Joe Deville

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Annual reminder to tag us if you or your child dress up as an AUP book character for World Book Day tomorrow. I would suggest going as a Scottish Benedictine monk in 17th century Germany, but Patrick Gordon or Sorely Maclean are always great option. Explore more here:
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The @copim.bsky.social conference last week was such an excellent conference. Copim and #OpenBookFutures have been such important projects for moving discussions and practices for #OpenAccess books forward 🙌

7/6 Oops. Tagged in the wrong Anna Hughes! This is the @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social I meant to mention and thank.. ! For all the absolutely amazing work on putting this conference together. Thanks again Anna! 😅

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6/6 All images are free to reuse. Photography by Stuart Hollis www.hollisphotography.uk

5/ Thank you to our incredible conference organising team, including @annalchughes.bsky.social, @alittleroad.bsky.social, @clairemcgann.bsky.social, @scholtom.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, Sue Pell & Holly Turpin, as well as to the @lborouniversity.bsky.social conference team

4/ .. it showed both the real work required to change things in local settings, but also a range of inspiring examples of what can be possible. Recordings of this and all sessions will soon be made available, if you missed it.

3/ We at @openbookcollective.bsky.social brought together librarians from around the world to discuss their work as #DiamondOpenAccess changemakers. Chaired by @heroicendeavour.bsky.social & with contributions from Fatimah Abduldayan, @jillasella.bsky.social, @mambalu.bsky.social & Sarah Thompson..

2/ .. but they also extended wider to include the place of scholarly knowledge in open publishing, what doing accessibility for books really looks like in practice, and how - in Siddharth Soni's closing keynote - authorship, authority, and intellectual labour are being reconfigured

A crowd of delegates, arranged in a rough semi circle, looking up at the camera, some cheering

Two delegates talking to each other during a coffee break, both smiling, other delegates in the background

Caroline Ball speaking, holding a lapel mic, with Fatimah Abduldayan, Martina Benz, and Sarah Thompson sitting alongside, with Martina looking up and back at a screen off camera

View from the back of a tiered lecture theatre, showing around 100 delegates seated in rows looking at a screen at the front, showing a remote delegate speaking, with four other speakers sitting below and to the left

1/ We did it.. the first ever Copim community conference ... done! Approx 250 people joining on and offline, over two days, with delegates representing every continent and 49 countries. Inevitably our discussions centred on the futures of #OAbooks...

2/ ... but they also extended wider to include the place of scholarly knowledge in open publishing, what doing accessibility for books really looks like in practice, and how -- in Siddharth Soni's closing keynote -- authorship, authority, and intellectual labour are being reconfigured.

To paraphrase @rupertgatti.bsky.social: ‘We have the important principle of ‘scaling small’. But to get to that point, you have to start. Start small. But have your ambitions to the roof.’

#CopimConference

Heading home after a really energising and thought-provoking couple of days at the @copim.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to everyone involved for organising such an inspiring programme celebrating the valuable work done by both Copim and #OpenBookFutures 👏 #CopimConference

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A rare chance for a mini-mattering-meeting at the #CopimConference, where @joedeville.bsky.social opened the event talking about his work with @copim.bsky.social & Julien McHardy is speaking about the possible futures of #ScholarLed publishing. Joined by Mattering co-editor @annadowrick.bsky.social

Rupert in front of a slide titled 'Endnotes'. Underneath: 'Join the Copim Community JiscMail', with a QR code

Final #CopimConference panel!! Led by @rupertgatti.bsky.social. How can we protect the ability of communities to communicate? In the face of extractive publishing, AI and all the pressures of 2020s HE. One answer: join the new @copim.bsky.social mailing list! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.e...

copim conference information table with books, flyers, brochures, and banners on Open Access and community-owned publishing.

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We’re at the #CopimConference in London this week! 🔓

Great discussions about accessibility, metadata, open infrastructure and the future of community-led #OpenAccess book publishing! Looking forward to the upcoming sessions! 📚

Many thanks to @copim.bsky.social for organising this event! 🫶

Oh I didn't realise! Please come and find me!

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Time for Thoth 1.0! thoth.pub #CopimConference

With Open Book Collective funding there was the potential for a coordinated intervention to build more integrated diamond OA infrastructure @openbookcollective.bsky.social #copimconference

Fatimah J. Abduldayan from Nigeria Maritime University describes the structural constraints of a print-first publishing strategy across Nigerian institutions. Lack of metadata sharing really restricts the global visibility & discoverability of their authors’ research. #CopimConference #OpenAccess

N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing - N8 Research Partnership The N8 is calling for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models and our members commit to collaborating to drive efficiency and deliver value for money

N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing is an important milestone in bringing different universities together to agree that scholarly publishing models must deliver value for money & to encourage publishers to move towards fairly priced, open access & value-added publishing #copimconference

If you’re at #CopimConference, don’t forget to pick up one of our new stickers! 💎💎💎

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It's here! #CopimConference is underway at Loughborough University London Campus. Looking forward to the programme and to many conversations about the future of #openaccess and #openinfrastructure
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Copim conference opens with talk on Exploring the future of community-led open access books

Great start to the #CopimConference with @openreflections.bsky.social and @joedeville.bsky.social reflecting on the original aims of @copim.bsky.social and Open Book Futures including the impact of @openbookcollective.bsky.social and the importance of scholar-led publishing.

A black banner with orange and white text, featuring a headshot of Janneke Adema (and her cat, Nero) in a circle on the right, as well as a QR code. The text on the left says: I'm speaking at the #CopimConference What next for community-led open access book publishing? Janneke Adema, Associate Professor (Research), Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures. Time 11.00 AM Thursday 26 February 2026

Together with @joedeville.bsky.social I will be giving the opening keynote at the @copim.bsky.social Conference 2026: What Next for Community-led Open Access Book Publishing?(26-27 February). Would be lovely to see you there, either in person or virtually: copim.pub/join-us-for-... #CopimConference

Very many congratulations to Dr Steven Graham who successfully defended his thesis yesterday and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinSociology and was supervised by Stefanie Doebler, Bob Jessop and Claire Waterton. www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Shining a light on Opening the Future authors 🔆

🗣️ Prof. @deanallbritton.bsky.social (Colby College)
📚 Feeling Sick: The Early Years of AIDS in Spain (2023) via @livunipress.bsky.social
🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/feeling-...

Particularly relevant in the context of #Munin2025: @joedeville.bsky.social highlights some findings from a report on adoption of #DiamondOA, with a focus here on feedback received from Nordic countries (with case studies of Finland and Sweden)

Our Director @joedeville.bsky.social will be streaming live from #Munin2025 in around 30 mins (9.30GMT/10.30CET), introducing the OBC's work & some examples from our report into barriers to supporting collective #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. Streaming link: uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...