Dominique Walker

A diamond being held between a pair of silver tweezers so that it can be examined, over a plain white surface.

NEW ARTICLE: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?'

Published today in Katina Magazine, and written by @alittleroad.bsky.social, @ivamz.bsky.social, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and @nielsstern.bsky.social -- find out more here:

openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/07/09/h...

A photo of the Monachyle Mhor garden at 11.30pm and it is still light!

Ridiculously light for 11.30pm!

Looking forward to running this free online #training session next week with my colleague Kat Nelson.

This one offers an overview to the book publishing process - please share with any colleagues/networks who might find this useful ⬇️

@oipassoc.bsky.social
#AcademicPublishing #ECR #AcademicSky

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! 👋

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

I love an excuse to visit the beautiful University of Stirling campus!

What is a University Press? I was having a pretty good week last week, until we got to the closing minutes of play. At that point, I learned that Amsterdam University Press (AUP) had been acquired by the for-profit corporate pub...

What is a University Press?

On the acquisition of AUP by T&F (and my anger at it), the governance link between universities and university presses, and putting one's labour where one's values are.

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UCL Press celebrates 10 years of award-winning open access publishing This June, UCL Press marks a decade of open access publishing and over 19.5 million global downloads.

Congratulations to @uclpress.bsky.social on ten years of open access book publishing. I still think one of the biggest successes of the UK approach to OA has been the resurgence of the subsidised university press landscape.

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

I suspect we lose far more access to content every year through publishers’ restrictive licensing of ebooks than we do from weeding print books.

New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched! - University of London Press We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and avail...

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social.

Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...

Maybe you need some more artful positioning of your jacket. But also I think it causes just about the right amount of confusion!

Oh no! You could have joined me and Rebecca for a pre-train pub trip! Next time x

The hanging corpse was pretty visible during your talk I think!

Becky and @dominiquewalker.bsky.social are back at it again!

This time we are promoting OIPA at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference.

If you’re here, come say hi 👋

Some good discussion of openwashing from commercial publishers and their proprietary platforms in the Q&A. Redirect your money from commercial publishers to community-led open access publishers. #EORC25

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

Photograph of Judith Fatallah presenting at the Edinburgh Open Research conference

Enjoyed @judithfathallah.bsky.social's point that the citation advantage and openess of publishing #OpenAccess is more personally beneficial for researchers, particularly as publishing with "prestige" legacy publishers doesn't result in permanent contracts these days anyway!

A photograph of Kevin Sanders presenting at the Edinburgh Open Research Conference

At the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference today.

Great to hear from @kjsanders.bsky.social and @judithfathallah.bsky.social on the awesome @openbookcollective.bsky.social, and always enjoy seeing @oipassoc.bsky.social member logos on slides 😄

I love getting to go to these events and learning about the awesome research projects at our member institutions.

Didn't so much enjoy carting the pop-up banner on the train 😂

More of the same tomorrow at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social festival!

Sorry Martina, I didn't notice you had your eyes shut 😂

A photograph of Gillian Daly standing at a lectern introducing Simon Bains, Martina McChrytsal and Evelyn Kilmurry for a panel session at the CILIPS 2025 conference

Great panel session with Gillian Daly from @scurlscottish.bsky.social along with @simonjbains.bsky.social, @martinamcc.bsky.social and Evelyn Kilmurry with useful examples of how we articulate the value of HE libraries and public libraries, and the skills we need as a profession!

#CILIPS25

A photograph of Alison Nolan presenting at the CILIPS 2025 conference

Thanks to SLIC's Alison Nolan for mentioning how academic libraries are leading the way with innovative #OpenAccess publishing models in her keynote at #CILIPS25 - including a shout out for @scotunipress.bsky.social 😄

YouTube video by Scottish Universities Press SUP fireside chat: The vow of stability

Watch the recording of our fireside chat with Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social marking the launch of 'The vow of stability'.

Richard covers his experiences of life in a Benedictine monastery, his thoughts on stability and more challenging topics such as sexual abuse.

👉 youtu.be/DtjjP2k1DoU

YouTube video by Scottish Universities Press SUP fireside chat: Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century

The recording of the fireside chat celebrating the launch of 'Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century' is now available!

Thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott and Michelle Doran for a great discussion and answering our questions 🙋

Watch it here 👇

youtu.be/Az9v6kDpp8M?...

This is a great blog post from Richard Irvine about his latest book, published today with @scotunipress.bsky.social!

Especially the part about being a huge fan of libraries 😄

It was great working with @robotforaday.bsky.social on this title!

An infographic advertising the publication of 'The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life'. The front cover appears on the left hand side. On the right hand side is a book description reading: 'A close study of the rhythms and challenges of community life based on long-term fieldwork in an English Benedictine monastery, this book considers the importance of stability in a world of movement and fleeting interaction, and how religious institutions endure and change through time.' The link to download the book is included: https://doi.org/10.62637/sup.bilp1551. Contact details are info@sup.ac.uk and www.sup.ac.uk.

🌟 It's publication day for 'The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life'!

👏Congratulations to Dr Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social on his unique account of life in a Catholic Benedictine monastery.

Download #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.62637/sup...

#SocialAnthropology

Digital Editing and Publishing in the Twenty-first Century launched this morning: thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott, and Michelle Doran for participating in the session hosted by @scotunipress.bsky.social.

The book is #openaccess:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...

#digitalhumanities

Photo of the main stage at the Scottish Book Trade Conference

Little day trip to Edinburgh for the @publishingscotland.bsky.social Scottish Book Trade Conference.

Looking forward to learning more about the current publishing landscape in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚

Scottish Universities Press unveils new open access textbook programme for 2025 — Scottish Universities Press We are proud to announce that Scottish Universities Press (SUP) is launching an open access textbook programme, commencing in May 2025. We are now open for textbook proposals from authors affiliated ...

We are thrilled to announce that SUP is launching an #OpenAccess textbooks programme!

We are seeking to address the significant need for more affordable and accessible educational resources across the UK higher education landscape.

Read more here 👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis...

#Textbooks #OERs

The vow of stability: book launch with Dr Richard Irvine — Scottish Universities Press To mark the release of another exciting scholarly work at Scottish Universities Press, The vow of stability: an ethnography of monastic life , we're hosting a fireside chat with the author, Dr Ri...

Offering a unique anthropological account of life in a Catholic Benedictine monastery, 'The vow of stability' by Richard Irvine publishes on 20 May!

Join Richard for a fireside chat to learn more:

📅 22 May
⏰ 2pm BST

👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/the-vow...

@robotforaday.bsky.social #SocialAnthropology