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If you care about sustainable Diamond Open Access, 287 journals that don't charge fees to authors or readers are seeking your support. Browse the inaugural collection online (www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/).

Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…

Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February?

Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP

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CHASE placement opportunity at the Open Library of Humanities The Open Library of Humanities is seeking a PhD student to assist with editorial, marketing and technical duties as part of our small, hardworking team. The placement is only available …

We are HIRING! The Open Library of Humanities is seeking a PhD student to assist with editorial, marketing and technical duties. The position is fully funded and open to funded PhD students at CHASE institutions. 📅 31/03: www.openlibhums.org/news/883/ Please RT!

Open Scholarship Community Showcase Interested in open research? Meet members of the university’s Open Scholarship Community, discover support and share experiences.

Come and find out more about the University of Sussex's Open Scholarship Community! Meet practising colleagues and share insights and experiences in a friendly environment. Hosted by the library June 17th 10-11.30am. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-schol...

Openness and intellectual property: finding balance Openness and intellectual property: finding balance between sharing and protecting ideas. Join us for a discussion.

Interested in the relationship between Open Research and Intellectual Property? Join us online June 10th 10-11.30am for a discussion about OR and IP, the existing tensions between them, and to explore potential areas of compatibility. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

Job: Metadata Management Associate at Open Book Collective An opportunity to become involved with a new organisation at the cutting edge of the Diamond Open Access movement, supporting the creation and improvement of the metadata from OBC publisher members

📢 OBC is hiring! We are looking to recruit a new Metadata Management Associate. They will work with the OBC team & our #OpenAccess publishers to builder richer metadata records to support our library outreach. The position is fully remote and flexible openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/job-meta...

Come and join our team as Production Manager at @uolpress.bsky.social! 📚

The role would particularly suit someone with production experience in academic publishing, interested in #OpenAccess books and the #humanities. More info on the job and how to apply below ⬇️

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📣 Job alert! A wonderful opportunity to further the aims of @sussexlibrary.bsky.social in Diamond OA publishing 📚 working with the wonderful @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social team. Details here: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/a65cf6ee... 📣

Call for proposals: Digital Cultural Heritage book series - University of London Press New Open Access series announcement Today, at the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference at Senate House, we announced details of a new book series, Digital Cultural Heritage. This s...

We were very excited to launch our new #OpenAccess series last week, #DigitalCulturalHeritage! This series is a forum for exploring the past, present and future of digital cultural heritage, both #digitised and #born-digital.

More information about the series: uolpress.co.uk/2025/04/call...

Wonderful to celebrate the launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social at @uksg.bsky.social!

Swing by the OIPA stall (78) and grab a postcard.

Find out more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

OPINION: A librarian's summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement - UKSG Siobhan Haimé takes a look at detail the Clarivate announcement and its practical (and possibly unintentional transformational) effects.

An Opinion piece in response to the latest Clarivate announcement from @siobhanh.bsky.social (normally members only) - dub.sh/f9uF75E

Sussex Awards: four fantastic reasons to nominate your colleagues The awards are open for nominations until 16 March - read some thoughts from previous winners...

The new Sussex Awards are open for nominations!

Nominating isn’t just about highlighting achievements – it’s a great way to recognise and congratulate staff, students and researchers for the positive impact they are making at Sussex.

Find out more: staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...

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Sage advice from a wonderful set of colleagues here 👍