Invest in Open Infrastructure

Ghent University has joined IOI’s Sustaining Circle to support our work on the open research infrastructure ecosystem.

Together, we’re strengthening infrastructure that puts scholarship first.
Interested in joining us? investinopen.org/blog/ghent-u...

Scientific datasets built over decades can vanish when access has a single point of failure. IOI secured funding from Global Impact to help coordinate resilient open infrastructure solutions.

More on this project: investinopen.org/blog/investi...

When to act: Building a financial risk monitoring framework How IOI moved from financial reporting to financial decision-making, and what we learned.

How do you know when a financial warning sign becomes a real risk in an organization?

At Invest in Open Infrastructure, we built a financial risk monitoring framework to move from reporting to decision-making.

Explore our insights:
investinopen.org/blog/when-to...

Open infrastructure needs institutional champions. Welcome, Ghent University, to the IOI Sustaining Circle. At a time of shrinking budgets and vendor consolidation, this kind of commitment matters more than ever. investinopen.org/blog/ghent-u...

Library consortia are stepping into new roles as architects of resilience for open infrastructure. At ER&L 2026, IOI's Lauren Collister will present research findings on how consortia can counter market consolidation through collective action.

Register now: site.pheedloop.com/event/ERL26/...

A must-read report on how small scientific publishers - a critical stakeholder group in scholarly communication - are approaching the transition to open access publishing.

Investing in resilient infrastructure to safeguard scientific knowledge Political threats to scientific data demand coordinated, resilient open infrastructure — IOI is helping build it.

Scientific datasets built over decades can vanish when access has a single point of failure. IOI secured funding from Global Impact to help coordinate resilient open infrastructure solutions.

More on this project:
investinopen.org/blog/investi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How POSI v2 Guides The Sustainability of Open Infrastructure Organisations: a Barcelona Declaration webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmat... This Barcelona Declaration webinar explores how POSI v2 has been applied and refined in real-world contexts, and what this means for strengthening the sustainability, governance, and long-term resilie...

Join the Barcelona Declaration webinar: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

📅 2 March 2026 · 🕒 14:00–15:15 UTC · 🌐 Online, open to all

With @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @doaj.bsky.social & @europepmc.org

👉 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

When to act: Building a financial risk monitoring framework How IOI moved from financial reporting to financial decision-making, and what we learned.

Most nonprofits have financial reporting. Far fewer have a framework to know when to act on what it's telling them.

We built one. Here's what we learned — and what surprised us most.
investinopen.org/blog/when-to...

The Illusion of Scarcity, the Power of Community, and the Future of Open Infrastructure An in conversation post with Katherine Skinner

IOI’s Katherine Skinner, was featured in The Digital Shift by Rosalyn Metz. In a wide-ranging interview, she reframes the scarcity narrative in open infrastructure: the money has always been there — what’s been scarce is strategy and community coordination.

rosalynmetz.substack.com/p/the-illusi...

Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration A case study developed with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Knowledge Commons and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University

@kcommons.bsky.social hows what’s possible when infrastructure is built with its community — and what’s at risk when funding doesn’t match importance.

Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...

Invest in Open Infrastructure announces US$500,000 contribution from Lyrasis for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption Welcoming Lyrasis to the growing coalition of organizations who believe that research infrastructure should be open, sustainable, and equitable globally

A resilient research ecosystem takes collective action. Thanks to a US$500,000 commitment from @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, the IOI Fund for Network Adoption has surpassed US$5M raised. Lyrasis joins a growing coalition investing strategically in open infrastructure — and the future of research.

Other "academic social media" sites purport to give researchers freedom to disseminate their work. But they are often for-profit, not community or scholar -governed, and just seeking to extract further rent. KC has a different approach...

Designing for impact: Lessons from the IOI Fund for Network Adoption Insights into how IOI’s approach to designing the Fund for Network Adoption has evolved as we sought to optimize impact, reciprocal learning, and resilience.

In designing the IOI Fund for Network Adoption, we purposely relied on community reviewers + technical experts to select projects feasible yet trusted.

Find out what we learnt from this community-centered review process: investinopen.org/blog/designi...

