An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. #OAbooks
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
What does it take for a Latin American academic book to actually be found?
This was the question discussed at the recent @openbookcollect@mastodon.social #Metadata workshop “Benefits and Barriers: Open Metadata for Books in Latin America”
Chaired by Amanda Ramalho, the session brought together three distinct perspectives to map the challenges and opportunities for #OpenAccess
@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social @scielobooks@mastodon.social
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Interested in experimental book publishing and its future?
The new blog from our Experimental Publishing Group discusses the Experimental Publishing Compendium
✅️ Developing governance
✅️ Building a community
✅️ Implementing a governance model
Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/ZR30mz9
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[BLOG] Designing and Preserving ‘Database as Book and Lively Community Archive’
Read & listen to, a conversation about the ‘Database as Book and Lively Community Archive’ experimental book pilot project
🔗 https://copim.pub/designing-and-preserving-database-as-book-and-lively-community-archive/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
What the REF is happening with books?! 📚
We joined the Hidden REF team to unpack the challenges of:
🔓️ defining openness
💰️ funding models beyond BPCs
🪢 the tension between flexibility and REF policy!
Listen (and watch!) Ep. 18 now! 🎧️
Plus find out more about Hidden REF over on their website 👉 https://hidden-ref.org/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📢 Join us for day 2 of our online conference - Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots
Session 1 - Open Peer Reviewing. Join Amanda Wyatt Visconti, Janneke Adema, Wambui Wamunyu, Geoff Cox, @scrivenersmith@hcommons.social & Francois van Schalkwyk.
Session 2 - Binding. Join Bob Stein, Rebecca Aston, Mike Fortun, Whitney Trettien & @hardyjulesmastodon.social
Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/4GI05kP
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📢 Our online conference - Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots - is just about to start!
Join Simon Dumas Primbault for the keynote and stay for the panel discussion after!
✍️ Creating the material, social, and affective conditions for working independently from commercial publishing infrastructures
More info 👉 https://buff.ly/4GI05kP
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Do some pre-reading for this afternoon's online conference: Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots 📚️
Database as Book Archives ▶️ https://copim.pub/tag/database-as-book/
ServPub Archives ▶️ https://copim.pub/tag/servpub/
Deep Maps Archives ▶️ https://copim.pub/tag/deep-maps/
And there's still time to register for the event itself 👇️
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
⏰ Not long to go now until our #ExperimentalPublishing group’s online conference!
🗓️ 8-9 April 2026
Register now 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practicing-experimental-books-celebrating-copims-book-pilots-tickets-1984478905828?aff=oddtdtcreator
Full programme 👉 https://copim.pub/online-conference-practicing-experimental-books-celebrating-copims-book-pilots/
#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #ExperimentalPublishing
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Did you catch any of the team at #UKSG2026
If you liked what you heard, and want to keep engaging with us after the Open Book Futures finishes (30 April, 2026), join our new mailing list 📧
Subscribe to copim@jiscmail.ac.uk now 👉 buff.ly/Kij8Abw
Photo credit: Brett Jordan via Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
⏰ Not long to go now until our #ExperimentalPublishing group’s online conference!
🗓️ 8-9 April 2026
Register now 👉 https://buff.ly/3RVC2Lc
Full programme 👉 Online Conference: Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots
#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #ExperimentalPublishing
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join Rupert Gatti, Sarah Thompson,
Ruth Mallalieu & Anna Hughes tomorrow for day 3 of #RLUK26
They'll be in a Solution Room coordinating library strategies to support Diamond OA publishing 💡
⏰️ 9:00AM-10:30AM
🔗 https://buff.ly/qUqWwLu
Photo: R. Annandale, Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[CONFERENCE] Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots
Spotlighting our keynote speakers 🔦
💫 Simon Dumas Primbault (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, OpenEdition Lab)
💫 Amanda Wyatt Visconti (Scholars’ Lab UVA Library)
💫 Bob Stein Founder of Tapestry
Register now 👉 https://buff.ly/LxzyIMm
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
It's day 2 of #RLUK26
Later today Caroline Ball @openbookcollect@mastodon.social and Caroline Edwards (OLH/OJC) will be discussing strengthening library resilience through collaboration
⏰️ 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
🔗 https://buff.ly/dPlW9dJ
Photo: UX Indonesia via Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📚️ Take a deep dive into #ExperimentalPublishing with our three pilot projects and their guests!
Database as Book Archives https://buff.ly/Ye6gljf
ServPub Archives https://buff.ly/Ij5lK43
Deep Maps Archives https://buff.ly/Z3otIyP
Want to find out more? Join us for upcoming online conference (8-9 April 2026) to explore in greater depth!
Full details, including programme and registration link, are over on our website
Photo: Thomas Vimar, Unsplash
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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
It's Diamond #OpenAccess Day at @WACREN Conference 2026 💎
Mary Felix-Maina from OAPEN Foundation joins partners to share their expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication
Find out more about the programme 👉 https://buff.ly/y4PHiSM
Introducing Mary Felix-Maina 👉https://www.oapen.org/oapen/7664742-team
Photo: Daniele Levis, Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
In the first of a series from our #CopimConference bursary attendees, Megan Kilvington, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian at York St John University, shares:
🧠 her reflections on the event,
🔜 what she will take forward from the conference,
🤝 advice for others thinking of getting involved with Copim
Read & share: https://copim.pub/reflections-of-the-copim-conference/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
'Exploring the Future of Community-led Open Access Books: A Copim Conference'
In this post, @alittleroad@hcommons.social summarises the recent #CopimConference and shares recordings and slides from all panels. Catch up here!
👉 https://copim.pub/exploring-the-future-of-community-led-open-access-books-a-copim-conference/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
🚀 Accessibility in action at White Horse Press!
Great to see small publishers making big strides in #Accessibility.
White Horse Press has:
✨ Embedded accessibility into workflows
📘 Achieved WCAG‑compliant PDFs
📚 Published accessible EPUBs
🔧 Overcome technical hurdles in converting formats
🌱 Committed to making all future books as accessible as possible
Read more over on our website 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-white-horse-press/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[CONFERENCE] Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim’s Book Pilots
The programme is organised around themed sessions:
1️⃣ Infrastructuring
2️⃣ Open Peer Reviewing
3️⃣ Binding
Kenotes: Simon Dumas Primbault (CNRS), Amanda Wyatt Visconti (Scholars’ Lab UVA Library), & Bob Stein (Founder of Tapestry)
Get your ticket now! FYI one ticket covers both days 🎫
More info on our website 👉 https://buff.ly/zX0kSlC
#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #ExperimentalPublishing
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[BLOG] Supporting OA publishing in Ukraine
Members of our Opening the Future team recently took part in an event organised by #SUPRR #OICPJ
💙 Community-led #OpenAccess
🩵 Open infrastructures for books
💛 Community support & collective funding
Head over to our blog to find out more from the event 👉 https://buff.ly/ZOUU7Bf
To find out more about SUPRR, their aims and activities, please email info@suprr.org 📧
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
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 👉 https://buff.ly/Kij8Abw
Photo credit: Philip Oroni via Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📆 SAVE THE DATE!
Copim’s Experimental Publishing Group is pleased to announce a two-day online conference on Experimental Publishing Practices
Join us next month to celebrate 3 fantastic experimental book pilot projects!
📆 8–9 April 2026
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[BLOG] Thoth Open Metadata and the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social on their deep dive into the results of a recently conducted self-assessment against v2.0 of #POSI
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out which events we'll at this month - there's lots going on!
Photo: Juliana Romeo via Unsplash
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📢 PSA: there are only a few days left to apply to the Collection Development Fund!
📆 7 March 2026
All details of the 2026 Call are over on the @openbookcollective.bsky.social website (available in French, Portuguese & Spanish as well)
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
We're back on the road (or rails) again! 🚆
Kira Hopkins & Kevin Sanders will be joining Dan Rudmann & Rowan Wilson for an #OxFOS panel discussion
✍️ Helping researchers navigate ‘open’: communities and reforms
📆 Weds 4 March
🕰️ 15.30–17.00
🔗 https://buff.ly/wKNtmqL
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Many thanks to everyone who attended #CopimConference!
We hope that conversations were stimulating, connections were made and ideas were hatched!
The recordings & resources will will be linked from our website so watch this space!
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
And that's a wrap! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the #CopimConference, to our fantastic speakers and our wonderful hosts at Loughborough University London campus.
We'll be releasing recordings of the panels soon, and we look forward to taking the ideas and energy of our conference discussions into the coming weeks and months! 🔜
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Day Two of #CopimConference! We hope everyone is caffeinated and ready to go for another day of panels and conversations about all things community-led #OAbooks 📚️ 🔓️
Follow along using the #CopimConference hashtag!
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
If you've still got plenty of energy and you'd like to carry on the conference conversations, join us at Copim Corner from 7pm (or drop by sooner if you'd like -- some Copim folks will probably head down straight from the conference!)
📍 CRATE Brewery
⏲️ From 7pm
🔗 https://www.cratebrewery.com/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
We hope everyone enjoyed the first day of #CopimConference, whether attending online, in person or following via socials 📲
Day 2 starts a little bit earlier tomorrow - set your alarms for 9am (UK time) ⏰
We've got another exciting line up for you 👉 https://copim.pub/join-us-for-the-copim-conference-2026-exploring-the-future-of-community-led-open-access-books/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
SAVE THE DATE!
Join us in April when we'll be celebrating three fantastic experimental book pilot projects!
