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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 12

Happening today!

@theblochian.bsky.social, Exec. Director of the Open Library of Humanities, will be speaking at today’s N8 event about the @ojcollective.bsky.social and OLH

OLH is proud to be a founding member of OJC, and to have helped inspire its scholar-led, community-owned publishing model.

Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · Jun 12

Really encouraging to see today’s landmark statement from the N8 Research Partnership urging fundamental reform to academic publishing. The current system is completely unsustainable. I’ll be speaking at today’s N8 event about @ojcollective.bsky.social. www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-... #AcaSky

N8 Research Partnership calls for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models - N8 Research Partnership

The N8 Research Partnership – the collective body for the North of England’s eight research intensive universities – has released a landmark new statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarl...

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Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · Jun 12

Really encouraging to see today’s landmark statement from the N8 Research Partnership urging fundamental reform to academic publishing. The current system is completely unsustainable. I’ll be speaking at today’s N8 event about @ojcollective.bsky.social. www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-... #AcaSky

N8 Research Partnership calls for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models - N8 Research Partnership

The N8 Research Partnership – the collective body for the North of England’s eight research intensive universities – has released a landmark new statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarl...

www.n8research.org.uk

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Library_Si @library-si.bsky.social · Jun 5

Listening to a hugely exciting talk from Dr Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social on the launch of the Open Journals Collective. Great to hear what is coming down the line with this new diamond OA publisher. #OA #DiamondOA #OJC

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Edinburgh Diamond @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social · Jun 3

Wonderful to see @theblochian.bsky.social speak about the @ojcollective.bsky.social earlier.

We are very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative.

Check it out! openjournalscollective.org

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 4

We were at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday, sharing our work on scholar-led, community-owned open access!

OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy

Poster showcasing the Open Library of Humanities' model for scholar-led, diamond open access publishing, highlighting journal flips, Janeway platform, and library support.

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · May 16

Our own @theblochian.bsky.social will speak at the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025! She’ll join others to discuss the new @ojcollective.bsky.social, a community-led, no-APC #OA alternative to big deals & transformative agreements.

📅 More info & registration: www.openlibhums.org/...

Dr Caroline Edwards to Speak at the Open Science and Scholarship Festival 2025

We’re delighted to announce that our Executive Director, Dr Caroline Edwards, will be participating in the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025, organised in collaboration with LSE, the Francis Crick …

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Sunbul Akhtar @sunbulakhtar.bsky.social · May 2

There has been a lot of discussion over the years on the rising cost of academic journal subscriptions to libraries. While commercial publishers report growth in profits, how should libraries respond to the increasing subscription costs?

Well, there has been a response: @ojcollective.bsky.social...

UCL Open Environment @ucloe.bsky.social · May 2

Scaling up Diamond Open Access Journals

Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...

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UCL Open Environment @ucloe.bsky.social · May 2

Scaling up Diamond Open Access Journals

Join this free webinar about @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new non-profit collective of academics, libraries & university-based publishers replacing unaffordable Transformative Agreements with an equitable alternative:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-up...

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Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social · May 1

📣 April issue of the BL Scholarly Communications Newsletter is out! This issue features:
🔹@copim.bsky.social community updates
🔹Launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social #OJC
🔹Heritage Science Data Service #HSDS
🔹Closing report from #ProjectRetain and more!
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British Library Scholarly Communications Newsletter: April 2025

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Open Academia @openacademia.bsky.social · Apr 8

🔓 Caroline Edwards highlights the financial strain on UK universities from costly journal subscriptions & proposes the Open Journals Collective as a sustainable, community-led alternative for #OpenAccess publishing.

Read more: shorturl.at/GBeRz

#OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #OpenResearch #OpenData

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Kevin Sanders @kjsanders.bsky.social · Apr 7

If we truly want a sustainable, more equitable, and more bibliodiverse Diamond OA future, we cannot defer this to some theoretical optimal time. The @copim.bsky.social community (inc. @openbookcollective.bsky.social) and our expanding networks, including @ojcollective.bsky.social are here to help!

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Peter Barr @tweeterbarr.bsky.social · Apr 7

Positive spin – things break down a little, but this undermines a slightly warping commercial logic that has dominated for too long, and we come out of this with creative, partnership approaches for future dissemination of scholarly content

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Peter Barr @tweeterbarr.bsky.social · Apr 7

Scaling up – a lot of revenue-driven publishers told me that only they could offer the scale the sector needed, yet at the same conference @ojcollective.bsky.social was launched and @oipassoc.bsky.social and @copim.bsky.social were out in force

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · Apr 6

We’re discussing a STEM collection. If we considered health journals we’d need partner organisations to curate diamond OA titles of journals looking to flip away from commercial publishers. Please email us if you have any contacts ([email protected]).

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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · Apr 2

The Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals & transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers, is just launched... a viable path toward bringing publishing back in-house at universities

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Really important development in genuinely free open access journals, free for authors, Open Access for readers - the Open Journals Collective
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Apr 3

Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective - Open Library of Humanities https://www.openlibhums.org/news/795/

Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective

Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers. The OJC is …

www.openlibhums.org

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · Apr 4

Wonderful! We’re still designing the collections and finalising our model. Watch this space for updates soon.

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Alain Marois @amarois.bsky.social · Apr 2

[Veille] s'opposer, quitter les Accords "Transformants" (Read & Publish) : "Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements"; exemple avec Open Journals Collective => blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience

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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · Apr 2

Exciting news #openaccess

Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.

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KnE Publishing @knepublishing.bsky.social · Apr 2

👏 What an exciting initiative!

As an #OpenAccess publisher, we understand the importance of accelerating the advancement of academic #research while removing barriers for authors.

OJC is a big step toward sustainable, equitable #OA, and we look forward to seeing its impact 🎉

#OpenScience

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Bob Eaglestone @bobeaglestone.bsky.social · Apr 2

This is amazing work which all academics (especially in the humanities), university administrators and policy makers should read @rhul-cvs.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · Apr 2

Some context here from my years of work on the Open Library of Humanities. Open Journals Collective is the opportunity we need to spread no-APC OA widely. Cancel Transformative Agreements (which aren't working). Use that money to fund this package of hundreds of OA journals.

eve.gd/2025/04/02/o...

Open Journals Collective: Making Open Access a Reality at Scale

tl;dr: cancel your big deals and transitional agreements (they’re not working) and invest in a set of hundreds of non-APC, OA titles offered by Open Journals Collective, which derives from the OLH mod...

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Apr 2

The funding crisis in #UK #HigherEd is forcing academic #libraries to make cuts.

The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇

Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - Impact of Social Sciences

Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Apr 2

Reclaiming academic publishing: @ojcollective.bsky.social is a community-led, no-APC #openaccess alternative to corporate publishers + transformative agreements/ big deals. Fund #diamondOA. Cancel TAs & big deals. Let’s build something better, together: www.openlibhums.org/news/795/

Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective

Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publ...

www.openlibhums.org

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