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Open Book Collective
@openbookcollective.bsky.social
A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination.

https://openbookcollective.org/
“Be proactive. Consider positioning yourself as a leader in this space. You’re not small. You can be a leader and be mighty. And don’t wait for libraries to come to you to update accessibility standards.”

Attending #chsconf2025 session with @lalair.bsky.social speaking about accessibility.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Why should publishers & librarians be thinking about accessibility in late 2025?”

“At its core it’s about equity not charity. It’s also deeply tied to academic freedom”

Attending #chsconf2025 session with @lalair.bsky.social speaking about accessibility.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Attending OBC member @oapenbooks.bsky.social’s #chsconf2025 presentation with oapen managing director Niel’s Stern joined by Eric Hellman, Tim Loyd, and Tim McGeary about AI-scraping bots and the impact on usage statistics.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The merch is going fast! Stop by booth 29 at the #chsconf2025 before 5 pm to grab a @thoth-metadata.bsky.social bag, stickers, flyers and more!
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are excited to announce that Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social has joined as our new Community Engagement Lead. Hooray! 🥳 Caroline is a committed advocate for libraries, #OpenAccess & knowledge equity, a Trustee at @wikimediauk.bsky.social, & played a key role in the #EbookSOS campaign.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For this major work, co-authored by @judithfathallah.bsky.social, @joedeville.bsky.social, Izabella Penier, and Francesca Corazza, we interviewed librarians and other stakeholders in a range of institutional contexts in Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We also welcomed five new Members—Arc Humanities Press, LSE Press, Sidestone Press, Verlag Barbara Budrich, and PKP. This brings to 17 the total number of OBC Publisher + Service Provider Members. We expect to continue to grow steadily in the next period.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our Members published over 300 new books, reaching new audiences through expanded metadata, accessibility, and distribution partnerships and supported by a deeper collaboration with @thoth-metadata.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We shared our work at major conferences included the Charleston Conference, LIBER, and UKSG, helping grow awareness and collaboration around #OABooks.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#NoOpenAccessWithoutOpenInfrastructure. OBC's @joedeville.bsky.social making the case for open, interoperable digital infrastructures for #OAbooks at the National Open Access Stakeholders
Summit in Nigeria. Presenting on 'Open access books: If not now, when'. Slides at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The @operaseu.bsky.social community is vibrant & doing important work to push #DiamondOA forward, inc. the OA Books Special Interest Group that we are part of. It's free to become an Ordinary Member, with a lightweight application process. Thanks @nielsstern.bsky.social for presenting our work!
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Three OBC colleagues together in person‽ It must be a @copim.bsky.social in-person meeting in London!
July 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
June 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The @copim.bsky.social team are at stand D07 for all discussions on and around community-led open access books :) #bibliocon25
June 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Plenty of interest in @copim.bsky.social and our various approaches to community-led open access books! (Plus the Thoth tote bags/stickers/lapel badges always catch people's attention!) #biblicon25
June 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Here we have @openingthefuture.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social y.social modelling the remarkably well adorned @copim.bsky.social community stand at D07! Come and talk to us about all things community-led, Diamond open access books #bibliocon25 :)
June 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Here we have @openingthefuture.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social modelling the remarkably well adorned @copim.bsky.social community stand at D07! Come and talk to us about all things community-led, Diamond open access books #bibliocon25 :)
June 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Stop by our booth 336 at #ACRL this week! Pick up some stickers, Thoth bags, and ask about our newest open access initiatives!
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/2 Heading towards the end of #DOAsummit2024, where we supported the #OpenMonographPublishing workshop, co-organised by @copim.bsky.social and the Association of African Universities. Fantastic conversations across two days!
December 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Further evidence of the cooperation and mutual aid of @copim.bsky.social, this time in the form of a fresh loaf of lovely bread baked by colleagues at @openingthefuture.bsky.social and currently being eaten by our OA Engagement Lead. #openaccess
November 15, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Thank you for attending our session Practical Strategies for Supporting Community-led Open Access Book Publishing at the Charleston Conference! Speakers included @EileenAJoy, Lidia Uziel @UCSBLibrary, Emily Drabinski & Jill Cirasella @CUNY! #chsconf2024
November 13, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Head to the Vendor Showcase at #ChsConf2024 and find our booths 97 @copim and 78 @oapen to learn more about Copim's work, infrastructures, & partners, including the Open Book Collective, Thoth Open Metadata, Opening the Future, & more!
November 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
And FINALLY THURSDAY 7 PM COPIM CORNER at the Venue Rooftop Bar
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
TUESDAY 10-5 PM Join us at the booth #97 🥳
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM