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🌟Win a fully funded trip to #UKSG2026

Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places!

📍 Glasgow, UK
📅 30 March–1 April 2026

Apply by 15 February 2026

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Collective Development Fund - Open Book Collective The Collective Development Fund provides small grants to strengthen the global open access book publishing ecosystem. It supports capacity-building projects h…

💡 Got an idea that can make a difference? This is YOUR chance to secure funding and help shape the future of #OA books!

Full details & guidance on @openbookcollective.bsky.social website

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#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #FundingOpportunity #OBC #CDF26

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One more day to join the #ERAAct public consulatation! Your voice matters, please give your opinion. If you need help with organising your thoughts, @sparc-eu.bsky.social has a position paper that might help: sparceurope.org/feedback-on-...

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Image of CEO Caroline Sutton at the podium from APE with slide reading: LIVE LAUNCH: Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity - and a cover of the report.

Live from #APE2026 in Berlin: STM CEO Caroline Sutton just unveiled "Safeguarding Scholarly Communication", a landmark cross-publisher report on scaling infrastructure, tools & teams to fight industrialised research fraud.

Learn more >> stm-assoc.org/new-report-d... @researchconsulting.bsky.social

Why is research led by women retracted less frequently? - Impact of Social Sciences A recent study found research by women had fewer retractions. Are women betters researchers, or does the finding reflect wider structural issues?

💥New: Why is research led by women retracted less frequently?

✍️ @curtrice.bsky.social

#ResearchIntegrity #Retractions #AcademicSky

Deep Maps: Blue Humanities — Online Peer Review Party - Copim Join the Experimental Publishing Group for an online peer review party for Deep Maps: Blue Humanities, an experimental publishing project by James Smith, deve…

Take part in an experiment in collective review & join our Experimental Publishing Group for an online peer review party on 29 Jan 2026!! 🥳

Together, you'll review Deep Maps: Blue Humanities alongside author @scrivenersmith.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy

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The number of low-quality or fraudulent publications is rising to hundreds of thousands per year. It is time to reevaluate current publishing models and outline a global plan. Read the 'Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS 🧪

Warm wishes for a restful holiday break and a New Year rich in collaboration, visibility, and recognition for the essential role of university presses.
Looking back, moving forward: Wrapping up AEUP’s 2025 👉
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The #AEUP2025 conference closes with a workshop on collaboration organised by Margreet Nieborg, Netherlands University Presses; @kjsanders.bsky.social from @openbookcollective.bsky.social; @jordyfindanis.bsky.social from @oapenbooks.bsky.social and Toby Steiner from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social.

Carsten Borchert from @sciflow.bsky.social presents the Open Source Academic Publishing Suite (os-aps.de) with a focus on #accessibility. We recommend you to check the tool if you are struggling with single source publishing. #AEUP2025 #academicpublishing #scholcomm #institutionalpublishing

Day 2 of #AEUP2025 starts with a keynote by Vanessa Proudman, director of @sparc-eu.bsky.social, focusing on #sustainability toolsuite for #DiamondOA publishing developed within the #DIAMAS project: toolsuite.diamas.org/toolsuite-su...

We're looking forward to co-hosting this workshop alongside @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social & @oapenbooks.bsky.social at the 4th @aeup-eu.bsky.social Conference today!

If you're there, join us at 15:30 CEST to end the conference on a high!

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@ivamz.bsky.social from the University of Zagreb presenting the possible funding sources available for #DiamondOA. #AEUP2025 #sustainablefunding #academicpublishing #scholcomm

Academies of Sciences play a key role in sustaining high-quality, mission-driven publishing. Their role is discussed in a panel discussion with Piret Lukkanen (Estonian Academy Publishers) and Herwig Stöger (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, @oeaw.bsky.social) chaired by @ivovolt.bsky.social.

Sévérine Guiton, Céline Vautrin and Laure Himy-Piéri presented the process and results of creation of the French Alliance of Public Scientific Publishers, Alliance des éditeurs scientifiques publics français (ALEF). #AEUP2025 #academicpublishing #scholcomm #PublicPublishers

One of the newest AEUP members, Malta University Press (represented by managing editor Krista Bonici) presented its case study at #AEUP2025. This conference is really about sharing and inspiring each other, and case studies are great discussion openings. #UniversityPublishing #scholcomm

As inspiration for others to join efforts and coordinate, Christina Lenz from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social Press is presenting the newly formed Nordic collaboration on #OpenPublishing - joint operation of Stockholm University, the @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social and the NTNU Trondheim. #AEUP2025

@paolacorti.bsky.social opening the #AEUP2025 conference with a presentation on open textbook. University Presses are on a path worth following in that matter! #openeducation #universitypublishing #scholcomm #academicpublishing

Check out the resources in advance on @eudch.bsky.social

⚒️ toolsuite.diamas.org/toolsuite-su...

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Vanessa Proudman is our second keynote speaker and we couldn't be more proud to have her. Vanessa is Director of SPARC Europe; she is working to make Open the default in Europe through policy-making, advocacy and knowledge exchange. At #AEUP2025 she will present the #DIAMAS sustainability toolsuite.

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@paolacorti.bsky.social is the first keynote speaker at the 4th AEUP Conference and we are so much looking forward her presentation! Paola is SPARC Europe‘s Open Education Community Manager – she supports #librarians in implementing the #UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources. #AEUP2025

We’re excited to announce that the programme for the 4th AEUP Conference, “Sustaining the Flow: Keeping the Pages Turning in Scholarly Publishing,” is now available online!
www.aeup.eu/conferences/... Register today! #AEUP2025 #conference #publishing #academicpublishing #scholcomm #openaccess

Yellow post-it with a reminder to take care of yourself and submit a proposal for AEUP Conference.

If you haven’t submitted your proposal yet, now is the time! We invite contributions exploring the many dimensions of sustainability in scholarly publishing. Submission deadline: 15 March 2025. Full Call for Papers: www.aeup.eu/conferences/... #AEUP2025 #scholarlypublishing #institutionalpublishing

Publishers, please make writing alt text for book covers part of your regular metadata process. Then embed that alt text on your website. And make it more than just the title of the book. It's good for accessibility, and by doing so you ensure that your book is described accurately elsewhere.

4th AEUP Conference header with aerial photo of the city of Vienna.

AEUP is pleased to announce that the fourth conference “Sustaining the Flow: Keeping the Pages Turning in Scholarly Publishing,” will be held in the beautiful city of #Vienna, Austria, on 22 and 23 May 2025, thanks to the generous invitation of the @oeaw.bsky.social. #AEUP25 #scholarlypublishing