Happy 18th birthday @openbookpublish.bsky.social! 🎂 Below they share '18 Thoughts for 18 Years'. Particular nod to no. 12 'Infrastructure is essential': "One of Copim’s mottoes is ‘no open access without open infrastructure’ and we would agree wholeheartedly..."
@copim.bsky.social #OpenInfras
@copim.bsky.social #OpenInfras
🎉 Open Book Publishers is 18 today! 🎉
To celebrate this milestone & reflect on 18 years of publishing Diamond #OpenAccess books, we share '18 Thoughts for 18 Years' on our experience as an independent, scholar-led #OA press
Enjoy & raise a glass of your drink of choice with us!
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To celebrate this milestone & reflect on 18 years of publishing Diamond #OpenAccess books, we share '18 Thoughts for 18 Years' on our experience as an independent, scholar-led #OA press
Enjoy & raise a glass of your drink of choice with us!
buff.ly/jOJAfYR
18 Thoughts for 18 Years: A Birthday Message from OBP
Open Book Publishers (OBP) turns eighteen today! As we reach our maturity as official publishing ‘adults’, we have dipped into our story so far and pulled out eighteen pieces of advice for anyone…
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September 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Happy 18th birthday @openbookpublish.bsky.social! 🎂 Below they share '18 Thoughts for 18 Years'. Particular nod to no. 12 'Infrastructure is essential': "One of Copim’s mottoes is ‘no open access without open infrastructure’ and we would agree wholeheartedly..."
@copim.bsky.social #OpenInfras
@copim.bsky.social #OpenInfras
We're really looking forward to joining the brilliant @emmabooth.bsky.social to discuss "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Metadata Challenges & Open Community Solutions for OA Books" at @cilipmdg.bsky.social #MetaFutures Conference 🙌 🛠️ 📚 #OpenInfras #OABooks
I'll be speaking last thing on Thursday with Hannah Hillen of @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & Rupert Gatti of Thoth & @openbookpublish.bsky.social - join us to hear about "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Metadata Challenges & Open Community Solutions for OA Books" #MetaFutures #OpenInfras #OABooks
March 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We're really looking forward to joining the brilliant @emmabooth.bsky.social to discuss "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Metadata Challenges & Open Community Solutions for OA Books" at @cilipmdg.bsky.social #MetaFutures Conference 🙌 🛠️ 📚 #OpenInfras #OABooks
Sad to be missing #UKSG2026 especially this tribute to Elaine Sykes (who I met via @rluk.ac.uk CSN & @copim.bsky.social) Elaine's courage in support of #openaccess & #openresearch inspired me to advocate for #OA & #OpenInfras in the #metadata & #CollDev space - I often think "what would Elaine do?"✊
March 31, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Sad to be missing #UKSG2026 especially this tribute to Elaine Sykes (who I met via @rluk.ac.uk CSN & @copim.bsky.social) Elaine's courage in support of #openaccess & #openresearch inspired me to advocate for #OA & #OpenInfras in the #metadata & #CollDev space - I often think "what would Elaine do?"✊
This was a great session with active participation from attendees & practical actions to take forward - great to see attendees responding to the 'call to action' from @theblochian.bsky.social yesterday about collaborating on proactive & coordinated efforts to support #DiamondOA & #OpenInfras
#RLUK26
#RLUK26
If you're attending #RLUK26, @sarahjthompson.bsky.social Associate Director @uoylibrary.bsky.social, will shortly be participating in a 'Solution Room' on coordinating library strategies to support Diamond OA (with @rupertgatti.bsky.social and our former colleague @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social) 💎
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March 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM
This was a great session with active participation from attendees & practical actions to take forward - great to see attendees responding to the 'call to action' from @theblochian.bsky.social yesterday about collaborating on proactive & coordinated efforts to support #DiamondOA & #OpenInfras
#RLUK26
#RLUK26
👀 Flagging this recent report for participants of the #MetaFutures conference, organised by @cilipmdg.bsky.social #MetadataMatters #openinfras #opendata #OAbooks 👇🏼
New Report: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters | Thoth Open Metadata https://thoth.pub/blog/10.70950/phru7413
New Report: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters
We are pleased to announce the publication of **International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters**, a substantial report from Thoth Open Metadata that addresses a longstanding challenge in open access book publishing: how to create, manage, and disseminate metadata that actually works across today’s fragmented scholarly ecosystem.
thoth.pub
March 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
👀 Flagging this recent report for participants of the #MetaFutures conference, organised by @cilipmdg.bsky.social #MetadataMatters #openinfras #opendata #OAbooks 👇🏼
... Service Provider package is trying to do exactly that for book infrastructures - enabling library support for key #OAbooks #openinfras incl. @pkp.sfu.ca 's OMP, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social , and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social
openbookcollective.org/view/collect...
openbookcollective.org/view/collect...
Service Providers Package
openbookcollective.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 AM
... Service Provider package is trying to do exactly that for book infrastructures - enabling library support for key #OAbooks #openinfras incl. @pkp.sfu.ca 's OMP, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social , and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social
openbookcollective.org/view/collect...
openbookcollective.org/view/collect...
