Irish Open Access Publishers

Opening the Future included with several opt-in Diamond offers to IReL members Ireland has made major community-led advances in open access in the last few years. Of particular note was the creation of Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP), a community of practice for Irish open…

Our @openingthefuture.bsky.social programme is included with several opt-in Diamond offers to IReL members! 🥳

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@ioap.bsky.social

#OABooks #OpenAccess

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd!

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We're excited to introduce our new online ‘guide of guides’ #CopimCompass 🧭

This comprehensive toolkit will support #publishers & #libraries with the latest resources and best practices for publishing #OAbooks 🛠️

Learn more & get started today! 🚀

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#OA #Monographs #LaunchDay

04. Library Success St... | Compass Libraries are a vital and omnipresent part of open access publishing. Institutional publishing, gene...

Great to see our colleagues @wrunipress.bsky.social included alongside many other fantastic Library Success Stories in the #CopimCompass 📖 🧭

Trump v. Research: How We Could Turn the Threats into Opportunities - The Scholarly Kitchen Alice Meadows and guest chef Suze Kundu look at how, by acting collectively across all stakeholder groups, we could turn the Trump administration's threats against research into opportunities

A timely reminder from @alicemeadows.bsky.social and @funsizesuze.bsky.social on the eve of the Workers' Holiday that we are more powerful when we work together. #DefendResearch
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/30/t...

Acquisition and Collection Development Section, together with the Library Publishing Special Interest Group and the Advisory Committee on Open Science and Scholarship - IFLA | WLIC 2025 Join us this August in Astana, Kazakhstan for a week of networking, learning, debating and sharing with the most global community of information professionals and librarians!

IFLA LIBPUB SIG, ACD Section, and the Advisory Committee on Open Science and Scholarship, have issued a call for papers for the open session, Sustainable Paths Towards Open Science and Open Scholarship, at WLIC 2025.
Closing date is April 30
Full details: 2025.ifla.org/acquisition-...

Our model replaces unaffordable Transformative Agreements offered by global commercial publishers with a community-led equitable alternative. Read more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.

In light of this amazing news about an academic journal collective, here's some of my work theorizing library publishing cooperatives from 7-8 years ago
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The IOAP and LAI Library Publishing Group are delighted to host a webinar with Paola Corti (SPARC Europe) on Scholarship with an Open Mindset. Wednesday 16th April at 3pm GMT+1. Full details and registration link: ioap.ie/paola-corti-...

Check out Aisling Coyne's blogpost on the upcoming IOAP & LAI Library Publishing Group webinar, Paola Corti on Scholarship with an Open Mindset on Weds. 16th April 3-4pm​
ioap.ie/paola-corti-...

Scholarship with an Open Mindset with Paola Corti The IOAP and the LAI Library Publishing Group are delighted to invite you to a talk by Paola Corti on Scholarship with an Open Mindset.

Please join the Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP) and the LAI Library Publishing Group (LPG) for this collaborative webinar with Paola Corti (SPARC Europe) on Scholarship with an Open Mindset. Wednesday 16th April 3-4pm GMT+1
www.eventbrite.ie/e/scholarshi...

Six reasons why open institutional publishing matters A new wave of institutional publishers is changing the way we think about academic publishing. Here’s why they’re worth watching

Why open institutional publishing matters:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...

LAI LPG presents: The Value of Library Publishing Experiences of leading open access publishing in London's School of Economics.

The LAI Library Publishing Group is hosting a webinar on Tuesday 25th March from 4 - 5pm GMT. Niamh Tumelty (LSE; Cambridge University) will speak on The Value of Library Publishing. Not to be missed!
All welcome but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.ie/e/lai-lpg-pr...

Jeanette Hatherill, Canada Jeanette Hatherill is the Senior Coordinator for Coalition Publica, which supports sustainable open access in Canada by developing a non-commercial, open source national infrastructure for digital …

@ifla-libpub.bsky.social new post by Jeanette Hatherill, Coalition Publica, on its blog series, Library Publishing through the IFLA Global Lens.
libpubblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/j...

Honored to have you on the Advisory Board!

Building a National Community of Practice for Diamond Open Access Since its establishment in 2021, Irish Open Access Publishers has evolved into a dynamic and engaged network of practitioners. Communities of Practice Theory helps explain how.

New article by @janebuggle.bsky.social on the development of @ioap.bsky.social in today's Katina Magazine:
katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The @iflaglobal.bsky.social Library Publishing Group is looking forward to joining the #LibraryPublishing conversation on Bluesky! Find out more about our work at www.ifla.org/units/librar...

Thanks for coming, Bernie. IT is great to have you on our Advisory Board.

Hi Leigh, No, we have decided to make them biannual. We will promote the 2026 awards later in the year. Thanks for your interest!

(In)equity in open access: OASPA's recommended practices on financial and workflow barriers
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Connecting Institutional Publishers: The 2024 OIPA Symposium - UKSG The Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) was founded to connect and encourage a diverse range of university presses and university-affiliated publishing operations striving for open access...

Delighted to share that the write-up of our 2024 Symposium in York has been published by @uksg.bsky.social!

www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

You can also access the slides from the keynotes (feat. @janebuggle.bsky.social, Andrew Barker & Sarah Thompson) & lightning talks!

oipauk.org/news-events-...

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Are you unemployed but used to work in the library/publishing/knowledge comms space? Don't forget you can attend our November conference on Cybersecurity and Censorship completely FREE! Simply email your details to bev @uksg.org Read more here: bit.ly/3xJ55Gp

any book workers (library workers, publishing workers, translators, etc) are welcome to sign this too, not just authors

YouTube video by Library Publishing Coalition Empowering Communities: Shaping Open Scholarly Publishing in Europe and Beyond

Recording of our great event with @janebuggle.bsky.social and others (whom I can‘t find here) now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxB...
Tune in if you want to learn about #FairOpenAccess and #DiamondOpenAccess. We had great questions from audience around research assessment, #DOAJ, why journals etc

For those interested in #openaccess #openscience #scholcomm

2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access | 8 – 14 December 2024, Cape Town, South Africa « The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the diamond open access community and potential communities together in a dialogue between journal editors, organisations, expe…

2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access | 8 – 14 December 2024, Cape Town, South Africa