Open Journals Collective
@ojcollective.bsky.social
We are a not-for-profit collective of academics, libraries and university-based publishers changing the way that academic research is supported and disseminated. Launching in Jan. 2026.
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
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Happening today!
@theblochian.bsky.social, Exec. Director of the Open Library of Humanities, will be speaking at today’s N8 event about the @ojcollective.bsky.social and OLH
OLH is proud to be a founding member of OJC, and to have helped inspire its scholar-led, community-owned publishing model.
@theblochian.bsky.social, Exec. Director of the Open Library of Humanities, will be speaking at today’s N8 event about the @ojcollective.bsky.social and OLH
OLH is proud to be a founding member of OJC, and to have helped inspire its scholar-led, community-owned publishing model.
Really encouraging to see today’s landmark statement from the N8 Research Partnership urging fundamental reform to academic publishing. The current system is completely unsustainable. I’ll be speaking at today’s N8 event about @ojcollective.bsky.social. www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-... #AcaSky
N8 Research Partnership calls for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models - N8 Research Partnership
The N8 Research Partnership – the collective body for the North of England’s eight research intensive universities – has released a landmark new statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarl...
www.n8research.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Happening today!
@theblochian.bsky.social, Exec. Director of the Open Library of Humanities, will be speaking at today’s N8 event about the @ojcollective.bsky.social and OLH
OLH is proud to be a founding member of OJC, and to have helped inspire its scholar-led, community-owned publishing model.
@theblochian.bsky.social, Exec. Director of the Open Library of Humanities, will be speaking at today’s N8 event about the @ojcollective.bsky.social and OLH
OLH is proud to be a founding member of OJC, and to have helped inspire its scholar-led, community-owned publishing model.
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Really encouraging to see today’s landmark statement from the N8 Research Partnership urging fundamental reform to academic publishing. The current system is completely unsustainable. I’ll be speaking at today’s N8 event about @ojcollective.bsky.social. www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-... #AcaSky
N8 Research Partnership calls for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models - N8 Research Partnership
The N8 Research Partnership – the collective body for the North of England’s eight research intensive universities – has released a landmark new statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarl...
www.n8research.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Really encouraging to see today’s landmark statement from the N8 Research Partnership urging fundamental reform to academic publishing. The current system is completely unsustainable. I’ll be speaking at today’s N8 event about @ojcollective.bsky.social. www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-... #AcaSky
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Listening to a hugely exciting talk from Dr Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social on the launch of the Open Journals Collective. Great to hear what is coming down the line with this new diamond OA publisher. #OA #DiamondOA #OJC
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Listening to a hugely exciting talk from Dr Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social on the launch of the Open Journals Collective. Great to hear what is coming down the line with this new diamond OA publisher. #OA #DiamondOA #OJC
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Wonderful to see @theblochian.bsky.social speak about the @ojcollective.bsky.social earlier.
We are very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative.
Check it out! openjournalscollective.org
We are very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative.
Check it out! openjournalscollective.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wonderful to see @theblochian.bsky.social speak about the @ojcollective.bsky.social earlier.
We are very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative.
Check it out! openjournalscollective.org
We are very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative.
Check it out! openjournalscollective.org
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We were at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday, sharing our work on scholar-led, community-owned open access!
OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy
OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy
June 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We were at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday, sharing our work on scholar-led, community-owned open access!
OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy
OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy
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Our own @theblochian.bsky.social will speak at the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025! She’ll join others to discuss the new @ojcollective.bsky.social, a community-led, no-APC #OA alternative to big deals & transformative agreements.
📅 More info & registration: www.openlibhums.org/...
📅 More info & registration: www.openlibhums.org/...
Dr Caroline Edwards to Speak at the Open Science and Scholarship Festival 2025
We’re delighted to announce that our Executive Director, Dr Caroline Edwards, will be participating in the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025, organised in collaboration with LSE, the Francis Crick …
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May 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Our own @theblochian.bsky.social will speak at the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025! She’ll join others to discuss the new @ojcollective.bsky.social, a community-led, no-APC #OA alternative to big deals & transformative agreements.
📅 More info & registration: www.openlibhums.org/...
📅 More info & registration: www.openlibhums.org/...
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There has been a lot of discussion over the years on the rising cost of academic journal subscriptions to libraries. While commercial publishers report growth in profits, how should libraries respond to the increasing subscription costs?
