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Rob Johnson @rschrobuk.bsky.social · 3h

Great to to see @openbookcollective.bsky.social’s annual report referencing our recent work for them on financial sustainability

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

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to share our 2024–2025 Annual Report: A Year of Important Progress. We’ve made big strides toward sustainability, expanded our collective + strengthened global partnerships for OA books. Read the full report: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-boo...

Open Book Collective 2024-2025 annual report: A year of important progress

The team provide an overview of the Open Book Collective's work, as well as the work of its Publisher and Publishing Service Provider Members

openbookcollective.pubpub.org

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Research Consulting @researchconsulting.bsky.social · 3h

Working with EMBL-EBI, we explored the challenges scientists face in accessing and contributing to global biodata infrastructure.

Read the final report here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 22h

It was great to partner with @ebi.embl.org to explore the usage of biodata and bioinformatics resources across the world.

Thanks to ThankGod Ebenezer and Matthew Thakur for the guidance and insight along the way!

EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 1d

🌍 How can we build equitable global biodata partnerships?

A new report explores how researchers in low-resource settings use open biodata & what gets in the way.

Global Engagement Manager for EMBL-EBI Data Services ThankGod Ebenezer shares the report insights.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 3d

I'm looking forward to discussing research impact with @wherearethebooks.bsky.social at @forumforopen.bsky.social later this month. Register below to join our workshop!

FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 3d

How can universities show their true impact on society?🌐

On the final day of the 4th Annual Forum, join @wherearethebooks.bsky.social & @drachiarelli.bsky.social for a hands-on session exploring how to build a research culture focused on real-world impact

🔗Register: shorturl.at/kBST5
#OpenScience

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OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social · 7d

Read reflections on #OASPA2025 by @drachiarelli.bsky.social in Italian and with an English translation.
Multilingualism is just one of the many important considerations raised at the conference. Do share your own reflections #inyourownwords

www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 11d

Unlike puzzles with a single correct answer, games highlight the interdependence of decisions. By exploring interactions as games, we can see why people sometimes act against their own long-term interest and why groups can fall into traps.

open.substack.com/pub/andreach...

7 Hidden Games Running Your Meetings

Classic dilemmas that explain why collaboration stalls - and how to unlock it

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Rob Johnson @rschrobuk.bsky.social · 12d

Higher education and scholarly publishing are facing some tough questions. My recent conversation with Michael Upshall on the Against the Grain Podcast explores why. atgthepodcast.libsyn.com/atgthepodcas...

Against the Grain - The Podcast: ATGthePodcast 291 - A Conversation with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting. Rob Johnson is founder and C...

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 14d

Quite funny that they're citing $13,000 APCSs as a reason for doing this. Nature got greedy.

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 14d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social · 15d

For example, earlier this year a piece on Diamond #OpenAccess was published in Katina as the result of a collaboration between the Open Access Business Models WG and the OABN WG:

'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?' katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?

As infrastructures, policymaking activities, and funding for open access book publishing evolve, the question of how diamond OA might best be implemented for books becomes more pressing. A review of d...

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STM @stmassoc.bsky.social · 28d

Are you an innovator—or do you know one that deserves the spotlight? Then come closer: we've just opened applications for the STM Innovator Fair. Deadline to submit is 30 Sept!

Here, selected presenters pitch #scholarlycommunication solutions to STM decision makers:
stm-assoc.org/stm-innovato...

Graphic with text: Calling trailblazers — pitch your innovation. Deadline 30 September. STM Innovator Fair 2025. Innovation & Integrity Days, London.

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 15d

A touch of systems thinking👇 might be what we need to unlock the transition to open access. #OASPA2025

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 15d

Great engagement with Malavika’s interactive session at #OASPA2025!

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 15d

An interesting @oaspa.bsky.social ‘can do’ panel (@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @theblochian.bsky.social Kate McCready and Lauren Kane) discussing great examples of non-profit initiatives that are focused on community-led approaches, innovative models and considering built-in scaling. #OASPA2025

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 15d

Important call from ACM for publishers to set a hard deadline for their OA transition. Stay tuned for January 2026, when their portfolio will be fully open. 👏 #OASPA2026

Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 15d

A strong call to action. In my own experience, one of the greatest challenges is identifying the ‘right people’ to engage in each region to start partnerships. Languages are a big barrier, too, as are time zone differences - it might sound silly/very practical, but it’s a real blocker! #OASPA2025

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hyperbolbri @astrobri.bsky.social · 15d

Lauren Kane - we need to be able to experiment and try, and know that some things will fail - and not hold new models to a higher standard than the old ones. Perhaps S2O won't work for everyone/ forever, but traditional model certainly didn't either. #OASPA2025

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Research Consulting @researchconsulting.bsky.social · 15d

At #VitaeCon2025 we launched the report from a researcher development study in partnership with @Vitae-news.bsky.social with 14 UK & Australian universities, supporting 40,000 research staff and students. See the infographic & public report: buff.ly/76YyQRl

#researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon 🧵1/7

Infographic showing the main findings from the researcher development study, covering aspects of evaluation, strategy, structures, engagement, programmes and delivery, challenges and opportunities.

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

Agreed, my own knowledge of this is patchy at best - do feel free to connect with Rob if you’d like an intro to any of the panellists!

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

They weren’t a big part of this discussion, but there was a full panel on OA books yesterday!

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

Valuable overview shared by Dagmar Meyer.

Spoiler alert: this is only the first elephant we see at #OASPA2025 today… (wait for Malavika’s session later!)

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

As the slide highlights, these journals have limited international visibility. We need to fix that: Kazuhiro Hayashi acknowledges that Japan might be in a good position to start or lead ‘something different.’

#OASPA2025

Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

Great to see the breadth of China’s involvement in the open access landscape, with both successes and challenges. #OASPA2025

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

Our very own @rschrobuk.bsky.social kicking off the panel “Policy in progress around the world: the role of funder mandates on a 100% OA future.” Looking forward to the discussion!

#OASPA2025 #publishing

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Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

2021 Updated policy to be Plan S-aligned: immediate access with a CC BY licence

2025 Updated policy to include preprints as a version of articles that can be used to comply with policy

Andrea Chiarelli @drachiarelli.bsky.social · 16d

Credit for transcription goes to ChatGPT - apologies for any errors!