OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association

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The OASPA 2026 annual conference will be held in Zagreb, Croatia from September 21 - 23 2026.

OASPA conference page: www.oaspa.org/events/annua...

Get in touch to hear about being a conference sponsor.

Registration will open soon - we hope to see you in Zagreb!

Tracy Creagh (QUT) from the Australasian Diamond Community of Practice assesses OA initiatives across ANZ at the #DiamondOA Summit. Stressing the importance of OASPA, DOAJ, ALMASI, and DIAMAS amongst many others
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@creaght.bsky.social
@doaj.bsky.social
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▪️Do you work with #OpenAccess journals? Are you setting up a new journal? Are you training a team?

▪️The OA Journals Toolkit should be your start point: oajournals-toolkit.org

▪️A free resource from @doaj.bsky.social and @oaspa.bsky.social

Please share how you are using the Toolkit too!

An interview with UJ Press on joining OASPA - OASPA UJ Press has recently become a member of OASPA in the small professional publisher category, further enriching the growing community of members. To gain more

Hear from one of our recently joined members, UJ Press on their reasons for joining OASPA's growing community - bit.ly/4qc7y1C

Find out about membership at bit.ly/Member-benef...
Support OASPA's work if you are not an OA Publisher: bit.ly/Support-OASPA
#OpenAccess #OA #OASPAMember

Image for a webinar titled "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today," scheduled for January 29, 10.30am Pacific Time | 1.30pm Eastern Time 6.30pm GMT | 7.30pm CET. Features headshots of four speakers. Hosted by OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association.

Why does #openaccess matter and what’s at stake if scholarship isn’t publicly available? This Thursday, 1/29, ACLS President Joy Connolly will participate in an @oaspa.bsky.social webinar to discuss the importance of #OA beyond academia.

Register: bit.ly/4benLQe

Full info & bios: bit.ly/4aBRXnU

Have you registered for Thursday's webinar? Huge interest in this one.
Still time to register.

Have you registered for Thursday's webinar? Huge interest in this one.
Still time to register.

Remember to register for OASPA's upcoming webinar: "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today"
What is the risk of not having content openly available?

Full info & bios: bit.ly/4aBRXnU

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

And Malavika from OASPA will be there too! Reach out if you would like to meet her!

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @oaspa.bsky.social @researchdataall.bsky.social @fmdocs.bsky.social @ifla.org @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and more!

🔗 mailchi.mp/704ca2c43789...

Have you registered for our upcoming webinar? What are the risks of content not being openly available? With speakers Ameet Doshi, Lacey N. LaGrone, Beth Daley and Joy Connolly
January 29 ⬇️

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@acls1919.bsky.social @us.theconversation.com @princeton.edu

Latest OASPA data shows dramatic growth in OA articles from past decades is plateauing - OASPA Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output to report on volumes of published open access content and licensing. OASPA members were

Reading: Latest OASPA data shows dramatic growth in OA articles from past decades is plateauing

www.oaspa.org/news/latest-...

Register for our upcoming webinar on January 29 ⬇️

Register for our upcoming webinar on January 29 ⬇️

Our first webinar of 2026 is "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today"
We will explore why do we care about opening up access to scholarship? And what is the risk of not having this content openly available?
Full info & bios: bit.ly/4aBRXnU
bit.ly/registration...
#OA

The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape.

Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.

Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...

Our first webinar of 2026 is "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today"
We will explore why do we care about opening up access to scholarship? And what is the risk of not having this content openly available?
Full info & bios: bit.ly/4aBRXnU
bit.ly/registration...
#OA

🗞️ Just published in Research Information

Read this piece from OASPA's Malavika Legge outlining why it not only matters that open access is the predominant output for scholarship, but also how and for whom open access works.

Read the article to see how you can share your views.

The OA Journals Toolkit has been updated. It now offers more information and guidance on a very important topic: accessibility.

@oaspa.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social #scholarlypublishing #openaccess #journals #accessibility

→ Érudit se joint à l’OASPA 🎉

Nous rejoignons ainsi d’autres organisations ayant à cœur le savoir libre pour contribuer aux discussions et aux actions en faveur d’un libre accès équitable et durable.

Lire l’entrevue : apropos.erudit.org/erudit-rejoi...

@oaspa.bsky.social #libreaccès #OASPAMember

Hear from one of our recently joined members, Érudit on their reasons for joining OASPA's growing community - bit.ly/441Eulw

Find out about membership at bit.ly/Member-benef...
Support OASPA's work if you are not an OA Publisher: bit.ly/Support-OASPA
#OpenAccess #OA #OASPAMember

Super proud to have contributed again to the OA Journals Toolkit from @doaj.bsky.social and @oaspa.bsky.social!

The refresh includes updated information and new sections on accessibility and long-term archiving and preservation.

Check it out!

www.oajournals-toolkit.org

The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape.

Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.

Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...

The recording of "Diamond OA communities-of-practice in action: Wayfinders #6" is available at: bit.ly/47CAwla
With thanks to panelists: Femi Arogundade,
@jbuggle.bsky.social @creaght.bsky.social & Malavika Legge.
Please watch if you were unable to join us live & share with colleagues.
#openaccess

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @uqam.ca @libereurope.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social @oaspa.bsky.social @discoverunb.bsky.social and more!
mailchi.mp/d8434a188944...

OASPA, with @researchconsulting.bsky.social, has today published a new position paper: Embracing the Complexity of '100% OA': from Percentage to Participation. This work serves as a key input for OASPA's strategic planning.
Read our full post and invitation for feedback: bit.ly/3LJkhKA
#openaccess

Don't forget to register for this upcoming webinar (Wednesday November 5).

Hear from one of our recently joined members, Precision Nanomedicine on their reasons for joining OASPA's community as a scholar publisher - bit.ly/4oRzM1D
Find out about membership at bit.ly/Member-benef...
Support OASPA's work if you are not an OA Publisher: bit.ly/Support-OASPA
#OpenAccess #OA

A reminder to join us on Wednesday 5 November for the next free webinar in our Wayfinders series. We look forward to seeing you there!
#OASPAWayfinders #OA #OpenAccess

Just realised I'm writing as OASPA but meant as Bernie. I'm glad it reminds me regularly that no human brain is involved as it's too easy to shortcut analysis with it. I always remember a librarian telling me that Gen AI is very smart and very stupid.