Tom Morley
@tmorley24.bsky.social
Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library.
UKSG eNews co-editor.
UKSG eNews co-editor.
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Come and support the wonderful Copim gang whilst I’m on maternity leave! Happy to answer any q’s about the role ☺️
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!
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!
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Project Manager: Open Access Publishing
Project Manager (0.60FTE): Open Access PublishingEmployment type: Fixed Term Duration: up to three months, available to start from 1st February 2026 This is a 3-month, part-time maternity cover…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Come and support the wonderful Copim gang whilst I’m on maternity leave! Happy to answer any q’s about the role ☺️
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📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚
October 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚
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Chuffed to see mine and @cathdishman.bsky.social's new article has been published!
The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.
The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!
The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.
The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!
The latest from #UKSG Insights - experience of libraries developing and hosting #diamondOA publishing, Cath Dishman, LJMU @cathdishman.bsky.social and Rebecca Wojturska, @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social University of Edinburgh dub.sh/xeaT0vh
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Chuffed to see mine and @cathdishman.bsky.social's new article has been published!
The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.
The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!
The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.
The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!
Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal > Read the OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library:
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal’
The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the …
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October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
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Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice'
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal’
The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the...
www.openlibhums.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice'
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
I'm looking forward to speaking at this @operaseu.bsky.social event on Monday, there's still time to sign up!
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK - Jisc
This event will bring together voices from across the UK open access (OA) landscape to examine current collaborations, identify opportunities for deeper engagement, and explore how collective efforts ...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm looking forward to speaking at this @operaseu.bsky.social event on Monday, there's still time to sign up!
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...
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📣 We are delighted that @lancasteruni.bsky.social are now supporter members of @openingthefuture.bsky.social! Find out more about the sustainable #OA book initiative at: lup.openingthefuture.net @tmorley24.bsky.social @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @jofitz.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📣 We are delighted that @lancasteruni.bsky.social are now supporter members of @openingthefuture.bsky.social! Find out more about the sustainable #OA book initiative at: lup.openingthefuture.net @tmorley24.bsky.social @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @jofitz.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social
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Another two #CALC25 recordings are coming out this morning:
1. Tom Morley of @lancasteruni.bsky.social describing working on culture change to Make Open Monographs 'Normal'
#LibrarySky #CritLib #Skybrarians
youtu.be/ELustLtuCSw
1. Tom Morley of @lancasteruni.bsky.social describing working on culture change to Make Open Monographs 'Normal'
#LibrarySky #CritLib #Skybrarians
youtu.be/ELustLtuCSw
Tom Morley - Making open monographs 'normal': open access monographs and open research culture
YouTube video by CALC Conference
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June 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Another two #CALC25 recordings are coming out this morning:
1. Tom Morley of @lancasteruni.bsky.social describing working on culture change to Make Open Monographs 'Normal'
#LibrarySky #CritLib #Skybrarians
youtu.be/ELustLtuCSw
1. Tom Morley of @lancasteruni.bsky.social describing working on culture change to Make Open Monographs 'Normal'
#LibrarySky #CritLib #Skybrarians
youtu.be/ELustLtuCSw
ALN Research Support are hosting an OA session in June - open to anyone to attend.
It will explore how libraries are making the case for Open Access Books in the absence of a REF2029 mandate 📚
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/event/suppor...
It will explore how libraries are making the case for Open Access Books in the absence of a REF2029 mandate 📚
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/event/suppor...
Supporting and encouraging authors to publish Open Access Monographs with no REF2029 mandate - Academic Libraries North
Please note: the joining instructions for the event may come via the hosts for the event and will not always be available online. Please look out for the
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ALN Research Support are hosting an OA session in June - open to anyone to attend.
It will explore how libraries are making the case for Open Access Books in the absence of a REF2029 mandate 📚
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/event/suppor...
It will explore how libraries are making the case for Open Access Books in the absence of a REF2029 mandate 📚
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/event/suppor...
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ALN Research Support are hosting an OA session in June - all organised by one of our group 😊
Free to attend, take a look 👇
@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
Free to attend, take a look 👇
@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
Supporting and encouraging authors to publish Open Access Monographs with no REF2029 mandate - Academic Libraries North
Please note: the joining instructions for the event may come via the hosts for the event and will not always be available online. Please look out for the
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
ALN Research Support are hosting an OA session in June - all organised by one of our group 😊
Free to attend, take a look 👇
@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
Free to attend, take a look 👇
@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
The latest @uksg.bsky.social eNews editorial is out now 👉https://www.uksg.org/newsletter/uksg-enews-584/creative-arts-researchers-give-them-the-credit/
If you're interested in contributing an editorial in future please get in touch at t.moley@lancaster.ac.uk
If you're interested in contributing an editorial in future please get in touch at t.moley@lancaster.ac.uk
Creative arts researchers: Give them the credit! - UKSG
This discussion piece is written by two research enabling staff who work at a small specialist creative arts Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the UK. Whilst undertaking this role it has come to l...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The latest @uksg.bsky.social eNews editorial is out now 👉https://www.uksg.org/newsletter/uksg-enews-584/creative-arts-researchers-give-them-the-credit/
If you're interested in contributing an editorial in future please get in touch at t.moley@lancaster.ac.uk
If you're interested in contributing an editorial in future please get in touch at t.moley@lancaster.ac.uk
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📢 ALN Conference 2025 Call for Papers: deadline extended to 21 March!!
There's a bit more time to submit a proposal for our next conference (18 June & 11 July 2025). Don't miss this excellent opportunity to present 😊
Further details at www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN25
There's a bit more time to submit a proposal for our next conference (18 June & 11 July 2025). Don't miss this excellent opportunity to present 😊
Further details at www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN25
March 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
📢 ALN Conference 2025 Call for Papers: deadline extended to 21 March!!
There's a bit more time to submit a proposal for our next conference (18 June & 11 July 2025). Don't miss this excellent opportunity to present 😊
Further details at www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN25
There's a bit more time to submit a proposal for our next conference (18 June & 11 July 2025). Don't miss this excellent opportunity to present 😊
Further details at www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN25
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Hot off the press! 🗞️
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
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February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hot off the press! 🗞️
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
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And you can hear @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interview Copim colleague @alittleroad.bsky.social for the same podcast series using the same link ▶️
Hot off the press! 🗞️
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
I interview @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social in the latest episode of @uksg.bsky.social podcast series for the #ScholComms #Community 🎙️
Find it wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
🔗 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
uksgpodcast - Listen on Spotify - Linktree
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February 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And you can hear @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interview Copim colleague @alittleroad.bsky.social for the same podcast series using the same link ▶️
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Join @clairemcgann.bsky.social and @tmorley24.bsky.social for the latest episode of Lancaster University Library's 'Talking around the library tree' podcast 🎙️
They discuss Lancaster's involvement in the Open Book Futures and celebrate what the project has achieved 🎉
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They discuss Lancaster's involvement in the Open Book Futures and celebrate what the project has achieved 🎉
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The Open Book Futures Project: An interview with Claire McGann
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Claire McGann to discuss the Open Book Futures project, which aims to initiate a step-change in the ambition...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join @clairemcgann.bsky.social and @tmorley24.bsky.social for the latest episode of Lancaster University Library's 'Talking around the library tree' podcast 🎙️
They discuss Lancaster's involvement in the Open Book Futures and celebrate what the project has achieved 🎉
🔗
They discuss Lancaster's involvement in the Open Book Futures and celebrate what the project has achieved 🎉
🔗
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We are delighted to announce the first two contracted books in the Trailblazers initiative: 'A Degree of Modernism' by Simon James Hadfield, and 'Female Offending and the Police Courts in Victorian Lancashire' by @craigstafford.bsky.social. Find out more via the LUP blog: bit.ly/Trailblazers-...
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are delighted to announce the first two contracted books in the Trailblazers initiative: 'A Degree of Modernism' by Simon James Hadfield, and 'Female Offending and the Police Courts in Victorian Lancashire' by @craigstafford.bsky.social. Find out more via the LUP blog: bit.ly/Trailblazers-...
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More "Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG" @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interviews Lucy Barnes, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers. linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
December 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
More "Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG" @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interviews Lucy Barnes, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers. linktr.ee/uksgpodcast