OpeningTheFuture
@openingthefuture.bsky.social
openingthefuture.net is a funding model for open access books. Designed for small/med scholarly publishers, it is free to use by any Press seeking a low-risk move towards OA. Doesn't rely on BPCs, is equitable, sustainable, & part of the Copim Community.
Shining a light on the presses who publish via OtF 🔆
@livunipress.bsky.social offers subscription/membership access to 2 Hispanic Studies backlist series of monographs, using the subs to produce new #OA monographs, freely accessible to all!
Visit their site 👉 lup.openingthefuture.net
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@livunipress.bsky.social offers subscription/membership access to 2 Hispanic Studies backlist series of monographs, using the subs to produce new #OA monographs, freely accessible to all!
Visit their site 👉 lup.openingthefuture.net
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Opening the Future
Welcome to Liverpool University Press's Opening the Future programme: funding BPC-free open access book publishing while also broadening your own collection through an affordable subscription to…
lup.openingthefuture.net
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Shining a light on the presses who publish via OtF 🔆
@livunipress.bsky.social offers subscription/membership access to 2 Hispanic Studies backlist series of monographs, using the subs to produce new #OA monographs, freely accessible to all!
Visit their site 👉 lup.openingthefuture.net
2/4
@livunipress.bsky.social offers subscription/membership access to 2 Hispanic Studies backlist series of monographs, using the subs to produce new #OA monographs, freely accessible to all!
Visit their site 👉 lup.openingthefuture.net
2/4
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Have you heard about our new Opening the Future program? We're proud to be expanding open access publishing in a sustainable way, ensuring that more high-quality content can be made accessible globally. buff.ly/0G8gi5k
#OpenAccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
#OpenAccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Have you heard about our new Opening the Future program? We're proud to be expanding open access publishing in a sustainable way, ensuring that more high-quality content can be made accessible globally. buff.ly/0G8gi5k
#OpenAccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
#OpenAccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
Oh & this also mentions a webinar that @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & colleagues are running on open infrastructures on Tues 11 Nov that is free & well worth attending. OA books are all very well but no good without open infra that's not owned by corp giants: copim.pub/webinar-11-n...
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Oh & this also mentions a webinar that @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & colleagues are running on open infrastructures on Tues 11 Nov that is free & well worth attending. OA books are all very well but no good without open infra that's not owned by corp giants: copim.pub/webinar-11-n...
Lots of interesting stuff in here and can't help but notice that it's a bit of a @copim.bsky.social Community Takeover! 🔥Loads of topical blogs from colleagues & partners incl: @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social @openlibhums.org
📣 October issue of the British Library's Scholarly Communications Newsletter is out! #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #ScholComm
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👩🏻💻 Read here us18.campaign-archive.com?u=03d177e620...
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British Library Scholarly Communications Newsletter: October 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Lots of interesting stuff in here and can't help but notice that it's a bit of a @copim.bsky.social Community Takeover! 🔥Loads of topical blogs from colleagues & partners incl: @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social @openlibhums.org
Hot off the press from @chashub.bsky.social 🗞️❤️🔥
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have launched their OtF programme in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social via Fulcrum (an #OpenSource platform) 🤝
👉 boydellandbrewer.com/open-access/...
#chsconf2025 #OA #Monographs
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have launched their OtF programme in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social via Fulcrum (an #OpenSource platform) 🤝
👉 boydellandbrewer.com/open-access/...
#chsconf2025 #OA #Monographs
Opening the Future
Opening the Future is a book subscription model that achieves the dual objectives of enhancing library collections while supporting open access.
boydellandbrewer.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Hot off the press from @chashub.bsky.social 🗞️❤️🔥
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have launched their OtF programme in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social via Fulcrum (an #OpenSource platform) 🤝
👉 boydellandbrewer.com/open-access/...
#chsconf2025 #OA #Monographs
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have launched their OtF programme in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social via Fulcrum (an #OpenSource platform) 🤝
👉 boydellandbrewer.com/open-access/...
#chsconf2025 #OA #Monographs
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Today we launch our new Opening the Future (OtF) program: a partnership model funding equitable and sustainable open access. Learn more: buff.ly/vYJO8QN
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today we launch our new Opening the Future (OtF) program: a partnership model funding equitable and sustainable open access. Learn more: buff.ly/vYJO8QN
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
So pleased to see this go live! When we first launched OtF with two pilot presses in 2021 (shoutout to @ceu-press.bsky.social & @livunipress.bsky.social for being early adopters!) we hoped other scholarly publishers would take up the model to fund more OA books. That is now happening... (1/2)
Today we launch our new Opening the Future (OtF) program: a partnership model funding equitable and sustainable open access. Learn more: buff.ly/vYJO8QN
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
#chsconf2025 #library #openaccess @openingthefuture.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social @chashub.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So pleased to see this go live! When we first launched OtF with two pilot presses in 2021 (shoutout to @ceu-press.bsky.social & @livunipress.bsky.social for being early adopters!) we hoped other scholarly publishers would take up the model to fund more OA books. That is now happening... (1/2)
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[CATCH UP] How to support & encourage authors to publish #OA monographs with no #REF2029 mandate 🤔
@kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians
👉 buff.ly/2iEJ3YZ
@uksg.bsky.social
@kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians
👉 buff.ly/2iEJ3YZ
@uksg.bsky.social
Supporting and encouraging authors to publish OA monographs with no REF2029 mandate - UKSG
As I sat through the presentations last December at the UKSG Forum – Our Profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future I wondered if the people attending the…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
[CATCH UP] How to support & encourage authors to publish #OA monographs with no #REF2029 mandate 🤔
@kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians
👉 buff.ly/2iEJ3YZ
@uksg.bsky.social
@kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social share practical advice & advocacy arguments for authors and librarians
👉 buff.ly/2iEJ3YZ
@uksg.bsky.social
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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
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
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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
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
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Panel discussion chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
and featuring
🔸@kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸@rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸@joedeville.bsky.social
🔸@joannaball.bsky.social
🔸@theblochian.bsky.social
#CopimCommunity 🤝
and featuring
🔸@kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸@rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸@joedeville.bsky.social
🔸@joannaball.bsky.social
🔸@theblochian.bsky.social
#CopimCommunity 🤝
#OAWeek WEBINAR: Join us this Friday (24 Oct, 1pm BST) for Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional perspectives, Shared Futures, a webinar bringing together key voices from the #DiamondOA community to share how their organisations are advancing open access.
👉 Register now: www.openlibhums.org/news/862/
👉 Register now: www.openlibhums.org/news/862/
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond - Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures
Date: Friday 24 October 2025 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm BST | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CET. Check your time zone here. Registration: Free. Please register here. Reflecting on …
www.openlibhums.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Panel discussion chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social
and featuring
🔸@kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸@rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸@joedeville.bsky.social
🔸@joannaball.bsky.social
🔸@theblochian.bsky.social
#CopimCommunity 🤝
and featuring
🔸@kirahopkins.bsky.social
🔸@rupertgatti.bsky.social
🔸@joedeville.bsky.social
🔸@joannaball.bsky.social
🔸@theblochian.bsky.social
#CopimCommunity 🤝
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We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆
Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆
Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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For a small press publishing in a specialist area, the OtF model works really well to help CEU Press move towards being fully #openaccess on their frontlist. Contact us if you want to know more!
This #OpenAccessWeek we're championing our @openingthefuture.bsky.social model; a sustainable way to make books free to readers everywhere.
By joining OtF, libraries support new OA books while gaining access to a rich backlist of titles
Learn more 🔓 www.openingthefuture.net
@copim.bsky.social
By joining OtF, libraries support new OA books while gaining access to a rich backlist of titles
Learn more 🔓 www.openingthefuture.net
@copim.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For a small press publishing in a specialist area, the OtF model works really well to help CEU Press move towards being fully #openaccess on their frontlist. Contact us if you want to know more!
Hi 👋
Did you know that members pay a small annual fee to get DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed selection of the @ceu-press.bsky.social backlist, with perpetual access after three years 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Find out more 👉 ceup.openingthefuture.net
Did you know that members pay a small annual fee to get DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed selection of the @ceu-press.bsky.social backlist, with perpetual access after three years 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Find out more 👉 ceup.openingthefuture.net
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hi 👋
Did you know that members pay a small annual fee to get DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed selection of the @ceu-press.bsky.social backlist, with perpetual access after three years 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Find out more 👉 ceup.openingthefuture.net
Did you know that members pay a small annual fee to get DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed selection of the @ceu-press.bsky.social backlist, with perpetual access after three years 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Find out more 👉 ceup.openingthefuture.net
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Lots going on this #OAweek with @copim.bsky.social and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium!
Who Owns Our Knowledge? It's International Open Access Week 2025! 😍
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
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Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Lots going on this #OAweek with @copim.bsky.social and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium!
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✈️ @thoth-metadata.bsky.social are a busy lot!
They'll be at #DCMI2025 all week
Catch them delivering a lightening talk at the Open Metadata Clinic TODAY!
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
They'll be at #DCMI2025 all week
Catch them delivering a lightening talk at the Open Metadata Clinic TODAY!
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Lots going on this OA week with Copim and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium! Also nested is my OA week interview (mostly in the form of a rant on collective funding and the issues it faces...)
Who Owns Our Knowledge? It's International Open Access Week 2025! 😍
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
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Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
1/4
Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Lots going on this OA week with Copim and elsewhere - see below for a comprehensive list of events, including this afternoon's @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium! Also nested is my OA week interview (mostly in the form of a rant on collective funding and the issues it faces...)
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? It's International Open Access Week 2025! 😍
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
1/4
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
1/4
Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Who Owns Our Knowledge? It's International Open Access Week 2025! 😍
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
1/4
Have a look at our webpage which features a curated list of events we think will be of interest to the #CopimCommunity and interviews with the team
🔗 buff.ly/r8pRBZD
#OAWeek
1/4
Absolutely great news, congratulations all! OBC is helping presses fund new OA books through an equitable model - well worth supporting.
1/ We are extremely happy to announce that Edizioni Ca’ Foscari (ECF), or Venice University Press, has joined the Open Book Collective, taking the total number of publisher members to 15. ECF is a fully #OpenAccess publisher openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/edizioni...
Edizioni Ca' Foscari Joins the Open Book Collective
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Absolutely great news, congratulations all! OBC is helping presses fund new OA books through an equitable model - well worth supporting.
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[EVENT] SJSU Biennial Open Access Conference for #OAWeek
Join @alittleroad.bsky.social to discuss how to 'Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing'
📆 21 October
⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
📍 Online
🔗
Join @alittleroad.bsky.social to discuss how to 'Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing'
📆 21 October
⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
📍 Online
🔗
Open Access Conference | Conferences | San Jose State University
open access | open education | conference | institutional repository
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October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[EVENT] SJSU Biennial Open Access Conference for #OAWeek
Join @alittleroad.bsky.social to discuss how to 'Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing'
📆 21 October
⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
📍 Online
🔗
Join @alittleroad.bsky.social to discuss how to 'Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing'
📆 21 October
⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
📍 Online
🔗
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Hot off the press 🔥
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books
Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hot off the press 🔥
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
Major new report from @openbookcollective.bsky.social exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for #OpenAccess books 📚
Based on interviews with participants from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland & Sweden 🗣️
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Great news 🎉
And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website
🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/
And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website
🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/
October 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Great news 🎉
And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website
🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/
And you find out who else is part of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press on their website
🔗 ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/
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Did you know that to date, CEU Press has been able to publish c.35 new #OA books through library member investment like Cambridge’s, with around the same number of books again funded and in the publishing pipeline ... 🤓
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/154/ Pleased to announce that the University of Cambridge has renewed their initial three year membership of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press! 🥳 Their member fees will go towards only funding new frontlist titles in OA format at the Press.
October 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Did you know that to date, CEU Press has been able to publish c.35 new #OA books through library member investment like Cambridge’s, with around the same number of books again funded and in the publishing pipeline ... 🤓
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/154/ Pleased to announce that the University of Cambridge has renewed their initial three year membership of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press! 🥳 Their member fees will go towards only funding new frontlist titles in OA format at the Press.
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/154/ Pleased to announce that the University of Cambridge has renewed their initial three year membership of the Opening the Future programme at CEU Press! 🥳 Their member fees will go towards only funding new frontlist titles in OA format at the Press.
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🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books
Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...
@copim.bsky.social reprezzzzented whoop whoop ⚡
Join us for #OAWeek!
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures
With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @joannaball.bsky.social & @paulaclemente.bsky.social
🗓️ 24/10 - 1:00 pm BST
🔗 shorturl.at/eFIvX
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures
With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @joannaball.bsky.social & @paulaclemente.bsky.social
🗓️ 24/10 - 1:00 pm BST
🔗 shorturl.at/eFIvX
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@copim.bsky.social reprezzzzented whoop whoop ⚡