Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This new part time Head of Operations role at the OBC is a really important one for us. An opportunity to join a committed small team working collaboratively with others to help reshape the scholarly publishing landscape. 047
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Really wonderful to have @erratumpress.bsky.social join as the newest member of the Open Book Collective. A genuinely innovative press, publishing experimental, conceptual open access books. 163
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Triple digits! A century! 1,100,100! (in binary). Symbolically really important for us -- half of the way to our first big target, of 200 supporting institutions by 2029 (which we really need to sustain ourselves, and our members, into the long term) 030
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026To keep up to date on where we'll be and what we're doing, why not join our mailing list? We send out brief monthly updates and a more detailed newsletter every quarter - click the link below to sign up. 👇 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j... 023
Reposted by Joe DevilleCaroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026“The question is not whether a new open access mandate is coming (it is), but if the sector is remotely prepared for it (it is not).” 075
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 29/04/2026One door closes, another opens: the @openbookcollective.bsky.social team got together in Manchester on the second to last day of the @copim.bsky.social OBF project to plan our collective work together for the coming years. Have come out feeling really excited & hopeful about what we can do together 1162
Reposted by Joe DevilleCopim @copim.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Check out the panel session on 14 May featuring @joedeville.bsky.social from @openbookcollective.bsky.social alongside @erudit.org @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca ✍️ The Future of Collective Funding Models for Open Access 🔗 buff.ly/NMzyE6m 2/2 022
Reposted by Joe DevilleKathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Btw my press funded a small study into best-practices for alt text for illustrations, especially of illustrations of art. The resulting guide is short and clear and available free to download.spectrum.library.concordia.ca How Do You Picture It? Suggested Guidelines for Alt-text in Art Books - Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository 39664
Reposted by Joe DevilleJournal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026🍽️ What happens when parenting becomes an economic project? @joedeville.bsky.social @ninabandelj.bsky.social talk to @philiproscoe.bsky.social & @addiemcgowan.bsky.social about how parenting is shaped by markets, metrics, and digital platforms. youtu.be/otObwf4tStY?...youtu.beThe calculated child: The emotional-economic logics of parentingYouTube video by Cultural Economy in the Kitchen 053
Reposted by Joe DevilleThoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026 🎉 Aand, it's done! Thoth 1.0 is live! 🎉 🎉 And with it, our new website 🎉 (below a comparison of the old style (yellow) vs. the new look - head over to thoth.pub to see for yourself) 0169
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Felt fitting to me that one of the last @copim.bsky.social plenary interventions at #UKSG2026 came via @simonxix.com's clear and direct call to remember that, as we have always argued, open access without open infrastructures -- e.g. in libraries, in research -- means little. Such a great talk. 0229
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Our Managing Director, @joedeville.bsky.social, and Community Engagement Lead, @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social, will both be at #UKSG2026 tomorrow! Find them at the COPIM stand (#66) or roaming around talking about all things OA books, OBC, and collective funding!uksg.orgThe UKSG 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow - UKSGThe UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants a... 053
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 27/03/2026V. pleased to announce this. We have been working together for some time, but the MoU helps formalise things. The divisions between books & journals in the scholarly system are ultimately arbitrary, so this kind of collaboration is vital to collectively argue for better ways of doing open publishing 0125
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 19/03/20261/ This feels like a watershed moment to me. @rluk.ac.uk's Collections Strategy Network has posted new guidance on the criteria Research Libraries should use when making their investment decisions on #OpenAccess monographs, inc. recommending @openbookcollective.bsky.social as one model to consider 21711
Reposted by Joe DevilleMozilla @mozilla.org · 13/03/2026Meta is dropping encrypted messages from Instagram DMs from 8 May. This means that your all private conversations will be readable by Meta, shareable with advertisers, and subpoenable by courts. Privacy should be a default. Sign our petition. www.mozillafoundation.org/petitions/ke...mozillafoundation.orgTell Meta: Keep Encryption for Instagram MessagesMeta has quietly said it will end support for encrypted messaging on Instagram in a matter of weeks. Encryption helps ensure that what your messages stay between you and the person with whom you're co... 8225169
Reposted by Joe DevilleRupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social · 07/03/2026For 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...archive.orgCopim Conference 2026 : Copim Community : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveOn 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... 075
