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Joanna Ball

@joannaball.bsky.social
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Managing Director @DOAJ | Open access, open infrastructure | Librarian | DK/UK | My views

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DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📣Vacancy – Operations Manager We are looking for an experienced and proactive Operations Manager to help ensure that one of the world’s leading open scholarly infrastructure organisations continues to operate effectively and sustainably Closing date: 28 August 2026 ▶️ blog.doaj.org/2026/08/10/v...
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David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here’s video of the panel I was on at #R2RConf about infrastructure to support research. My 2 main points were a) libraries are the ultimate research-supporting infrastructures and b) (with my DOAJ hat on) funders have to support the infrastructure that they rely on www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQ-...
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R2R 2026 - D2S6 - Open Science Infrastructure (Green)
YouTube video by Researcher to Reader
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@Edent/116227552332… This is an important problem, worth solving. All institutions, including #universities, should help pay for the #OpenSource tools they use.
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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links: openjournalscollective.org/static/engag... openjournalscollective.org/static/opera... Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!
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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 24/09/2025
Big News! The Journal of Trial and Error is officially listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)! 🎉  After years of hard work, our mission is now even more accessible to researchers worldwide.  🌟Find us here: doaj.org/toc/2667-120...
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Very much looking forward to this online discussion about open research information and @barcelonadori.bsky.social, with a special focus on opportunities for libraries and publishers to work together to advance openness of research information.
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NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Do we need an #OpenAccess standard for journals? Let's discuss at #NISOPlus25 Global Online w/Dom Mitchell (@doaj.bsky.social), Johan Rooryck, Kylie van Zyl (African Journals Online), & Ana Maria Cetto (@latindex.bsky.social). To join us: niso.plus/niso-plus-20...
NISO Plus Global/Online 2025 logo with call to register and QR code for registration. September 16–17. https://niso.plus/
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Exciting opportunity to work with a diamond open access journal here in DK - deadline 5th August
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It's always great to engage with the Australasian library community - lots of interesting questions about @doaj.bsky.social metadata, diamond OA, use of metrics, and changing research cultures.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Always pleased to see #DOAJ metadata embedded in innovative use cases. Here the Lib4RI @lib4ri.bsky.social search tool combines publishing and access info www.lib4ri.ch/search-tool
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Sofie Wennström @sofiewennstrom.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Hello #LIBER2025, Thanks for hosting @joannaball.bsky.social, @nielsstern.bsky.social, and me today to discuss collaboration for #diamondOA. If you want to learn more about the #EDCHForum and the #EDCHRegistry, join us for a webinar next week to learn about the potential of these new joint services.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Call for libraries to engage with the European Diamond OA movement from @sofiewennstrom.bsky.social to finish our #LIBER2025 session with @nielsstern.bsky.social
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Looking forward to meeting with our library community at the #LIBER2025 Networking Power Session today at 1700. Please come by to give your input on @doaj.bsky.social’s plans for the future.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Pilar Rico Castro from FECYT and Susanne van Rijn from UKB discussing the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS), a community-owned standard for institutional publishing, at the DIAMAS final conference.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Still questioning the sustainability of the #DiamondOA model? Electronic Green Journal has been publishing since 1994 (and in @doaj.bsky.social since our launch in 2003), with submissions from 157 countries and 4000 citations. osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2025/04/esch...
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eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Electronic Green Journal - Office of Scholarly Communication
In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program...
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’m proud to be involved with @ojcollective.bsky.social - an innovative opportunity for libraries to invest in equitable and community-led open access at scale
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“AI literacy is more than prompt engineering: it’s about understanding what’s going on under the hood” @charlierapple.bsky.social moderating the opening plenary at #UKSG2025
UKSG opening panel
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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Thoughtful response from @kathleenor.bsky.social on the environmental cost of AI - we need standards for measuring the environmental costs of computational activities (not just AI) akin to those for the built environment #UKSG2025
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Tracy Creagh @creaght.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Rafael Ball, Director of ETH-Bibliothek: The pivotal role of academic libaries in scholarly communication - "Libraries are the oldest open access institutions in the world." #OpenAccess #ScholarlyCommunication www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...
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Navigating scholarly communication: a big moment for libraries - Research Information
Rafael Ball explains why the library is indispensable as a bridge builder for the development of the industry
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Crossref @crossref.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Just welcomed Hal+ @hal-science.bsky.social (the national open infrastructure for France) to the Bluesky POSI Starter Pack! Hal is one of the newest open infrastructures to adopt the #posi principles. Also added to the list at bsky.app/profile/cros.... Bienvenue, Hal! go.bsky.app/84rVoj1
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Deadline for applications for @uksg.bsky.social sponsored conference places is 17th February. If you are early career, from an under-represented part of the community, or have just never had the opportunity to attend before, then please apply!
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Do you use the Principles of Open Infrastructure (#POSI) to decide which infrastructures to fund/adopt? Have your say on changes to the principles proposed by the POSI adopters, and help ensure that POSI continues to meet the needs of the community! openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/public-comme...
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Proposed POSI 2.0 revisions
A request for public comment on proposed revisions to POSI.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Are you committed to open access and bibliodiversity? Want to support the visibility and quality assurance of smaller, multilingual publishers and journals? Then please apply to join the fabulous international team at DOAJ. We're looking for language skills in German, Portuguese and Ukrainian.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Last year DOAJ carried out 470 investigations into suspected cases of predatory/questionable journal practices to maintain the community’s trust in the journals we DO index. Read about what this work involves, and how you, our community, can help us.
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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 20/12/2024
🔓 PKP introduces its plan for advancing the European Commission #OpenAccess platform, #OpenResearchEurope (ORE), and invites communities to a webinar, January 23, to learn more. Learn more and register for the webinar: pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/18/p... #OpenJournalSystems #OJS
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PKP Advancing Open Publishing Infrastructure for Open Research Europe - Public Knowledge Project
PKP introduces its plan for advancing the European Commission’s open access platform, Open Research Europe (ORE).
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Alan Carbery @acarbery.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Brand new senior leadership role @ucclibrary.bsky.social Head of Content Services open for applications right now. #LISjobsIE Available at ore.ucc.ie. Closing noon 14th January
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University College Cork Vacancies
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
There's a new survey out trying to identify "barriers to open access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties" tib.eu/umfragen/ind... #openaccess #scholcomm
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Barriers to open access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great blogpost from @creaght.bsky.social on the development of a grassroots network to support #DiamondOA : “a starting point for further advocacy and support for Diamond journal publishing in Australia”
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Love this, and wish more funders would create similar funding streams! So many innovative new tools that attract funding are built upon core infrastructures that struggle to find funding for their “boring” operations.
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Dr. Alwaleed Aklhaja, Qatar National Library: A world without open infrastructure is just the world of commercial solutions. We need to support open infrastructures! #DiamondOpenAccess #DOASummit2024 #GlobalSummit #InnovationInPublishing #CapeTown2024 #OpenAccess #DKIS
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I’m standing for #OpenAlex’s new advisory board, as I'd like to use my experience in community governance from orgs like DOAJ, UKSG, and others to contribute to this important initiative. Please vote! Voting is open until 15th December: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Voting: OpenAlex Advisory Board
We were thrilled to receive 50+ nominations for the inaugural OpenAlex Advisory Board! This Board will help shape the direction of OpenAlex and ensure that we can sustainably deliver for the diverse...
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Does Diamond Open Access present a more transformative and equitable alternative for India than One Nation One Subscription? asks Sridhar Gutam indiarxiv.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/o...
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One Nation One Subscription: A Short-Term Solution, But the Diamond Open Access Path Shines Brighter
India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative, set to be operational from January 1, 2025, marks a significant step toward addressing the persistent challenge of unequal access to academic …
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 06/12/2024
“There is a lot of pressure to publish in mainstream journals even if we must pay for it,” [Ana María Cetto] says. “Ultimately, our resources go to rich countries so our researchers can have prestige in the community.” Nice piece on open access in Latin America. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Latin American journals are open-access pioneers. Now, they need an audience
SciElo, other platforms work to help journals reach readers around the world
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Four more open infrastructures join the #SCOSS family in its 6th round! Welcome to @ajol.info @episciences.bsky.social Make Data Count, and SciPost. t.co/TYXJKRADU1
SCOSS 6th round infrastructures
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Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Ooh, found this out from the other place @pfin25.bsky.social Did you know that you can filter peer reviewed #OpenAccess journals in @doaj.bsky.social and find journals where the author retains all their rights 💡 Have a go yourself! 🔗 doaj.org/search/journ... #retainyourrights
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Journals – DOAJ
Find open access journals in DOAJ.
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Spurious submissions, incorrect indexing: reflections from the editors of IDPR on the “hijacking” of their @livunipress.bsky.social journal - a worrying trend in scholarly publishing.
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Marta Teperek @martateperek.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Wow what an opportunity! CERN is looking for a Community Engagement Manager to help implement their #OpenScience policy: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CERN/7440000... Job closes on the 31st of December
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Community Engagement Manager (RCS-SIS-OS-2024-207-GRAP)
Job Description: Your responsibilitiesYou will work in a small team within CERN's Open Science Office which supports the implementation of the CERN Open Science policy signed in 2022. More specificall...
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Great news for the sustainability of Diamond open access journals in Africa: AJOL, EIFL and WACREN announce funding for 17 projects to strengthen no-fee journals and platforms across nine countries www.eifl.org/news/17-gran...
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17 grants to strengthen no-fee OA publishing in Africa | EIFL
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) take pleasure in announcing the award of 17 grants that will strengthen the quality and su...
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Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
First post here. All these constructive conversations and sharing make me: 1. nostalgic for when I first joined the other place, and 2. realise I’ve been a boiling frog for the last couple of years.
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