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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Just under a week left to apply to the #CollectiveDevelopmentFund 2026. This fund is to support projects building capacity for Open Access Books, including networks and infrastructure. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

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OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2026 Call & Guidance - Open Book Collective

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Day 2 of the #CopimConference 2026 opens with a panel on metadata, dissemination challenges & open community solutions for open access books. First, Harrison Inefuku introduces the history and work of the Iowa State University Digital Press.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I appreciate the conference focus on reducing plastic and paper and the fact no meat is served at the #CopimConference 2026. Sustainability is a complex idea- some time ago we drafted a short blog post on what the term means to us at Copim: copim.pubpub.org/pub/the-copi...

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The Copim perspective on Sustainability

What might it mean to do scholarly publishing in a ‘sustainable’ way? In this post, we provide some insights on how Copim is thinking and working through this question.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The next talk is from University Librarian Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan, and covers some of the work she and her colleagues have accomplished with support from the #OpenBookCollective's Collective Development Fund.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

'Exploring the future of community-led open access books' (Copim Conference 2026) opens with keynotes from Copim and Open Book Futures PIs, Joe Deville and Janneke. Joe recaps the genealogy of Copim's emerging from the Radical Open Access Conference in 2015. #Copim2026 #DiamondOpenAccess

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🥳 The Open Book Collective is delighted to announce the first recipient of our Collective Development Fund for 2025–2026! 🥳 The project is titled: ‘Empowering Ethiopian Research Universities: A Multifaceted Approach to Overcome Open Access Barriers in Scholarly Publishing’.

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Join @judithfathallah.bsky.social later today at a panel discussion hosted by Botswana International University of Science and Technology Library 🕰️ 1:00 PM (UK) | 2:00 PM (Botswana & Germany) 📍 Online 🔗 buff.ly/f49Y5H7 #OAWeek

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Looking forward to taking part in this OA week panel on Monday!

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

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Report on librarians' barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books

Announcing a new report published by the Open Book Collective exploring librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation in collective funding models for open access books across six European con...

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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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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Yesterday I spoke at 'Choosing open access for books: An author journey', an Open Scholarship event hosted by the Bodleian Library, Oxford. This was some great discussion and stimulating questions, both on the #OpenBookCollective and #OA generally. Recording here: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE-OA-For-...

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What a lovely review of Killer Fandom in the International Journal of Communication (OA of course), thank you so much! ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc #OABooks #FanStudies

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International Journal of Communication

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Sharla Lair @lalair.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Lyrasis is hiring for 2 new (US-based preferred) remote roles on the CSCI team! Support open access and community-driven publishing. Apply by June 25: Community Engagement Strategist, OACIP: tinyurl.com/2ebm2kse Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives: tinyurl.com/3va9y3bs

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Really happy to see the amazing progress on this project #OABooks

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Now begins the panel on Open Systems and Infrastructure, featuring @simonxix.com

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hello new followers, the icon is Zara, she is almost 15 and a queen.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Varina Jones-Reid of Aberdeen University Press is speaking on the need for Diamond OA to support equity for ECRs

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Dominique Walker @dominiquewalker.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Enjoyed @judithfathallah.bsky.social's point that the citation advantage and openess of publishing #OpenAccess is more personally beneficial for researchers, particularly as publishing with "prestige" legacy publishers doesn't result in permanent contracts these days anyway!

Photograph of Judith Fatallah presenting at the Edinburgh Open Research conference

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#EORC opens with a welcome from Edinburgh Library Director Jeremy Upton. @kjsanders.bsky.social and I will be speaking momentarily. The theme is "Open Access: What's Stopping Us?"

