Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
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
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
📝 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)
📝 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)
The event is running twice 💙
➡️ 10:00–11:00 CET: buff.ly/pExK5d3
➡️ 14:00–15:00 CET: buff.ly/0FWhoz5
The event is running twice 💙
➡️ 10:00–11:00 CET: buff.ly/pExK5d3
➡️ 14:00–15:00 CET: buff.ly/0FWhoz5
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!
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!
Let's get this map coloured in #Copim orange 📝
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Let's get this map coloured in #Copim orange 📝
©️ Map created using MapChart.net. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
#CopimConference
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
#CopimConference
📆 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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📆 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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🔗 buff.ly/QwgeSoj
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🔗 buff.ly/QwgeSoj
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⭐ Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria through Open Access Books
buff.ly/8uaknhl
⭐ Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
buff.ly/pbGK5En
⭐ The Community Publishing Garden
buff.ly/kL8BN2Q
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⭐ Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria through Open Access Books
buff.ly/8uaknhl
⭐ Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
buff.ly/pbGK5En
⭐ The Community Publishing Garden
buff.ly/kL8BN2Q
7/8
⭐ Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria through Open Access Books
buff.ly/Mwqt16D
⭐ Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
buff.ly/C7m0GrJ
⭐ The Community Publishing Garden
buff.ly/YvajKXY
5/8
⭐ Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria through Open Access Books
buff.ly/Mwqt16D
⭐ Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
buff.ly/C7m0GrJ
⭐ The Community Publishing Garden
buff.ly/YvajKXY
5/8
1️⃣ buff.ly/DgfEkQ8
2️⃣ buff.ly/IFIpsHl
3️⃣ buff.ly/0DmbXIJ
#multilinguism
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1️⃣ buff.ly/DgfEkQ8
2️⃣ buff.ly/IFIpsHl
3️⃣ buff.ly/0DmbXIJ
#multilinguism
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👉 buff.ly/Cv6LwyB
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👉 buff.ly/Cv6LwyB
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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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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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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
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
👉 Usage data from OA initiatives helps justify investment decisions, but doesn’t resolve tensions
👉 Formal policies influence librarians’ OA decisions less than expected;
👉 Informal decision-making, faculty opinion and networking were seen as stronger factors
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👉 Usage data from OA initiatives helps justify investment decisions, but doesn’t resolve tensions
👉 Formal policies influence librarians’ OA decisions less than expected;
👉 Informal decision-making, faculty opinion and networking were seen as stronger factors
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There is a strong commitment to the idea of an #OA knowledge commons from librarians and researchers in many contexts across Europe as trust in OA initiatives has been eroded by corporate buyouts
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There is a strong commitment to the idea of an #OA knowledge commons from librarians and researchers in many contexts across Europe as trust in OA initiatives has been eroded by corporate buyouts
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🌟 How librarians understand collective funding models
🌟 Their ability to become involved in them
🌟 An analysis of existing research on collective funding models
🌟 A profile of each country’s current open access publishing context
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🌟 How librarians understand collective funding models
🌟 Their ability to become involved in them
🌟 An analysis of existing research on collective funding models
🌟 A profile of each country’s current open access publishing context
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Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M
#CopimConference
You can still catch @openbookcollective.bsky.social to discuss a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books 📚
Full programme 👉https://buff.ly/rFZnor3
#chsconf2025
You can still catch @openbookcollective.bsky.social to discuss a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books 📚
Full programme 👉https://buff.ly/rFZnor3
#chsconf2025
The #WDPD2025 theme this year asks the question #WhyPreserve ❔
Join the conversation online & watch the Why Preserve? video from @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 📽️
👉 www.dpconline.org/news/launch-...
The #WDPD2025 theme this year asks the question #WhyPreserve ❔
Join the conversation online & watch the Why Preserve? video from @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 📽️
👉 www.dpconline.org/news/launch-...
✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
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✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
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Find out more about the activities of our #Archiving & #DigitalPreservation group
👉 buff.ly/EKUmRdh
Photo by Vincent Botta on Unsplash
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Find out more about the activities of our #Archiving & #DigitalPreservation group
👉 buff.ly/EKUmRdh
Photo by Vincent Botta on Unsplash
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Join @openbookcollective.bsky.social at booth no. 29
Grab yourself some merch and have a chat about #Equitable #OABook #Publishing 📚
Full list of vendors 👉 buff.ly/QCtPhWz
Join @openbookcollective.bsky.social at booth no. 29
Grab yourself some merch and have a chat about #Equitable #OABook #Publishing 📚
Full list of vendors 👉 buff.ly/QCtPhWz
🔸 Booth no. 29 @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🔸 Booth no. 99 @doabooks.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
See who else is joining them 👉 buff.ly/lQc5k3w
#chsconf2025
🔸 Booth no. 29 @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🔸 Booth no. 99 @doabooks.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
See who else is joining them 👉 buff.ly/lQc5k3w
#chsconf2025