Interesting session on #openmetadata #openbibmetadata & #openinfras from @ellycope.bsky.social at #RLUK26 Conference #metadatamatters
Finally to @ellycope.bsky.social Resource Discovery Senior Manager at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, Uni of Oxford with: "Open to change: #metadata, infrastructure & the power of connection" - realities of moving from closed proprietary & siloed discovery systems to open interoperable discovery systems
#RLUK26
#RLUK26
March 31, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Interesting session on #openmetadata #openbibmetadata & #openinfras from @ellycope.bsky.social at #RLUK26 Conference #metadatamatters
New from @rluk.ac.uk: "Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models", with direct mention of @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social & Thoth as prime examples 🌞 www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ...
#OAbooks #OpenInfras
#OAbooks #OpenInfras
Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models - Research Libraries UK
RLUK's Collections Strategy Network (CSN) has developed a set of principles to guide RLUK members when evaluating future investment in Open Access Monograph models. These take into account the need t...
www.rluk.ac.uk
March 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
New from @rluk.ac.uk: "Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models", with direct mention of @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social & Thoth as prime examples 🌞 www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ...
#OAbooks #OpenInfras
#OAbooks #OpenInfras
@emmabooth.bsky.social discussing metadata & dissemination challenges for #OABooks from a library perspective and how #OpenInfras like Thoth can ease pain points. Recording and slides will be shared by @copim.bsky.social after the Conference. #MetadataMatters
February 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
@emmabooth.bsky.social discussing metadata & dissemination challenges for #OABooks from a library perspective and how #OpenInfras like Thoth can ease pain points. Recording and slides will be shared by @copim.bsky.social after the Conference. #MetadataMatters
🎉 Congratulations to colleagues at @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social who have worked hard to implement that improved workflow - an important milestone! 🍾 #OAbooks #openinfras
🚀 We’ve launched a new deposit workflow!
Faster. Clearer. More intuitive. ✨
Find out what’s new and how it improves the submission experience.
👉🔗 buff.ly/6L5p5la
#OpenAccess #Research #Repositories #ScholComm
Faster. Clearer. More intuitive. ✨
Find out what’s new and how it improves the submission experience.
👉🔗 buff.ly/6L5p5la
#OpenAccess #Research #Repositories #ScholComm
oapen.hypotheses.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
🎉 Congratulations to colleagues at @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social who have worked hard to implement that improved workflow - an important milestone! 🍾 #OAbooks #openinfras
Lovely to see our profile listed in the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) registry / @eudch.bsky.social 😍
Excited to join a growing network of publishers, #openinfras, and others working to strengthen #DiamondOA publishing, in our case for #oabooks 📚 #MetadataMatters registry.diamas.org
Excited to join a growing network of publishers, #openinfras, and others working to strengthen #DiamondOA publishing, in our case for #oabooks 📚 #MetadataMatters registry.diamas.org
EDCH Registry and Forum | EDCH Registry
registry.diamas.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Lovely to see our profile listed in the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) registry / @eudch.bsky.social 😍
Excited to join a growing network of publishers, #openinfras, and others working to strengthen #DiamondOA publishing, in our case for #oabooks 📚 #MetadataMatters registry.diamas.org
Excited to join a growing network of publishers, #openinfras, and others working to strengthen #DiamondOA publishing, in our case for #oabooks 📚 #MetadataMatters registry.diamas.org
It's Day Three (of four) at this year's Library Congress aka #bibliocon25 - and we've already run out of Thoth Bags 😱 #MetadataMatters #openinfras #OAbooks
June 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's Day Three (of four) at this year's Library Congress aka #bibliocon25 - and we've already run out of Thoth Bags 😱 #MetadataMatters #openinfras #OAbooks
I'll be speaking last thing on Thursday with Hannah Hillen of @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & Rupert Gatti of Thoth & @openbookpublish.bsky.social - join us to hear about "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Metadata Challenges & Open Community Solutions for OA Books" #MetaFutures #OpenInfras #OABooks
March 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I'll be speaking last thing on Thursday with Hannah Hillen of @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & Rupert Gatti of Thoth & @openbookpublish.bsky.social - join us to hear about "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Metadata Challenges & Open Community Solutions for OA Books" #MetaFutures #OpenInfras #OABooks
New Report: International #Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access #Books and Chapters (via @copim.bsky.social) copim.pub/new-report-p... #scholcommm #libraries #publishing #openmetadata #oa
February 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
👇This is tomorrow! We'll be taking a closer collective look at the impressive project that Netherlands Universities Presses (nups.nl) have embarked on to establish a joint collab catalogue and underlying implementation of metadata and dissemination practices for their #DiamondOA #OAbooks #openinfras
May 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
👇This is tomorrow! We'll be taking a closer collective look at the impressive project that Netherlands Universities Presses (nups.nl) have embarked on to establish a joint collab catalogue and underlying implementation of metadata and dissemination practices for their #DiamondOA #OAbooks #openinfras
We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
New Report Published: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters - Copim
We are pleased to announce the publication of “International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters”, …
copim.pub
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
Much of our infrastructure is vendor-driven - this isn't necessarily bad; add valuable services & expertise to the ecosystem, but this is at the cost of openness & interoperability between systems & institutions eg APIs - shared dev & distributed governance for #openinfras does work at scale #RLUK26
March 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Much of our infrastructure is vendor-driven - this isn't necessarily bad; add valuable services & expertise to the ecosystem, but this is at the cost of openness & interoperability between systems & institutions eg APIs - shared dev & distributed governance for #openinfras does work at scale #RLUK26