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

Please note: only applications made using the application form provided in the Call will be considered. This fund is not for BPCs. obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti...

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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 · 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

A new open metadata system is needed to support Diamond OA, maintained by community stewardship not bought and sold by commerical intermediaries.

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

Thoth both repairs these blockages and offers alternative pipelines for metadata to flow through

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

Poor metadata has wide ranging negative effects on books. Even if the metadata is made open by the publisher, commercial intermediaries further down the chain can limit access.

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

The metadata pipeline for OA books. Sharing between stakeholders depends on their commercial or other relationships

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

As we found during the life of Copim, there is often a perception that OA books have lower quality metadata. One problem here is that the supply chain was not designed for OA titles (e.g. dealing with a 0 in the price field).

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

The next speaker is Emma Booth, Metadata Manager for Content Management at University of Manchester Library

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

A key finding so far is that there is poor use of DOIs, and non-standardised fields and spellings can be problematic. Tools are being developed to address these.

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

Metadata is critical to this process. The project data sources are both original and via bibliographic systems

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

Automating these processes would be a useful future development. The next speaker is Edgar Alejandro García Valencia, who is leading a project mapping the production of scholarly books in Ibero-America.

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

Levels of metadata provided depend on catalogue. Thoth is a robust example. But copying and pasting metadata across platforms is a lot of labour.

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

The press utilizes innovative and experimental publishing forms as well as more traditional monographs and textbooks, using Pressbooks. Metadata is then copied into Janeway and Crossref.

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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

In 2025, the N8 Research Partnership of research-intensive institutions released a landmark statement calling for fundamental reform in scholarly publishing. This is important.

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

A principles-led decision making strategy for purchasing has been developed and applied across library contexts, providing greater clarity both for academics and for publishers and suppliers.

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

Finally, Sarah Thompson discussion University of York's commitment to Open Research, and founding of White Rose University Press.

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

She began with a proposal to support one institutionally relevant and values-aligned publisher, punctum books, as well as the Open Library of Humanities. She designed the proposal as an educational document and encouraged senior leaders to see the payment as an investment not a donation.

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

Now Jill Cirasella joins us from the City University of New York shares how she persuaded her institution to support Diamond OA publishing, including directing budget.

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

Next, Martina Benz discusses the work achieved at the University of Konstanz library in support of Diamond Open Access, including publishing infrastructure, financial support, information, capacity building and networking.

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

Finally, Jill Cirasella joins us from the City University of New York shares how she persuaded her institution to support Diamond OA publishing. This includes directing budget

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

Next, Martina Benz discusses the work achieved at University of Konstanz library in support of Diamond Open Access, including publishing infrastructure, financial support, information, capacity building and networking.

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

Next, Martina Benz discusses the work achieved at University of Konstanz library in support of Diamond Open Access, including publishing infraxtruture, financial support, infomation, capacity building and networking.

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

Nigeria's publishing model is print centric and suffers constraints due to lack of a shared metadata strategy and shared infrastructure. The goal of Fatima and her collaborators' work has been to establish a co-ordinated intervention for shared publishing infrastructure.

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Update on CDF award: Fostering academic self-reliance in Nigeria through OA books - Open Book Collective

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

As lead author and administrator of the scheme these projects are particularly meaningful for me to hear about.

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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

A question from online: we talk about de-institutionalizing in terms of governance and publishing communities. How could this work in terms of funding? #OpenAccessBooks

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

This challenge needs to be addressed contextually, understanding national, local and disciplinary specifics.The discussion covers engaging authors and University management, and the ability of librarians to sometimes sit outside of disciplinary siloes.

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

The panel closes with the important question of how we can do more to formally include and acknowledge scholars as stakeholders in the governance of publishing infrastructures, communities and platforms we are building.

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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

Zotero instead of Endnote or Mendeley.

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

Replace 1 or 2 pieces of propietory software with an open source alternative. Zettler instead of MS Word or Google docs. (I need to do some of these changes myself - JF)

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

Changing software culture in higher education can be a monumental challenge. Longterm goal is divesting from Microsoft and Google. Simon suggests 1 or 2 small changes we can do now

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