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The report also includes concrete recommendations for initiatives working to overcome barriers to the collective, #Diamond funding of #OpenAccess 💎

Read the full report 👉 buff.ly/WxCAb9B
TL:DR catch up via our blog buff.ly/fVuAFqf

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Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians' experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts
This report seeks to understand librarians’ experiences of collective funding models for open access books, especially barriers to joining organisations like the Open Book Collective (OBC). The OBC…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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

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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
AIM 👉 learn from differing experiences in countries with different #OpenAccess policies and institutional context

INTERVIEWS 🗣️ librarians and other stakeholders in Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden

Photo by Startaê Team on Unsplash

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Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians' experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts
This report seeks to understand librarians’ experiences of collective funding models for open access books, especially barriers to joining organisations like the Open Book Collective (OBC). The OBC…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Paul Stokes @jisc.bsky.social part of our #Archiving & #DigitalPreservation group shares his thoughts on #WhyPreserve

Read his blog ✍️
www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/bl...

Watch his vlog 📽️ www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/vl...
Why do I preserve…? - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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