Brazil & videos are available in English, Spanish & Portuguese. #OpenAccess 🌎
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/webinar...
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/webinar...
"Moving from pay-to-read to pay-to-publish has been devastating for us in Africa. Many APCs are equal to an annual salary for a junior researcher" Evelyn Gitau, Science for Africa during this great discussion at the Science Summit event.sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...
SCIENCE SUMMIT NEW YORK CITY | 2025
Join global science and innovation leaders at the Science Summit 2025 in New York City. Submit your session, connect with peers, and contribute to sustainable development goals through science.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Moving from pay-to-read to pay-to-publish has been devastating for us in Africa. Many APCs are equal to an annual salary for a junior researcher" Evelyn Gitau, Science for Africa during this great discussion at the Science Summit event.sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...
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This was my message in the article, Lessons Global Transition to Equitable OA.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable Open Access to Research – Open Future
Open Access has transformed research accessibility, making half of all articles freely available. However, barriers to publishing persist. This paper examines equitable solutions for both accessing an...
openfuture.eu
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This was my message in the article, Lessons Global Transition to Equitable OA.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
openfuture.eu/publication/...
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100% agree with these authors who highlight, in @elife.bsky.social "that the Global South’s approach (to OA) offers a blueprint for a fairer, more inclusive, and more just academic publishing ecosystem."
elifesciences.org/articles/108...
elifesciences.org/articles/108...
Point of View: How the Global South is reshaping scholarly communication
Publishing initiatives in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are promoting diamond open access, multilingualism, and non-profit, scholarly-led governance structures.
elifesciences.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
100% agree with these authors who highlight, in @elife.bsky.social "that the Global South’s approach (to OA) offers a blueprint for a fairer, more inclusive, and more just academic publishing ecosystem."
elifesciences.org/articles/108...
elifesciences.org/articles/108...
Check out the BOAI's Melissa Hagemann, as she talks with Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show about Global Equitable #OpenAccess. Fun format of weaving music about the theme in with the interview.
lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-649-...
lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-649-...
Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show: Episode 649: Global Equitable Open Access
Guest: Melissa Hagemann, Director of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), discussing her paper . First broadcast August 1 2025. Transcript at Playlist "And that is what we call an...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Check out the BOAI's Melissa Hagemann, as she talks with Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show about Global Equitable #OpenAccess. Fun format of weaving music about the theme in with the interview.
lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-649-...
lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-649-...
Don't miss today's webinar! Discussion will highlight the need to protect the Diamond #OA model in Latin America, and will be moderated by Bianca Amaro of the Braz Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation.
Interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
Link to register: tinyurl.com/mvm4rxka
Interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
Link to register: tinyurl.com/mvm4rxka
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Highlighting the Need to Protect the Diamond Open Access Model in Latin America / Destacando a Necessidade de Proteger o Modelo de Acesso Aberto Diamante na...
Second Webinar in Series Highlighting the Need to Protect the Diamond Open Access Model in Latin America / Segundo Webinar da Série Destacando a Necessidade de Proteger o Modelo de Acesso Aberto Diama...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Don't miss today's webinar! Discussion will highlight the need to protect the Diamond #OA model in Latin America, and will be moderated by Bianca Amaro of the Braz Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation.
Interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
Link to register: tinyurl.com/mvm4rxka
Interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
Link to register: tinyurl.com/mvm4rxka
Tomorrow the BOAI's @melissahagemann.bsky.social will lead two sessions at #Wikimania2025:
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA, 8:45 EDT
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps, 9:15 EDT
Registration is free!
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* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA, 8:45 EDT
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps, 9:15 EDT
Registration is free!
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/27/r...
Register now to attend Wikimania Nairobi!
Registration for Wikimania 2025, happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online, is now open! Join us from August 6 through August 9 as we celebrate 20 years of Wikimania.This year, in-person capacity is …
diff.wikimedia.org
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tomorrow the BOAI's @melissahagemann.bsky.social will lead two sessions at #Wikimania2025:
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA, 8:45 EDT
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps, 9:15 EDT
Registration is free!
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/27/r...
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA, 8:45 EDT
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps, 9:15 EDT
Registration is free!
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/27/r...
🌍Join us next week at Wikimania! The BOAI will lead 2 sessions on August 7th -
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps
Virtual participation is free, register today! wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Re...
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps
Virtual participation is free, register today! wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Re...
