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Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social‬ | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
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Still four days left to apply to our new Head of Technology position.

Full job description and application details available here: oapen.org/article/vaca...
handle.invalid OAPEN Foundation @handle.invalid · Aug 11
VACANCY: OAPEN & @doabooks.bsky.social are seeking a Head of Technology to oversee the development & maintenance of our technical environments & other ICT-related tasks.

Read the full job description and find out how to apply here: oapen.org/article/vaca...

Application deadline: Friday 5 September
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September 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Excellent move! And since these journals are community-owned, they would pass the Diamond OA test of the Diamond Discovery Hub at the European Diamond Capacity Hub as long as library participation holds @eudch.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 6
We're excited to announce our plan to make the Royal Society journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model. This change supports global access to research without shifting costs to authors and relies on continued library participation. Find out more: buff.ly/18m5g6z
Royal Society sets out plan to move journals to full open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open | Royal Society
The Royal Society has agreed plans that would make its journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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📢Job Alert
White Rose Libraries is looking for an Admin Assistant to support collaborative work across the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York.

This role is perfect for someone with strong organisational skills who enjoys coordinating activity in a dynamic, cross-institutional environment.
June 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social.

Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...
New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched! - University of London Press
We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and avail...
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June 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The latest from #UKSGInsights - "Open infrastructures in conflict zones: a case study of @doaj.bsky.social and Ukrainian journals" (Authors: @ozimba.bsky.social, @katrinesundsbo.bsky.social, Natalia Laiuzhna and Iemima Ploscaru) dub.sh/rVBTHTI
This case study explores the role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in increasing the visibility and accessibility of Ukrainian academic journals. Ukrainian journals face numerous challenges due to economic constraints and the ongoing war. The article presents how open infrastructures play an important role in supporting journals during conflict, invasion or major disruption, using DOAJ as a case study. It analyzes what has worked and what could have been improved in DOAJ’s approach, including its collaborative efforts with the Supporting Ukrainian Editorial Staff (SUES) project, the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) and Research4Life as initiatives to increase the visibility, transparency and impact of all digitized Ukrainian academic journals, despite the ongoing war with Russia. Recommendations are presented to increase the quality and visibility of Ukrainian journals and to guide open infrastructures in supporting journals from conflict areas.
June 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Many inspiring thoughts today at the DIAMAS final conference. Lots to do within @eudch.bsky.social and the Nordic Capacity Centre. One great output is these practical recommendations. Something that can be used when meeting stakeholders on a national and regional level zenodo.org/records/1551...
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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After 6 years it was time to get the band back together!
jeroenson.bsky.social Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · Jun 3
What do you know!

After 6 years we’ve managed to have an in-person authors reunion at the DIAMAS final conference of this @libereurope.bsky.social paper: Rebels with a Cause.

liberquarterly.eu/article/view...

Older, but not letting go on institutional diamond openaccess publishing!
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I wrote a little blogpost about #AI #bots that are like a plague of locusts on the #OAPEN #Library

#OpenAccess #books

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Funnelling locusts – further reflections on the OAPEN Library and DOAB’s response time
In my previous post on our less than optimal performance of the OAPEN Library and DOAB, I wrote about the effect of AI bots on our systems, and that it has become a common problem for many sites provi...
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May 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Last year we announced a partnership collaboration with
@ukri.org to host a collection of #OAbooks they've supported.

6 months later we're happy to share the collection is now live! 46 books and 5 chapters have been added so far, with more to come.

Browse the collection: oapen.org/funders/ukri
Launching our UKRI collection
On 6 December 2024, we announced that we entered a partnership collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to provide a set of dedicated services for its funded open access (OA) books.  Under...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Here we go again! This week I am giving a keynote at the Swedish Association of Information Specialists Conference. I will be talking about the history of collective funding models for open access publishing and introducing the new project and platform that I am working on at Knowledge Commons...
A slide for my talk at SFIS showing a picture of me and the talk title "On Collective Funding Models for Open Access"
May 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The latest from #UKSGInsights: Pierre Mounier and Johan Rooryck "Federating diamond OA in Europe and beyond: the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH)" dub.sh/hpNatCZ
This case study presents the context, governance and operations of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) launched in January 2025. The EDCH will coordinate diamond open access (OA) capacity centres in Europe and consolidate and align the diamond OA organizations that provide services and tools to diamond OA outputs in Europe. In this way, it will provide the backbone for a scholarly communication infrastructure that is owned and operated by the academic community without charges for authors and readers.
May 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Oh, and I have news - I've gone and got a new job. So pleased to be part of an amazing team at @oapenbooks.bsky.social
handle.invalid OAPEN Foundation @handle.invalid · May 20
We're delighted to introduce Graham Stone as our new Head of International Projects.

Graham will have strategic oversight of our international project engagements & represent us in partnerships with other open infrastructures & relevant stakeholders.

Welcome to the team @graham-stone.bsky.social!
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May 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Back on the socials after a long break - did I miss anything?
May 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM