📢 Bookings are now open for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026!
The festival features a week of insightful and applicable sessions on topics including gender and ethics in open research, open science careers, and open education resources.
➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rSLLxA
Photo of Renegotiating Patriarchy.
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting Renegotiating Patriarchy by Naila Kabeer.
The book explores the ‘Bangladesh paradox’ and the role of ordinary women in translating policy into change on the ground.
Free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: https://bit.ly/4otCVnG
We are back in the Goldsmiths library next week selling books for a discount - be there or be square 🟥 @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
Three images of the cover of Reading Wars.
"The bloodshed may have lessened, but we are still fighting, and Herzog shows the deeper stakes involved in reading’s relation to equality and personhood. "
— Mary G Dietz, John Evans Professor Emerita of Political Theory, Northwestern University
➡️ Coming soon: https://bit.ly/4ue0C7w
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UCL Press has achieved a gold rated 100% ASPIRE score for our accessibility statement. This recognises our work to improve accessibility across our open access books and journals and our commitment to clear, transparent support for all readers. Read more: uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-ac... #UCLPress
Trying to find a publisher for your latest book? We’re looking for your next big idea.
We’re a values-based academic publisher welcoming work across disciplines from humanities to STEM.
Learn what makes us different: https://ow.ly/OSZj50YpxyR
Our popular 'Overview to #Journal #Publishing’ session is running on 12th March! 📅 2-3pm via Zoom.
A journal editor & author discuss different perspectives on the journal publishing process & finding the right journal for you. Sign up to attend:
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#OpenAccess #Training
Thank you for your brilliant live posting as well!
To paraphrase @rupertgatti.bsky.social: ‘We have the important principle of ‘scaling small’. But to get to that point, you have to start. Start small. But have your ambitions to the roof.’
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Ending the #CopimConference: @rupertgatti.bsky.social on the power that can come with being frustrated w/ the status quo and what you can do about it.
‘Collective grumbling is really empowering!’ This is what lead to @copim.bsky.social trying to do things differently & create a more open ecosystem.
The momentum behind collective, non‑profit #OpenAccess book publishing is clear at #CopimConference. University & institutional presses have an opportunity to lead by example & support infrastructures built for the public good. Community‑governed systems help ensure OA remains equitable & resilient.
(We should say we were founded to connect & encourage #OpenAccess publishing within the UK. Our mission is to create a source of support & advocacy for established & emerging university presses & institutionally-affiliated publishing operations striving for OA. Check out our site!) #CopimConference
‘Where are the new scholar-led #OpenAccess presses & how can we support their emergence?’
@copim.bsky.social panel chaired by @alittleroad.bsky.social w/ @matteringpress.bsky.social @radishpress.bsky.social @nikir.bsky.social describing their achievements & showing what energy & enthusiasm can do!
Slide on display at the Copim conference created by John Atkinson from the University of Westminster Press stating: How is experimental publishing changing scholarly publishing? Recognise (embrace?) the discomfort of relinquishing control, and the challenge of redelining what "quality" or "rigour" looks like when the format itself is evolving. Overall, encourages an openness to innovation and new forms of enquiry, especially in relation to interdisciplinary research.
Another great member press presentation from John Atkinson at @uniwestpress.bsky.social on how experimental publishing is changing scholarly publishing, raising important qs around peer review for new formats. Also referencing @livunipress.bsky.social
& @manifoldscholar.bsky.social
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Slide from the University of London Press on display at the Copim Conference. Text says: Developments in experimental book publishing - three reflections 1) Experimental publishing is increasingly blurring the distinction between where the research project stops and the publication process begins. 2) Experimental publishing continues to be resource- and labour-intensive. 3) There's a reciprocal relationship between experimental publishing and positive (open) research cultures. Publishers as collaborators
The final note from our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social is for publishers to be collaborators.
#OpenAccess and experimental publishing can make a really positive contribution to (open) research cultures.
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Screen on display at the Copim conference showing new enhanced editions by the University of London Press
Our member @uolpress.bsky.social’s Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social presenting at the #CopimConference on experimental publishing, with a number of enhanced projects available and forthcoming.
We've just accomplished one of our biggest goals since launch. We are now able to offer all of our digital backlist titles on fully accessible EPUB formats compliant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility standards! 🎉🕺💃
A huge thank you to our partners @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
abdn.site/AuP
We’ll need a bigger slide at this rate! @oipassoc.bsky.social started out w just 10 members - now look at us!
Slide displayed at the Copim Conference showing the metadata pipeline for open access books with Emma Booth standing in front presenting.
Day 2 of the #CopimConference has kicked off with more discussion about #metadata, including this great slide from @emmabooth.bsky.social showing the complexities of the metadata pipeline which can reduce the discoverability of #OpenAccess books.
Have a look for support resources in Book 9 of #CopimCompass
Thanks to @jofitz.bsky.social @jordyfindanis.bsky.social @rupertgatti.bsky.social for creating and updating!
👉 compass.copim.pub/books/09-ope...
Great overview of challenges for disabled readers accessing content by @anicazeyen.bsky.social #CopimConference
Anybody interested at #CopimConference in the OU's free gift 'Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo VE', here is the link: www.open.edu/openlearncre...
The ethos of OA goes beyond paywalls - it is all about access - so Accessibility must be an integral part of OA publishing. 1.3 billion people worldwide have a disability; they are an important audience for scholarly outputs that should not be ignored #CopimConference
Group of men and women at the Copim conference
And here are some of our members who are here in person!
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Thanks @copim.bsky.social for such a great conference (so far!) and for providing a forum for helpful and informative conversations with such an engaged group of people.
#OpenAccessAdvocacy
A digital screen displayed at the Copim Conference with information about OIPA as well as logos showing all current members.
Lovely to see information about us - and logos for all of our current members - on display at the #CopimConference. Find out more at our website oipauk.org!
Looking forward to the ‘Beyond #accessibility’ session (after a ☕️ break!) - an important topic for all of our members.
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Open access means that nobody can tell you you can't read something. Always true, but so very, essentially, bulldozingly important here in the US right now. #copimconference
Next up at the #CopimConference ‘Where is collective funding for #OpenAccess monographs going?’ Chaired by @scholtom.bsky.social, with @kirahopkins.bsky.social @tweeterbarr.bsky.social and Kat Baier. Exploring collective funding and the wider problems and opportunities libraries and publishers face.
Sarah Thompson from @uoylibrary.bsky.social sharing how York now applies its values-based collections criteria to *all* their activity, not just open access 👏 Greater transparency helps not just with their dealings with publishers but also with their academics… #copimconference
