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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

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Collective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our Second Assessment Process In this update, we reflect on the decision-making process in the second round of Collective Development Fund, and the lessons we learned for next time.

The OBC shares some reflections on the assesment process for the 2025-26 round of our Collective Development Fund. Grant awardees will be announced on our blog in due course:
openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/collecti...

06.10.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Beyond Certainty

LAST CALL: Beyond Certainty-What does 'Discovery' mean in an open & artificially intelligent world? #AIBeyond2025
Wed 8 Oct - www.deakin.edu.au/library/abou...
Keynote @mcintold.bsky.social
Videos from @aj-boston.bsky.social, @heroicendeavour.bsky.social @aarontay.bsky.social + live discussions!

06.10.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tracking the Use of Open Educational Resources Sounds Simple. It Isn’t. We set out to determine whether open monographs were being used in teaching and learning and fell down a very deep hole. Here is what we learned.

Danny - OAPEN books are by definition not textbooks, but we know they are being used for teaching & learning. Conclusion (in Katina article): need a system like COUNTER for eBooks. katinamagazine.org/content/arti... #OASPA2025

24.09.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #FrankfurterBuchmesse #OATage2025 #Wissenschaftskommunikation #Publikationskultur

02.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nach unserer Teilnahme an den Open-Access-Tagen 2025 und mit Blick auf die Frankfurter Buchmesse war Deutsch einfach der perfekte Startpunkt.
Stay tuned for more! ✨

02.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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OAPEN and DOAB at theΒ Open Access Tage 2025 Wir haben uns sehr gefreut, letzte Woche an den OA-Tagen 2025 in Konstanz teilzunehmen. Die Energie, das Engagement und die Beteiligung aller Anwesenden waren wirklich inspirierend. Gemeinsam mit der ...

Wir freue uns sehr, euch unseren allerersten Blogbeitrag auf Deutsch vorstellen zu dΓΌrfen! πŸš€
Neben Englisch mΓΆchten wir kΓΌnftig auch Inhalte in anderen Sprachen anbieten.

02.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

πŸ”Š Unique employment opportunity w/ @pkp.sfu.ca -- lead an impactful, mission & values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of #ScholarlyPublishing!

This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making management career:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

#AcademicSky

01.10.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Open Research Event πŸŽ“πŸ“† - Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS 2026) [EN]Β held United Kingdom (Oxford), online from 03/03/2026 to 06/03/2026. For more info, view the event in our calendar.

02.10.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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University of Essex | Compass The University of Essex website provides a dedicated Q&A on OA publication section with Essex author...

NEW RESOURCES on #CopimCompass 🧭

Hear from @universityofessex.bsky.social authors who have published their research #OA

πŸ“™ READ
πŸ“Ή WATCH
πŸŽ“ LEARN

πŸ‘‰ buff.ly/JOnL5wz

#OpenAccess #OpenResearch

Thank to @hannahcrago.bsky.social for sharing!

02.10.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read reflections on #OASPA2025 by @drachiarelli.bsky.social in Italian and with an English translation.
Multilingualism is just one of the many important considerations raised at the conference. Do share your own reflections #inyourownwords

www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...

02.10.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New OAPEN logo showing exclusion space. The logo is a minimalistic stylised rendition of OAPEN with green stars next to it.

New OAPEN logo showing exclusion space. The logo is a minimalistic stylised rendition of OAPEN with green stars next to it.

We’re thrilled to unveil OAPEN’s refreshed visual identity – including a new logo – that better reflects who we’ve become, what we stand for, and where we’re headed.

Read more about it in the announcement: oapen.org/article/intr...

01.10.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vacancy note: Metadata & Systems Specialist OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) are looking for a Metadata & Systems Specialist to become part of the technical team. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality-controlled coll...

VACANCY NOTE: Metadata & Systems Specialist.

We're looking for someone to join our technical team to help manage and enhance our open infrastructures for #OAbooks.

Read the full job description and find out how to apply: oapen.hypotheses.org/1586

Deadline: 10 October 2025 at 10 AM CEST.

