ScholarLed
@scholarled.bsky.social
Scholar-led Open Access Books
consortium members: African Minds, @matteringpress.bsky.social, MayFly Books, @mediastudiespress.bsky.social, meson press, @openbookpublish.bsky.social, punctum books
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consortium members: African Minds, @matteringpress.bsky.social, MayFly Books, @mediastudiespress.bsky.social, meson press, @openbookpublish.bsky.social, punctum books
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Collective funding for Diamond #OpenAccess books in action! Libraries who support the OBC @openbookcollective.bsky.social made the Collective Development Fund possible, which awards micro-grants to smaller OA operations to start up or improve their technical & other capacities.
VIVE la Diamond OA!
VIVE la Diamond OA!
The Open Book Collective is delighted to share a new update from our Collective Development Fund awardees at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/second-u...
Update on OBC's Second Collective Development Fund Award: Enhancing Open Access Book Publishing at Chinhoyi University of Technology Library
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Collective funding for Diamond #OpenAccess books in action! Libraries who support the OBC @openbookcollective.bsky.social made the Collective Development Fund possible, which awards micro-grants to smaller OA operations to start up or improve their technical & other capacities.
VIVE la Diamond OA!
VIVE la Diamond OA!
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Delighted to announce the seventh lecture in the Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access series! 🎙️ Samuel Moore on 📷 Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons 📷
November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Delighted to announce the seventh lecture in the Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access series! 🎙️ Samuel Moore on 📷 Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons 📷
November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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📣 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
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#CopimConference
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
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#CopimConference
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 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
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#CopimConference
Get your ticket now! 🎟️
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London and online
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#CopimConference
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RECORDING: the recording of our recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share:
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors
YouTube video by Open Access Books Network
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
RECORDING: the recording of our recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share:
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
SALON: At the next ScholarLed Salon we will discuss marketing and outreach. Anyone interested in scholar-led publishing is welcome to join us!
📆 Wednesday 8 October
⏰ 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT
The details will be sent via our mailing list -- sign up here: scholarled.org/salon.html
📆 Wednesday 8 October
⏰ 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT
The details will be sent via our mailing list -- sign up here: scholarled.org/salon.html
ScholarLed - Open Access Presses
ScholarLed is a consortium of scholar-led, not-for-profit, open access book publishers that was formed in 2018. We are seeking to develop powerful, practical ways for small-scale, scholar-led Open Acc...
scholarled.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
SALON: At the next ScholarLed Salon we will discuss marketing and outreach. Anyone interested in scholar-led publishing is welcome to join us!
📆 Wednesday 8 October
⏰ 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT
The details will be sent via our mailing list -- sign up here: scholarled.org/salon.html
📆 Wednesday 8 October
⏰ 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT
The details will be sent via our mailing list -- sign up here: scholarled.org/salon.html
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To me, it risks obscuring/drawing attention away from the successes community-led initiatives are having in building new ways of doing and thinking scholarly publishing - many of which are functionally autonomous from the long established university system
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Do you want to learn more about what it’s like to publish an #OA book?
Join this FREE online event which brings together researchers funded by @erc.europa.eu to talk about their experiences
#OpenAccess #Monographs #Publishing
Join this FREE online event which brings together researchers funded by @erc.europa.eu to talk about their experiences
#OpenAccess #Monographs #Publishing
EVENT: Join us at our next free webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors'
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Do you want to learn more about what it’s like to publish an #OA book?
Join this FREE online event which brings together researchers funded by @erc.europa.eu to talk about their experiences
#OpenAccess #Monographs #Publishing
Join this FREE online event which brings together researchers funded by @erc.europa.eu to talk about their experiences
#OpenAccess #Monographs #Publishing
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GLUE Artist Book Fair & Creative Programme – New at the ICA! 13–14 September 2025 | 12–7 pm (exhibitions until 9 pm)
A weekend-long celebration of independent and DIY publishing with over 70 publishers showcasing emergent artist books, zines, and hybrid editions.
ica.art/talks/glue-i...
A weekend-long celebration of independent and DIY publishing with over 70 publishers showcasing emergent artist books, zines, and hybrid editions.
ica.art/talks/glue-i...
ICA | GLUE: Book Fair and Creative Programme
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
GLUE Artist Book Fair & Creative Programme – New at the ICA! 13–14 September 2025 | 12–7 pm (exhibitions until 9 pm)
A weekend-long celebration of independent and DIY publishing with over 70 publishers showcasing emergent artist books, zines, and hybrid editions.
ica.art/talks/glue-i...
A weekend-long celebration of independent and DIY publishing with over 70 publishers showcasing emergent artist books, zines, and hybrid editions.
ica.art/talks/glue-i...
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Join us for pt. 3 of a seminar series on Experimental Publishing in Practice: Collaborative & Digital Tools. Organised by @copim.bsky.social's Experimental Publishing Group, the Post-Publishing research strand, HD LAB @ IIBICRIT-CONICET, Paideia Editorial & Thoth. Sept 10, 2pm BST 👉 smplu.link/j0soK
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Join us for pt. 3 of a seminar series on Experimental Publishing in Practice: Collaborative & Digital Tools. Organised by @copim.bsky.social's Experimental Publishing Group, the Post-Publishing research strand, HD LAB @ IIBICRIT-CONICET, Paideia Editorial & Thoth. Sept 10, 2pm BST 👉 smplu.link/j0soK
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The best of art manifests an ordinary devotion to experiences that become extraordinary given enough care & attention. ~Paul Chan
OUT NOW #OpenAccess: Lizzie Olesker & @lynnesachs.bsky.social's HAND BOOK: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry
tinyurl.com/um49y59n
#laundry
OUT NOW #OpenAccess: Lizzie Olesker & @lynnesachs.bsky.social's HAND BOOK: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry
tinyurl.com/um49y59n
#laundry
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The best of art manifests an ordinary devotion to experiences that become extraordinary given enough care & attention. ~Paul Chan
OUT NOW #OpenAccess: Lizzie Olesker & @lynnesachs.bsky.social's HAND BOOK: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry
tinyurl.com/um49y59n
#laundry
OUT NOW #OpenAccess: Lizzie Olesker & @lynnesachs.bsky.social's HAND BOOK: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry
tinyurl.com/um49y59n
#laundry
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NEW on #CopimCompass 🧭
The Open Accessibility Book is a practical guide for small diamond #OA publishers to improve #Accessibility in #Publishing 💡
✅ Accessibility knowledge base
✅ Planning models
✅ 6 chapters on principles, law, standards, strategy
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
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The Open Accessibility Book is a practical guide for small diamond #OA publishers to improve #Accessibility in #Publishing 💡
✅ Accessibility knowledge base
✅ Planning models
✅ 6 chapters on principles, law, standards, strategy
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
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09. Open Accessibility | Compass
This book contains a knowledge base, guidance and planning models that will support small diamond op...
compass.copim.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
NEW on #CopimCompass 🧭
The Open Accessibility Book is a practical guide for small diamond #OA publishers to improve #Accessibility in #Publishing 💡
✅ Accessibility knowledge base
✅ Planning models
✅ 6 chapters on principles, law, standards, strategy
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
1/3
The Open Accessibility Book is a practical guide for small diamond #OA publishers to improve #Accessibility in #Publishing 💡
✅ Accessibility knowledge base
✅ Planning models
✅ 6 chapters on principles, law, standards, strategy
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-ope...
1/3
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NEW ARTICLE: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?'
Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here:
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...
Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here:
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...
July 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
NEW ARTICLE: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?'
Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here:
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...
Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here:
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...
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"... a timely and powerful collection of Jewish dissent against Zionism and the impact of Israeli statehood on the indigenous Palestinian population ... traces a moral and intellectual tradition of resistance from within the global Jewish community."
OUT NOW: 'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By' bridges history, politics, theology, and conflict studies to present a powerful narrative of Jewish dissent against Zionism. This is an anti-war, anti-prejudice book for anyone seeking clarity amid polarization. buff.ly/89UqG9L
July 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"... a timely and powerful collection of Jewish dissent against Zionism and the impact of Israeli statehood on the indigenous Palestinian population ... traces a moral and intellectual tradition of resistance from within the global Jewish community."
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The recording of the @copim.bsky.social and @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social webinar 'Copim and acquisitions librarians present… Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' is now available: nag.org.uk/materials/re...
Copim and acquisitions librarians present… Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times – National Acquisitions Group
nag.org.uk
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The recording of the @copim.bsky.social and @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social webinar 'Copim and acquisitions librarians present… Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' is now available: nag.org.uk/materials/re...
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our little book is officially launched, freely downloadable in glorious open access at meson press: meson.press/books/childr...
June 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
our little book is officially launched, freely downloadable in glorious open access at meson press: meson.press/books/childr...
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Choosing open access for books: An author journey
25th June 2025 13:00-14:00 online.
Dr. Judith Fathallah (Lancaster University, Coventry University) is the Research Lead for the Open Book Collective.
From traditional publishing to choosing a scholar-led OA press.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ad8...
25th June 2025 13:00-14:00 online.
Dr. Judith Fathallah (Lancaster University, Coventry University) is the Research Lead for the Open Book Collective.
From traditional publishing to choosing a scholar-led OA press.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ad8...
Choosing open access for books: An author journey
This event describes the author’s journey from traditional academic publishing to choosing a new, scholar-led OA press for books. It addresses some of the common questions, roadblocks and concerns aca...
talks.ox.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Choosing open access for books: An author journey
25th June 2025 13:00-14:00 online.
Dr. Judith Fathallah (Lancaster University, Coventry University) is the Research Lead for the Open Book Collective.
From traditional publishing to choosing a scholar-led OA press.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ad8...
25th June 2025 13:00-14:00 online.
Dr. Judith Fathallah (Lancaster University, Coventry University) is the Research Lead for the Open Book Collective.
From traditional publishing to choosing a scholar-led OA press.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ad8...
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We're delighted that our author, Michael Hughes, is shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography prize for his book, 'Feliks Volkhovskii: A Revolutionary Life'
Huge congratulations to Michael & to the other nominees!
Read Michael's book #OpenAccess: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Huge congratulations to Michael & to the other nominees!
Read Michael's book #OpenAccess: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
May 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're delighted that our author, Michael Hughes, is shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography prize for his book, 'Feliks Volkhovskii: A Revolutionary Life'
Huge congratulations to Michael & to the other nominees!
Read Michael's book #OpenAccess: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Huge congratulations to Michael & to the other nominees!
Read Michael's book #OpenAccess: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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PUBLISHED #OpenAccess!
@michaelbeltran.bsky.social's THE SINGING DETAINEE shares lesser-known tales about two of the most well-known revolutionary exiles, Jose Maria Sison & Julie de Lima & about a community & history behind their ordeal, weaving it into the Filipino diaspora.
tinyurl.com/54envkw7
@michaelbeltran.bsky.social's THE SINGING DETAINEE shares lesser-known tales about two of the most well-known revolutionary exiles, Jose Maria Sison & Julie de Lima & about a community & history behind their ordeal, weaving it into the Filipino diaspora.
tinyurl.com/54envkw7
May 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
PUBLISHED #OpenAccess!
@michaelbeltran.bsky.social's THE SINGING DETAINEE shares lesser-known tales about two of the most well-known revolutionary exiles, Jose Maria Sison & Julie de Lima & about a community & history behind their ordeal, weaving it into the Filipino diaspora.
tinyurl.com/54envkw7
@michaelbeltran.bsky.social's THE SINGING DETAINEE shares lesser-known tales about two of the most well-known revolutionary exiles, Jose Maria Sison & Julie de Lima & about a community & history behind their ordeal, weaving it into the Filipino diaspora.
tinyurl.com/54envkw7
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Consider submitting a book proposal to mediastudies.press, in our annual proposal window (June 1 to July 31). We are a nonprofit, no-fee, scholarled publisher supported by libraries https://www.mediastudies.press/proposals
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Consider submitting a book proposal to mediastudies.press, in our annual proposal window (June 1 to July 31). We are a nonprofit, no-fee, scholarled publisher supported by libraries https://www.mediastudies.press/proposals
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Join our Experimental Publishing Group online to explore Markdown writing & publishing workflows for experimental digital monographs
Hear more about @simonxix.com experience with Markdown publishing using Juncture
📆 23 May
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CEST
Find out more & register 👉
Hear more about @simonxix.com experience with Markdown publishing using Juncture
📆 23 May
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CEST
Find out more & register 👉
Markdown, dive deep
23 May 2025, 15:00-16:30 CEST: A hybrid online session exploring Markdown writing & publishing for deep mapping
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May 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Join our Experimental Publishing Group online to explore Markdown writing & publishing workflows for experimental digital monographs
Hear more about @simonxix.com experience with Markdown publishing using Juncture
📆 23 May
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CEST
Find out more & register 👉
Hear more about @simonxix.com experience with Markdown publishing using Juncture
📆 23 May
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CEST
Find out more & register 👉
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🧵 It's #TeacherAppreciationWeek & we're highlighting Radical #Pedagogy titles from our #OpenAccess catalog.
