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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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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 21
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
Copim
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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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 8h
The @openbookcollective.bsky.social share lessons learnt from their call for applicants to the Collective Development Fund

Find out more, including:

📝 Fewer applications, but of very high quality
🤝 Community-led review process
✅ Due diligence
🪜 Next steps

Full blog 👉 buff.ly/yw010x6
OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2025 Call & Guidance
The Open Book Collective is pleased to launch the second call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. For updates on our previously funded projects, see the following:
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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 1d
Did you miss the LIS Research seminar on "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties"?

If so, never fear, the recording is now out! I'd really recommend giving it a listen.

doi.org/10.52843/cas...

#Library #openaccess #LISResearch #Librarian
A banner image for a seminar entitled "Obstacles to Open Access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustice in academic publishing" The seminar is by Nataliia Kaliuzhna and Zeynep Aydin. In the background is a faded out image of academic library bookshelves.
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1d
Great to see so many partners collaborating to progress #OAbooks publishing 🧡
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Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.bsky.social · 1d
Missed Toby's #craft_oa2025 presentation on our collaboration across #DiamondOA #OAbooks publishing infrastructures?

👇Slidedeck on how @pkp.sfu.ca, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social and Thoth Open Metadata work together

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The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books
Within the context of Open Science, book publishing has traditionally lagged behind in the adoption of open access, open data and corresponding practices. A number of not-for-profit infrastructures in...
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1d
Looking forward to working with very soon! 🧡
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · 1d
Settling in for my last day today. It's a strange feeling. The last time I moved jobs I had the Christmas break in-between finishing one and starting the other, which rather softened the transition. Tomorrow I will wake up and be (temporarily) a lady of leisure!
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 1d
Day 2 of the National OA Summit in Nigeria. Kicking off with @copim.bsky.social colleagues Mary Felix-Maina from @doabooks.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social & Vincent van Gerven Oei from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @punctumbooks.bsky.social talking about trust, metadata & discoverability for books
A smiling Mary Felix-Maina projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground Vincent van Gerven Oei projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 1d
The recording is now available 📽️

Catch up with insights from ERC-funded authors about publishing their books #OpenAccess

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVf9...
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
If you’re not joining #CRAFT_OA2025 in person, you can watch the livestream (please note only the talks from Pauliner Church are being livestreaming)
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
It's just started if you want to join the live stream!!
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 2d
The 2025 National Open Access Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria, starting today, will have plenary sessions live streamed and is open to all. Titled 'Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty', the event starts at 9am BST/10am CEST. Programme: oa-summit.bookhub.ng. Streaming at wacren.zoom.us/j/67762421550
Flyer, with a monochrome collage showing colleagues at events and speaking, alongside text reading From Pilots to Policy: Advancing a National Framework for Open Access Books in Nigeria. National Stakeholder Summit on Community-led Academic Publishing
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
You can catch Toby Steiner not once but twice!

↔️ Open Access, Open Metadata, Open Archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
➡️ The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
LOOKING AHEAD 🔮

Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social in Gottingen, Germany for the @craft-oa.bsky.social conference!

Full programme 👉 buff.ly/DOhyE5U

#infrastructure #metadata
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
Find out more about the decision-making process and how applicants to the @openbookcollective.bsky.social Collective Development Fund are assessed 👇
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 2d
The OBC shares some reflections on the assesment process for the 2025-26 round of our Collective Development Fund. Grant awardees will be announced on our blog in due course:
openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/collecti...
Collective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our Second Assessment Process
In this update, we reflect on the decision-making process in the second round of Collective Development Fund, and the lessons we learned for next time.
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 2d
Hope you enjoyed it!
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 5d
Open Book Collective and Open Monograph Press: An Interview with Joe Deville

The interview explores the origins, mission, and impact of @openbookcollective.bsky.social and its collaboration with @pkp.sfu.ca Open Monograph Press (OMP) 🤝

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 6d
Interested in experimental book publishing?

Join us for a hybrid symposium sharing insights gathered from the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book pilot project!

📆 4 October 2025
⏰ 12:30 to 18:00 BST
📍 Online and at Borough Road Gallery, London

More details 👉
Collective Infrastructures for Publishing
4 October 2025, 12:30 to 18:00 BST: A hybrid symposium sharing insights gathered from the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book pilot project. We will be discussing experimental tools, non-extractive…
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 6d
If you have any resources you think the community would benefit from accessing via #CopimCompass please send them to [email protected]
A person climbing a ship's mast with the text 'Announcing Copim Compass' in bold orange and black letters. Below, it reads 'Guiding you through the choppy waters of OA book resources.' The bottom left corner features logos for Arcadia, UKRI Research England, and compass.copim.ac.uk
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 6d
NEW RESOURCES on #CopimCompass 🧭

Hear from @universityofessex.bsky.social authors who have published their research #OA

📙 READ
📹 WATCH
🎓 LEARN

👉 buff.ly/JOnL5wz

#OpenAccess #OpenResearch

Thank to @hannahcrago.bsky.social for sharing!
University of Essex | Compass
The University of Essex website provides a dedicated Q&A on OA publication section with Essex author...
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 7d
This important national summit will bring together authors, editors, librarians, university leaders, funders & policymakers to advance a coordinated, community-led framework for #OpenAccess book publishing in Nigeria 🤝

✈️ @joedeville.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @punctumbooks.bsky.social
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 7d
1/ Open Book Collective is proud to be supporting next week's conference in Abuja on 'Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty: Nigeria’s National Summit on Open Access Book Publishing', with OBC's @joedeville.bsky.social speaking alongside a number of @copim.bsky.social colleagues
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Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty — OAConference 2025
Nigeria’s National Open Access Stakeholders Conference — Oct 6–7, 2025 at NOUN, Abuja.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 7d
We’re thrilled to unveil OAPEN’s refreshed visual identity – including a new logo – that better reflects who we’ve become, what we stand for, and where we’re headed.

Read more about it in the announcement: oapen.org/article/intr...
New OAPEN logo showing exclusion space. The logo is a minimalistic stylised rendition of OAPEN with green stars next to it.
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 7d
[VIDEO] Open Book Collective in action!

Hear from @openbookcollective.bsky.social members and partners about why we need a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books ⚖️

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Open Book Collective in action: hear from our community
Hear from the Open Book Collective's members and partners about why we need a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books. The Open Book Collective is dedicated to advocating for the…
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 8d
The @openbookcollective.bsky.social has welcomed several new supporting members this month!

Find out more on the #OBC webpages 👇

🔗 buff.ly/drcUzu4

Thanks to support from our library members, the OBC is able to support a fairer and more bibliodiverse landscape for #OpenAccess publishers ⚖️
News
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 9d
Toby from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social will be at the @craft-oa.bsky.social conference next week

#Metadata #MetadataMatters #OpenInfrastructure #OABooks
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CRAFT-OA project, aiming for Diamond Open Access @craft-oa.bsky.social · 9d
Finishing up preparations for the #CRAFT-OA2025 conference at @uni-goettingen.de. ✅All materials delivered and moved to the correct rooms ✅participant bags filled ✅posters and banners ready to hang. #CRAFT-OA & @eudch.bsky.social are looking forward to engaging the #DiamondOA community in Germany!
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 9d
It's less than one month until our free online Symposium - see you there?

Celebrating #OAWeek2025, join us for engaging talks, networking, and the chance to share your thoughts

📆 Tuesday 21st October 2025
🕐 13:30-16:00 BST
❓Online via Zoom
🪙 Free

Register: oipauk.org/news-events-...
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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 9d
The wait is almost over!
The 4th Annual Forum for Open Research in MENA is only 22 days away🎉
Panels, workshops, & global voices united to advance #OpenScience. Don't miss it!

🔗Register today: shorturl.at/4uJgV
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 9d
EVENT Join our Experimental Publishing Group for a hybrid symposium sharing insights gathered from the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book pilot project!

📆 4 October 2025
⏰ 12:30 to 18:00 BST
📍 Online and at Borough Road Gallery, London

More details 👉
Collective Infrastructures for Publishing
4 October 2025, 12:30 to 18:00 BST: A hybrid symposium sharing insights gathered from the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book pilot project. We will be discussing experimental tools, non-extractive…
buff.ly
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 9d
Last chance to register for tomorrow's event from the @operaseu.bsky.social @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social

Hear from authors who have published #OAbooks and edited #OpenAccess book series 👇
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Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 4
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
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