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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 1d

Calling library and professional services staff! Do you want to learn more about open research and how it impacts on your role?

Join us during #OAWeek for 'A Practical Guide to Open Research'!

Find out more and register: www.sup.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

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An advert for the Scottish Universities Press webinar 'A practical guide to open research'.
Date: Wednesday 22 October
Time: 09:30am to 12:30pm
Register: https://bit.ly/4q6n2pl

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 19d

Please do join us for the free OIPA Symposium during #OAWeek! @oipassoc.bsky.social

You will learn all about the exciting and innovative things our members are doing to lead the way in #OpenAccess publishing 🔓

Find out more and register below 👇

Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 20d

Join us for our online Symposium in October!

We will explore the open publishing landscape and some of the ground-breaking projects shaping the future of open institutional publishing.

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

Register now!

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Event: OIPA Symposium 2025

Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 Join the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) for our Online Symposium in October! Following our inaugural in-person Symposium in 2024, we are delighted to be…

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SCURL @scurlscottish.bsky.social · 28d

Great news that the first @scotunipress.bsky.social book will feature at #AyeWrite on 9 Nov. Hope to meet lots of SCURL colleagues at the event!

Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 29d

Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at Aye Write 2025!

Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow

We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite

Find out more and book tickets 👇

www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...

SUP at Aye Write 2025 — Scottish Universities Press

Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold as he discusses his book, Conversations with Tim Ingold : Anthropology, education and life, at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow on 9 N...

www.sup.ac.uk

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 29d

'Conversations with Tim Ingold' provides a really accessible account of Ingold's work, covering the entirety of his career and his key contributions to anthropology and other disciplines #SocialAnthropology

Download for free from the SUP website! #OpenAccess

👉 doi.org/10.62637/sup...

Front cover of the book 'Conversations with Tim Ingold' by Tim Ingold, Robert Gibb, Philip Tonner and Diego Maria Malara. Underneath the title is a colour line portrait of Tim Ingold wearing glasses and looking forwards. The background of the book cover is teal.

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 29d

Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at Aye Write 2025!

Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow

We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite

Find out more and book tickets 👇

www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...

SUP at Aye Write 2025 — Scottish Universities Press

Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold as he discusses his book, Conversations with Tim Ingold : Anthropology, education and life, at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow on 9 N...

www.sup.ac.uk

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

We love to see it!

Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!

Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA

💪

#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25

Two people stand in front of a stall for University of Westminster Press. They hold an OIPA members catalogue.

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you are at @meccsa2025.bsky.social, pop up to level 2 to speak to SUP Publishing Officer, Dominique Walker, about publishing your next book #OpenAccess!

Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!

#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU

A photograph of Dominique Walker, SUP Publishing Officer, sitting on a chair next to the Scottish Universities stand at MeCCSA 2025.

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Pressed into action"

We really enjoyed this interview with @scotunipress.bsky.social's Press Manager, Gillian Daly, in @cilip.bsky.social's Information Professional magazine.

Wonderful to also see OIPA get a shout out!

Read here (p. 26-28): content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...

#OpenAccess

InfoPro Rewired 2025

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Aug 5

👀 Check out this interview with SUP's Gillian Daly, published in @cilip.bsky.social's #InformationProfessional magazine!

"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."

👇

content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jul 31

📰 Read our Summer 2025 newsletter and catch up with all the latest SUP activity - including details of our forthcoming #OpenAccess books!

👉 mailchi.mp/eb6d8e14bae2...

✍ Sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/i0AoJA

SUP Summer 2025 Newsletter

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RGU Library @rgulibrary.bsky.social · Jun 20

We had a great time at the Curious Minds Research Festival (and got a photo of @paulmclarke.bsky.social in action 😄)

Our stall at the festival, with the theme Authors @ RGU showcasing some books and theses

A payload from our Art and Heritage collection which has actually been to space

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 20

😎 A beautiful sunny Friday at @robertgordonuni.bsky.social's Curious Minds Research Festival!

Our commissioning editor @paulmclarke.bsky.social has enjoyed speaking to researchers and catching up with our #RGU authors 📝

Thanks @rgulibrary.bsky.social for the invite 😀

A photograph of a table displaying Scottish University Press (SUP) books and flyers next to an SUP pop-banner at the Robert Gordon University

A photograph of the atrium of the Sir Ian Wood building at Robert Gordon University

a photograph of Robert Gordon University Campus

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jun 20

‪📚 "The Vow of Stability" by @robotforaday.bsky.social is out now and #OpenAccess via @scotunipress.bsky.social

A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time.
#Anthropology #Ethnography

🔗 Read out more here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 14

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.

⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...

The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications

The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 19

It was lovely to spend the day with you all!

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Simon Bains @simonjbains.bsky.social · Jun 19

I was thrilled to announce this today, at the @scurlscottish.bsky.social annual meeting, here @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24473?d...

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Aberdeen University Press @abdnunipress.bsky.social · Jun 19

We had at great time sharing a table at #SCURL2025 with our new (formal) partner (but actually we've been benefiting from their advice and encouragement the whole time).

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣 We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen has joined SUP as a partner library!

We are looking forward to collaborating with @simonjbains.bsky.social and the @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social team to provide free and equitable access to research.

👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/univers...

University of Aberdeen joins SUP — Scottish Universities Press

We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen has joined Scottish Universities Press (SUP), bringing the total number of partner libraries to 20.

www.sup.ac.uk

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Paul Clarke @paulmclarke.bsky.social · Jun 18

Back in Stirling again today for @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social. If you’d like to discuss an #openaccess book project, come say hi or drop me a line. @scotunipress.bsky.social is open to UK academics working in any subject.

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 12

👏 This is fantastic to see from the @n8research.bsky.social on the urgent need to reform scholarly publishing models.

Great to see them recognising the work of non-profit publishers who are 'already leading the way in developing new, more equitable models.'

👉 www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-...

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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · Jun 12

‪📘 "The Vow of Stability" by @robotforaday.bsky.social is out now and #OpenAccess via @scotunipress.bsky.social!

A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time. #Anthropology #Ethnography #MonasticLife

🔗 Read it here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...

Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social · May 20

"this continuity is not simply the comfort of familiarity; it is an unsettling of the ordinary and the everyday... Stability is a work of perseverance open to the unknown."

My new book, The Vow of Stability, now published open access with @scotunipress.bsky.social
books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 10

Please do stop by the SUP stall at the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) conference @bacls.bsky.social at the University of Stirling.

Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋

A photograph of SUP Commissioning Editor, Paul Clarke, standing behind a table looking at a catalogue. The table contains Scottish University Press books and merchandise.

A photograph of the programme for the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies 2025 Conference.

A photograph of the exterior of the University of Stirling building.

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Paul Clarke @paulmclarke.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you’re at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week, stop by the @scotunipress.bsky.social stand to find out more about institutional Open Access publishing, and to chat about publishing with SUP

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · Jun 9

In the UK the Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social has just launched, looking at this exact issue!

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Pablo de Castro @pcastromartin.bsky.social · Jun 4

good to see the elegant @scotunipress.bsky.social table (with all those brand new books!) at the Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025
www.sup.ac.uk
#EORC25 @dominiquewalker.bsky.social

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