For those that missed it - videos of all sessions at the @copim.bsky.social conference last week are now available on the Internet Archive.
Lots of enthusiasm and stimulating discussion around community-led publishing of #openaccessbooks ....
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A question from online: we talk about de-institutionalizing in terms of governance and publishing communities. How could this work in terms of funding? #OpenAccessBooks
👉 Read the article: [https://buff.ly/Q0KSquC](buff.ly/Q0KSquC
#OpenAccess #OpenAccessBooks #SelfPromotion #AcademicPublishing #ResearchImpact #OABooksToolkit
New Open Access Books through Path to Open + book covers
🔓 New Open Access Books through Path to Open, a collaborative Books at JSTOR initiative.
Two of our titles have joined the first 100 books from the 2023 cohort to flip to Open Access
👉 Read more: lup.be/2026/02/new-...
#OpenAccessBooks #PathToOpen #JSTOR #AcademicPublishing @jstor.bsky.social
🎉 New Year Offer 2026 🎉
📘 Publish Your Book as Open Access
💰 Pay Just ₹1,000/-*
✔ Wider global visibility
🔗 Book Submission:
drbgrpublications.in/books/
📌 Conditions apply
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#NewYearOffer2026 #OpenAccessBooks #DrBGRPublications #ResearchIndia #BookPublication #ISBN
📘 UCL Press has led the way in open access publishing. Our textbooks are free to download worldwide. Covering diverse disciplines, each title is peer-reviewed & student-focused, supporting hybrid learning.
Explore more: bit.ly/44PD0LO
#OpenAccessBooks #Textbook
📘 UCL Press has led the way in open access publishing. Our textbooks are free to download worldwide. Covering diverse disciplines, each title is peer-reviewed & student-focused, supporting hybrid learning.
Explore more: bit.ly/44PD0LO
#OpenAccessBooks #Textbook
Many thanks Aberdeen! #OpenAccessBooks & #OERs are increasingly an important element of the research & T&L toolkit, and we are delighted to provide this information for not only our own staff & students, but the wider community.🙏
@ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @mishdalton.bsky.social
An image of the wall of a library with an upper gallery, the bookshelves are covered by glass panes and the shelving is warm coloured wood, lit by brass lamps image copyright: University of Aberdeen Asset Bank, all rights reserved
Continuing our #BackToSchool series (Only six more days to Welcome Week!), we'd like to share this excellent guide from @ucdlibrary.bsky.social on using #OpenAccessBooks and #OERs in teaching libguides.ucd.ie/openaccess/e...
How can research make a meaningful contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals? Read this new blog on the #SDG book series and the impact of #OpenAccessBooks, by @rachaelballard.bsky.social and Zachary Romano
➡️ tinyurl.com/45fxvyd4
@hss.springernature.com @springernature.com
Promotional graphic for open access books featuring a purple background with the text 'Flipping the page on open access books' and a logo with a sunset design.
Funding #OpenAccessBooks publishing is challenging, but the rewards and impact are worth the effort.
Read how Flip it Open simplified the process, and continues to go from strength to strength.
Full story 🔗 cup.org/4khPnVr
Lucy Barnes @alittleroad.bsky.social of @openbookpublish.bsky.social begins with some background on #openaccessbooks models that do not rely on reader- or author-facing fees (BPCs). Instead publisher operations are supported by other funding streams e.g. small payments from a large no. of libraries
Player card from the Open Access Alchemy game. Character shown is "Liesandra Ravenwood", a wizard with long hair and a raised arm, shown saying "My magic should be free for all to cast"
Is it time we bring back #FunFridays and share the more whimsical side of #OpenAccess publishing news? My entry this week is the OA journals card game created by librarians at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social
If only they had an #OpenAccessBooks version 🤔https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/12035/
Picture of Martin Eve's book "Warez" with a big skull on the front and the title "Infrastructure and aesthetics of privacy."
Lest ye forget, @eve.gd is #PrintBook famous. #Goals #OpenAccessBooks
A shelving unit with a number of books on it, with their covers facing outwards. There are posters displaying the text "Open Access"
Read our latest blog, all about our latest spotlight display!
#NorthumbriaLibrary #OpenAccessBooks
library.northumbria.ac.uk/librarynews/...
New blog @OpenScienceNL: 'Let's talk about open access books: What lessons have we learned from the NWO Open Access Books Fund?'
www.openscience.nl/en/cases/lets-talk-about...
@oapenbooks #openaccess #openaccessbooks
@oabooksnetwork
New blog @opensciencenl.bsky.social: 'Let's talk about open access books: What lessons have we learned from the NWO Open Access Books Fund?'
www.openscience.nl/en/cases/let...
@oapenbooks.bsky.social #openaccess #openaccessbooks @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social
One week! ⏱️
#OABooks #OpenAccessBooks #FundingOpportunity
Don't forget to take a look at some of the fantastic projects we funded last time, by following the links in the Call.
A little black cat laying with her tummy up next to the book 'Will my Cat Eat my Eyeballs' by Caitlin Doughty, the cover of which is a striking silouette of a black cat on a red background
Happy #WorldBookDay!
Please tag us if you're child has dressed up as Adam Ferguson, Sorely Maclean, Patrick Gordon, or any of our iconic AUP subjects. (I think my kid kind of phoned it in with her costume!) and enjoy some of our completely free and #OpenAccessBooks
www.fulcrum.org/aberdeenunip...
Didn't get a book about the Middle Ages for Christmas? Don't get too upset, as you can download and read one of these open access books! www.medievalists.net/2024/12/open-access-book... #openaccessbooks #freebooks #medievalbooks #MerryChristmas
NEWS: The @openbookcollective.bsky.social is delighted to welcome the University of Leeds Libraries as a supporting member and joining us in our commitment to making #OpenAccessBooks more accessible to all 📖
🔗 openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/the-open...
🚨 TODAY! Still a couple of hours to sign up for this free webinar we're hosting with @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social on managing third-party materials in #OpenAccess books
⏰ 1.30pm (GMT) 👇
#Permissions #OpenAccessBooks #AcademicPublishing
🚨 Our free webinar on managing third-party materials in #OpenAccess books with a fantastic panel of speakers is happening tomorrow!
More info and details on how to sign up to register below…👇
#AcademicPublishing #permissions #copyright #OpenAccessBooks
It's time to celebrate university presses for #UPWeek! Read here about how our partners at Fulcrum and @janewayolh.bsky.social are helping presses like ours create a future where scholarly publishing is 'Open to all' #OpenAccessBooks
press.umich.edu/Blog/2024/11...
Open Access Week Special Offer!
📚✨ Get 25% off the print edition of ALL our Open Access books using the coupon code OA2024 🎟️
Valid until the end of November 📅
🛒 Browse and buy here
👉 lup.be?wdr_coupon=o...
#OpenAccessWeek #OpenAccessBooks #AcademicBooks #OAWeek2024
Classes begin in only about three weeks, and we know some of you are still finalising reading lists and suggested readings. Why not check out our session on using #OpenAccessBooks in teaching
Learn how to find great texts and save your students £££
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GupW...
A picture of a tonsured monk in a medeival manuscript writing in a book, he is giving some tremendous side-eye to be quite honest. From the Durham Cathedral archive Shelf-mark: A.II.3, folio 2
Hello, Bluesky! We're Aberdeen University Press, a recently re-launched #DiamondOpenAccess press with a strength in Irish and Scottish studies at Aberdeen University and we're here to connect with our colleagues and readers across the #OpenAccessBooks and #OpenAccessJournals world.