📆 8–9 April 2026
📍 Online
https://copim.pub/save-the-date-practicing-experimental-books-celebrating-copims-book-pilots/
👉 Or contact @hardyjules for more info!
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
It's the week of the #CopimConference!
We look forward to welcoming the whopping 567 of you who registered to attend either in person or online! 🙌
And if you missed out on a ticket, the recordings will be available on our website 💻️
More information 👉 https://buff.ly/Rrn1uhN
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[BLOG] Rewriting the Rules: Africa’s Knowledge and Publishing Futures
Read Josiline Chigwada's reflections from the 'Extending knowledge and publishing infrastructures in and from Africa', held In Nairobi (Dec. 2025) including:
🔸 Key takeaways
🔸 Expected challenges
🔸 Next steps
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
📢 Public Service Announcement!
If you want to check whether your potential application to the @openbookcollect@mastodon.social Collection Development Fund is in scope, send it to us by 7 February 2026 & we'll review it for you 📅
The 2026 Call closes on 7 March 2026
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[NEW REPORT] International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters
Co-authored by not-for-profit Diamond OA book publishers, librarians, and open infrastructures, the report tackles a key challenge in OA publishing: creating metadata that truly works across a fragmented ecosystem.
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
[MILESTONE] Over 100 people have now registered to attend the #CopimConference in person
Only 75 in person tickets left (and less than 50 online tickets left!) 🎫
Get yours today 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-next-for-community-led-open-access-book-publishing-tickets-1753736566279
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | LONDON
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
💡 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 @openbookcollect@mastodon.social website (also available in French, Spanish & Portuguese) @operaseu@bird.makeup
🔗 https://obc.copim.pub/obc-collective-development-fund-grant-programme-2026-call-guidance/
#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #FundingOpportunity #OBC #CDF26 #Multilinguism
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
NEW POST: 'Infrastructuring Books Together: Notes from the ‘Collective Infrastructures for Publishing’ Event'
Rebekka Kiesewetter describes the October event held at London South Bank University’s Borough Road Gallery, hosted by Copim's Experimental Publishing team & the 'ServPub' pilot project team: https://copim.pub/infrastructuring-books-together-notes-from-the-collective-infrastructures-for-publishing-event/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
NEW POST: from the Experimental Publishing Group documenting the 'Database as Book and Lively Community Archive' experimental book pilot.
Based on discussions with the project team on how the different institutional backgrounds of the collaborators (or their lack) shape work on the pilot project. Audio recordings of the discussion are included in the post: https://copim.pub/instituting-database-as-book-and-lively-community-archive/
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join our Experimental Publishing Group for a HYBRID WORKSHOP: Extending Knowledge and Publishing Infrastructures in and from Africa
📆 8–9 December 2025
📍 Nairobi, Kenya
Event includes 3 panels that are open to remote participants
More information, plus online registration 👉 https://buff.ly/TDFC5iG
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join Joe Deville @openbookcollect@mastodon.social at 20th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing later today!
🖊️ Opening books collectively: working together for a fairer future for books
⏰ 10:30-10:55
🔗 https://buff.ly/OqUVImX
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social at the 20th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing TODAY!
🖊️ Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books and chapters
⏰ 12:00-12:10
🔗 https://buff.ly/3BX2Ahl
#Munin2025 #OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OpenAccess #OpenData
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
The team are packing their cold weather gear and heading to #Norway for the 20th Munin Conference!
📆 18-20 November
📍 Tromsø, Norway and streamed worldwide
🔗 https://site.uit.no/muninconf/
#Munin2025 #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenScience
Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash
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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
🔦 Spotlight on @openbookcollect@mastodon.social report
Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences & barriers to participation across six European contexts
Read to find out more 🧵
Photo by Interactive Sports on Unsplash
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An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) as we explore what is next for community-led #OpenAccess books
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🎫 Registration is now open!
🔗 https://buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
📲 Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon & LinkedIn for updates and check out our dedicated #CopimConference webpage
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
🚨 Join the @openbookcollect@mastodon.social next week at #chsconf2025 for the Vendor Showcase on Tuesday 4 November!
You'll find them at booth no 29 - they'd love to chat about #OpenAccess books and equitable #Publishing 📚
List of exhibitors 👉 https://buff.ly/Ybquein
Find out more about the OBC - watch this short video filmed last year at the 2024 Conference 📽️
Members & supporters explain why we need a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books 📚
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
NEW WEBINAR: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access” hosted by Copim, @SPARC_Europe@mastodon.social and @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
🔗 https://copim.pub/webinar-11-november-2025-3pm-415pm-gmt-beyond-technical-interoperability-the-future-of-open-infrastructures-and-open-access/
In this workshop, we ask what we need beyond technical interoperability to ensure a bright future for open access research and publication.
An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. # OAbooks
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social at #DCMI2025 all week
Today they're sharing a poster
📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 https://buff.ly/BjlTux1