01.10.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful to see among others two @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social board members - @charleswatkinson.bsky.social and Antia Wiersma - and @doabooks.bsky.social Scientific Committee member @c-bz.bsky.social on #oaspa2025 stage discussing WHY #openaccess matters and HOW to make it work

24.09.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”“πŸ“– Moving beyond closed silos: Liberating workflows based on #OpenMetadata... #interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters

With @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, #OBC, @oapenbooks.bsky.social ‡️

#OASPA2025 convo @joedeville.bsky.social & at #Munin2025

24.09.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image of the OPERAS OA Books SIG poster for the OASPA conference

Image of the OPERAS OA Books SIG poster for the OASPA conference

Coming up now at the #OASPA2025 poster session, @nielsstern.bsky.social will be presenting on behalf of the @operaseu.bsky.social #OABooks SIG.

Preview the poster, 'Building a Stronger OA Book Ecosystem' below!

24.09.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

Tackling the problems of getting #OA works into the wider book supply chain TOGETHER 🀝

A sneak preview of @openbookcollective.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @thoth-metadata.bsky.social presentation at #Munin2025

πŸ”— buff.ly/QI8P6C3

#OpenScience #ScalingSmall #Bibliodiversity

23.09.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

WITH PHOTO - #OASPA2025

22.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v1.1, 2023) Final draft POSI 2.0 revisions - A request for public comment on the final draft of revisions to POSI The POSI Adopters are requesting feedback on the final draft of revisions to POSI with a deadline...

REFERENCE to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) by @oapenbooks.bsky.social Niels Stern at #OASPA2025 open book panel - using as a mechanism for structuring the panel discussion around Introductions, Governance, Impact & Quality and Sustainability openscholarlyinfrastructure.org

22.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOAJ and CNPIEC Collaborate to Support Open Access Journals in China blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d... #scholcomm #publishing #oa @doaj.bsky.social

22.09.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Demmy Verbeke at a lecturn, in front a slide titled 'Words of welcome', with stained glass windows to the left and right

Demmy Verbeke at a lecturn, in front a slide titled 'Words of welcome', with stained glass windows to the left and right

Happy to be here at the #OASPA2025 conference at the University of Leuven, to see Demmy Verbeke @viroviacum.bsky.social from the university (and also an @openbookcollective.bsky.social Steward/Trustee) open proceedings in the beautiful Irish College

22.09.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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OASPA 2025 Conference Programme - OASPA Please accept cookies to access this…

We're at the beautiful Irish College Leuven, Belgium for #OASPA2025

πŸ“† 22 – 24 September

Programme includes keynote talks, panel discussions, poster lightning talks, and much more!

Full conference programme πŸ‘‰ buff.ly/4cjqhjm

And don't forget to follow @oaspa.bsky.social too

22.09.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Great news, well done team DOAJ!

22.09.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DOAJ and CNPIEC collaborate to support open access journals in China – DOAJ Blog

🌐DOAJ is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC) to establish a joint #DOAJ China Open Access Journal Pre-evaluation Working Group
#DOAJCollaboration
blog.doaj.org/2025/09/22/d...

22.09.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest Post - Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen Today’s guest author offers a progress report on recent efforts to build open-source technology for open access book metrics.

Guest Post β€” Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/22/g...

22.09.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stained glass image of the devil in green glass, with shifty eyes, horns and long fingers. Surrounded by a red lick of fire

Stained glass image of the devil in green glass, with shifty eyes, horns and long fingers. Surrounded by a red lick of fire

This guy is looking down at us all over my shoulder. Wondering who this is, in the context of the conversations at #OASPA2025. Monopolistic commercial publishing practices? LLM-based exploitation of open content? Higher education meltdown and rising censorship? Caffeine overload?

22.09.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ—“οΈApplications close this Friday #DOAJ

22.09.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Caroline! We look forward to working with you!

22.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

POSTERS session at #OASPA2025 - a good set of work being described here. Posters are available www.oaspa.org/wp-content/u...

22.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΅Live from our community development activity

How do @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social benefit the libraries that support them?πŸ€”

A snippet from the first part of our seminar presented by @nielsstern.bsky.social πŸ‘‡
#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure

16.09.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So @openbookcollective.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have made it! Come and speak with us about all things open access around books, including infrastructures. @copim.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social

17.09.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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