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• Post #3653971

  Keep in touch with the #CopimCommunity! As well as our social media accounts, we also have a maling list Sign up now 👉 https://buff.ly/0icSiLN

• Post #3633913

  [KEYNOTE] #ALN26: Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries Join Caroline Ball @openbookcollect in person TODAY (Mon 6 July) @manmetuni.bsky.social 🗝️ Open Access and Its Blind Spots: Rethinking Access, Legitimacy, and Knowledge More detail 👉

• Post #3549510

  [CONFERENCE] Join @Thoth_metadata at #LIBER2026 for their workshop later today! 📆 1 July 2026 📍 R91 🗣️ LIBERating Metadata Flows to Improve Findability of European Open Textbooks and Exploring Tools to Improve Advocacy and Adoption Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/Z0Yi98m

• Post #3438102

  Keep in touch with the #CopimCommunity! As well as our social media accounts, we also have a maling list Sign up now 👉 https://buff.ly/0icSiLN

• Post #3438101

  [CONFERENCE] @@Thoth_metadata will be delivering a workshop at #LIBER2026 📆 1 July 2026 🗣️ LIBERating Metadata Flows to Improve Findability of European Open Textbooks and Exploring Tools to Improve Advocacy and Adoption Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/Z0Yi98m

• Post #3438100

  The programme for #OASPA2026 is now available! Kira Hopkins will be part of a panel discussing the many faces of sustainability in #OpenAccess 🔗 https://buff.ly/ypTLS0X @oaspa

• Post #3373486

  Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚 .@Thoth_metadata are part of a panel session today at #OER2026 👉 Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books 🔗 https://buff.ly/XUza9Z5

• Post #3352527

  Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚 Join @Thoth_metadata at #OER2026 for the panel session Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books Explore the full progamme 👉 https://buff.ly/XUza9Z5

• Post #3352526

  🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: @lsepress.bsky.social Our final Accessibility Conversation took place with LSE Press Production Manager, Justin Clark 🔗 https://buff.ly/vZkxU3T Catch up with all the other Accessibility Conversations – where we spoke with representatives from individual publishers about their work to achieve accessible content - over on the Copim website 🔗 https://buff.ly/2JB7uSb

• Post #3352525

  Join the next #DPClinic & discover how to future proof your #PhD thesis! Explore the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ with @dpc_chat 🕰️ 22 June @ 2:00pm 📍 Online 🎟️ https://buff.ly/P9X0EWi Photo: Markus Winkler, Unsplash

• Post #3352524

  The preliminary programme for OASPA Annual Conference is now available! We spy Kira Hopkins discussing the many faces of sustainability in #OA 🔗 https://buff.ly/ypTLS0X #OASPA2026 #CopimCommunity @oaspa

• Post #3352523

  Guest post from Rob Johnson at the Scholarly Kitchen: "Fixing the Leaky Metadata Pipeline: A Conversation with the Creator of Research Nexus Score" @Thoth_metadata https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/06/11/guest-post-fixing-the-leaky-metadata-pipeline-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-research-nexus-score/

• Post #3305988

  🚨 NEW RESOURCES! Head over to #CopimCompass to discover new content on the Knowledge Bases and Library Success Stories sections 🧭 Where can I publish a book open access without (necessarily) paying a fee? 👉 buff.ly/z79au3r Stories of Open 👉 buff.ly/BwdH7sO

• Post #3261640

  [KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT] Join Caroline Ball @openbookcollect in person on 6 July 2026 at MMU 🗝️ Open Access and Its Blind Spots: Rethinking Access, Legitimacy, and Knowledge Read the abstract 👉 https://buff.ly/fq9gqvA #ALN26

• Post #3239990

  [WEBINAR] Open Book Collective, Open Journals Collective, and Thoth: Collaborating for a sustainable Diamond OA future (in Germany & other German-language contexts) 🔮 📆 11 June 2026 🕔️ 11:00-12:00 CEST 🔗 https://buff.ly/mE4J35Q #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #OA

• Post #3200635

  🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: University of London Press As a predominantly open access press with access as a central part of their mission, a key driver for their accessibility journey was the commitment to ensure their books are as accessible to as many readers as possible 🔗 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-university-of-london-press/ And catch up with earlier conversations White Horse Press 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-white-horse-press/ Mattering Pres...