Reposted by Joe DevilleAberdeen University Press @abdnunipress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Annual reminder to tag us if you or your child dress up as an AUP book character for World Book Day tomorrow. I would suggest going as a Scottish Benedictine monk in 17th century Germany, but Patrick Gordon or Sorely Maclean are always great option. Explore more here: www.fulcrum.org/aberdeenunip... 031
Reposted by Joe DevillePaula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The @copim.bsky.social conference last week was such an excellent conference. Copim and #OpenBookFutures have been such important projects for moving discussions and practices for #OpenAccess books forward 🙌 081
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 03/03/20261/ We did it.. the first ever Copim community conference ... done! Approx 250 people joining on and offline, over two days, with delegates representing every continent and 49 countries. Inevitably our discussions centred on the futures of #OAbooks... 23011
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026To 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.’ #CopimConference 0105
Reposted by Joe DevillePaula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Heading home after a really energising and thought-provoking couple of days at the @copim.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to everyone involved for organising such an inspiring programme celebrating the valuable work done by both Copim and #OpenBookFutures 👏 #CopimConference 1122
Reposted by Joe DevilleMattering Press @matteringpress.bsky.social · 27/02/2026A rare chance for a mini-mattering-meeting at the #CopimConference, where @joedeville.bsky.social opened the event talking about his work with @copim.bsky.social & Julien McHardy is speaking about the possible futures of #ScholarLed publishing. Joined by Mattering co-editor @annadowrick.bsky.social 0173
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Final #CopimConference panel!! Led by @rupertgatti.bsky.social. How can we protect the ability of communities to communicate? In the face of extractive publishing, AI and all the pressures of 2020s HE. One answer: join the new @copim.bsky.social mailing list! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.e... 0114
Reposted by Joe DevilleVerfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 27/02/2026We’re at the #CopimConference in London this week! 🔓 Great discussions about accessibility, metadata, open infrastructure and the future of community-led #OpenAccess book publishing! Looking forward to the upcoming sessions! 📚 Many thanks to @copim.bsky.social for organising this event! 🫶 2105
Reposted by Joe DevilleSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 26/02/2026Time for Thoth 1.0! thoth.pub #CopimConferencethoth.pubHomeThoth is a non-profit, open metadata management and dissemination platform. Thoth offers comprehensive solutions for metadata management, distribution, archiving, and DOI registration, empowering publ... 133
Reposted by Joe DevilleEmma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026With Open Book Collective funding there was the potential for a coordinated intervention to build more integrated diamond OA infrastructure @openbookcollective.bsky.social #copimconference 111
Reposted by Joe DevilleProfessor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Fatimah J. Abduldayan from Nigeria Maritime University describes the structural constraints of a print-first publishing strategy across Nigerian institutions. Lack of metadata sharing really restricts the global visibility & discoverability of their authors’ research. #CopimConference #OpenAccess 041
Reposted by Joe DevilleEmma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing is an important milestone in bringing different universities together to agree that scholarly publishing models must deliver value for money & to encourage publishers to move towards fairly priced, open access & value-added publishing #copimconferencen8research.org.ukN8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing - N8 Research PartnershipThe N8 is calling for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models and our members commit to collaborating to drive efficiency and deliver value for money 154
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 26/02/2026If you’re at #CopimConference, don’t forget to pick up one of our new stickers! 💎💎💎 2289
Reposted by Joe DevilleEmma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026It's here! #CopimConference is underway at Loughborough University London Campus. Looking forward to the programme and to many conversations about the future of #openaccess and #openinfrastructure @copim.bsky.social 193
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Great start to the #CopimConference with @openreflections.bsky.social and @joedeville.bsky.social reflecting on the original aims of @copim.bsky.social and Open Book Futures including the impact of @openbookcollective.bsky.social and the importance of scholar-led publishing. 081
Reposted by Joe DevilleJanneke Adema @openreflections.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Together with @joedeville.bsky.social I will be giving the opening keynote at the @copim.bsky.social Conference 2026: What Next for Community-led Open Access Book Publishing?(26-27 February). Would be lovely to see you there, either in person or virtually: copim.pub/join-us-for-... #CopimConference 0158
