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📣 New JiscMail list for small publishers!
Help grow the community! 🌱
Join us for open, supportive discussions on accessibility challenges and good practice
Search OPENBOOK-ACCESSIBILITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK 👉 buff.ly/b1eJBdE
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'Can I include third-party content in an #OpenAccess book?'
YES! Find out the key things you need to know with this FAQ 👇
✔️ Many thanks to @operaseu.bsky.social & the University of Coimbra for developing #Mondaecus which we used to translate the first post in this 🧵from English into the other languages used in the Call
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#Multilingiusm #Translation
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💡 Tem uma ideia que pode fazer a diferença? Esta é a SUA oportunidade de garantir financiamento e ajudar a moldar o futuro dos livros #OA!
Detalhes completos e orientações no site @openbookcollective.bsky.social
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💡 ¿Tienes una idea que puede marcar la diferencia?
¡Esta es TU oportunidad de obtener financiación y ayudar a moldear el futuro de los libros de #OA!
Detalles completos y orientación en el sitio web de @openbookcollective.bsky.social
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💡 Vous avez une idée qui peut faire la différence ? C'est VOTRE chance d'obtenir un financement et d'aider à façonner l'avenir des livres #OA!
Détails complets et guide sur le site Web @openbookcollective.bsky.social
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The Collective Development Fund 2026 Call is open for applications!
This is a great opportunity to recieve grant funding for work that supports #OAbooks.
Key dates:
📅7 February: optional scope check deadline
📅7 March: call closes
More information 👉 obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese
obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
Missed out on an event for #OAWeek? Look no further! You can find a list of recordings in our latest post below 👇
Happy viewing!
Within the SIG are 3 Working Groups focussing on bringing together stakeholders to look at OA Business Models, Open Infrastructures, and ongoing advocacy for #OABooks via the @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social
11.11.2025 15:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
'Can I include third-party content in an #OpenAccess book?'
YES! Find out the key things you need to know with this FAQ 👇
In case you missed it during our flurry of activity during #OAWeek, resharing this new resource we developed with @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social resulting from our joint webinar on managing third-party permissions for OA books.
Link to the webinar recording and some FAQs for researchers below ⬇️
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For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
This is a great resource for researchers!
#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
A neon question mark in a neon square at the end of a dark tunnel.
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.
'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
It's #OAWeek! Why not sign up to some of the free online events listed in this post, focusing on #OAbooks and open infrastructures ⬇️
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And in collaboration with @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social we've gathered as many online events as we can find that relate to #OAbooks or open infrastructures
We hope it will be useful for you to plan out your #OAWeek activities 👇
openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/15/i...
It's #OAWeek! Why not sign up to some of the free online events listed in this post, focusing on #OAbooks and open infrastructures ⬇️
20.10.2025 10:03 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Next week is Open Access Week 2025: Who owns our knowledge?
Plan your #OAWeek events with this #OAbooks summary! 👇
A purple banner with the International Open Access Week logo and the words 'Open Access Week 2025, October 20-26, 2025, #OAWeek' next to an image of a person staring up at a starry night sky with the OA padlock symbol in the stars.
OA WEEK: Next week (20-26 October) is #OAWeek!
At the OABN, in collaboration with @copim.bsky.social , we've gathered as many online events as we can find that relate to OA books or open infrastructures & shared the details in this post:
👉 openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/15/i...
#OpenAccess Week is almost here!
15.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A purple banner with the International Open Access Week logo and the words 'Open Access Week 2025, October 20-26, 2025, #OAWeek' next to an image of a person staring up at a starry night sky with the OA padlock symbol in the stars.
OA WEEK: Next week (20-26 October) is #OAWeek!
At the OABN, in collaboration with @copim.bsky.social , we've gathered as many online events as we can find that relate to OA books or open infrastructures & shared the details in this post:
👉 openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/15/i...
RECORDING: the recording of our recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share:
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Interested in #DiamondOA and based in Africa, Europe, or Latin America?
Join the first @almasiproject.bsky.social Policy Forum on 29 October at 15:00 CEST.
Details and registration link below 👇
RECORDING: the recording of our recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share:
📺 youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g?...
#OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
This event is on TUESDAY! Sign up and learn more about author experiences of publishing #OAbooks and editing #OpenAccess book series 👇
26.09.2025 10:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to present the OPERAS Research Infrastructure Special Interest Group on #OpenAccess Books at #OASPA2025. If you want to join the community then have a look at operas-eu.org/special-inte...
24.09.2025 10:04 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
For example, earlier this year a piece on Diamond #OpenAccess was published in Katina as the result of a collaboration between the Open Access Business Models WG and the OABN WG:
'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?' katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
This poster shows how the OABN Working Group fits into the broader Open Access Books Special Interest Group of @operaseu.bsky.social.
The aim is to foster more effective collaboration on #OAbooks. (1/2)
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!