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...
03.03.2026 10:54
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Hello from the Janeway & OLH team at the COPIM conference! 👋
Great to catch up with colleagues across the diamond OA community.
So many important conversations: librarians supporting diamond OA, collective funding for OA books, accessibility, Thoth open metadata & more!
#CopimConference
26.02.2026 18:00
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🔥🔥 I need to get one of these!
26.02.2026 16:04
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Great to see many of our OIPA colleagues today at #CopimConference 👋
26.02.2026 16:01
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Innit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
20.02.2026 14:22
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Lo que es una salvajada es comprarle el marco teórico a la derecha para arañar un par de votos
19.02.2026 15:04
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Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - LSE Impact
Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.
Now the #OpenJournalsCollective catalogue is live time to revisit @theblochian.bsky.social's @lseimpactblog.bsky.social article abt why it matters, why #TheFutureIsDiamond & how you can join our movement
Read the blog & follow links to the #OJC website for more info
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
04.02.2026 17:06
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Fantastic news! 👏 👏
If you care about the future of community-led diamond open access publishing, this is well worth a look. OJC is an important step towards mainstreaming #diamondOA and making it the norm rather than the exception.
29.01.2026 16:18
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Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal
Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement
And so it begins... 3 UK universities (Essex, Sussex & Kent) have just gone public about walking away from their Elsevier Read & Publish deals, despite Jisc's recently announced agreement. Expect to see more of these over the coming months. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m... #OpenAccess
22.01.2026 18:12
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Well done @universityofessex.bsky.social
Glad you’re reconnecting with our rebellious past and finding alternatives.
22.01.2026 18:34
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Open Library of Humanities
The Open Library of Humanities is an award-winning open-access publisher of internationally leading academic scholarship. Our mission is to support and extend open access to scholarship in the humanit...
The Open Library of Humanities welcomes "applications that further commitment to creating an open access scholarly environment within academia and beyond, and reflect our mission: to support & extend open access to scholarship in humanities – for free, for everyone, for ever"
www.openlibhums.org
17.01.2026 19:44
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It’s been a pleasure to have worked on our generative AI policy for the OLH for over a year. It’s been a fascinating, complex, but rewarding process. Our policy focuses on acceptable and responsible AI use, unacceptable use, and the transparent declaration of substantial and known genAI use.
21.01.2026 14:20
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Do take a moment to read the @openlibhums.org AI Publisher Policy. It's taken over a year to consult with editors of our 35 journals & get it right! Our Managing Editor
@simoneverett.bsky.social has stewarded this consultation & also published a report outlining the process itself. #OpenAccess
21.01.2026 14:10
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The OLH Open Access Award 2026: call for applications
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2026, a fund dedicated …
The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component.
📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/
15.01.2026 13:18
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OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2026 Call & Guidance - Open Book Collective
The Open Book Collective is pleased to launch the third call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. This document outlines the det…
The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese
obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...
N.B. this fund is not for BPCs
07.01.2026 04:38
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
It's 2026, also known as the year chaos is coming for scholarly publishing!
If you missed our co-founder @theblochian.bsky.social's piece in Research Professional News then check it out and learn more about the OJC and what we aim to do.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
07.01.2026 14:13
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La realidad superó hace ya tiempo al mejor Berlanga 🙈
06.01.2026 15:42
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OLH journal applications - Open Library of Humanities
Our mission is to support and extend open access to scholarship in the humanities by bringing journals back into community ownership.
🎄 Day 7 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the seventh day of Christmas the OLH gave to us seven flips upcoming, six journals joining, diamond open access, four new journals, three open access awards, two new colleagues and the launch of the OJC.
Join the publishing revolution:
31.12.2025 10:00
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🎄 Day 1 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the first day, the OLH gave to us the launch of the OJC /
@ojcollective.bsky.social.
Open Journals Collective Homepage: openjournalscollecti...
25.12.2025 10:05
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If APCs and subscriptions fuelled their huge profits, how will they justify similar margins under a non-APC model? (I guess, prestige...). Are these large commercial publishers attempting to co-opt diamond OA rhetoric through ‘non-APC pilots’ to neutralise criticism?
22.12.2025 16:58
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'Beyond universities being unable to afford the new deals, [Caroline] Edwards warned that the financial pressure facing many institutions means the sector is “only starting to see the acceleration in redundancy announcements coming out of UK libraries, which will continue through 2026”.'
22.12.2025 11:05
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“Os regalo mis canciones
y me apuntan con el dedo
mira por donde va el Robe
para mí que ya está pedo.
Me coge de la mano
y yo me sueño con tu pelo
para estar tan colgado
hace falta echarle güevos.”
Bribriblibli (En el más sucio rincón de mi negro corazón) - Extremoduro (1993)
10.12.2025 07:19
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Philosophical Logic has officially launched at the Open Library of Humanities!
This comes after the mass resignation of the entire editorial board of the Journal of Philosophical Logic from Springer Nature. Their open letter is included in the announcement.
10.12.2025 15:14
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Event: OIPA Symposium 2025
Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 This page shares resources and information that came out of the online OIPA Symposium 2025, held on Tuesday 21st October 2025, 13:30-16:00 BST, online via Zoom. Video Rec…
If you missed our 2025 symposium, want to share it or simply bask in its glory again, fear not!
The video recording, presentation slides and summary blog are all now available!
Please share to help spread the word and good deeds of open institutional publishing.
oipauk.org/news-events-...
09.12.2025 16:12
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We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links:
openjournalscollective.org/static/engag...
openjournalscollective.org/static/opera...
Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!
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