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copim.bsky.social
Congratulations to the @openbookcollective.bsky.social on this major milestone #OpenAccessBooks #OABooks
openbookcollective.bsky.social Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · Jun 17
Drumroll, please!

100 libraries worldwide are now supporting the OBC - that's 100 libraries actively choosing to support collective funding and diamond OA - now that's definitely worth celebrating!

Our joint 100th: Zurich University of the Arts and The Open University, who joined on the same day.
100 libraries are now supporting diamond open access through the Open Book Collective!
Today we hit a milestone we've been working towards for a while: 100 libraries around the world are now supporting the Open Book Collective!
obc.copim.pub
June 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
medievalists.bsky.social
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! https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/open-access-books-2024/ #openaccessbooks #freebooks #medievalbooks #MerryChristmas
10 Open Access Books about the Middle Ages you can Read for Free - Medievalists.net
Here are ten books published in 2024 that medievalists will enjoy and are free to download and read.
www.medievalists.net
December 25, 2024 at 11:06 PM
jeroenson.bsky.social
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
Let's talk about open access books | Open Science NL
www.openscience.nl
March 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
openresearchuoa.bsky.social
🎉 It's the first day of a new term! Are you excited? Are you ready?
Perhaps we can help a little with our ExplORe session on how to use #OpenAccessBooks in teaching and research www.youtube.com/watch?v=GupW...
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September 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
uclpress.bsky.social
📘 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
September 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
copim.bsky.social
See our friends at @openingthefuture.bsky.social at OIPA 2026 on June 18 #OpenAccessBooks #OABooks
June 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
cpetracca.bsky.social
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
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August 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
abdnunipress.bsky.social
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...
Celebrating University Press Week 2024
press.umich.edu
November 13, 2024 at 9:02 AM
copim.bsky.social
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...
The Open Book Collective Welcomes the University of Leeds Libraries
openbookcollective.pubpub.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 AM
openresearchuoa.bsky.social
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...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
rupertgatti.bsky.social
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 ....
archive.org/details/copi...
Copim Conference 2026 : Copim Community : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
On Feb 26 and 27, 2026, the two-day conference brought together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven open access book...
archive.org
March 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
openresearchuoa.bsky.social
Happy Pride month! We have a whole reading list of #OpenAccessBooks on LGBT+ issues, freshly updated for this year. Let us know if you have any great OA titles you think we should add abdn.leganto.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/publ...

Image by Adam Cohn via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND
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June 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
ucdlibrary.bsky.social
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
openresearchuoa.bsky.social Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · Sep 4
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...
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
September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
universitypress.cambridge.org
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
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.
June 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
leuvenup.bsky.social
🔓 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 Open Access Books through Path to Open + book covers
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
abdnunipress.bsky.social
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.
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August 1, 2024 at 8:38 AM
rouhiroo.bsky.social
Lest ye forget, @eve.gd is #PrintBook famous. #Goals #OpenAccessBooks
Picture of Martin Eve's book "Warez" with a big skull on the front and the title "Infrastructure and aesthetics of privacy."
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
paulakennedy.bsky.social
🚨 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
uolpress.bsky.social University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · Nov 13
Sign up for our free webinar with OABN: 'From permission to publication: Managing third-party materials in
#OpenAccess books'. With advice from us (@emmagallon.bsky.social), an author, a copyright expert & a rep from the GLAM sector.

📍Online, 19th Nov, 13:30 GMT

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Open Access Books Network and University of London Press webinar banner: From Permission to Publication
November 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
uclpress.bsky.social
📘 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
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
northumbrialibrary.bsky.social
Read our latest blog, all about our latest spotlight display!

#NorthumbriaLibrary #OpenAccessBooks

library.northumbria.ac.uk/librarynews/...
A shelving unit with a number of books on it, with their covers facing outwards. There are posters displaying the text "Open Access"
March 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
uolpress.bsky.social
🚨 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
uolpress.bsky.social University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · Nov 13
Sign up for our free webinar with OABN: 'From permission to publication: Managing third-party materials in
#OpenAccess books'. With advice from us (@emmagallon.bsky.social), an author, a copyright expert & a rep from the GLAM sector.

📍Online, 19th Nov, 13:30 GMT

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Open Access Books Network and University of London Press webinar banner: From Permission to Publication
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
leuvenup.bsky.social
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
October 23, 2024 at 10:42 AM
abdnunipress.bsky.social
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...
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
March 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
openresearchuoa.bsky.social
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...
ExplORe Series: Open Research Essentials: Introduction to Open Access Books 23 April 2024
YouTube video by University of Aberdeen
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2024 at 7:49 AM
mesonpress.bsky.social
Fresh from the printer: New copies of #Computing Cultures:
Knowledges and Practices (1940–1990), edited by Arianna Borrelli and Helena Durnová. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore or download it for free from our website: doi.org/10.14619/2737

#oa #openaccess #oabooks #openaccessbooks
Printed copies of the book "Computing Cultures", edited by Arianna Borrelli und Helena Durnová
April 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM