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Joe Deville

@joedeville.bsky.social
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#OpenAccess & #OpenInfrastructure advocate. Professor in #STS at Lancaster University. Managing Director at Open Book Collective. Trustee/Editor at Mattering Press. Heading up the @copim.bluesky.social Open Book Futures project

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This 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.
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Really 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.
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Triple 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)
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
To 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...
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Caroline 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).”
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
One 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
Francesca Corazza, Caroline Ball and Joe Deville smiling at the camera, in an office with "future of education" printed as text on a display board, partially visible to the left
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Check 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
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Btw 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
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Journal 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?...
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The calculated child: The emotional-economic logics of parenting
YouTube video by Cultural Economy in the Kitchen
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Thoth 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)
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Felt 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.
Simon Bowie stage right, with a large wide format slide behind him, which simply reads "No open access without open infrastructure", framed either side by two UKSG logos. Tasha Mellins-Cohen from Counter Metrics, sits stage left at a table.
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Our 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!
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The UKSG 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow - UKSG
The 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...
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
V. 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
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
1/ 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
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Mozilla @mozilla.org · 13/03/2026
Meta 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...
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Tell Meta: Keep Encryption for Instagram Messages
Meta 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...
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Rupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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...
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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...
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Aberdeen University Press @abdnunipress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Annual 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...
Portrait of a Benedictine monk, seated on a red chair, holding up a hand and appearing to be speaking. He has tonsured black hair, a full beard, and a black cloak. Image is public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The @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 🙌
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1/ 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...
A crowd of delegates, arranged in a rough semi circle, looking up at the camera, some cheeringTwo delegates talking to each other during a coffee break, both smiling, other delegates in the backgroundCaroline Ball speaking, holding a lapel mic, with Fatimah Abduldayan, Martina Benz, and Sarah Thompson sitting alongside, with Martina looking up and back at a screen off cameraView from the  back of a tiered lecture theatre, showing around 100 delegates seated in rows looking at a screen at the front, showing a remote delegate speaking, with four other speakers sitting below and to the left
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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.’ #CopimConference
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Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Heading 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
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Mattering Press @matteringpress.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A 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
A group selfie in a relatively empty bar, with a night sky in the background out of the window, including Joe Deville, Anna Dowrick and Julien McHardy, all smiling at the camera
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Final #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...
Rupert in front of a slide titled 'Endnotes'. Underneath: 'Join the Copim Community JiscMail', with a QR code
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 27/02/2026
We’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! 🫶
copim conference information table with books, flyers, brochures, and banners on Open Access and community-owned publishing.Evening view of London skyline along the River Thames with illuminated office buildings in the background.
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Simon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 26/02/2026
Time for Thoth 1.0! thoth.pub #CopimConference
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Thoth is a non-profit, open metadata management and dissemination platform. Thoth offers comprehensive solutions for metadata management, distribution, archiving, and DOI registration, empowering publ...
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026
With Open Book Collective funding there was the potential for a coordinated intervention to build more integrated diamond OA infrastructure @openbookcollective.bsky.social #copimconference
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Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Fatimah 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
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026
N8 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 #copimconference
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N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing - N8 Research Partnership
The N8 is calling for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models and our members commit to collaborating to drive efficiency and deliver value for money
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
If you’re at #CopimConference, don’t forget to pick up one of our new stickers! 💎💎💎
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026
It'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
Image of Joe Deville presenting at Copim Conference
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Great 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.
Copim conference opens with talk on Exploring the future of community-led open access books
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Janneke Adema @openreflections.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Together 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
A black banner with orange and white text, featuring a headshot of Janneke Adema (and her cat, Nero) in a circle on the right, as well as a QR code. The text on the left says: I'm speaking at the #CopimConference What next for community-led open access book publishing? Janneke Adema, Associate Professor (Research), Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures. Time 11.00 AM Thursday 26 February 2026
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School of Social Sciences at Lancaster University @sosslancaster.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Very 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...
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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Shining 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-...
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Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social · 20/11/2025
Particularly 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)
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our 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...
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Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, 20 Nov 2025
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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
Toby gesturing to a slide above and to the left, including the logos of Open Book Collective, PKP, DOAB/OAPEN and Thoth Open Metadata. Standing next to Zoe, at the front of an auditorium
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Looking 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...
Tromsø Cathedral in a snowy scene, with bare snow covered trees to the left and right and a small statue in the foreground A view of the sea, taken from the shore, with a snow covered life ring on a post in the right foreground. Snowy uplands in the background to the left
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Watch 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.
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It'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.uk
Open Access Week 2025: Supporting a community-aligned open research ecosystem – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 13/10/2025
Reminder about next week's online panel. www.psu.edu/news/univers...
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Three global experts discuss ‘Practical Open Access for Everyone’ Oct. 23 online | Penn State University
Penn 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...
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
So 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
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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 09/10/2025
Join 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
Webinar poster for “Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures,” dated 24 October 2025.
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Day 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
A smiling Mary Felix-Maina projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground Vincent van Gerven Oei projected onto a large screen above a stage, with onlooking audience in the foreground
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The 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...
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Collective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our Second Assessment Process
In 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.
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hearing now (also streaming live) from our FUT Minna colleagues, talking about their @openbookcollective.bsky.social funded project #OAbooks
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Sorry, we can't afford to give you your real-terms pay cut.
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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's just started if you want to join the live stream!!
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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The 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
Flyer, with a monochrome collage showing colleagues at events and speaking, alongside text reading From Pilots to Policy: Advancing a National Framework for Open Access Books in Nigeria. National Stakeholder Summit on Community-led Academic Publishing
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