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🔹3-21 November (in person & online)
🔹Charleston, USA
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The English version of the OpenEdition’s 2024 annual report is now online!

This year, it is divided into two parts :

👉 Key figures: www.openedition.org/51147?file=1

👉Highlights: www.openedition.org/51152?file=1

Deadline is Friday 14th November. Find out more and apply below or share with your networks

Just over one week until the #DiamondOA Policy Forum. Register at the link below 👇

Our latest newsletter is available: mailchi.mp/oapen.org/do....

Read more about where we'll be over the next few months, important milestones, and what our partners are up to! #OAbooks

Not already signed up? Sign up here: doabooks.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Amazing milestone for the OAPEN Library! Congratulations @oapenbooks.bsky.social 🥳

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The start of term can be busy, so remember to take some time for yourself! 😊

Visit our Wellbeing Guide for resources and information on how to support your wellbeing, as well as details of support services available at Durham 💜 👉 libguides.durham.ac.uk/wellbeing/home

#DULibWellbeing #WellBEEing

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

🧵 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...

Join us for the @almasiproject.bsky.social #DiamondOA Policy Forum on Wednesday 29 October at 16:00 CEST.

More details and to register for free 👉 almasiproject.org/the-diamond-...

New OAPEN logo showing exclusion space. The logo is a minimalistic stylised rendition of OAPEN with green stars next to it.

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...

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...

We're looking for a Metadata & Systems Specialist to join our team!

This role is central to the operations of @oapenbooks.bsky.social and DOAB, focusing on metadata quality, system automation & tech support to ensure the integrity & accessibility of our collections.

Find out more and apply below 👇

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

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

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!

🗓️Applications close this Friday #DOAJ

How a New Data Platform Sheds Light on Open Science Funding Transparency to Sustain Open Science Infrastructure (TSOSI) publishes information about organizations that fund open infrastructures. The goal? To make such funding the norm.

DOAJ is pleased to partner with TSOSI for this important initiative @doabooks.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social @operaseu.bsky.social #OpenInfrastructure #OpenAccess #DOAJ #OpenScience
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🔵Live from our community development activity

How do @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social benefit the libraries that support them?🤔

A snippet from the first part of our seminar presented by @nielsstern.bsky.social 👇
#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure

Slides of our #oat25 workshop together with #AGUniverlage, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social and #BerlinUP now live! 👇

OAT 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions Bitte wählen Sie einen Ort oder ein Datum aus, um nur die betreffenden Sitzungen anzuzeigen. Wählen Sie eine Sitzung aus, um zur Detailanzeige zu gelangen.

Tomorrow at 9:00 CEST catch Workshop 12: 'Scaling Small in Practice: Horizontal Collaboration Based on Open Values and Interoperability to Support Open Workflows for #OABooks' with @copim.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & @openingthefuture.bsky.social #OATage2025

More details 👇

What a great session on 'Trust and Transparency in Scholarly Book Publishing' yesterday at the #UNGA80 #ScienceSummit.

Here's a screenshot of @nielsstern.bsky.social in action! #OAbooks

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Online library and publication platform The Hague, 10 September 2025 OAPEN is pleased to announce continued support for Big Ten Open Books by hosting its latest collection in the OAPEN Library, making a new range of high-quality, open…

We're delighted to extend our collaboration with @bigtenacademic.bsky.social & host the latest #BigTenOpenBooks collection 'Indigenous North Americans' in the OAPEN Library.

Read more in the post below and browse the collection here: library.oapen.org/browse?type=....

#OA #openaccess #ReadUP

Open Science FAIR - Open & Trusted: Governing Knowledge in the Digital Age open science, open access, open data, publishing models, cloud, infrastructure, conference

Next week @nielsstern.bsky.social will be participating in the panel 'Trust in the Balance: Securing Open Science in an Age of Misinformation' which will look at how infrastructures are tackling disinformation, promoting quality & safeguarding public trust in research @osfair.bsky.social #OSFair2025

SCIENCE SUMMIT NEW YORK CITY | 2025 Join global science and innovation leaders at the Science Summit 2025 in New York City. Submit your session, connect with peers, and contribute to sustainable development goals through science.

Tomorrow at 15:00 CEST catch @nielsstern.bsky.social discuss #PRISM in the #ScienceSummit session 'Strengthening Trust through Transparency, Access and Quality: Emerging Strategies to Tackle Disinformation'.

There's still time to register to attend online for free! More details and a link below 👇

#OpenAccess needs strong infrastructures to thrive🔓

This webinar will unpack how @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social are shaping the future of discoverability & accessibility for books & journals

16 Sept | 13:00 GST

🔗Register: shorturl.at/GgpLB
#OpenScience

SCIENCE SUMMIT NEW YORK CITY | 2025 Join global science and innovation leaders at the Science Summit 2025 in New York City. Submit your session, connect with peers, and contribute to sustainable development goals through science.

Register for this FREE online webinar 'Strengthening Trust through Transparency, Access and Quality: Emerging Strategies to Tackle Disinformation' where @nielsstern.bsky.social will be talking about #PRISM

📆 10 September 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST

Register 👉 event.sciencesummitnyc.org/signup #ScienceSummit

Deadline is this Friday 5 September at 10:00 CEST. Apply below 👇

📣Upcoming webinar!

Want to navigate #OpenAccess publishing with confidence? Join our webinar on @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social, & @doaj.bsky.social

Learn from experts how to support & sustain OA books & journals

16 Sep | 13:00 GST

🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GgpLB

#OpenScience

SCOSS Infras Partner to Strengthen OS - Fund infras you rely on @doabooks.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social #LaReferencia @makedatacount.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @researchdataall.bsky.social @researchorgs.bsky.social🔗 bit.ly/476TwZy

📢El DOAJ busca la opinión de la comunidad para comprender el uso del registro de cambios.

Por favor, háganoslo saber respondiendo a la breve encuesta. Encontrará más detalles en esta entrada del blog.

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