2025:Registration - Wikimania
wikimania.wikimedia.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🌍Join us next week at Wikimania! The BOAI will lead 2 sessions on August 7th -
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps
Virtual participation is free, register today! wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Re...
* Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable OA
* Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential next steps
Virtual participation is free, register today! wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Re...
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📺 Missed our "Exploring Common Governance for Open Knowledge" event?
Watch the recording with @melissahagemann.bsky.social, @samuelmoore.org, @alek.bsky.social, and participants discussing equitable Open Access, AI in scholarship, and open infrastructure challenges.
🔗 openfuture.eu/event/explor...
Watch the recording with @melissahagemann.bsky.social, @samuelmoore.org, @alek.bsky.social, and participants discussing equitable Open Access, AI in scholarship, and open infrastructure challenges.
🔗 openfuture.eu/event/explor...
July 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📺 Missed our "Exploring Common Governance for Open Knowledge" event?
Watch the recording with @melissahagemann.bsky.social, @samuelmoore.org, @alek.bsky.social, and participants discussing equitable Open Access, AI in scholarship, and open infrastructure challenges.
🔗 openfuture.eu/event/explor...
Watch the recording with @melissahagemann.bsky.social, @samuelmoore.org, @alek.bsky.social, and participants discussing equitable Open Access, AI in scholarship, and open infrastructure challenges.
🔗 openfuture.eu/event/explor...
Join @samuelmoore.org and the BOAI's @melissahagemann.bsky.social next Monday to discuss their work as fellows with @openfuture.bsky.social. Melissa will share insights into her research on lessons for the global 🌍transition to equitable #OpenAccess.
⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT! Join us July 14 at 16:00 CEST for expert insights on Open Knowledge governance with @melissahagemann.bsky.social & @samuelmoore.org.
Online event with introduction by @alek.bsky.social + interactive Q&A.
Register for free: openfuture.eu/event/explor...
Online event with introduction by @alek.bsky.social + interactive Q&A.
Register for free: openfuture.eu/event/explor...
July 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Join @samuelmoore.org and the BOAI's @melissahagemann.bsky.social next Monday to discuss their work as fellows with @openfuture.bsky.social. Melissa will share insights into her research on lessons for the global 🌍transition to equitable #OpenAccess.
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Looking forward to this kick-off event for CC signals, and espeically the prospect of how CC signals can support the #OpenAccess community in the age of AI!
We’re kicking off public feedback on CC signals, a new framework meant to help sustain the commons in the age of AI!
Designed to build reciprocity, CC signals let data stewards express how content may be used and how AI systems should give back.
Learn more: buff.ly/r4KBnRx
#CCsignals
Designed to build reciprocity, CC signals let data stewards express how content may be used and how AI systems should give back.
Learn more: buff.ly/r4KBnRx
#CCsignals
June 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Looking forward to this kick-off event for CC signals, and espeically the prospect of how CC signals can support the #OpenAccess community in the age of AI!
Excited to see this paper from Emily Choynowski, as there is so much the 🌍 #OA community can learn from examining how OA is developing outside Europe & North America. Our work is strengthened through our strategic partnership with @forumforopen.bsky.social.
katinamagazine.org/content/auth...
katinamagazine.org/content/auth...
Emily Choynowski | Katina Magazine
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June 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Excited to see this paper from Emily Choynowski, as there is so much the 🌍 #OA community can learn from examining how OA is developing outside Europe & North America. Our work is strengthened through our strategic partnership with @forumforopen.bsky.social.
katinamagazine.org/content/auth...
katinamagazine.org/content/auth...
Help strenghten the @creativecommons.bsky.social community-take the CC Community Survey (available in Spanish, French & English). Your input will help shape future decisions around governance, community infrastructure, communication tools, and engagement spaces. Please fill out the survey by May 30.
This year, we are focusing on reconnecting with our community and to start, we need your voice and insight. We want to hear what YOUR vision is for the CC community.
Read about how to make your voice heard: :https://buff.ly/UO0Yp1T
Read about how to make your voice heard: :https://buff.ly/UO0Yp1T
The Next Chapter: Strengthening the Creative Commons Community Together - Creative Commons
A thriving and connected community is key to building a stronger open movement. That’s why, as part of our 2025–2028 strategic plan, we’re placing community at the center of everything we do. Our…
creativecommons.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Help strenghten the @creativecommons.bsky.social community-take the CC Community Survey (available in Spanish, French & English). Your input will help shape future decisions around governance, community infrastructure, communication tools, and engagement spaces. Please fill out the survey by May 30.
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Glad to present BSPU’s Open Science at our International Activity Day 🌍
We turn wartime challenges into opportunities by implementing #FAIR & #CARE, and building a #UniversityWithoutWalls.
🎤 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🤝 Proud member of #Open4UA
#OpenScience #UkraineScience #FAIRdata #CAREprinciples
We turn wartime challenges into opportunities by implementing #FAIR & #CARE, and building a #UniversityWithoutWalls.
🎤 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🤝 Proud member of #Open4UA
#OpenScience #UkraineScience #FAIRdata #CAREprinciples
May 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Glad to present BSPU’s Open Science at our International Activity Day 🌍
We turn wartime challenges into opportunities by implementing #FAIR & #CARE, and building a #UniversityWithoutWalls.
🎤 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🤝 Proud member of #Open4UA
#OpenScience #UkraineScience #FAIRdata #CAREprinciples
We turn wartime challenges into opportunities by implementing #FAIR & #CARE, and building a #UniversityWithoutWalls.
🎤 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🤝 Proud member of #Open4UA
#OpenScience #UkraineScience #FAIRdata #CAREprinciples
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Excited to share my new paper which explores why countries support equitable #OA models. Through interviews with OA leaders in the Global South, lessons are offered for the global transition to equitable OA.
Thanks to @openfuture.bsky.social for the support and partnership on this journey!
Thanks to @openfuture.bsky.social for the support and partnership on this journey!
📚 New paper by our fellow @melissahagemann.bsky.social (from @boaiopen.bsky.social) on making Open Access truly equitable. Key insights from OA leaders worldwide on building barrier-free research systems.
🌍 openfuture.eu/publication/...
🌍 openfuture.eu/publication/...
May 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excited to share my new paper which explores why countries support equitable #OA models. Through interviews with OA leaders in the Global South, lessons are offered for the global transition to equitable OA.
Thanks to @openfuture.bsky.social for the support and partnership on this journey!
Thanks to @openfuture.bsky.social for the support and partnership on this journey!
The BOAI Org is thrilled to become a member of @forumforopen.bsky.social’s Strategic Partnership Program. Given the global remit of the BOAI, we are excited to establish this partnership as it will allow us to foster deeper collaborations in the Arab world.
forumforopen.org/news/welcomi...
forumforopen.org/news/welcomi...
Welcoming our new Strategic Partner: BOAI Org - Forum for Open Research in MENA
We are all familiar with the Budapest Open Access Initiative which offered the initial definition and statement of intent for the open access movement, and
forumforopen.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The BOAI Org is thrilled to become a member of @forumforopen.bsky.social’s Strategic Partnership Program. Given the global remit of the BOAI, we are excited to establish this partnership as it will allow us to foster deeper collaborations in the Arab world.
forumforopen.org/news/welcomi...
forumforopen.org/news/welcomi...
Thanks to all for participating! Great turnout for the webinar which focused on the worrying trend of diamond journals considering the APC model. Given the level of interest, we are excited to continue the discussion by making this a series of webinars. More info will be available soon.
This morning, BOAI signers @lesliechan.bsky.social ky.social, @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy d.gy, @melissahagemann.bsky.social y.social with 120+ colleagues, @ariannabec.bsky.social, Saray Cordoba & @andreamoracampos.bsky.social on Diamond Journals & APC at @boaiopen.bsky.social & #CONARE
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thanks to all for participating! Great turnout for the webinar which focused on the worrying trend of diamond journals considering the APC model. Given the level of interest, we are excited to continue the discussion by making this a series of webinars. More info will be available soon.
Can't wait for tomorrow's webinar, co-organized with the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica. We will discuss the worrying trend of diamond #OA journals adopting, or considering to adopt, the APC model. Join us at 9am CST/11am EDT. @andreamoracampos.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: WEBINAR TO DISCUSS DIAMOND JOURNALS CONSIDERING THE APC MODEL / SEMINARIO WEB PARA DEBATIR LAS REVISTAS DIAMOND CONSIDERANDO EL MODELO APC. After registerin...
This webinar, co-organized by the BOAI and the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica (CONARE), will address the worrying trend of diamond journals adopting, or considering to adopt, the APC model....
us02web.zoom.us
April 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Can't wait for tomorrow's webinar, co-organized with the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica. We will discuss the worrying trend of diamond #OA journals adopting, or considering to adopt, the APC model. Join us at 9am CST/11am EDT. @andreamoracampos.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...