Invest in Open Infrastructure announces US$500,000 contribution from Lyrasis for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption Welcoming Lyrasis to the growing coalition of organizations who believe that research infrastructure should be open, sustainable, and equitable globally

Open infrastructure is the backbone of modern research — and strong networks make it work. Thanks to a US$500,000 contribution from @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, the IOI Fund is now over 80% toward its US$6M goal, expanding support for research networks across Africa and Latin America

Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration A case study developed with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Knowledge Commons and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University

Our friends at @investinopen.bsky.social have posted a case study of our attempts to create real sustainability for Knowledge Commons: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...

Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration A case study developed with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Knowledge Commons and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University

The future of scholarly communication isn’t just about better tools — it’s about who owns and governs them.

@kcommons.bsky.social offers a community-owned alternative to corporate platforms while supporting diverse forms of scholarship.

Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...

Aligning Library Consortia for Collective Impact: Results from IOI’s ORBIT Project In an era when academic libraries face existential threats, from federal funding cuts to vendor consolidation to capacity crises, who steps up to provide stability? Invest in Open Infrastructure…

How can library consortia provide stability amid funding cuts, vendor consolidation and capacity crises?

At the CNI Fall 2025 Meeting, Katherine Skinner(IOI) joined Jill Morris (PALCI) and Kirsten Leonard (PALNI) to explore the perks of “network of networks” approach

We’re excited to share that IOI’s Emmy Tsang will be at CHAOSScon Europe tomorrow!

If you’re attending, Emmy would love to connect and chat about IOI’s work on open infrastructure and open source sustainability.

Learn more and follow the event online or in person:
chaoss.community/chaosscon-20...

BRIDGE: Exploring cross-sector partnerships in the AI-era An overview of IOI's project bridging open research infrastructures, cultural collections, and commercial tech organizations to build mutually beneficial partnerships in the AI era.

Introducing BRIDGE, a 30-month IOI project supported by @mellon.org. As AI reshapes digital collections, BRIDGE will unite stewards, researchers, and technologists to identify risks and build sustainable partnership frameworks for responsible collaboration. More:

Infra Finder keeps growing! 📈 32 new entries, 70 updates, 3 new solution categories added, & our side-by-side comparison tool makes it easy to evaluate options. Whether you're adopting, funding, or building OI, we invite you to explore the latest:

Infra Finder Use Cases & Feedback Thank you for taking a few moments to provide feedback. We want to know how you've been using Infra Finder and its data — and how we can improve the tool in the future. Please answer the questions…

📣 Calling all Infra Finder users! We want to hear your stories. How has Infra Finder helped your decision-making? What features would make it more useful? Your feedback shapes this community resource. Tell us more:

Beyond funding: Building the capacity for sustainable and resilient open infrastructure A deeper dive into IOI’s unique approach to grantmaking that couples long-term funding with targeted strategic guidance and operational support.

Open infrastructure needs more than funding — it needs strategy, governance, and collaboration. Through the IOI Fund for Network Adoption, we’re partnering with LA Referencia and UbuntuNet Alliance to strengthen sustainable, global open research.

Learn more:

Big Infra Finder update! 🚀 We added 32 new entries in 2025, bringing us to 134 solutions. New categories include data collection tools, geospatial platforms, & integrated library systems. Find open, community-governed infrastructure for your institution. Read more: investinopen.org/blog/infra-f...

Working Group 5. Sustaining Infrastructures · Related Initiatives · 14 October 2025 YouTube video by Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

Open research infrastructure won’t sustain itself.

In this session, IOI’s Katherine Skinner and Sarah Lippincott talk about building resilient, coordinated, and sustainable open research information infrastructures — and why collective action is essential.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_5...

"Diamond Open Access on the rise" above multicolored diamond.

Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.

IOI's Emma Green will attend the Academic Publishing in Europe Conference 2026 in Berlin next week.

If attending APE, please feel free to connect with Emma at the event. Emma will be delighted to share more about IOI’s work on enhancing the sustainability of academic publishing infrastructures.

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

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Our Director of Development Emma Green is at EBRAINS Summit in Brussels today & tomorrow on a panel exploring research infra sustainability across financial, technological, organizational & societal dimensions.

At EBRAINS? Find Emma to talk infrastructure resilience!

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Our Director of Programs Katherine Skinner is at CNI Fall Meeting Thursday presenting IOI's ORBIT research on how library consortia are becoming critical bulwarks against vendor consolidation and capacity crises.

At CNI in DC? Find Katherine to talk consortia + resilience.