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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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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 2d

LAST CALL: Beyond Certainty-What does 'Discovery' mean in an open & artificially intelligent world? #AIBeyond2025
Wed 8 Oct - www.deakin.edu.au/library/abou...
Keynote @mcintold.bsky.social
Videos from @aj-boston.bsky.social, @heroicendeavour.bsky.social @aarontay.bsky.social + live discussions!

Beyond Certainty

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hyperbolbri @astrobri.bsky.social · 14d

Danny - OAPEN books are by definition not textbooks, but we know they are being used for teaching & learning. Conclusion (in Katina article): need a system like COUNTER for eBooks. katinamagazine.org/content/arti... #OASPA2025

Tracking the Use of Open Educational Resources Sounds Simple. It Isn’t.

We set out to determine whether open monographs were being used in teaching and learning and fell down a very deep hole. Here is what we learned.

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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #FrankfurterBuchmesse #OATage2025 #Wissenschaftskommunikation #Publikationskultur

OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Nach unserer Teilnahme an den Open-Access-Tagen 2025 und mit Blick auf die Frankfurter Buchmesse war Deutsch einfach der perfekte Startpunkt.
Stay tuned for more! ✨

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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Wir freue uns sehr, euch unseren allerersten Blogbeitrag auf Deutsch vorstellen zu dürfen! 🚀
Neben Englisch möchten wir künftig auch Inhalte in anderen Sprachen anbieten.

OAPEN and DOAB at the Open Access Tage 2025

Wir haben uns sehr gefreut, letzte Woche an den OA-Tagen 2025 in Konstanz teilzunehmen. Die Energie, das Engagement und die Beteiligung aller Anwesenden waren wirklich inspirierend. Gemeinsam mit der ...

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 6d

🔊 Unique employment opportunity w/ @pkp.sfu.ca -- lead an impactful, mission & values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of #ScholarlyPublishing!

This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making management career:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

#AcademicSky

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

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Open Research Calendar @openresearchcalendar.org · 6d

New Open Research Event 🎓📆 - Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS 2026) [EN] held United Kingdom (Oxford), online from 03/03/2026 to 06/03/2026. For more info, view the event in our calendar.

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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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OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social · 6d

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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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...

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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 7d

VACANCY NOTE: Metadata & Systems Specialist.

We're looking for someone to join our technical team to help manage and enhance our open infrastructures for #OAbooks.

Read the full job description and find out how to apply: oapen.hypotheses.org/1586

Deadline: 10 October 2025 at 10 AM CEST.

Vacancy note: Metadata & Systems Specialist

OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) are looking for a Metadata & Systems Specialist to become part of the technical team. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality-controlled coll...

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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 14d

Wonderful to see among others two @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social board members - @charleswatkinson.bsky.social and Antia Wiersma - and @doabooks.bsky.social Scientific Committee member @c-bz.bsky.social on #oaspa2025 stage discussing WHY #openaccess matters and HOW to make it work

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 13d

🔓📖 Moving beyond closed silos: Liberating workflows based on #OpenMetadata... #interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters

With @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, #OBC, @oapenbooks.bsky.social ⤵️

#OASPA2025 convo @joedeville.bsky.social & at #Munin2025

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 15d

Tackling the problems of getting #OA works into the wider book supply chain TOGETHER 🤝

A sneak preview of @openbookcollective.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @thoth-metadata.bsky.social presentation at #Munin2025

🔗 buff.ly/QI8P6C3

#OpenScience #ScalingSmall #Bibliodiversity

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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Coming up now at the #OASPA2025 poster session, @nielsstern.bsky.social will be presenting on behalf of the @operaseu.bsky.social #OABooks SIG.

Preview the poster, 'Building a Stronger OA Book Ecosystem' below!

Image of the OPERAS OA Books SIG poster for the OASPA conference

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 15d

Tackling the problems of getting #OA works into the wider book supply chain TOGETHER 🤝

A sneak preview of @openbookcollective.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @thoth-metadata.bsky.social presentation at #Munin2025

🔗 buff.ly/QI8P6C3

#OpenScience #ScalingSmall #Bibliodiversity

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 16d

WITH PHOTO - #OASPA2025

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 16d

REFERENCE to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) by @oapenbooks.bsky.social Niels Stern at #OASPA2025 open book panel - using as a mechanism for structuring the panel discussion around Introductions, Governance, Impact & Quality and Sustainability openscholarlyinfrastructure.org

The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v1.1, 2023)

Final draft POSI 2.0 revisions - A request for public comment on the final draft of revisions to POSI The POSI Adopters are requesting feedback on the final draft of revisions to POSI with a deadline...

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 16d

DOAJ and CNPIEC Collaborate to Support Open Access Journals in China blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d... #scholcomm #publishing #oa @doaj.bsky.social

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 16d

Happy to be here at the #OASPA2025 conference at the University of Leuven, to see Demmy Verbeke @viroviacum.bsky.social from the university (and also an @openbookcollective.bsky.social Steward/Trustee) open proceedings in the beautiful Irish College

Demmy Verbeke at a lecturn, in front a slide titled 'Words of welcome', with stained glass windows to the left and right

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 16d

We're at the beautiful Irish College Leuven, Belgium for #OASPA2025

📆 22 – 24 September

Programme includes keynote talks, panel discussions, poster lightning talks, and much more!

Full conference programme 👉 buff.ly/4cjqhjm

And don't forget to follow @oaspa.bsky.social too

OASPA 2025 Conference Programme - OASPA

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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Great news, well done team DOAJ!

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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 16d

🌐DOAJ is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC) to establish a joint #DOAJ China Open Access Journal Pre-evaluation Working Group
#DOAJCollaboration
blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d...

DOAJ and CNPIEC collaborate to support open access journals in China – DOAJ Blog

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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · 16d

Guest Post — Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/22/g...

Guest Post - Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today’s guest author offers a progress report on recent efforts to build open-source technology for open access book metrics.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 16d

This guy is looking down at us all over my shoulder. Wondering who this is, in the context of the conversations at #OASPA2025. Monopolistic commercial publishing practices? LLM-based exploitation of open content? Higher education meltdown and rising censorship? Caffeine overload?

Stained glass image of the devil in green glass, with shifty eyes, horns and long fingers. Surrounded by a red lick of fire

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