Lucy Barnes
@alittleroad.bsky.social
Open Book Publishers • ScholarLed • Copim • Open Access Books Network • All things open access books • Also on Mastodon (@[email protected]) & LinkedIn (lucy-barnes-01670473) • She/her
How to tell the people who work for you, "we don't care about you or what you do" in one easy step #efficiency
In some recent sTResSfUl documents we received from senior management, the name of our research centre was continually spelled wrong. It feels bad that the people with power over our livelihoods have no sense of attention to detail.
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
How to tell the people who work for you, "we don't care about you or what you do" in one easy step #efficiency
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"The news comes shortly after OUP acquired Karger Publishers, a medical press based in Basel"
ICYMI: The Oxford University Press has begun a collective consultation process, which The Bookseller understands, if approved, would result in 113 redundancies 👇 #BookSky
Oxford University Press enters collective consultation 'proposing 113 redundancies'
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November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The news comes shortly after OUP acquired Karger Publishers, a medical press based in Basel"
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In case you missed it during our flurry of activity during #OAWeek, resharing this new resource we developed with @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social resulting from our joint webinar on managing third-party permissions for OA books.
Link to the webinar recording and some FAQs for researchers below ⬇️
Link to the webinar recording and some FAQs for researchers below ⬇️
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In case you missed it during our flurry of activity during #OAWeek, resharing this new resource we developed with @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social resulting from our joint webinar on managing third-party permissions for OA books.
Link to the webinar recording and some FAQs for researchers below ⬇️
Link to the webinar recording and some FAQs for researchers below ⬇️
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
Bartleby the Scrivener logging on for another day of bullshit
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
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May I introduce @openbookpublish.bsky.social
My kingdom for a publisher that allows you to download an entire book as one file rather than individual chapter pdfs
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
May I introduce @openbookpublish.bsky.social
May I introduce @openbookpublish.bsky.social
My kingdom for a publisher that allows you to download an entire book as one file rather than individual chapter pdfs
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
May I introduce @openbookpublish.bsky.social
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This year, the team are focussing on:
✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
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✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
2/2
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This year, the team are focussing on:
✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
2/2
✅ National Libraries legal deposit workflows for #OA monographs
✅ Archiving & preservation of PhD Theses at UK unis libraries/repositories
✅ Challenge of link rot & the proposal to change to a PDF/A standard
✅ Developing Open Archiving principles
2/2
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Can confirm — Livy and @openbookcollective.bsky.social have some great swag! Head to booth 29 to learn about “the most gorgeous metadata management system” and pick up a tote bag #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can confirm — Livy and @openbookcollective.bsky.social have some great swag! Head to booth 29 to learn about “the most gorgeous metadata management system” and pick up a tote bag #chsconf2025 #charleston2025
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[WEBINAR] Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access
Hosted by Copim @sparc-eu.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
Hosted by Copim @sparc-eu.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
"Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access" (11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]) - Copim
Please register to attend the online webinar via this Zoom link. We will be recording the event, and will circulate speaker presentations & slides after the w…
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November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
[WEBINAR] Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access
Hosted by Copim @sparc-eu.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
Hosted by Copim @sparc-eu.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
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So it's about viewing public libraries not just as community hubs or amenities, but as part of our public knowledge infrastructure - and extending the original public library mission of making printed knowledge and learning available to everyone, to digital knowledge as well.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So it's about viewing public libraries not just as community hubs or amenities, but as part of our public knowledge infrastructure - and extending the original public library mission of making printed knowledge and learning available to everyone, to digital knowledge as well.
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Basically - there's a policy gap! Research policy embraces open access, via REF, funder mandates etc, but library & cultural policy rarely even mentions it - so publicly funded research is increasingly 'out there', but the public isn't supported to learn about its existence or how to access it.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Basically - there's a policy gap! Research policy embraces open access, via REF, funder mandates etc, but library & cultural policy rarely even mentions it - so publicly funded research is increasingly 'out there', but the public isn't supported to learn about its existence or how to access it.
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Anyone interesting in the future of OA books, come and attend our conference next year, join the conversation!
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Anyone interesting in the future of OA books, come and attend our conference next year, join the conversation!
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
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[BLOG] Continuing last week's #OAWeek theme @alittleroad.bsky.social has written about #OA licences for books 📚
❓Who owns open knowledge?
❓What are the implications of different types of open licence?
❓Who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences?
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❓Who owns open knowledge?
❓What are the implications of different types of open licence?
❓Who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences?
🔗
Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access
When a more restrictive open access licence is applied to a book, who gets to make decisions about usage that falls outside the open licence?
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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
[BLOG] Continuing last week's #OAWeek theme @alittleroad.bsky.social has written about #OA licences for books 📚
❓Who owns open knowledge?
❓What are the implications of different types of open licence?
❓Who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences?
🔗
❓Who owns open knowledge?
❓What are the implications of different types of open licence?
❓Who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences?
🔗
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
I wrote a post about open access licences for books, and who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND) 👇
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
buff.ly/7radka2
buff.ly/7radka2
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I wrote a post about open access licences for books, and who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND) 👇
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
Hello Bluesky! We're Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS), a library-based Diamond Open Access publisher. To celebrate International Open Access Week, we're launching our first social media account to tell you a little bit about us and spotlight some of our books.
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org
International Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...
www.openaccessweek.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hello Bluesky! We're Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS), a library-based Diamond Open Access publisher. To celebrate International Open Access Week, we're launching our first social media account to tell you a little bit about us and spotlight some of our books.
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org
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Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal > Read the OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library:
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal’
The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the …
www.openlibhums.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice'
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Making Open Access Book publishing ‘Normal’
The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the...
www.openlibhums.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice'
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
www.openlibhums.org/news/861/
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
This is a great resource for researchers!
#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is a great resource for researchers!
#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆
Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆
Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
1/5
Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity
👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM
1/5
I wrote a post about open access licences for books, and who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND) 👇
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
buff.ly/7radka2
buff.ly/7radka2
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I wrote a post about open access licences for books, and who makes decisions about reuse in the case of more restrictive licences (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND) 👇
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OAWeek
Reposted by Lucy Barnes
New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
buff.ly/7radka2
buff.ly/7radka2
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New Blog Post: 'Who owns open knowledge? The two types of licence to consider when making books open access'. For OA Week, our senior editor Lucy Barnes writes about an issue of increasing concern to libraries: the implications of different types of open licence.
buff.ly/7radka2
buff.ly/7radka2
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TOMORROW! 📆
Join @theblochian.bsky.social for Open Access Australasia’s #OAWeek 2025 celebrations!
👉 buff.ly/B40j30m
And then @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #OpenEngaged conference!
👉 buff.ly/DAiC0dn
4/4
Join @theblochian.bsky.social for Open Access Australasia’s #OAWeek 2025 celebrations!
👉 buff.ly/B40j30m
And then @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #OpenEngaged conference!
👉 buff.ly/DAiC0dn
4/4
Open Access Week | Open Access Australasia
oaaustralasia.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
TOMORROW! 📆
Join @theblochian.bsky.social for Open Access Australasia’s #OAWeek 2025 celebrations!
👉 buff.ly/B40j30m
And then @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #OpenEngaged conference!
👉 buff.ly/DAiC0dn
4/4
Join @theblochian.bsky.social for Open Access Australasia’s #OAWeek 2025 celebrations!
👉 buff.ly/B40j30m
And then @rupertgatti.bsky.social will be part of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #OpenEngaged conference!
👉 buff.ly/DAiC0dn
4/4