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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
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
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
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
See where attendees are coming from!

Let's get this map coloured in #Copim orange 📝

©️ Map created using MapChart.net. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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
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
More winners will be announced on the OBC website shortly so watch this space!!

🔗 buff.ly/QwgeSoj

8/8
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UPDATES from the first Call

⭐ 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
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The second call was launched earlier this year, in FOUR languages this time🥳

🔗 buff.ly/9iE3KPz

6/8
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Announcing the first CDF award winners!

⭐ 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
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The first Collective Development Funding Call opened in April 2024 in 3 languages, including Portuguese, and Spanish

1️⃣ buff.ly/DgfEkQ8
2️⃣ buff.ly/IFIpsHl
3️⃣ buff.ly/0DmbXIJ

#multilinguism

4/8
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Let's REWIND to November 2023 when the OBC invited participants to complete a scoping survey to help design the #CDF grant funding calls

👉 buff.ly/Cv6LwyB

3/8
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔦 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

1/8
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
[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
KEY FINDINGS 🗝️

👉 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

5/7
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
KEY FINDINGS 🗝️

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

4/7
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The report provides INSIGHT into

🌟 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

3/7
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books

Get your ticket now! 🎟️

🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M

#CopimConference
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's the last day of the 2025 Charleston Conference!

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
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025! 🎉

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-...
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This year, the team are focussing on:

✅ 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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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Celebrate #WDPD2025 with us today!

Find out more about the activities of our #Archiving & #DigitalPreservation group

👉 buff.ly/EKUmRdh

Photo by Vincent Botta on Unsplash

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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
LIVE scenes from @chashub.bsky.social Vendor Showcase today🤳

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
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're in town for @chashub.bsky.social head to the Charleston Gaillard Center for the Vendor Showcase today!

🔸 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
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM