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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 18m

Great 🧵by @forumforopen.bsky.social about the upcoming #FORM4Open 👇

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We'll be joining them online on 20 Oct 📆

FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 25m

What does #OpenAccess success look like across the Arab region?

On Day 3 of FORM 2025, join us for the panel "Open Access Success Stories," a showcase of pioneering initiatives that are transforming how research is shared, preserved, and sustained across the region.

A thread🧵👇

#OpenScience #MENA

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 9d

The @openbookcollective.bsky.social has welcomed several new supporting members this month!

Find out more on the #OBC webpages 👇

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Thanks to support from our library members, the OBC is able to support a fairer and more bibliodiverse landscape for #OpenAccess publishers ⚖️

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 20d

Join @copim.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social for more #Books chat, but with beers 📚🍻

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 20d

Like what you've heard so far?

Join us this evening for #CopimCorner to continue the #OAbooks discussion 🗣️ 📚

All welcome! 🍻

⏰ 6pm onwards
📍 Konzil
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Home - Konzil Konstanz

https://konzil-konstanz.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/konzil_v4-transcode.mp4 Ein Ort der Vielfalt Das Konzil ist seit jeher ein Ort der Begegnung und Vielseitigkeit. In seiner über 600 jährigen…

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to carry on the conversation after presenting to @forumforopen.bsky.social earlier this year!

👉 copim.pubpub.org/pub/k34uh3g7...

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 20d

A busy @copim.bsky.social day at OA Tage #OAT25 ends with @kjsanders.bsky.social presenting a paper co-authored with @kirahopkins.bsky.social outlining the problematic outcomes for the scholarly system resulting from entanglements between large commercial publishers, acquisition practices & funders

Kevin Sanders at a lecturn in a lecture theatre in front of a slide titled The Paradox of Openness as a Commodifying Force: Funding

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 21d

Lafayette College becomes first @openingthefuture.bsky.social member with MSU Press 🥳🎉

Read more about the announcement on the OtF website 👉 buff.ly/L7CVkS6

#OAbooks #OpenAccess #OA

Opening the Future

Posted by Tom Grady on Sept. 17, 2025 at 1529

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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 27d

‼️Reminder: our next Community Development Activity is coming up:
Infrastructures to Support Open Access Books and Journals: @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social

16 September | 13:00 GST

🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GgpLB
#OpenScience

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 28d

We're on the programme three times on Thursday 18 September 📆

And if you'd like to continue the conversation, join us at Konzil for #CopimCorner

We'll be there from 6pm onwards 🍻

👉 buff.ly/ifPm7lM

Home - Konzil Konstanz

https://konzil-konstanz.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/konzil_v4-transcode.mp4 Ein Ort der Vielfalt Das Konzil ist seit jeher ein Ort der Begegnung und Vielseitigkeit. In seiner über 600 jährigen…

www.konzil-konstanz.de

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 28d

We're heading to Germany for #OAT25 ✈️

📍 University of Konstanz
📆 17-19 September 2025

Registration is now closed but if you're lucky enough to have a ticket, view the full programme 👉 buff.ly/8j0k8m6

Open-Access-Tage: Open-Access-Tage 2025 (Konstanz)

Anmeldung geöffnet

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Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 28d

📣 Save the date!

Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026

🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!

Bright orange poster with bold white and black text announcing the COPIM conference. Capitalised white text on the right hand side reads 'SAVE THE DATE'. Event titled 'What Next for Community-Led Open Access Books?' will be held in person and online on 26–27 February 2026 at Loughborough University Campus in London

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · Sep 9

Fingers (and toes) crossed for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social 🤞

Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 8

Who is going to @alpsp.bsky.social Annual Conference and Awards 2025?

Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social to find out whether they're winners of the Award for Innovation in Publishing 🤞

📆 10 September 2025
📍 Deansgate Suite 1&2
⏰ 16:15-17:15

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/5ZxmzpA

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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

An event card showing the details of the event that are given in the post. It also says 'An OABN webinar with the support of the ERC Executive Agency'.

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 9

OA books in the Middle East and North Africa: Copim and FORM

Read all about our recent outreach with @forumforopen.bsky.social (an #OA advocacy group and community of practice)

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OA books in the Middle East and North Africa: Copim and FORM

On the 8th of July 2025, members from Opening the Future and the Open Book Collective had an opportunity to undertake outreach with the Forum for Open Research in MENA (Middle East and North Africa)…

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Rupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm going to the #Alpsp25 conference in Manchester tomorrow. Let me know if you're going and would like to find some time to chat about @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @openbookpublish.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social,
the Open Journals Collective, or #OABooks generally 😀

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 19

We catch up with 2 authors who have published #OpenAccess with
@livunipress.bsky.social thanks to funding from our collective library funding model @openingthefuture.bsky.social 🎉

🔗 Tess C. Rankin buff.ly/Ix1Lo63
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Opening the Future, Author Profile: Dean Allbritton

Copim catches up with author Dean Allbritton about their book "Feeling Sick: The Early Years of AIDS in Spain", which was published OA by Liverpool University Press thanks to Opening the Future.

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bookmark this Shelf to see the Opening the Future implementation toolkit 👇📚

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not long to go until they find out! 🤞

Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have been nominated for the 2025 ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing!

We'll find out whether we've won at @alpsp.bsky.social conference in September 📆

Keep your fingers crossed🤞

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/Q2tTcTK

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 Save the date!

Join us to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026

🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!

Announcement for a COPIM conference titled "What Next for Community-Led Open Access Books?" taking place on 26–27 February 2026 at Loughborough University Campus in London. The event will be held both in person and online. The image includes the phrases "copim CONFERENCE" and "SAVE THE DATE."

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · Sep 5

TL:DR

✨Over 100 libraries now subscribe to OtF packages

✨Since its inception, OtF has raised over £500K for its presses = funding for over 70 #OA books (half of which have been published, the other half to be published in the coming years!)

Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 13

We're well into year 3 of the Copim's Open Book Futures project!

Read our blog post to get the highlights of what we got up to last year!

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Copim's Open Book Futures: Progress Update

As the Copim Community enters the final year of the Open Book Futures Project, the team is pleased to share some updates on recent progress and milestones.

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hot off the press 🔥

New special issue of @jepub.bsky.social on Publishing & Climate Justice, edited by our colleague Janneke Adema!

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Want to know more? Read this 🧵 buff.ly/FNQEOR7

The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 2(28) Publishing and Climate Justice (2025)

Login | Register

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 3

DON'T FORGET: register for Collective Infrastructures for Publishing, a hybrid event exploring the ongoing ‘ServPub’ experimental book project

📆 Sat 4 Oct, 12:30–18:00 BST
📍 Online & Borough Road Gallery, London
Programme: buff.ly/n22lvif
Register: buff.ly/2O7aFqE
(Click "Register" at top of page)

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · Sep 5

We really enjoyed presenting at @forumforopen.bsky.social last month

Read our blog post about it now!

🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/k34uh3g7...

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our @openingthefuture.bsky.social programme is included with several opt-in Diamond offers to IReL members! 🥳

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/849a0BS

@ioap.bsky.social

#OABooks #OpenAccess

Opening the Future included with several opt-in Diamond offers to IReL members

Ireland has made major community-led advances in open access in the last few years. Of particular note was the creation of Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP), a community of practice for Irish open…

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Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · Sep 2

See you all at 10am tomorrow for our next panel on building equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystems with @simonxix.com and @kjsanders.bsky.social from @copim.bsky.social, Hannah Hillen from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, and @samuelmoore.org #OpenFest25

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hear from authors who have published #OpenAccess thanks to @openingthefuture.bsky.social 👏

They explain why publishing #OpenAccess was so important, the benefits and demystify the process.

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