Joanna Ball

We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links:

openjournalscollective.org/static/engag...
openjournalscollective.org/static/opera...

Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!

Thanks, David - it was great you could join us to discuss our future plans. We value your encouragement and the Board’s support as we work to strengthen #DOAJ for the OA community.

Big News!
The Journal of Trial and Error is officially listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)! 🎉

After years of hard work, our mission is now even more accessible to researchers worldwide.

🌟Find us here: doaj.org/toc/2667-120...

Very much looking forward to this online discussion about open research information and @barcelonadori.bsky.social, with a special focus on opportunities for libraries and publishers to work together to advance openness of research information.

NISO Plus Global/Online 2025 logo with call to register and QR code for registration. September 16–17. https://niso.plus/

Do we need an #OpenAccess standard for journals? Let's discuss at #NISOPlus25 Global Online w/Dom Mitchell (@doaj.bsky.social), Johan Rooryck, Kylie van Zyl (African Journals Online), & Ana Maria Cetto (@latindex.bsky.social). To join us: niso.plus/niso-plus-20...

Exciting opportunity to work with a diamond open access journal here in DK - deadline 5th August

It's always great to engage with the Australasian library community - lots of interesting questions about @doaj.bsky.social metadata, diamond OA, use of metrics, and changing research cultures.

Always pleased to see #DOAJ metadata embedded in innovative use cases. Here the Lib4RI @lib4ri.bsky.social search tool combines publishing and access info www.lib4ri.ch/search-tool

Hello #LIBER2025, Thanks for hosting @joannaball.bsky.social, @nielsstern.bsky.social, and me today to discuss collaboration for #diamondOA. If you want to learn more about the #EDCHForum and the #EDCHRegistry, join us for a webinar next week to learn about the potential of these new joint services.

Call for libraries to engage with the European Diamond OA movement from @sofiewennstrom.bsky.social to finish our #LIBER2025 session with @nielsstern.bsky.social

Looking forward to meeting with our library community at the #LIBER2025 Networking Power Session today at 1700. Please come by to give your input on @doaj.bsky.social’s plans for the future.

Pilar Rico Castro from FECYT and Susanne van Rijn from UKB discussing the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS), a community-owned standard for institutional publishing, at the DIAMAS final conference.

eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Electronic Green Journal - Office of Scholarly Communication In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program...

Still questioning the sustainability of the #DiamondOA model? Electronic Green Journal has been publishing since 1994 (and in @doaj.bsky.social since our launch in 2003), with submissions from 157 countries and 4000 citations. osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2025/04/esch...

I’m proud to be involved with @ojcollective.bsky.social - an innovative opportunity for libraries to invest in equitable and community-led open access at scale

UKSG opening panel

“AI literacy is more than prompt engineering: it’s about understanding what’s going on under the hood” @charlierapple.bsky.social moderating the opening plenary at #UKSG2025

Thoughtful response from @kathleenor.bsky.social on the environmental cost of AI - we need standards for measuring the environmental costs of computational activities (not just AI) akin to those for the built environment #UKSG2025

Navigating scholarly communication: a big moment for libraries - Research Information Rafael Ball explains why the library is indispensable as a bridge builder for the development of the industry

Rafael Ball, Director of ETH-Bibliothek:
The pivotal role of academic libaries in scholarly communication - "Libraries are the oldest open access institutions in the world." #OpenAccess #ScholarlyCommunication www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...

Just welcomed Hal+ @hal-science.bsky.social (the national open infrastructure for France) to the Bluesky POSI Starter Pack! Hal is one of the newest open infrastructures to adopt the #posi principles. Also added to the list at bsky.app/profile/cros.... Bienvenue, Hal! go.bsky.app/84rVoj1

Deadline for applications for @uksg.bsky.social sponsored conference places is 17th February. If you are early career, from an under-represented part of the community, or have just never had the opportunity to attend before, then please apply!

Open *scholarly* Infrastructure...

Proposed POSI 2.0 revisions A request for public comment on proposed revisions to POSI.

Do you use the Principles of Open Infrastructure (#POSI) to decide which infrastructures to fund/adopt?

Have your say on changes to the principles proposed by the POSI adopters, and help ensure that POSI continues to meet the needs of the community!
openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/public-comme...

Are you committed to open access and bibliodiversity? Want to support the visibility and quality assurance of smaller, multilingual publishers and journals? Then please apply to join the fabulous international team at DOAJ. We're looking for language skills in German, Portuguese and Ukrainian.

Last year DOAJ carried out 470 investigations into suspected cases of predatory/questionable journal practices to maintain the community’s trust in the journals we DO index.

Read about what this work involves, and how you, our community, can help us.

PKP Advancing Open Publishing Infrastructure for Open Research Europe - Public Knowledge Project PKP introduces its plan for advancing the European Commission’s open access platform, Open Research Europe (ORE).

🔓 PKP introduces its plan for advancing the
European Commission #OpenAccess platform, #OpenResearchEurope (ORE), and invites communities to a webinar, January 23, to learn more.

Learn more and register for the webinar: pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/18/p...

#OpenJournalSystems #OJS

Brand new senior leadership role @ucclibrary.bsky.social Head of Content Services open for applications right now. #LISjobsIE Available at ore.ucc.ie. Closing noon 14th January

There's a new survey out trying to identify "barriers to open access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties" tib.eu/umfragen/ind... #openaccess #scholcomm

Great blogpost from @creaght.bsky.social on the development of a grassroots network to support #DiamondOA : “a starting point for further advocacy and support for Diamond journal publishing in Australia”

Love this, and wish more funders would create similar funding streams! So many innovative new tools that attract funding are built upon core infrastructures that struggle to find funding for their “boring” operations.

Dr. Alwaleed Aklhaja, Qatar National Library: A world without open infrastructure is just the world of commercial solutions. We need to support open infrastructures!
#DiamondOpenAccess #DOASummit2024 #GlobalSummit #InnovationInPublishing #CapeTown2024 #OpenAccess #DKIS

Voting: OpenAlex Advisory Board We were thrilled to receive 50+ nominations for the inaugural OpenAlex Advisory Board! This Board will help shape the direction of OpenAlex and ensure that we can sustainably deliver for the diverse...

I’m standing for #OpenAlex’s new advisory board, as I'd like to use my experience in community governance from orgs like DOAJ, UKSG, and others to contribute to this important initiative. Please vote!

Voting is open until 15th December: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...