Reposted by Joe DevilleSchool of Social Sciences at Lancaster University @sosslancaster.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Very many congratulations to Dr Steven Graham who successfully defended his thesis yesterday and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinSociology and was supervised by Stefanie Doebler, Bob Jessop and Claire Waterton. www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr... 292
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Shining a light on Opening the Future authors 🔆 🗣️ Prof. @deanallbritton.bsky.social (Colby College) 📚 Feeling Sick: The Early Years of AIDS in Spain (2023) via @livunipress.bsky.social 🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/feeling-... 043
Reposted by Joe DevilleThoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social · 20/11/2025Particularly relevant in the context of #Munin2025: @joedeville.bsky.social highlights some findings from a report on adoption of #DiamondOA, with a focus here on feedback received from Nordic countries (with case studies of Finland and Sweden) 0123
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Our Director @joedeville.bsky.social will be streaming live from #Munin2025 in around 30 mins (9.30GMT/10.30CET), introducing the OBC's work & some examples from our report into barriers to supporting collective #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. Streaming link: uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...uit.cloud.panopto.euMunin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, 20 Nov 2025 1104
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 19/11/2025#CollaborationNotCompetition! Toby Steiner and Zoe Wake Hyde (@radishpress.bsky.social) here at #Munin2025 talking about the ongoing collaborations between @thoth-metadata.bsky.social and @pkp.sfu.ca / #OpenMonographPress, showcasing the potential of open data workflows 0148
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Looking forward to this presentation tomorrow at #Munin2025, here in lovely Tromsø ❄️. Will be including some examples from our interviews with librarians in Finland and Sweden in particular, drawing on our recently published report: zenodo.org/records/1733... 0195
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Watch last week's #OAweek panel on 'Mainstreaming Diamond', hosted by Open Library of Humanities. Featuring OBC's Joe Deville, alongside Kira Hopkins from Opening the Future, Rupert Gatti from Open Book Publishers, Caroline Edwards from OLH & Open Journals Collective, and Joanna Ball from DOAJ. 084
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 24/10/2025It's really great to see @uoyopenres.bsky.social highlighting their principled support for community-led and non-profit open research infrastructure, including us here at the @openbookcollective.bsky.social! blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2025...blogs.york.ac.ukOpen Access Week 2025: Supporting a community-aligned open research ecosystem – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog 142
Reposted by Joe DevilleSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 13/10/2025Reminder about next week's online panel. www.psu.edu/news/univers...psu.eduThree global experts discuss ‘Practical Open Access for Everyone’ Oct. 23 online | Penn State UniversityPenn State University Libraries will host three of the world’s foremost experts on the subject of open access during a public online panel discussion, “We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyon... 2129
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 13/10/2025So glad to see this out! This was a big undertaking and I'm very happy with the end result. Thanks in particular to @judithfathallah.bsky.social for the work on this 062
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 09/10/2025Join us for #OAWeek! Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @joannaball.bsky.social & @paulaclemente.bsky.social 🗓️ 24/10 - 1:00 pm BST 🔗 shorturl.at/eFIvX 1913
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Day 2 of the National OA Summit in Nigeria. Kicking off with @copim.bsky.social colleagues Mary Felix-Maina from @doabooks.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social & Vincent van Gerven Oei from @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @punctumbooks.bsky.social talking about trust, metadata & discoverability for books 1102
Reposted by Joe DevilleOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The OBC shares some reflections on the assesment process for the 2025-26 round of our Collective Development Fund. Grant awardees will be announced on our blog in due course: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/collecti...openbookcollective.pubpub.orgCollective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our Second Assessment ProcessIn this update, we reflect on the decision-making process in the second round of Collective Development Fund, and the lessons we learned for next time. 037
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Hearing now (also streaming live) from our FUT Minna colleagues, talking about their @openbookcollective.bsky.social funded project #OAbooks 011
Reposted by Joe DevilleDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Sorry, we can't afford to give you your real-terms pay cut. 77326
Reposted by Joe DevilleCopim @copim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025It's just started if you want to join the live stream!! 011
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The 2025 National Open Access Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria, starting today, will have plenary sessions live streamed and is open to all. Titled 'Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty', the event starts at 9am BST/10am CEST. Programme: oa-summit.bookhub.ng. Streaming at wacren.zoom.us/j/67762421550 131