@dominiquewalker.bsky.social
Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Press, a fully OA not-for-profit publisher managed by 20 university libraries. https://sup.ac.uk Secretary for the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) https://oipauk.org
Two people stand in front of a stall for University of Westminster Press. They hold an OIPA members catalogue.
We love to see it!
Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA memberβs catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!
Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA
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#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25
A photograph of Dominique Walker, SUP Publishing Officer, sitting on a chair next to the Scottish Universities stand at MeCCSA 2025.
If you are at @meccsa2025.bsky.social, pop up to level 2 to speak to SUP Publishing Officer, Dominique Walker, about publishing your next book #OpenAccess!
Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU
π Check out this interview with SUP's Gillian Daly, published in @cilip.bsky.social's #InformationProfessional magazine!
"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."
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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!
21.06.2025 22:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looking 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 β¬οΈ
@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! π
If youβre 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
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I love an excuse to visit the beautiful University of Stirling campus!
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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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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 publishersβ restrictive licensing of ebooks than we do from weeding print books.
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π₯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!
04.06.2025 17:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh no! You could have joined me and Rebecca for a pre-train pub trip! Next time x
04.06.2025 17:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The hanging corpse was pretty visible during your talk I think!
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Becky and @dominiquewalker.bsky.social are back at it again!
This time we are promoting OIPA at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference.
If youβre here, come say hi π
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
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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!
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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 π
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 π
More of the same tomorrow at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social festival!
Sorry Martina, I didn't notice you had your eyes shut π
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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 π
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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.
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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 π
Watch it here π
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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 π
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.
π It's publication day for 'The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life'!
πCongratulations 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
