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/
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.
Attending #chsconf2025 session with @lalair.bsky.social speaking about accessibility.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“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.
Attending #chsconf2025 session with @lalair.bsky.social speaking about accessibility.
“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.
“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
“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.
“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.
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
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
We shared our work at major conferences included the Charleston Conference, LIBER, and UKSG, helping grow awareness and collaboration around #OABooks.
#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...
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
#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...
Summit in Nigeria. Presenting on 'Open access books: If not now, when'. Slides at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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
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!
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
Three OBC colleagues together in person‽ It must be a @copim.bsky.social in-person meeting in London!
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
The @copim.bsky.social team are at stand D07 for all discussions on and around community-led open access books :) #bibliocon25
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
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
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 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 :)
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
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 :)
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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!
And FINALLY THURSDAY 7 PM COPIM CORNER at the Venue Rooftop Bar
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
And FINALLY THURSDAY 7 PM COPIM CORNER at the Venue Rooftop Bar
TUESDAY 10-5 PM Join us at the booth #97 🥳
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
TUESDAY 10-5 PM Join us at the booth #97 🥳