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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing.

Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
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Hello Bluesky! 👋

We're Copim, an international community of people building non-profit, community-owned & community-governed infrastructure to support equitable open access book publishing:

🌐 www.copim.ac.uk
📝 copim.pubpub.org

Follow us for all things #OAbooks #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure
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Copim is an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers. It is building community-owned, open systems and infrastructur...
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We’ve updated our ‘Training Hub’ on our @uolpress.bsky.social website - please share!

All docs and videos featured from training sessions are now accessible and easier to find, with extra resources added to help students, researchers and anyone keen to find out more about academic publishing…
We've updated our training hub! You can now find it in our website's main menu, & all of the documents have been updated to improve their accessibility.

We've added resources & rearranged the pages to make it easier to find the (free!) #publishing #training you want:

uolpress.co.uk/training-hub...
Training Hub - University of London Press
Our support through the School of Advanced Study (SAS) and its special funding from Research England means that we have a unique responsibility to support humanities researchers to understand the chan...
uolpress.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Thanks to the open scholarship team at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for inviting @copim.bsky.social to discuss the archiving and preservation of #OAbooks - we took the perspectives of a publisher, an author, and a repository manager.
The recording is now available: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/OAMonographs
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January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Together with @joedeville.bsky.social I will be giving the opening keynote at the @copim.bsky.social Conference 2026: What Next for Community-led Open Access Book Publishing?(26-27 February). Would be lovely to see you there, either in person or virtually: copim.pub/join-us-for-... #CopimConference
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The slide is an optional lunchtime (pre food?) activity for those with a head for heights 🛝
Just signed up for the #CopimConference in person. Looking forward to a double win as it will be my first visit to the @lborouniversity.bsky.social London Campus, although I did once visit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to do this arcelormittalorbit.com/whats-on/the...
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Great news from the Thoth team ⬇️

See Thoth 1.0 in action at the #CopimConference

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-next-...
📢 Announcing a Major Update to the Thoth Platform 📢
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of Thoth 1.0, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of its open metadata infrastructure for #OA book publishing 🎆🎆🎆

Read more in our latest blog post: thoth.pub/blog/10.7095...
Announcing a Major Update to the Thoth Platform
Thoth Open Metadata is pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of Thoth 1.0, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of its open metadata infrastructure for open access book publishing.
thoth.pub
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Had you spotted that we have a new website?! 🔍

✅ Bookmark & explore the new site copim.pub
✅ Catch up on the journey to this point buff.ly/5lyZxcn

Take a look around, discover our projects, events, and new content & let us know your thoughts in the comments ✍️
Homepage - Copim
Welcome to Copim’s documentation site. Here we post updates on our research, events, projects and initiatives. To find all Copim posts published before 31 Aug…
copim.pub
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A reminder about the @openbookcollective.bsky.social Collective Development Fund which is open to new applications until 7 March 2026 👇

#CDF #OBC #OABooks
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@uksg.bsky.social @rluk.ac.uk @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social @m25consortium.bsky.social please could you re-share this opportunity with your members?
Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?

Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP

#OAbooks
Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim
Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…
copim.pub
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?

Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP

#OAbooks
Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim
Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…
copim.pub
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Introducing … Copim’s brand new documentation site!

Our two-part blog discusses:

🎨 Design and development
🤝 Open solutions for hosting and publishing collaboratively
💭 Priorities & compromises
🪶 Migration of & LT access to content

1️⃣ buff.ly/5lyZxcn
2️⃣ buff.ly/BEz7W5b
Introducing ... Copim’s brand new documentation site! - Copim
In August 2024, Copim published a blog post articulating our concerns about news that Knowledge Futures (KF) was planning to sunset its existing PubPub site (…
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January 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
📢 We want to find out more about the training needs for long-term e-thesis preservation

YOUR professional experience is essential to understanding current institutional practices, challenges & opportunities

👉 Take our short survey by 16 Jan buff.ly/Zf4mlLH

@dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy
Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash
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January 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Help wanted from @openbookcollective.bsky.social 🙏

Please complete their (very) short and feel a warm glow of satisfaction 🌟

lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
[MILESTONE] Over 100 people have now registered to attend the #CopimConference in person

Only 75 in person tickets left (with less than 50 online tickets left!) 🎫

Get yours today 👉 buff.ly/hpWCA6L

📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | LONDON
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Take part in an experiment in collective review & join our Experimental Publishing Group for an online peer review party on 29 Jan 2026!! 🥳

Together, you'll review Deep Maps: Blue Humanities alongside author @scrivenersmith.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy

Find out more 👉
Deep Maps: Blue Humanities — Online Peer Review Party - Copim
Join the Experimental Publishing Group for an online peer review party for Deep Maps: Blue Humanities, an experimental publishing project by James Smith, deve…
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January 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
[WEBINAR] We're joining @bodleian.ox.ac.uk TOMORROW to talk about the challenges & solutions for preserving #OA monographs & #Theses

✍️ Bodleian Open Scholarship series
📆 13 Jan 2026
⏰ 2 PM GMT

Book your place now 🔗 buff.ly/nnrT0fk

#OpenAccess #DigitalPreservation #Archiving
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January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🚀 We’re excited to announce the launch of our brand-new Wordpress website!

✅ Explore the new site copim.pub
✅ Catch up on the journey buff.ly/5lyZxcn

Take a look around, discover our projects, events, and new content & let us know your thoughts in the comments ✍️
Homepage - Copim
Welcome to Copim’s documentation site. Here we post updates on our research, events, projects and initiatives. To find all Copim posts published before 31 Aug…
copim.pub
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Yes to attending #UKSG26 🤚

Maybe to karaoke #WhatHaveILetMyselfInFor 🎤

Maybe we'll have to see what #CopimCorner leads us to ....
I *may* be heading to UKSG. Is anyone else heading this year?
January 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
For a bit of #FridayFun let's take a look a closer look to see who is coming to #CopimConference next month!

Excluding the UK we have delegates from 35 other countries!! 🌐

Over 70% of the tickets are GONE! 🎫

So what are you waiting for? Get your ticket NOW! ⏳

🔗 buff.ly/fs4Yq9B
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Time is running out to register for #CopimConference

Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping
the future of equitable, community-driven #OA book publishing

📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/hpWCA6L
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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The Collective Development Fund 2026 Call is open for applications!

This is a great opportunity to recieve grant funding for work that supports #OAbooks.

Key dates:
📅7 February: optional scope check deadline
📅7 March: call closes

More information 👉 obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
💡 Got an idea that can make a difference? This is YOUR chance to secure funding and help shape the future of #OA books!

Full details & guidance on @openbookcollective.bsky.social website

🔗 buff.ly/N8dqhJE

#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #FundingOpportunity #OBC #CDF26

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Collective Development Fund - Open Book Collective
The Collective Development Fund provides small grants to strengthen the global open access book publishing ecosystem. It supports capacity-building projects h…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese
obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2026 Call & Guidance - Open Book Collective
The Open Book Collective is pleased to launch the third call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. This document outlines the det…
obc.copim.pub
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
[WEBINAR] We're joining @bodleian.ox.ac.uk to talk about the challenges & solutions for preserving #OA monographs & #Theses

✍️ Bodleian Open Scholarship series
📆 13 Jan 2026
⏰ 2 PM GMT
🔗 buff.ly/nnrT0fk

#OpenAccess #DigitalPreservation #Archiving
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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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🎄 Day 12 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the twelfth day of Christmas the OLH gave to us twelve sleepy humans, who are back at work doing it all again.
Meet our team:
Our team - Open Library of Humanities
We are based at Birkbeck, University of London, but make up a geographically distributed network of expert bookworms, specialist software developers, and typography enthusiasts.
www.openlibhums.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM