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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/
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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
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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
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀

Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing

📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two opportunities to join @openingthefuture.bsky.social @ceu-press.bsky.social TOMORROW 🥳

📝 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
📅 26 November
📌 Online
🔗 buff.ly/pExK5d3 (9-10 AM GMT), buff.ly/0FWhoz5 (1-2PM GMT)
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨LATER TODAY!

Hear more updates from @openbookcollective.bsky.social as well as introductions to their newest members 👋

Sign up now! 📝
Sign up for our upcoming New Member Showcase (3pm GMT, 24 Nov) to hear our latest updates and meet some of our newest members, who will introduce their work, their supporter offers, and opportunities for collaboration and library support.

Open to all, not just OBC members! Registration required.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: OBC New Members Showcase. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The Open Book Collective (OBC) invites colleagues from across the library and open access community to join our upcoming New Member Showcase - an open session for libraries, consortia, and others inte...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Join @samuelmoore.org this Weds. (5pm) to hear his discuss discuss key ideas from his fantastic new book ⏰

And download the book for FREE (if you haven't already!) via @uofmpress.bsky.social ebook collection website

🔗 www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Join @openingthefuture.bsky.social on Weds 26 November for a joint webinar with @ceu-press.bsky.social exploring how mission-driven publishing can endure under political pressure

The event is running twice 💙

➡️ 10:00–11:00 CET: buff.ly/pExK5d3
➡️ 14:00–15:00 CET: buff.ly/0FWhoz5
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Closing soon, our representation statistics survey. If you are ND and work in libraries archives and information then please fill this in, thankyou.
✨We're delighted with the response to our survey for #neurodivergent staff in the #library & information sector

It takes 10 mins, so if you haven’t already filled it in, please think about doing so (closing date is 30/11/25)⬇️
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

psst. Pass it on!
a man in a tie says attention everyone
ALT: a man in a tie says attention everyone
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
JOB KLAXON: Who wants to come work with us?! 📣

Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)

All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY

Don't delay, get your application in today!
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Digital content is never neutral with respect to different bodies & modes of reading, & attending to its form is essential to making scholarship genuinely open.

READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:

tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
Advancing Accessibility in Open Access Publishing
When it [accessibility] is embedded in the culture, it reinforces the mission of serving all readers. It’s not a checkbox; it’s a strategic, forward-looking commitment and means knowledge can be equal...
tinyurl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Find out more about ‘Deep Maps: Blue Humanities’ 🗺️

ℹ️ An OBF-funded experimental #Book #Publishing pilot project in collaboration with @scrivenersmith.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy @uwpress.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social Labs

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Launch of Experimental Book Publishing Pilot Project 'Deep Maps: Blue Humanities' - Copim
The Open Book Futures (OBF) Experimental Publishing Group is pleased to announce the launch of ‘Deep Maps’, one of three funded pilot projects resulting from OBF’s call for experimental book projects.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks Emma, we're looking forward to seeing you!
Looking forward to the #CopimConference in February 2026! This free two day hybrid conference will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #openaccess book publishing.
Register at: buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) to explore the future of community-led open access book publishing 🔮

📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

#CopimConference
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social Research Support Group are discussing #OpenAccess and #Accessibility at their next reading group session

📆 20 November 2025
🕰️ 1030-1130
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/E1tpX6r (please note, this link starts the meeting!)
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's in LONDON folks! More specifically, in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 🌳

www.lborolondon.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I’m very much looking forward to this conference - the last @copim.bsky.social event I attended was fantastic - bringing together all those working in nonprofit open access in a way no other event does.
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) to explore the future of community-led open access book publishing 🔮

📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

#CopimConference
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
[CATCH UP] In case you missed them during #OAWeek 3 of our team share what the theme - Who Owns Our Knowledge? - means to them

@jofitz.bsky.social | Accessibility Manager for Copim/Open Book Futures based at @lancasteruni.bsky.social | Co-chair of @nlisn.bsky.social

👉 copim.pub/open-access-...
Open Access Week 2025 Interview with Joanne Fitzpatrick - Copim
Since 2022, we have released Open Access Week interviews to share more about who we are and what we care about when it comes to open access books (here are th…
copim.pub
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca at #Munin2025 TODAY!

🖊️ Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books and chapters
⏰ 12:00-12:10
🔗 buff.ly/3BX2Ahl

#OpenMetadata #OA
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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👋 "Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters"

Toby Steiner @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, Zoe Wake Hyde @pkp.sfu.ca Nov 19 #Munin2025

Stream: site.uit.no/muninconf/pr...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) to explore the future of community-led open access book publishing 🔮

📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

#CopimConference
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The Open Book Collective is delighted to share a new update from our Collective Development Fund awardees at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/second-u...
Update on OBC's Second Collective Development Fund Award: Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The team are packing their cold weather gear and heading to #Norway for the 20th Munin Conference!

📆 18-20 November
📍 Tromsø, Norway and streamed worldwide
🔗 buff.ly/xrbkPsf

#Munin2025 #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenScience

Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash

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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔦 Spotlight on @openbookcollective.bsky.social Collection Development Fund!

Announcing the awards for 2025-26 🌟

First up is ...Empowering Ethiopian Research Universities: A Multifaceted Approach to Overcome Open Access Barriers in Scholarly Publishing

🔗 buff.ly/3qjI27D

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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔦 To celebrate #UPWeek we're shining a light on the institutional publishers you can support via @openbookcollective.bsky.social

An international group of UPs, including publishers that are either 100% OA already or moving towards at least 75% #OA on new books

👉 buff.ly/vFVahp7

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Collections and Collectives
Subscribe to collective Packages or individual Supporter Programmes made available by open access book publishers and service providers
openbookcollective.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
[BLOG] @scholtom.bsky.social shares his thoughts in a 2-part guest post on @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social

1️⃣ Bonfire of the Humanities: Publishing Challenges, Opportunities, and Open Access buff.ly/ofK2Zl0
2️⃣ Viable Alternatives to Book Processing Charges (BPCs) buff.ly/HwLMXkS

#FeedingTheElephant
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We've added links to the speaker slides and will sharing the recording shortly 👇
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM