Aberdeen University Press
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We publish high quality open access research across all disciplines and fields of enquiry from scholars world.
https://aberdeenunipress.org/
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If you need some more inspiration, here's a charming Halloween poem by the great Iain Chrichton Smith / Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn abdn.site/IMAG who you can learn more about in our book 'Conversations with Scottish Poets' doi.org/10.57132/book7
It's the final day! Entries for 'Carve your PhD' are due today! Carve the best pumpkin (or neep!) and you could win this fabulous trophy, plus £25 in book tokens (cat not included)! 🎃🍬🐈⬛🎉
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October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
If you need some more inspiration, here's a charming Halloween poem by the great Iain Chrichton Smith / Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn abdn.site/IMAG who you can learn more about in our book 'Conversations with Scottish Poets' doi.org/10.57132/book7
We were delighted to get a shout-out from @joedeville.bsky.social recognising us as a scholar-led press working to improve the scholarly publishing landscape in today's #OAWeek webinar from @openlibhums.org on Mainstreaming Diamond Open Access
October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We were delighted to get a shout-out from @joedeville.bsky.social recognising us as a scholar-led press working to improve the scholarly publishing landscape in today's #OAWeek webinar from @openlibhums.org on Mainstreaming Diamond Open Access
We really enjoyed seeing some of the multimedia 'books' other OIPA members are creating.
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
⚡Next up at the OIPA symposium is 'Adventures in Experimental Publishing' from John Atkinson, Press Manager at @uniwestpress.bsky.social, starting off with how do we define experimental publishing?
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#OAWeek #OpenAccess
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University of Westminster Press (UWP) is a digital-first open access publisher of peer reviewed academic books, policy briefs and journals. UWP exists to provide global public access to academic work ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We really enjoyed seeing some of the multimedia 'books' other OIPA members are creating.
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
It's International #OAWeek, so we're looking forward to a great week of events all about building a more open scholarly publishing infrastructure.
There are so many great events, but we're probably most looking forward to our friends' @oipassoc.bsky.social Online Symposium tomorrow. See you there!
There are so many great events, but we're probably most looking forward to our friends' @oipassoc.bsky.social Online Symposium tomorrow. See you there!
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's International #OAWeek, so we're looking forward to a great week of events all about building a more open scholarly publishing infrastructure.
There are so many great events, but we're probably most looking forward to our friends' @oipassoc.bsky.social Online Symposium tomorrow. See you there!
There are so many great events, but we're probably most looking forward to our friends' @oipassoc.bsky.social Online Symposium tomorrow. See you there!
Our latest issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies is now out, and free to read!
This is a special 'New Voices' issue featuring the work of Early Career Researchers. We hope it will be the first of many such issues #SupportECRs
abdn.site/121
This is a special 'New Voices' issue featuring the work of Early Career Researchers. We hope it will be the first of many such issues #SupportECRs
abdn.site/121
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies |
Issue: Issue: 1(12) (2025)
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October 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Our latest issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies is now out, and free to read!
This is a special 'New Voices' issue featuring the work of Early Career Researchers. We hope it will be the first of many such issues #SupportECRs
abdn.site/121
This is a special 'New Voices' issue featuring the work of Early Career Researchers. We hope it will be the first of many such issues #SupportECRs
abdn.site/121
Did you know that when you order a print book or journal from us, your order will be hand packed by one of our dedicated staff, and then given a wee hug before being put in the mail?
You'll also get your very own AUP bookmark, sure to be this season's hottest accessory?
You'll also get your very own AUP bookmark, sure to be this season's hottest accessory?
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Did you know that when you order a print book or journal from us, your order will be hand packed by one of our dedicated staff, and then given a wee hug before being put in the mail?
You'll also get your very own AUP bookmark, sure to be this season's hottest accessory?
You'll also get your very own AUP bookmark, sure to be this season's hottest accessory?
As the Tall Ships make their way on to Norway we consider the other side of the Age of Sail, and how British Naval superiority allowed for human exploitation at unprecedented scale.
Our scholars grappled with these issues in an issue of JISS on slavery and North-East Scotland abdn.site/JISS112
Our scholars grappled with these issues in an issue of JISS on slavery and North-East Scotland abdn.site/JISS112
July 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As the Tall Ships make their way on to Norway we consider the other side of the Age of Sail, and how British Naval superiority allowed for human exploitation at unprecedented scale.
Our scholars grappled with these issues in an issue of JISS on slavery and North-East Scotland abdn.site/JISS112
Our scholars grappled with these issues in an issue of JISS on slavery and North-East Scotland abdn.site/JISS112
Who's excited for the Tall Ships Races this weekend? 🙋♀️
You can learn more about the shipwrights and coopers of Aberdeen, whose work helped make the Age of Sail possible, in our latest publication: The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, available here abdn.site/7Trade
You can learn more about the shipwrights and coopers of Aberdeen, whose work helped make the Age of Sail possible, in our latest publication: The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, available here abdn.site/7Trade
July 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Who's excited for the Tall Ships Races this weekend? 🙋♀️
You can learn more about the shipwrights and coopers of Aberdeen, whose work helped make the Age of Sail possible, in our latest publication: The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, available here abdn.site/7Trade
You can learn more about the shipwrights and coopers of Aberdeen, whose work helped make the Age of Sail possible, in our latest publication: The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, available here abdn.site/7Trade
We're extremely proud to have published @bydreamphd.bsky.social 's award winning article, and pleased to see this recognition of her excellent work. Congratulations for this award!🎉
Read the article here: doi.org/10.57132/jis...
Read the article here: doi.org/10.57132/jis...
July 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We're extremely proud to have published @bydreamphd.bsky.social 's award winning article, and pleased to see this recognition of her excellent work. Congratulations for this award!🎉
Read the article here: doi.org/10.57132/jis...
Read the article here: doi.org/10.57132/jis...
📢 🎊We're pleased to announce our latest book is now available!
This work was years in the making and documents the storied history of one of Aberdeen's most significant trade organisations. Order your copy of The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen today!
www.abdn.ac.uk/aup/books/hi...
This work was years in the making and documents the storied history of one of Aberdeen's most significant trade organisations. Order your copy of The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen today!
www.abdn.ac.uk/aup/books/hi...
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 🎊We're pleased to announce our latest book is now available!
This work was years in the making and documents the storied history of one of Aberdeen's most significant trade organisations. Order your copy of The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen today!
www.abdn.ac.uk/aup/books/hi...
This work was years in the making and documents the storied history of one of Aberdeen's most significant trade organisations. Order your copy of The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen today!
www.abdn.ac.uk/aup/books/hi...
We had at great time sharing a table at #SCURL2025 with our new (formal) partner (but actually we've been benefiting from their advice and encouragement the whole time).
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We had at great time sharing a table at #SCURL2025 with our new (formal) partner (but actually we've been benefiting from their advice and encouragement the whole time).
Happy Juneteenth! Today we celebrate the end of chattel slavery in the United States, and the final end of the Atlantic Slave Trade, begun by Europeans in the 15th Century. You can learn more about Scotland's role in the slave trade in the current issue of JISS, available OA here abdn.site/196
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy Juneteenth! Today we celebrate the end of chattel slavery in the United States, and the final end of the Atlantic Slave Trade, begun by Europeans in the 15th Century. You can learn more about Scotland's role in the slave trade in the current issue of JISS, available OA here abdn.site/196
We were pleased to be able to attend this excellent webinar from @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
There are a lot of challenges for scholars publishing monographs Open Access, but we're ready to support you at whatever stage you are on your journey 🥰
There are a lot of challenges for scholars publishing monographs Open Access, but we're ready to support you at whatever stage you are on your journey 🥰
Last chance to register @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social webinar 12 June (10am)
👉 Supporting & encouraging authors to publish #OpenAccess #Monographs with no #REF2029 mandate
Join @kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social as they propose solutions & share success stories
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👉 Supporting & encouraging authors to publish #OpenAccess #Monographs with no #REF2029 mandate
Join @kjsanders.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social as they propose solutions & share success stories
🔗 buff.ly/U7Tjcrr
June 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We were pleased to be able to attend this excellent webinar from @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social
There are a lot of challenges for scholars publishing monographs Open Access, but we're ready to support you at whatever stage you are on your journey 🥰
There are a lot of challenges for scholars publishing monographs Open Access, but we're ready to support you at whatever stage you are on your journey 🥰
Are you visiting for #Ceangal/Connect? Stop by the Sir Duncan Rice Library and pick up some bookmarks, book cords, or other info from our little display, and learn more about Clò Oilthigh Obar Dheathain!
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Are you visiting for #Ceangal/Connect? Stop by the Sir Duncan Rice Library and pick up some bookmarks, book cords, or other info from our little display, and learn more about Clò Oilthigh Obar Dheathain!
Happy Pride Month! It's a great time to read books about the LGBT+ experience, so we have compiled a list of Open Access books from scholarly presses: abdn.site/OAPride
Unfortunately AUP has not published any LGBT+ studies, YET! Submissions are open aberdeenunipress.org
Unfortunately AUP has not published any LGBT+ studies, YET! Submissions are open aberdeenunipress.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Pride Month! It's a great time to read books about the LGBT+ experience, so we have compiled a list of Open Access books from scholarly presses: abdn.site/OAPride
Unfortunately AUP has not published any LGBT+ studies, YET! Submissions are open aberdeenunipress.org
Unfortunately AUP has not published any LGBT+ studies, YET! Submissions are open aberdeenunipress.org
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of the Journal of Scottish Thought, available #OpenAccess at jst.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/37/info/
This issue focuses on the Scottish Presbyterian minister and thinker, and American Founding Father, John Witherspoon
This issue focuses on the Scottish Presbyterian minister and thinker, and American Founding Father, John Witherspoon
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of the Journal of Scottish Thought, available #OpenAccess at jst.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/37/info/
This issue focuses on the Scottish Presbyterian minister and thinker, and American Founding Father, John Witherspoon
This issue focuses on the Scottish Presbyterian minister and thinker, and American Founding Father, John Witherspoon
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day to raise understanding and awareness about digital access and inclusion.
At AUP we believe that you can't have real Open Access without accessibility, so all our new ebooks are WCAG AA compliant.
At AUP we believe that you can't have real Open Access without accessibility, so all our new ebooks are WCAG AA compliant.
May 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day to raise understanding and awareness about digital access and inclusion.
At AUP we believe that you can't have real Open Access without accessibility, so all our new ebooks are WCAG AA compliant.
At AUP we believe that you can't have real Open Access without accessibility, so all our new ebooks are WCAG AA compliant.
If we may add a happy ending to this Limerick, with our own origin story:
So those funny old scholars from ‘Deen
who thought commercial publishers profits obscene
so they made a free OA press
with quality no less
But with work that by all can be seen
So those funny old scholars from ‘Deen
who thought commercial publishers profits obscene
so they made a free OA press
with quality no less
But with work that by all can be seen
It's #NationalLimerickDay, so we've written a verse about open access (some rhymes are a little more slant):
There once were some scholars exploited
they wrote and they edited for no pence
They thought to themselves
why should we work like hell
Just so publishers can get richer than Croesus?
There once were some scholars exploited
they wrote and they edited for no pence
They thought to themselves
why should we work like hell
Just so publishers can get richer than Croesus?
May 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If we may add a happy ending to this Limerick, with our own origin story:
So those funny old scholars from ‘Deen
who thought commercial publishers profits obscene
so they made a free OA press
with quality no less
But with work that by all can be seen
So those funny old scholars from ‘Deen
who thought commercial publishers profits obscene
so they made a free OA press
with quality no less
But with work that by all can be seen
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Happy May Day! For a little seasonal reading, may we suggest our special issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies on the place of the strike in Irish and Scottish History
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
May 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Happy May Day! For a little seasonal reading, may we suggest our special issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies on the place of the strike in Irish and Scottish History
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
Happy May Day! For a little seasonal reading, may we suggest our special issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies on the place of the strike in Irish and Scottish History
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
May 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Happy May Day! For a little seasonal reading, may we suggest our special issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies on the place of the strike in Irish and Scottish History
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/issue/23/info/
Exciting to see! We'll be presenting a lightning talk on how #DiamondOpenAccess can help lower barriers for Early Career Researchers. See you all in Edinburgh!
We are delighted that the 2025 Edinburgh Open Research Conference programme is live: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
EORC: 2025 Programme
On the 4th of June we are coming together to ask the question, "What's stopping us?" We are asking what barriers we face, the challenges slowing progress, and searching for strategies to overcome them...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Exciting to see! We'll be presenting a lightning talk on how #DiamondOpenAccess can help lower barriers for Early Career Researchers. See you all in Edinburgh!
Happy Absolute Unit Day to all who celebrate!
The MERL is a brilliant museum on all things related to English Rural life, but if you've ever wanted to learn more about rural life in our own Aberdeenshire, may we suggest our #OpenAccessBook 'Footloose in the Farm Service'
doi.org/10.57132/boo...
The MERL is a brilliant museum on all things related to English Rural life, but if you've ever wanted to learn more about rural life in our own Aberdeenshire, may we suggest our #OpenAccessBook 'Footloose in the Farm Service'
doi.org/10.57132/boo...
April 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy Absolute Unit Day to all who celebrate!
The MERL is a brilliant museum on all things related to English Rural life, but if you've ever wanted to learn more about rural life in our own Aberdeenshire, may we suggest our #OpenAccessBook 'Footloose in the Farm Service'
doi.org/10.57132/boo...
The MERL is a brilliant museum on all things related to English Rural life, but if you've ever wanted to learn more about rural life in our own Aberdeenshire, may we suggest our #OpenAccessBook 'Footloose in the Farm Service'
doi.org/10.57132/boo...
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Wonderful to celebrate the launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social at @uksg.bsky.social!
Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.
Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.
Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
April 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Wonderful to celebrate the launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social at @uksg.bsky.social!
Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.
Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.
Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Another sunny day in Brighton at #UKSG2025 and @abdnunipress.bsky.social colleague @varinajr.bsky.social has dropped by the @oipassoc.bsky.social stand to say hello. Our promotional book cards and our Adam Ferguson book (doi.org/10.57132/boo...) are on display there!
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Another sunny day in Brighton at #UKSG2025 and @abdnunipress.bsky.social colleague @varinajr.bsky.social has dropped by the @oipassoc.bsky.social stand to say hello. Our promotional book cards and our Adam Ferguson book (doi.org/10.57132/boo...) are on display there!
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Turns out @scholtom.bsky.social is an influencer ... in slide design
Following his presentation at last year's event, #cats #pets featuring heavily in the #UKSG2025 presentation about #rightsretention at @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social
Following his presentation at last year's event, #cats #pets featuring heavily in the #UKSG2025 presentation about #rightsretention at @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Turns out @scholtom.bsky.social is an influencer ... in slide design
Following his presentation at last year's event, #cats #pets featuring heavily in the #UKSG2025 presentation about #rightsretention at @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social
Following his presentation at last year's event, #cats #pets featuring heavily in the #UKSG2025 presentation about #rightsretention at @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social