Well, there has been a response: @ojcollective.bsky.social...
Well, there has been a response: @ojcollective.bsky.social...
Scaling up Diamond Open Access Journals
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There has been a lot of discussion over the years on the rising cost of academic journal subscriptions to libraries. While commercial publishers report growth in profits, how should libraries respond to the increasing subscription costs?
Well, there has been a response: @ojcollective.bsky.social...
Well, there has been a response: @ojcollective.bsky.social...
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Scaling up Diamond Open Access Journals
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Scaling up Diamond Open Access Journals
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...
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📣 April issue of the BL Scholarly Communications Newsletter is out! This issue features:
🔹@copim.bsky.social community updates
🔹Launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social #OJC
🔹Heritage Science Data Service #HSDS
🔹Closing report from #ProjectRetain and more!
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🔹@copim.bsky.social community updates
🔹Launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social #OJC
🔹Heritage Science Data Service #HSDS
🔹Closing report from #ProjectRetain and more!
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British Library Scholarly Communications Newsletter: April 2025
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May 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📣 April issue of the BL Scholarly Communications Newsletter is out! This issue features:
🔹@copim.bsky.social community updates
🔹Launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social #OJC
🔹Heritage Science Data Service #HSDS
🔹Closing report from #ProjectRetain and more!
us18.campaign-archive.com?u=03d177e620...
🔹@copim.bsky.social community updates
🔹Launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social #OJC
🔹Heritage Science Data Service #HSDS
🔹Closing report from #ProjectRetain and more!
us18.campaign-archive.com?u=03d177e620...
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🔓 Caroline Edwards highlights the financial strain on UK universities from costly journal subscriptions & proposes the Open Journals Collective as a sustainable, community-led alternative for #OpenAccess publishing.
Read more: shorturl.at/GBeRz
#OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #OpenResearch #OpenData
Read more: shorturl.at/GBeRz
#OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #OpenResearch #OpenData
April 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🔓 Caroline Edwards highlights the financial strain on UK universities from costly journal subscriptions & proposes the Open Journals Collective as a sustainable, community-led alternative for #OpenAccess publishing.
Read more: shorturl.at/GBeRz
#OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #OpenResearch #OpenData
Read more: shorturl.at/GBeRz
#OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #OpenResearch #OpenData
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If we truly want a sustainable, more equitable, and more bibliodiverse Diamond OA future, we cannot defer this to some theoretical optimal time. The @copim.bsky.social community (inc. @openbookcollective.bsky.social) and our expanding networks, including @ojcollective.bsky.social are here to help!
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If we truly want a sustainable, more equitable, and more bibliodiverse Diamond OA future, we cannot defer this to some theoretical optimal time. The @copim.bsky.social community (inc. @openbookcollective.bsky.social) and our expanding networks, including @ojcollective.bsky.social are here to help!
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Positive spin – things break down a little, but this undermines a slightly warping commercial logic that has dominated for too long, and we come out of this with creative, partnership approaches for future dissemination of scholarly content
April 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Positive spin – things break down a little, but this undermines a slightly warping commercial logic that has dominated for too long, and we come out of this with creative, partnership approaches for future dissemination of scholarly content
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Scaling up – a lot of revenue-driven publishers told me that only they could offer the scale the sector needed, yet at the same conference @ojcollective.bsky.social was launched and @oipassoc.bsky.social and @copim.bsky.social were out in force
April 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Scaling up – a lot of revenue-driven publishers told me that only they could offer the scale the sector needed, yet at the same conference @ojcollective.bsky.social was launched and @oipassoc.bsky.social and @copim.bsky.social were out in force
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The Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals & transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers, is just launched... a viable path toward bringing publishing back in-house at universities
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals & transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers, is just launched... a viable path toward bringing publishing back in-house at universities
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Really important development in genuinely free open access journals, free for authors, Open Access for readers - the Open Journals Collective
www.openjournalscollective.org
www.openjournalscollective.org
Open Journals Collective
www.openjournalscollective.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Really important development in genuinely free open access journals, free for authors, Open Access for readers - the Open Journals Collective
www.openjournalscollective.org
www.openjournalscollective.org
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Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective - Open Library of Humanities https://www.openlibhums.org/news/795/
Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective
Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers. The OJC is …
www.openlibhums.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective - Open Library of Humanities https://www.openlibhums.org/news/795/
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[Veille] s'opposer, quitter les Accords "Transformants" (Read & Publish) : "Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements"; exemple avec Open Journals Collective => blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
[Veille] s'opposer, quitter les Accords "Transformants" (Read & Publish) : "Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements"; exemple avec Open Journals Collective => blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience
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Exciting news #openaccess
Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.
April 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Exciting news #openaccess
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👏 What an exciting initiative!
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we understand the importance of accelerating the advancement of academic #research while removing barriers for authors.
OJC is a big step toward sustainable, equitable #OA, and we look forward to seeing its impact 🎉
#OpenScience
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we understand the importance of accelerating the advancement of academic #research while removing barriers for authors.
OJC is a big step toward sustainable, equitable #OA, and we look forward to seeing its impact 🎉
#OpenScience
April 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
👏 What an exciting initiative!
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we understand the importance of accelerating the advancement of academic #research while removing barriers for authors.
OJC is a big step toward sustainable, equitable #OA, and we look forward to seeing its impact 🎉
#OpenScience
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we understand the importance of accelerating the advancement of academic #research while removing barriers for authors.
OJC is a big step toward sustainable, equitable #OA, and we look forward to seeing its impact 🎉
#OpenScience
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This is amazing work which all academics (especially in the humanities), university administrators and policy makers should read @rhul-cvs.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is amazing work which all academics (especially in the humanities), university administrators and policy makers should read @rhul-cvs.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social
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Some context here from my years of work on the Open Library of Humanities. Open Journals Collective is the opportunity we need to spread no-APC OA widely. Cancel Transformative Agreements (which aren't working). Use that money to fund this package of hundreds of OA journals.
eve.gd/2025/04/02/o...
eve.gd/2025/04/02/o...
Open Journals Collective: Making Open Access a Reality at Scale
tl;dr: cancel your big deals and transitional agreements (they’re not working) and invest in a set of hundreds of non-APC, OA titles offered by Open Journals Collective, which derives from the OLH mod...
eve.gd
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Some context here from my years of work on the Open Library of Humanities. Open Journals Collective is the opportunity we need to spread no-APC OA widely. Cancel Transformative Agreements (which aren't working). Use that money to fund this package of hundreds of OA journals.
eve.gd/2025/04/02/o...
eve.gd/2025/04/02/o...
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The funding crisis in #UK #HigherEd is forcing academic #libraries to make cuts.
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - Impact of Social Sciences
Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The funding crisis in #UK #HigherEd is forcing academic #libraries to make cuts.
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
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Reclaiming academic publishing: @ojcollective.bsky.social is a community-led, no-APC #openaccess alternative to corporate publishers + transformative agreements/ big deals. Fund #diamondOA. Cancel TAs & big deals. Let’s build something better, together: www.openlibhums.org/news/795/
Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective
Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publ...
www.openlibhums.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Reclaiming academic publishing: @ojcollective.bsky.social is a community-led, no-APC #openaccess alternative to corporate publishers + transformative agreements/ big deals. Fund #diamondOA. Cancel TAs & big deals. Let’s build something better, together: www.openlibhums.org/news/795/
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Great to see the Open Journals Collective launched in this @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blog - forging an alternative model for scaling open access to journal publications. 👏
@theblochian.bsky.social #OpenAccess #JournalPublishing
@theblochian.bsky.social #OpenAccess #JournalPublishing
💥 New: Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements
👩💻 @theblochian.bsky.social @ojcollective.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #OpenAccess #ScholComm
👩💻 @theblochian.bsky.social @ojcollective.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #OpenAccess #ScholComm
Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - Impact of Social Sciences
Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great to see the Open Journals Collective launched in this @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blog - forging an alternative model for scaling open access to journal publications. 👏
@theblochian.bsky.social #OpenAccess #JournalPublishing
@theblochian.bsky.social #OpenAccess #JournalPublishing
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From @lseimpactblog.bsky.social the UK uni funding crisis (and the effect on #AcademicLibraries) and the Open Journals Collective as an alternative model for scaling open access to journal publications - I would argue for this type of initiative in Australia also 💡
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
From @lseimpactblog.bsky.social the UK uni funding crisis (and the effect on #AcademicLibraries) and the Open Journals Collective as an alternative model for scaling open access to journal publications - I would argue for this type of initiative in Australia also 💡
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...