Ilkay Holt
ilkayholt.bsky.social
Ilkay Holt
@ilkayholt.bsky.social
I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG 🐾
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1/ cOAlition S announces its 2026–2030 strategy, guided by a refreshed, shared vision: a scholarly communication system that enables rapid, open, transparent & equitable sharing of trustworthy scientific knowledge.
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#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📣 October issue of the British Library's Scholarly Communications Newsletter is out! #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #ScholComm
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British Library Scholarly Communications Newsletter: October 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎊 The Open and Engaged 2025 Online Conference is now over!
Heartfelt thanks to our brilliant speakers, session chairs, and attendees for their insights, engagement, and for making #OpenEngaged 2025 a success. #OAWeek
Recordings and slides will be available in November. See you next time!
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
✨Up next at #OpenEngaged
🎙️Closing Keynote Professor from Lorna M. Hughes (@UofGlasgow) - Long Walk Home: creating, sharing and using community generated #digitalheritage at scale. Chaired by Dr Mia Ridge of @britishlibrary. #OAWeek
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🟢#OpenEngaged Day 3 started with a panel on Access to GLAM Research: Repository Showcases. Speakers are Tim Evans (Archaeology Data Service), Sarah Molloy (@QMUL), Jenny Basford (@britishlibrary). Chaired by Joanna Norman of @V_and_A.
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Day 3💫 Thursday, 23 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Last week @jenitennison.com appeared in front of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. In this clip she is talking about the the need for central government to engage with the public to build trust around technology, data and AI in order to support adoption.

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October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I'm delighted to share our OLH Annual Report, 2024-25. This details our collaborations, journal flips, dev work on @janewayolh.bsky.social, new staff & more! We've grown library memberships by 25% - an incredible achievement at such a difficult time www.openlibhums.org/news/865/ #OAWeek #OAWeek25
OLH annual report 2024-2025
We're delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 annual report, which outlines the fantastic successes of the entire OLH team over the past financial year from 01 August 2024 to 31 …
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October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thank you for sharing more about the @datarescueproject.org and your insights with us today at the #OpenEngaged. www.datarescueproject.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🌟 Day 2 at #OpenEngaged has ended! 👏
Thanks to our brilliant speakers & chairs for an inspiring day, and huge thanks to attendees for engaging throughout.
Don’t miss the 3rd & final day tomorrow. Register now if you haven’t yet. #OAWeek
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Day 3💫 Thursday, 23 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🟠 Next up at #OpenEngaged
Session on Technology, Power & Equitable Design. Speakers are Ashley Rojas (Local Contexts), Silvio Peroni (OpenCitations), Rupert Gatti (COPIM & Thoth_metadata). Chaired by Rosie Higman of LSE. #OAWeek
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Day 2💫 Wednesday, 22 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Now at #OpenEngaged, Revekka Kefalea just introduced the Risk Management Toolkit v1.1, featuring the new Name Policy and a public consultation on the draft Geopolitical Risks section ahead of December’s major release. oa2ch.gitbook.io/risk-managem...
Risk Management Toolkit | Risk Management Toolkit
Risk Mitigation in Open Access to Digital Cultural Heritage Collections
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October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Day 2 at #OpenEngaged begins with Lightning talks⚡️ Speakers are William Waites, Lynda Kellam and Lena Bohman, Revekka Kefalea, Blanka Matkovic and Jennifer Macmillan. Chaired by Jez Cope of @britishlibrary. #OAWeek #DataRescue, #Ethics, #Accessibility.
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Day 2💫 Wednesday, 22 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I look forward to this. @rupertgatti.bsky.social will address issues of control over infrastructures and how the design of #Thoth #OpenMetadata makes scholarly knowledge more discoverable and equitable. More about it in the abstract of his talk #OAWeek openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-eng...
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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#DOAJ Ambassador and Managing Editor for Türkiye Ramazan Turgut will be at the Information Market for the Netherland’s National Open Science Festival @opensciencenl.bsky.social #OpenScience #OSC2025 #NOSF2025
🔸October 24
🔸University of Groningen, Netherlands
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October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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In her great talk hosted by @pelagios.bsky.social, @miaout.bsky.social mentioned the AI4LAM project, which has this awesome "Awesome List" of AI resources for the GLAM sector sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/...
ai4lam - Awesome List
Use this page to learn more about the AI4LAM Awesome List and how to contribute to it!
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October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
👩🏻‍💻 Checking the Day 2 Wed. 23Oct programme at #OpenEngaged #OAWeek:
🌟Lightning talks: #SafeguardingResearch #Datarescue #CARE #OpenGLAM #Accessibility
🌟Technology, Power, and Equitable Design session. #LocalContexts #OpenCitations #OpenMetadata
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Day 2💫 Wednesday, 22 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Up next at #OpenEngaged
🎙️Opening Keynote speech from Camille Callison (NIKLA): Embracing #OpenAccess & Ensuring #Indigenous Knowledge & Data Sovereignty. Chaired by Sally Chambers of @britishlibrary. #OAWeek
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You can use #OpenEngaged hashtag to join the Open and Engaged 2025 conversations and follow what’s happening across platforms.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy #OAWeek! You can still register for #OpenEngaged and join us today at 13:30 BST.
Open and Engaged 2025: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” to explore the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
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Day 1💫 Monday, 20 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🌟#OpenEngaged Day 3 (23 Oct) will start with a panel on Access to #GLAM Research, highlighting repository services, and conclude with a closing keynote from Prof. Lorna M. Hughes, Dean for Global Engagement (Europe) at the Uni. of Glasgow. #OAWeek
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Day 3💫 Thursday, 23 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🌟#OpenEngaged Day 2 (22 Oct) will feature a fascinating series of lightning talks, followed by a panel on Technology, Power, and #EquitableDesign exploring how digital tools shape knowledge ownership and foster equitable futures.#OAWeek
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Day 2💫 Wednesday, 22 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌟#OpenEngaged Day 1 (20 Oct) will kick off with a session on Ownership and Access in #CulturalHeritage, followed by the opening keynote from Camille Callison, Chair of the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (#NIKLA). #OAWeek
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Day 1💫 Monday, 20 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
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October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Join @rosiehigman.bsky.social on Day 2 for the panel discussion: Technology, Power, and Equitable Design

@rupertgatti.bsky.social will be speaking on 'enabling equity in scholarly publishing with open infrastructures and open metadata'

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October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📣 Our #OAWeek event #OpenEngaged is next week!
🌟 Check out the full programme
📺 Don't forget to book your online place
🗓️ Mon. 20 Oct, Wed. 22 Oct., Thu. 23 Oct.
✍️ Details and links to the registration forms are here
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Open and Engaged 2025 | Open and Engaged 2025
Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring ownership, access, and stewardship of cultural heritage in the new era.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM