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OAPEN connects libraries, publishers, researchers, and funders with a global infrastructure for peer-reviewed open access books to advance research and the public good. Explore our collection of 40,000+ OA books: https://library.oapen.org
We're delighted to announce that today we published our joint 2025 Highlights with @doabooks.bsky.social, an annual report presenting an overview of key developments across our two #OAbooks infrastructures.
Check it out: www.oapen.org/article/oape...
Press release: oapen.org/article/oape...
🌏📚 “Open scholarship is complex, and local knowledge and connections are essential.”
In our new DOAB Ambassadors interview, Danny Kingsley shares why strengthening local networks and open infrastructure is key to advancing #OAbooks.
🔗 buff.ly/zPPDTHT
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #DOAB
We're pleased to announce that registration is LIVE! 🎉
Head over to Eventbrite now to bag yourselves a ticket 🎫
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practicing...
FYI one ticket covers both days!
@openreflections.bsky.social @simonxix.com
Just over a week away - don't miss out and register now for #GRAPHIA's next webinar: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Last available seats! Register now for the online event "OpenCitations: recent developments and future directions", organized by University of Derby in the context of the #OpenResearchWeek!
📌12 March 2026, h. 12-13 CET
👉Register at: libcal.derby.ac.uk/event/4486464
@essepuntato.bsky.social
A call to arms from for all #Copimconference attendees to keep engaging with us via our new mailing list 💪
Feed into what's next for #openaccess and #openinfrastructures
Subscribe to copim@jiscmail.ac.uk 👉 buff.ly/Kij8Abw
Photo credit: Philip Oroni via Unsplash
📚📰 Open access isn't uniform!
This OA Books Toolkit piece outlines the main distinctions between OA books and journals, emphasizing why book publishing often involves more intricacy than journal articles—vital insights for authors.
👉 Explore the article: buff.ly/NRv2pfL
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
"🔍 Early validation & clear feedback! Metadata issues flagged quickly, deposits more reliable and quality assured.
🔗 buff.ly/UPrMvsj
#OpenAccess #Metadata #Quality #OABooks"
📚 Meet Danny Kingsley, DOAB Ambassador for Australia 🇦🇺
Danny shares insights on the global open books landscape, why local expertise matters, and the growing need to support open infrastructure in scholarly communication.
🔗 Read the interview: buff.ly/zPPDTHT
#OA #OAbooks #OpenScience #DOAB
Àwọn ìwé OA agbègbè nílò ìfarahàn àgbáyé kí a lè tún wọn lò ní àwùjọ ìwádìí.
Dókítà Sadiat Adetoro Salau ń pè fún ìbáṣepọ̀ tó dára láàrin àkójọpọ̀ àti àwọn pẹpẹ àgbáyé.
YO 🔗 buff.ly/1DxtTYH
🌐📖 #OAbooks #OpenScience
Local OA books need global visibility to be reusable across research communities.
Dr Sadiat Adetoro Salau calls for better links between repositories and global platforms.
EN 🔗 buff.ly/FgvEpCQ
🌐📖 #OAbooks #OpenScience
#OAbooks lè ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún ìdíwọ̀n ìwádìí tó kún fún ìfarahàn oríṣìíríṣìí ìfikún ìmọ̀.
Dókítà Sadiat Adetoro Salau ń pè fún fífi wọn sínú ìjíròrò àtúnṣe.
YO 🔗 buff.ly/1DxtTYH
📚🌍 #OpenAccess #OA
#OAbooks can support more inclusive research assessment by recognising a wider range of scholarly outputs.
Dr Sadiat Adetoro Salau calls for their inclusion in reform discussions.
EN 🔗 buff.ly/FgvEpCQ
📚🌍 #OpenAccess #OA
📊 The OAPEN Library Dashboard is receiving usage updates again!
As of 9 Feb 2026, IRUS-UK has resumed processing OAPEN usage data. Reporting is now
fully operational and we’re working on a more sustainable analytics setup for the future.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/UPrMvsj
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
Thanks Alice! We love it too 😀
Tomorrow at 9am
Join Publishing Houses 360° to explore OA infrastructures & the future of scholarly communication. Our Managing Director will talk about the evolution of OA scholarly books from an infrastructure provider perspective.
Free registration 👉 buff.ly/uHzQ50L
#OA #OAbooks
📈 “Usage data is essential for demonstrating impact, reporting to funders and understanding readership.”
More in our latest OAPEN Library Dashboard update 👉 buff.ly/UPrMvsj
#OpenAccess #OAbooks #OpenScience
From editorial design to AI in scholarly publishing 📚
Join us on 7 March, from 9 to 17, at Publishing Houses 360° – From Inspiration to Concept to explore the future of academic publishing.
Free registration 👉 buff.ly/uHzQ50L
#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing
Join @graphiaproject.bsky.social on 19 March at 14:00 CET for the webinar: 'An Introduction to Large Language Models through GRAPHIA.'
Learn how LLMs can support social sciences & humanities research.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #GRAPHIA #LLM #DigitalHumanities #SSH
At #OxFOS26 today @nielsstern.bsky.social will be discussing if evil AI scraping bots will be the end of #OA at 15:20 BST in 'AI and Open Science: Exploring the evolving tensions' session this afternoon.
There's still time to register & view the full week's programme: openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos/
Láti jẹ́ kí àwọn ìwé ìmọ̀ tí wọ́n ṣí sí gbogbo ènìyàn gbilẹ̀, àwọn ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe àtúnṣe ìmúṣerí ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́, dín ìṣúná kù, àti mú iṣẹ́ rọrùn. Dr Adetoro Salau dábàá pé kí a yí àwọn ìmúṣerí padà kí a sì nawo sínú amáyédẹrùn láti jẹ́ kí #OAbooks lè dúró pẹ́. 🔗https://buff.ly/uneL0EJ
To ensure open-access books thrive, they must be practical for researchers and institutions by adjusting evaluation incentives, clarifying funding, and streamlining workflows. Dr Adetoro Salau suggests altering incentives and investing in infrastructure to sustain #OAbooks. 🔗
Have you noticed something different?
We're delighted to unveil our new look! Fun and friendly, we hope you enjoy interacting with a refreshed DOAB.
Read all about it in this press release: doabooks.org/en/article/d...
"🤝 Working hand-in-hand with publishers to boost metadata quality & streamline deposits. Meet the tech team making it happen!
🔗 oapen.hypotheses.org/2073
#OpenAccess #Metadata #Collaboration #OABooks"
Our Managing Director Niels Stern will be speaking at:
📚 Publishing Houses 360° – From Inspiration to Concept
📅 7 March 2026 | Part 1 | 09:00 - 14:00
Explore OA infrastructures, digital publishing & AI in scholarly communication.
Free registration 👉 buff.ly/uHzQ50L
Ìmú kí àwọn ìwé ìmọ̀ tí a tẹ̀ jáde ní agbègbè wa hàn gbangba ń ṣe agbega ìbáṣepọ̀ ìmọ̀ àgbáyé 🌍
Ìwọlé-ṣíṣe ń jẹ́ kí ìmọ̀ Áfríkà di ohun tí a lè rí rọrùn, tún lò, kí ó sì ní ipa jù agbègbè tí a ti tẹ̀ jáde lọ.
🔗 buff.ly/HgAD0OP
#OpenAccess #OAbooks
Making locally published scholarly books more visible helps strengthen global knowledge exchange 🌍
Open access ensures that African scholarship can be discovered, reused, and have impact beyond its place of publication.
🔗 buff.ly/uneL0EJ #OpenAccess #OAbooks
We're delighted to welcome The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, as a publisher to the OAPEN Library!
Publishers participating in the OAPEN Library benefit from increased discoverability and impact for their #OAbooks.
Read @akbild.bsky.social's peer review policy: www.oapen.org/article/the-...
New report available from @knowledgeexchange.bsky.social finds that #OA itself is not a primary threat to small academic publishers; structural inequities of scale are.
Read more in the link below 👇
Pade Dr. Sadiat Adetoro Salau, Asoju DOAB fun Naijiria 🇳🇬.
Ó sọ̀rọ̀ nípa bí a ṣe lè mú kí àwọn ìwé ẹ̀kọ́ tí a tẹ̀ jáde ní agbègbè hàn gbangba nínú ìwádìí àgbáyé, pẹ̀lú ìfọkànsìn lórí ìkọ́ agbára àti àwọn ìlànà iṣẹ́ tó lè pẹ́. Ṣàwárí bí #OAbooks ní Naijiria ṣe lè rọrùn láti rí. 🔗 buff.ly/HgAD0OP