• Post #3155553

  Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚 Join @Thoth_metadata at #OER2026 for the panel session Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books Explore the full progamme 👉 https://buff.ly/XUza9Z5

• Post #3155552

  [BLOG] Peer Review Under Review Conversation between author @scrivenersmith John Atkinson @uniwestpress & Julien McHardy (Experimental Publishing Group) around double-blind peer review & the recent peer review party 🔗 https://buff.ly/5KJFUd5

• Post #3155551

  [BLOG] Framing the Internet : A conversation with @scrivenersmith The last in the series documenting the making of Deep Maps: Blue Humanities discusses Read the authors thoughts ▶️ https://buff.ly/1axtTyp

• Post #3071384

  [BLOG] Deep Maps: experimenting with peer review Take a look back at how the team planned to integrate an open peer review process using GitHub, a platform designed for sharing and managing software code, as a site for peer review 🔗 https://copim.pub/deep-maps-experimenting-with-peer-review/ @scrivenersmith

• Post #3071383

  [BLOG] Peer Review as Party: It’s Done in the Doing Reflecting on when we tried to put the GitHub-based review process to use during a collective peer review party Find out what happened! 🔗 https://buff.ly/CqrVXeb

• Post #3020540

  [REPORT] Open Book Collective: Stakeholder and Sustainability Evaluation 🩷 Research with a range of @openbookcollect stakeholders 🩷 An analysis of OBC’s finances 🩷 Potential path towards full financial sustainability Read more 👉 https://obc.copim.pub/obc-stakeholder-and-sustainability-evaluation-report/

• Post #3020539

  [BLOG] Deep Maps: Monographs 'n' Markdown Looking back at the creation of Deep Maps: Blue Humanities Read the first blog post in the series 👉 https://buff.ly/YOACOQI Parts 2-5 coming later this week! @scrivenersmith #ExperimentalPublishing

• Post #2936463

  📢 Interested in joining the Opening the Future programme Community of Practice? Join the first meeting to find out more & how to get involved 🤝 📆 Weds. 10 June ⏰️ 4pm BST 🔗 https://buff.ly/UkC1Nvy An outline of the CoP, including format, logistics & governance, is over on our website 👇️ https://copim.pub/announcing-the-opening-the-future-community-of-practice/

• Post #2936462

  [ALN Conference 2026] Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries #ALN26 🛜 Online on 24th June 2026 👥 In person on 6th July 2026 (Manchester Metropolitan University) 🗝️ Keynotes Stephen Pinfield (online day) & Caroline Ball @openbookcollect (in person day) Find out more 👉 https://academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/aln-conference-2026/

• Post #2872507

  Members of #CopimCommunity are heading to @operaseu conference! #operas2026sciros 📆 18-21 May 2026 📍 Warsaw, Poland @Thoth_metadata Full programme 👉 https://buff.ly/0CvDZVL

• Post #2872506

  📢 Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026 has begun! Tom Grady (Copim/Opening the Future) joins a panel to discuss how best to shape equitable #OA for longform! 📆 21 May 2026 🕒️ 10:00 – 11:00 BST & CET 📍 Online More info, and registration details 👉 https://buff.ly/ww1hpr1 Full programme ▶️ https://knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/knowledge-equity-open-scholarship-week-2026-programme/

• Post #2872505

  [KEYNOTE] Joe Deville @joe_dev @openbookcollect is at CIVICA Open Science Conference today! Building on the work of the CIVICA Open Science Communities, the programme features keynotes, panels, lightning talks, and networking opportunities. Our aim is to highlight the specific opportunities and challenges that open science brings to the social science, and to invite discussion about best practices between disciplines. Find out more 👉 https://www.civica.eu/research/open-science/civica-library...

• Post #2872504

  [BLOG] Building the conditions for #OA books to thrive 🌱 Read thoughts & reflections from @Thoth_metadata on their work across infrastructures, research, and communities between 2023-26 Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/kpo68UC

• Post #2872503

  [BLOG] Small Press, Shared Success: Librarian Agency over Accessibility in Emerging Publishing Models We give an overview of the accessibility responsibilities of academic librarians and where they do and do not have control over the accessibility of content Learn how to ⭐ Evidence & audit the accessibility features of library content ⭐ Make informed decisions during acquisition ⭐ Provide alternative formats where accessible versions are not available 🔗 https://buff.ly/JHbkH4n