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Heading up to Edinburgh this evening for #EORC to present with @kjsanders.bsky.social on Author Agency and the Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social - see the full programme here openresearch.ed.ac.uk/conference/

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Edinburgh Open Research Conference – Edinburgh Open Research

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

When it comes to #OpenResearch practices, what's stopping us?! 🤔 @judithfathallah.bsky.social & @kjsanders.bsky.social are at #EORC (4 June) to discuss: ⭐ Author agency & @openbookcollective.bsky.social‬ ⭐ Open source software for OR, including libraries View the programme 👉

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EORC: 2025 Programme

On the 4th of June we are coming together to ask the question, "What's stopping us?" We are asking what barriers we face, the challenges slowing progress, and searching for strategies to overcome…

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Full programme for Fan Studies and True Crime in the New Media Environment. This is a free hybrid workshop on 8 May hosted at Coventry University, but please register using the link in the programme tinyurl.com/4c7cw42d

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Winnie loves Zara. Zara thinks Winnie is ok. She'll concede that her fur is useful.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I will be giving a short talk on author choices in OA publishing and the work of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social at the The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship on March 11. Full programme at openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25

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OxFOS 2025 now open for booking

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This is not about publishing, but myself and other #fanstudies scholars with an interest in true crime genres in the new media environment are starting up a network. Inaugural workshop May 8; there is a small amount of funding available to assist w/ travel: www.eventsforce.net/fanstudies

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A reflection on the Open Book Collective workshop at the Diamond OA Summit in December 2024 at University of Cape Town openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/reflecti...

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Reflections on Open Monograph Publishing: A workshop at the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond OA

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Winnie: be best friends Zara: *rejected* Winnie: after careful consideration I regret to inform your that your rejection has been rejected.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

1/4 📣 OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2025 Call & Guidance! We are delighted to launch the second call for applications for funding from our Collective Development Fund. openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/obc-coll...

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OBC Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: 2025 Call & Guidance

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

3/3 NB that the 2025 call for applications will open this month, on an earlier schedule than our 2024 round. Follow for updates very soon

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

All of a sudden Winnie is looking like a grown-up lady. She's not *acting* like it - in fact she was especially delinquent last night- but I think this is as big as she's going to get.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

When you're 14 but live a pampered life:

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

If Winnie jumps on Zara and Zara is tolerant and patient (which she normally is now) I reward her with treats. Which means Winnie gets treats too, they get treats together, so they associate each other with something nice. I think I've accidentally trained Winnie to jump on Zara for treats.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This is my last working day until New Year so posts will probably be cat updates for the next 2 weeks/pictures of the "homemade Christmas decorations" I attempt at my friends house tomorrow/my unsolicited opinions on general matters

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

More "Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG" @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social interviews Lucy Barnes, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers. linktr.ee/uksgpodcast

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The look she gets when she's gearing up to provoke Zara or slap me

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

In this post, joedeville.bsky.social, Nonhlanhla Dube and I reflect on our experiences at #OASPA2024, with a focus on the theme of equity openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/equity-i...

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The @openbookcollective.bsky.social workshop at the #DOASummit2024 programme has been updated with all our slides and links, hopefully this will be useful to attendees and those who were not able to be there this time. openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-mon...

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I've come home and Winnie has grown again. She is now bigger than Zara. Her fur has also grown. What will her final form be?

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

This one is Winnie. I got her from the shelter in June when she was around 6 months old and had already had a kitten despite being a kitten herself, thanks to irresponsible people. She is now around 1 and just starting to mature. A bit. I had totally forgotten what cats are like before 1.

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Hello new followers. The profile pic is Zara, she is over 14 years old and a queen 👸

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The Open Book Collective workshop at the #DOASummit2024 is about to close. Thank you to all our colleagues and collaborators for your valuable input and we look forward to continuing our work towards a more equitable, sustainable and diverse landscape for OA books globally

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Judith Fathallah @judithfathallah.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Now scholar-publisher Francois van Schalkwyk discusses African Minds, an OA press and OBC member devoted to publishing African scholarship and scholarship of specific relevance to Africa www.africanminds.co.za

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African Minds – African Minds is an open access, not-for-profit publisher of scholarly books.

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