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Research & Open Scholarship- University of Sussex @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social · May 22

Come and find out more about the University of Sussex's Open Scholarship Community! Meet practising colleagues and share insights and experiences in a friendly environment. Hosted by the library June 17th 10-11.30am. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-schol...

Open Scholarship Community Showcase

Interested in open research? Meet members of the university’s Open Scholarship Community, discover support and share experiences.

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Research & Open Scholarship- University of Sussex @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social · May 22

Interested in the relationship between Open Research and Intellectual Property? Join us online June 10th 10-11.30am for a discussion about OR and IP, the existing tensions between them, and to explore potential areas of compatibility. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

Openness and intellectual property: finding balance

Openness and intellectual property: finding balance between sharing and protecting ideas. Join us for a discussion.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · May 21

📢 OBC is hiring! We are looking to recruit a new Metadata Management Associate. They will work with the OBC team & our #OpenAccess publishers to builder richer metadata records to support our library outreach. The position is fully remote and flexible openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/job-meta...

Job: Metadata Management Associate at Open Book Collective

An opportunity to become involved with a new organisation at the cutting edge of the Diamond Open Access movement, supporting the creation and improvement of the metadata from OBC publisher members

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Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · May 19

Come and join our team as Production Manager at @uolpress.bsky.social! 📚

The role would particularly suit someone with production experience in academic publishing, interested in #OpenAccess books and the #humanities. More info on the job and how to apply below ⬇️

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · May 19

🚨 * VACANCY! *
We're currently recruiting a new Production Manager to join our small and friendly team. More info below: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

⏰ Deadline: Mon 9th June

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#PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing
@oipassoc.bsky.social

Production Manager:London Senate House - Hybrid

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Sam Nesbit @samnesbit.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣 Job alert! A wonderful opportunity to further the aims of @sussexlibrary.bsky.social in Diamond OA publishing 📚 working with the wonderful @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social team. Details here: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/a65cf6ee... 📣

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · Apr 7

We were very excited to launch our new #OpenAccess series last week, #DigitalCulturalHeritage! This series is a forum for exploring the past, present and future of digital cultural heritage, both #digitised and #born-digital.

More information about the series: uolpress.co.uk/2025/04/call...

Call for proposals: Digital Cultural Heritage book series - University of London Press

New Open Access series announcement Today, at the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference at Senate House, we announced details of a new book series, Digital Cultural Heritage. This s...

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · Apr 1

Wonderful to celebrate the launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social at @uksg.bsky.social!

Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.

Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Feb 21

An Opinion piece in response to the latest Clarivate announcement from @siobhanh.bsky.social (normally members only) - dub.sh/f9uF75E

OPINION: A librarian's summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement - UKSG

Siobhan Haimé takes a look at detail the Clarivate announcement and its practical (and possibly unintentional transformational) effects.

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University of Sussex Library @sussexlibrary.bsky.social · Feb 14

The new Sussex Awards are open for nominations!

Nominating isn’t just about highlighting achievements – it’s a great way to recognise and congratulate staff, students and researchers for the positive impact they are making at Sussex.

Find out more: staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...

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Sussex Awards: four fantastic reasons to nominate your colleagues

The awards are open for nominations until 16 March - read some thoughts from previous winners...

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Sam Nesbit @samnesbit.bsky.social · Feb 12

Sage advice from a wonderful set of colleagues here 👍

UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Feb 11

The latest from #UKSGInsights: Tom Grady, @Copim.bsky.social, Elaine Sykes, Lancaster University and Martin Eve @eve.gd, Birkbeck "How can we achieve sustainable funding for OA books?" dub.sh/CvprmVS

How can we achieve sustainable funding for open access books? | Insights

Insights: the UKSG journal (2048-7754) aims to support UKSG's mission to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication, specifically to:Provide a for...

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