Open Book Collective
@openbookcollective.bsky.social
A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination.
https://openbookcollective.org/
https://openbookcollective.org/
The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese
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N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
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N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2026 Call & Guidance - Open Book Collective
The Open Book Collective is pleased to launch the third call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. This document outlines the det…
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January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese
obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
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[CATCH UP] @amandasramalho.bsky.social at #FILGuadalajara2025 📚
Listen to insights on @scielo.org @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers! @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now buff.ly/XCQwcz0
#FIL2025 #MetadataMatters
Listen to insights on @scielo.org @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers! @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now buff.ly/XCQwcz0
#FIL2025 #MetadataMatters
Encuentro de Editores Universitarios Iberoamericanos | FIL 2025
El martes 2 de diciembre, FIL Guadalajara 2025 acogió el Encuentro Iberoamericano de Editores Universitarios que tiene como objetivo reflexionar y definir lo...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
[CATCH UP] @amandasramalho.bsky.social at #FILGuadalajara2025 📚
Listen to insights on @scielo.org @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers! @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now buff.ly/XCQwcz0
#FIL2025 #MetadataMatters
Listen to insights on @scielo.org @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers! @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now buff.ly/XCQwcz0
#FIL2025 #MetadataMatters
Rounding off the week, we would like to welcome another wonderful library Supporter, @universityofessex.bsky.social! None of what we do here at the OBC would be possible without the support of libraries like this, so many thanks are due! 👏
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Rounding off the week, we would like to welcome another wonderful library Supporter, @universityofessex.bsky.social! None of what we do here at the OBC would be possible without the support of libraries like this, so many thanks are due! 👏
Another day, another new library supporter to thank! Today we would like to extennd our acknowledge and gratitude to @angliaruskin.bsky.social for joining our Supporter Programme and helping open access book publishing become a real, viable and thriving option for academic authors! 📚
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Another day, another new library supporter to thank! Today we would like to extennd our acknowledge and gratitude to @angliaruskin.bsky.social for joining our Supporter Programme and helping open access book publishing become a real, viable and thriving option for academic authors! 📚
Another recent library to join the Collective is @exeterunilib.bsky.social - thank you for your help in supporting a diverse and sustainable open access ecosystem!
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December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another recent library to join the Collective is @exeterunilib.bsky.social - thank you for your help in supporting a diverse and sustainable open access ecosystem!
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In the past few months we have welcomed some new library supporters to the Open Book Collective, so we'd love to take the opportunity over the next few days to introduce and publicly thank them for their support of open access book publishing.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In the past few months we have welcomed some new library supporters to the Open Book Collective, so we'd love to take the opportunity over the next few days to introduce and publicly thank them for their support of open access book publishing.
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We're supporting both LSE Press and Arc through our membership of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social
OBC brings together publishers, service providers and institutions, working collectively on the production and dissemination of OA books in traditional and innovatively experimental forms (6/7)
OBC brings together publishers, service providers and institutions, working collectively on the production and dissemination of OA books in traditional and innovatively experimental forms (6/7)
Open Book Collective
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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We're supporting both LSE Press and Arc through our membership of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social
OBC brings together publishers, service providers and institutions, working collectively on the production and dissemination of OA books in traditional and innovatively experimental forms (6/7)
OBC brings together publishers, service providers and institutions, working collectively on the production and dissemination of OA books in traditional and innovatively experimental forms (6/7)
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Really exciting news from our partnership with @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Really exciting news from our partnership with @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
We're now supporting @lsepress.bsky.social + @archumanities.bsky.social to help open up scholarly publishing and the open research ecosystem. This stuff really matters - more detail in the thread below. 🔓
Today is #GivingTuesday, a global celebration of giving in all forms - donating, volunteering, sharing, campaigning, fundraising - and what is Open Access if not a form of giving?
So this Giving Tuesday, let’s celebrate the free & open sharing of knowledge, research, data, information, expertise!
So this Giving Tuesday, let’s celebrate the free & open sharing of knowledge, research, data, information, expertise!
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today is #GivingTuesday, a global celebration of giving in all forms - donating, volunteering, sharing, campaigning, fundraising - and what is Open Access if not a form of giving?
So this Giving Tuesday, let’s celebrate the free & open sharing of knowledge, research, data, information, expertise!
So this Giving Tuesday, let’s celebrate the free & open sharing of knowledge, research, data, information, expertise!
There's still time to register for our New Member Showcase this afternoon, where we'll be introducing our newest members to the community - @archumanities.bsky.social, @barbarabudrich.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, @sidestone.bsky.social, and Edizioni Ca' Foscari (Venice University Press)!
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 11:25 AM
There's still time to register for our New Member Showcase this afternoon, where we'll be introducing our newest members to the community - @archumanities.bsky.social, @barbarabudrich.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, @sidestone.bsky.social, and Edizioni Ca' Foscari (Venice University Press)!
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Now a more in-depth look at the @openbookcollective.bsky.social and the amazing things they are making possible, including the OBC's Collective Development Fund, which is providing support to build capacity for #DiamondOA publishing activities of #OAbooks
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Now a more in-depth look at the @openbookcollective.bsky.social and the amazing things they are making possible, including the OBC's Collective Development Fund, which is providing support to build capacity for #DiamondOA publishing activities of #OAbooks
We’ve been reading the new 'Technology Needs of Small and Medium Journal Publishers report' - and despite its focus on journals, there’s a fair amount here that is equally applicable to small and medium OA *book* publishers too.
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2025 Report: Technology Needs of Small and Medium Journal Publishers
Insights into smaller-sized publishers' technical priorities, from research integrity to AI adoption.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We’ve been reading the new 'Technology Needs of Small and Medium Journal Publishers report' - and despite its focus on journals, there’s a fair amount here that is equally applicable to small and medium OA *book* publishers too.
Thread 👇
Thread 👇
Our Director @joedeville.bsky.social will be streaming live from #Munin2025 in around 30 mins (9.30GMT/10.30CET), introducing the OBC's work & some examples from our report into barriers to supporting collective #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. Streaming link: uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Our Director @joedeville.bsky.social will be streaming live from #Munin2025 in around 30 mins (9.30GMT/10.30CET), introducing the OBC's work & some examples from our report into barriers to supporting collective #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. Streaming link: uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
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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
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#OpenMetadata #OA
🖊️ 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
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
🖊️ 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
The Open Book Collective is pleased to introduce the third awardee of our Collective Development Fund for 2025-26:
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Announcing OBC's Third Collective Development Fund award for 2025-26: Capacity building strategy for access and publication of Open Access academic books for small and medium-sized Higher Education In...
Strengthening capacity for access to and publication of high quality academic OA books produced by researchers from seven Colombian universities
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November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Open Book Collective is pleased to introduce the third awardee of our Collective Development Fund for 2025-26:
openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/announci...
openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/announci...
If you're attending #Munin2025, look out for our director @joedeville.bsky.social - always happy to talk all things open access and books!
Next is @joedeville.bsky.social from @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🖊️ Opening books collectively: working together for a fairer future for books
📆 20 November
⏰ 10:30-10:55
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Photo by Gulfer Ergin on Unsplash
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🖊️ Opening books collectively: working together for a fairer future for books
📆 20 November
⏰ 10:30-10:55
🔗 buff.ly/OqUVImX
Photo by Gulfer Ergin on Unsplash
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Opening books collectively: Working together for a fairer future for books | Septentrio Conference Series
This presentation introduces how a relatively new, non-profit initiative – the Open Book Collective (OBC) – is furthering open science in a closing world via its diamond approach to funding open…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you're attending #Munin2025, look out for our director @joedeville.bsky.social - always happy to talk all things open access and books!
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🔦 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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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
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔦 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
1/6
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
1/6
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Collective funding for Diamond #OpenAccess books in action! Libraries who support the OBC @openbookcollective.bsky.social made the Collective Development Fund possible, which awards micro-grants to smaller OA operations to start up or improve their technical & other capacities.
VIVE la Diamond OA!
VIVE la Diamond OA!
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 11:34 PM
Collective funding for Diamond #OpenAccess books in action! Libraries who support the OBC @openbookcollective.bsky.social made the Collective Development Fund possible, which awards micro-grants to smaller OA operations to start up or improve their technical & other capacities.
VIVE la Diamond OA!
VIVE la Diamond OA!
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 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...
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Did you know that @ukri.org block grant can also be used to support other #OA costs eg #OA infrastructure, memberships & other more equitable #publishing models
@openbookcollective.bsky.social is just one of the #infrastructures supported by @ualro.bsky.social
Thanks guys 👍
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@openbookcollective.bsky.social is just one of the #infrastructures supported by @ualro.bsky.social
Thanks guys 👍
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UALRO Blog - Scholarly Communications - LibGuides at UAL Library Services
UKRI Open Access Grant 2024/2025
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November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Did you know that @ukri.org block grant can also be used to support other #OA costs eg #OA infrastructure, memberships & other more equitable #publishing models
@openbookcollective.bsky.social is just one of the #infrastructures supported by @ualro.bsky.social
Thanks guys 👍
🔗
@openbookcollective.bsky.social is just one of the #infrastructures supported by @ualro.bsky.social
Thanks guys 👍
🔗
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Delighted to announce the seventh lecture in the Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access series! 🎙️ Samuel Moore on 📷 Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons 📷
November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Delighted to announce the seventh lecture in the Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access series! 🎙️ Samuel Moore on 📷 Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons 📷
November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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Great thread on this afternoon's webinar, with talks from our colleagues at @scossfunding.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social and @oapenbooks.bsky.social 👇
Time to talk #OpenInfrastructure and what we need beyond technical interoperability to ensure a bright future for #openaccess research and publication with @scossfunding.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social 🧵
Webinar on #OpenInfrastructure: "Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access"
Join us with @copim.bsky.social and @scossfunding.bsky.social next week:
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
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Join us with @copim.bsky.social and @scossfunding.bsky.social next week:
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great thread on this afternoon's webinar, with talks from our colleagues at @scossfunding.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social and @oapenbooks.bsky.social 👇
Congratulations @pkp.sfu.ca on this newly published Strategic Plan, with values of openness, community and inclusivity at its core. Come and hear from them at our showcase for new OBC members on Monday November 24th, at 3pm GMT/4pm CET/10am ET. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Congratulations @pkp.sfu.ca on this newly published Strategic Plan, with values of openness, community and inclusivity at its core. Come and hear from them at our showcase for new OBC members on Monday November 24th, at 3pm GMT/4pm CET/10am ET. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We are delighted to announce the 2nd recipient of our Collective Development Fund for 2025–26 - 'Knowledge Accessible to the Community: CLACSO as a Platform to Democratize Scholarly Publishing in Latin America and the Caribbean', led by @clacso.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We are delighted to announce the 2nd recipient of our Collective Development Fund for 2025–26 - 'Knowledge Accessible to the Community: CLACSO as a Platform to Democratize Scholarly Publishing in Latin America and the Caribbean', led by @clacso.bsky.social.
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.
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...
us06web.zoom.us
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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.
Open to all, not just OBC members! Registration required.