J. Cohen & A. Dalke's STEAL THIS CLASSROOM explores classrooms in prisons, college, high schools & playgrounds as places of danger & opportunity.
tinyurl.com/yyj59453 pic.x.com/TQXcPFy62P
J. Cohen & A. Dalke's STEAL THIS CLASSROOM explores classrooms in prisons, college, high schools & playgrounds as places of danger & opportunity.
tinyurl.com/yyj59453 pic.x.com/TQXcPFy62P
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧵 It's #TeacherAppreciationWeek & we're highlighting Radical #Pedagogy titles from our #OpenAccess catalog.
J. Cohen & A. Dalke's STEAL THIS CLASSROOM explores classrooms in prisons, college, high schools & playgrounds as places of danger & opportunity.
tinyurl.com/yyj59453 pic.x.com/TQXcPFy62P
J. Cohen & A. Dalke's STEAL THIS CLASSROOM explores classrooms in prisons, college, high schools & playgrounds as places of danger & opportunity.
tinyurl.com/yyj59453 pic.x.com/TQXcPFy62P
Any and all interested in book typesetting, please join our ninth ScholarLed Salon (next Thursday), where member presses gather for informal sharing around a rotating cast of topics—this time on typesetting. May 8, 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86585035021?pwd=l50a1
May 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Any and all interested in book typesetting, please join our ninth ScholarLed Salon (next Thursday), where member presses gather for informal sharing around a rotating cast of topics—this time on typesetting. May 8, 17:00 CEST/16:00 BST/11am EDT/8am PDT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86585035021?pwd=l50a1
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Neither an introduction nor an attempt to popularize the cultural movement, “a #decolonial manual” offers a transoceanic mosaic of thirty-three pieces guiding readers through the key struggles in current decolonial thinking and action. Coming Fall 2025.
tinyurl.com/mrnd4t33
#OpenAccess #books
tinyurl.com/mrnd4t33
#OpenAccess #books
May 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Neither an introduction nor an attempt to popularize the cultural movement, “a #decolonial manual” offers a transoceanic mosaic of thirty-three pieces guiding readers through the key struggles in current decolonial thinking and action. Coming Fall 2025.
tinyurl.com/mrnd4t33
#OpenAccess #books
tinyurl.com/mrnd4t33
#OpenAccess #books
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1/4 Hear from librarians, scholars, OA publishers, and open infrastructure providers about Open Book Collective in action: A fair and sustainable future for books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_M... @punctumbooks.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social
Open Book Collective in action: A fair and sustainable future for books
YouTube video by Open Book Collective
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
1/4 Hear from librarians, scholars, OA publishers, and open infrastructure providers about Open Book Collective in action: A fair and sustainable future for books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_M... @punctumbooks.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social
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We've published two new blog posts today, reflecting on #OpenAccess, academic freedom & censorship -- one from our team, and another from one of our authors, Ash Lierman.
Our team: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
Ash: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
#DefendResearch
Our team: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
Ash: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
#DefendResearch
Defending Academic Freedom in an Age of Censorship: Why Open Access Matters More Than Ever
We believe OA publishing is crucial, because it is an act of resistance against censorship and control. When knowledge is published OA, it can be accessed in many places with no restriction. When know...
blogs.openbookpublishers.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We've published two new blog posts today, reflecting on #OpenAccess, academic freedom & censorship -- one from our team, and another from one of our authors, Ash Lierman.
Our team: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
Ash: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
#DefendResearch
Our team: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
Ash: blogs.openbookpublishers.com/defending-ac...
#DefendResearch