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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing.

Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
KEY FINDINGS 🗝️

👉 Usage data from OA initiatives helps justify investment decisions, but doesn’t resolve tensions
👉 Formal policies influence librarians’ OA decisions less than expected;
👉 Informal decision-making, faculty opinion and networking were seen as stronger factors

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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
KEY FINDINGS 🗝️

There is a strong commitment to the idea of an #OA knowledge commons from librarians and researchers in many contexts across Europe as trust in OA initiatives has been eroded by corporate buyouts

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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The report provides INSIGHT into

🌟 How librarians understand collective funding models
🌟 Their ability to become involved in them
🌟 An analysis of existing research on collective funding models
🌟 A profile of each country’s current open access publishing context

3/7
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books

Get your ticket now! 🎟️

🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/sv3I13M

#CopimConference
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's the last day of the 2025 Charleston Conference!

You can still catch @openbookcollective.bsky.social to discuss a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books 📚

Full programme 👉https://buff.ly/rFZnor3

#chsconf2025
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025! 🎉

The #WDPD2025 theme this year asks the question #WhyPreserve

Join the conversation online & watch the Why Preserve? video from @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 📽️

👉 www.dpconline.org/news/launch-...
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This year, the team are focussing on:

✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles

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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Celebrate #WDPD2025 with us today!

Find out more about the activities of our #Archiving & #DigitalPreservation group

👉 buff.ly/EKUmRdh

Photo by Vincent Botta on Unsplash

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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
LIVE scenes from @chashub.bsky.social Vendor Showcase today🤳

Join @openbookcollective.bsky.social at booth no. 29

Grab yourself some merch and have a chat about #Equitable #OABook #Publishing 📚

Full list of vendors 👉 buff.ly/QCtPhWz
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're in town for @chashub.bsky.social head to the Charleston Gaillard Center for the Vendor Showcase today!

🔸 Booth no. 29 @openbookcollective.bsky.social
🔸 Booth no. 99 @doabooks.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social

See who else is joining them 👉 buff.ly/lQc5k3w

#chsconf2025
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join the @openbookcollective.bsky.social at @chashub.bsky.social 📚

They're setting up their booth (no 29) ready for the Vendor Showcase tomorrow (4 Nov) 🛠️

See who else is joining them 👉 buff.ly/lQc5k3w

#chsconf2025
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣 Join authors, publishers, librarians, and infrastructure developers to explore the future of community-led open access books

Get your ticket now! 🎟️

🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

#CopimConference
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 Join @openbookcollective.bsky.social next week at @chashub.bsky.social

You'll find them at booth no 29 on Tues 4 Nov as part of the Vendor Showcase - they'd love to chat about #OpenAccess books and equitable #Publishing

List of exhibitors 👉 buff.ly/Ybquein

#chsconf2025

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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Halloween! 🦇

May your day be scary and your publishing be #OpenAccess

Photo by David Menidrey on Unsplash
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📢 Tickets are selling fast to join us at the #CopimConference next year!

🗓️ 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ

Be part of the conversation shaping equitable, sustainable, and community-driven approaches to #OA book publishing!
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🚨 Join the @openbookcollective.bsky.social next week at @chashub.bsky.social Vendor Showcase on Tues. 4 Nov.

You'll find them at booth no 29 - they'd love to chat about #OpenAccess books and equitable #Publishing

List of exhibitors 👉 buff.ly/Ybquein

#chsconf2025

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October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) as we explore what is next for community-led #OpenAccess books

📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🎫 Registration is now open!
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
October 29, 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
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thanks to everyone who has joined the events we've been sharing all week - we hope you attended some & enjoyed them!

The theme - Who Owns Our Knowledge - has raised lots of crucial issues and give us real food for thought 💭

What were YOUR key takeaways? 💡

Roll on #OAWeek2026

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October 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social at #DCMI2025 all week

Today they're sharing a poster

📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1

#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
✈️ @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
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
First up is the @forumforopen.bsky.social for the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research in MENA

Join @kirahopkins.bsky.social @alittleroad.bsky.social who are discussing 'Advancing Open Access Books through Community-Driven Collaboration' 🤝

🔗 buff.ly/S1pBTSB

#FORM4Open #OAWeek

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October 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Last chance to catch @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @buchmesse.de at #fbm2025 📚

📅 15-19 October
📌 Frankfurter Buchmesse
🔗 buff.ly/KKVI5ro

Talk to them about #OAbook publishing, open infrastructures, bibliodiversity and more!
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's time for @buchmesse.de 📚

You'll find @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social in Hall 4.0 #fbm2025

📅 15-19 October
📌 Frankfurter Buchmesse
🔗 buff.ly/KKVI5ro

It's your chance to talk about #OAbook publishing, open infrastructures, bibliodiversity and more!
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Next up for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social is #fbm2025

📅 15-19 October
📌 Frankfurter Buchmesse
🔗 buff.ly/wLLMLbN

Go and find them to talk all about open access book publishing, open infrastructures, bibliodiversity and more!
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM