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Niels Stern

@nielsstern.bsky.social
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Managing Director of OAPEN Foundation - @oapenbooks.bsky.social - providing open infrastructure services for scholarly books. Not-for-profit. Not-for-sale. POSI adopter. Co-director of DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social

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European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📚 Do you work with #DiamondOA books? AEGIS-OA is gathering community input on adapting the #DiamondOA Standard (DOAS) for OA book publishing. Your experience can help shape DOAS to reflect the diversity and needs of the OA books community. 📝 tinyurl.com/y9t7xsjs 📅 Deadline: 18/10/2026, 23:59 CET
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OAPEN & the Max Planck Society (@maxplanck.de) are partnering to build a collection of #OABooks funded by 80+ MPIs & research facilities, supporting greater visibility, discoverability, & long-term access worldwide. Read the full announcement in English & German: oapen.org/article/oape....
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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) @doabooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We're delighted to welcome UPLOpen to the DOAB Trusted Platform Network! 🎉 By streamlining metadata integration for hundreds of university presses, UPLOpen will help increase the discoverability and global reach of #OABooks. Read more 👉 doabooks.org/en/article/u... @paradigmpubserv.bsky.social
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In June, our Tech team visited @cern.bsky.social to exchange ideas on #AI, bots, #OpenInfrastructure & explore future innovations for OAPEN & @doabooks.bsky.social The visit reinforced challenges & opportunities the #OpenScience community shares Read more from Wiktor👉 oapen.hypotheses.org/2437
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OAPEN goes to Switzerland: A visit to our partner CERN
Riding a heat wave  The OAPEN Tech team met with the Open Science (OS) teams at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 25th and 26th of June. After rebuilding the team following several staffing changes ...
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🧵1/4 We are undertaking maintenance and enhancement work on the OAPEN Library Dashboard over the summer to further improve its performance, reliability, and user experience.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
How might established nonprofit presses helpfully meet existing needs in diamond publishing, particularly for smaller institutional & community-based publishers? These are the questions asked by @annualreviews.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social & @universitypress.cambridge.org in a workshop.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This week @nielsstern.bsky.social will be attending the Beijing International Book Fair from 17-21 June. We're looking forward to connecting with stakeholders from around China to promote #OAbooks! With thanks to our wonderful ambassador Alicia Wang for her support. #BIBF2026 #BeijingBookFair
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bots now generate most web traffic, accounting roughly for 60-80%. In our latest blog post, we share how we are managing this shift for OAPEN Library & @doabooks.bsky.social using Cloudflare & Anubis to protect stability while keeping #OA sustainable. Read more: oapen.hypotheses.org/2287
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Traffic management and bot protection for the OAPEN Library and DOAB: Implementing Cloudflare and Anubis
Over the past few years, the nature of internet traffic has shifted fundamentally. What was once predominantly human-driven web is now increasingly shaped by automated activity. Recent data from CERN ...
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We're delighted to our new partnership with @openaire.bsky.social to strengthen the visibility, discoverability & monitoring of #OABooks through improved metadata exchange, interoperability & shared #OpenInfrastructure practices. Read the full press release 👉 tinyurl.com/5fp4d2kb
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We're pleased to share more about our involvement in the AEGIS-OA project in a new blog post. We're looking forward to working alongside 24 other partners with the goal of strengthening #DiamondOA for #books! Read more 👉 oapen.hypotheses.org/2233 @eudch.bsky.social
A white outline of a shield shape with the words 'AEGIS-OA' to the right in large white letters and 'Advancing Diamond Open Access Publishing' in smaller white letters underneath that
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We’ve published an update on recent platform stability issues affecting the OAPEN Library. Learn about the measures we’ve taken to protect users from being affected by aggressive content-harvesting #bots & how you can help ensure uninterrupted access to #OAbooks. 🔗 oapen.hypotheses.org/2217
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Making sure you're not a bot!
You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which makes their resources inaccessible for everyone.
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Building the Future of OAPEN and DOAB: Our Technical Roadmap For 2026 (via @oapenbooks.bsky.social) oapen.hypotheses.org/2144 #scholcomm #libraries #oa #books #monographs @doabooks.bsky.social
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Wonderful to see this expansion of the DOAB Trusted Platform Network, doabooks.org/en/trusted-p.... Warm welcome to Unión de Editoriales Universitarias Españolas (UNE)!
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thankful to the colleagues at the @curtinuniversity.bsky.social for the important review they undertook last year of the OAPEN and DOAB infrastructures. Their recommendations have become an integral and very important part of our technical roadmap as you can read in this blog post lnkd.in/e6nFb5FU
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So much happened at OAPEN and DOAB during 2025 which you can read about in our Highlights 2025. Overwhelming but also reassuring to look back while we are already well into 2026. Thanks to our brilliant team, our fantastic partners, to all the libraries, publishers, and funders supporting us.
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Alicia Wise @wisealic.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Smaller publishers are vital to scholarly communication. Their ability to transition sustainably to #OA is constrained by structural inequities of scale, resources, and systemic barriers.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚀 We’ve launched a new deposit workflow! Faster. Clearer. More intuitive. ✨ Find out what’s new and how it improves the submission experience. 👉🔗 buff.ly/6L5p5la #OpenAccess #Research #Repositories #ScholComm
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thank you for your understanding as we carry out this essential work to improve service reliability. #OAPEN #OpenAccess #Infrastructure #ScholarlyCommunication #Metadata #Libraries
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🔗 All publications and data will remain accessible via persistent Handle links, even if browsing and search are affected. ✅ This maintenance affects only the OAPEN Library; the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) will remain fully operational.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🔧 As part of our ongoing technical maintenance, we’ll be re-indexing Solr for the OAPEN Library this weekend. Solr powers browsing and search in the OAPEN Library via DSpace. Periodic full re-indexing helps maintain performance, stability, and accurate discovery.
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
At @oapenbooks.bsky.social we are struggling with bad AI robotic scraping behaviour. I am thankful to the organisers of #OxFOS26 for giving me the opportunity to share our concerns at their event on 2nd March.
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Very thankful to Abrizah Abdullah and Kruti Trivedi for helping me making this session at the #CharlestonAsia conference on #openaccess books in Asia so insightful. I see much potential for @doabooks.bsky.social supporting South East Asia open access book publishing initiatives.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One week to go until #CharlestonAsia! @chashub.bsky.social If you're there, join @nielsstern.bsky.social on the panel 'Open Access Books in Aisa - What's the Status?' with pannelists from Nepal and India 🌏 Full conference agenda 👉 buff.ly/j5VuHAw
Promotional image for Niels Stern's session 'Open Access Books in Asia - What's the status?' at Charleston Conference Asia on 28 January 2027.
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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) @doabooks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Important update for our community. More details in the blog below 👇 #OAbooks #OpenInfrastructure #OpenAccess #AI
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Starting now at the Charleston Conference @nielsstern.bsky.social participating in the ‘Bot war’ panel #Chs2025 #Charleston2025 @gluejar.com
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Thrilled to share this blog post oapen.hypotheses.org/1733 introducing our new Head of Technology at @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social, Anna Wałek - a warm welcome, Anna.
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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) @doabooks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
⚠️Technical work in progress You may have recently experienced some instability on our platform. This was caused by exceptionally high levels of automated traffic. Our team has implemented solutions that are gradually restoring stability. We apologise for any inconvenience & thanks for your patience.
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
⚠️Technical work in progress You may have recently experienced some instability on our platform. This was caused by exceptionally high levels of automated traffic. Our team has implemented solutions that are gradually restoring stability. We apologise for any inconvenience & thanks for your patience.
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Truly thankful to @barbarabudrich.bsky.social, Nicola Parkin (@tandfresearch.bsky.social), @rupertgatti.bsky.social and Jon Elwell (@ebsco.bsky.social) for making the @oapenbooks.bsky.social 15-year anniversary event at Frankfurter @buchmesse.de so festive and insightful. Congratulations to all 🥳
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Next week we'll be at @buchmesse.de where the OAPEN Library was first launched 15 years ago. Our Managing Director, @nielsstern.bsky.social reflects on the past, present, and future of OAPEN in this jubilee blog post to mark the occasion.
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Marking the 15th anniversary of the OAPEN Library
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the OAPEN Library, which was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2010.  At this year’s fair, we invite you to attend our half hour panel discussion on ‘The E...
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We’re thrilled to unveil OAPEN’s refreshed visual identity – including a new logo – that better reflects who we’ve become, what we stand for, and where we’re headed. Read more about it in the announcement: oapen.org/article/intr...
New OAPEN logo showing exclusion space. The logo is a minimalistic stylised rendition of OAPEN with green stars next to it.
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Rupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Up now!
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The @operaseu.bsky.social community is vibrant & doing important work to push #DiamondOA forward, inc. the OA Books Special Interest Group that we are part of. It's free to become an Ordinary Member, with a lightweight application process. Thanks @nielsstern.bsky.social for presenting our work!
Niels Stern at a lecturn, with the OPERAS poster on a screen in the background
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@dannykay68.bsky.social sharing the #openaccess situation in Australia. It used to be better than it is today she shows. In this landscape, Danny promotes preprints among other things. #OASPA2025
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Excited to present the OPERAS Research Infrastructure Special Interest Group on #OpenAccess Books at #OASPA2025. If you want to join the community then have a look at operas-eu.org/special-inte...
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Wonderful to see among others two @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @doabooks.bsky.social board members - @charleswatkinson.bsky.social and Antia Wiersma - and @doabooks.bsky.social Scientific Committee member @c-bz.bsky.social on #oaspa2025 stage discussing WHY #openaccess matters and HOW to make it work
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Coming up now at the #OASPA2025 poster session, @nielsstern.bsky.social will be presenting on behalf of the @operaseu.bsky.social #OABooks SIG. Preview the poster, 'Building a Stronger OA Book Ecosystem' below!
Image of the OPERAS OA Books SIG poster for the OASPA conference
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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
ENCOURAGEMENT to see the @operaseu.bsky.social poster given Niels nearly lost it a couple of times en route! www.oaspa.org/wp-content/u... #OASPA2025
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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
WITH PHOTO - #OASPA2025
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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
REFERENCE to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) by @oapenbooks.bsky.social Niels Stern at #OASPA2025 open book panel - using as a mechanism for structuring the panel discussion around Introductions, Governance, Impact & Quality and Sustainability openscholarlyinfrastructure.org
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The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v1.1, 2023)
Final draft POSI 2.0 revisions - A request for public comment on the final draft of revisions to POSI The POSI Adopters are requesting feedback on the final draft of revisions to POSI with a deadline...
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
#OSFair2025 Rethinking Research Assessment @hldejonge.bsky.social shares how Open Science NL has provided funding for Dutch institutions to include open science in their career assessment policies. Currently, 25 institutions in the Netherlands are exploring this. We look forward to the results!
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Free upcoming webinar: 'Who Owns Our Knowledge? The Future of Equitable Open Access', Monday 20 October at 15:00 CEST. With our very own @nielsstern.bsky.social. Hosted by @igiglobal.bsky.social, eContent Pro International Press, and OAPA. For more information & to register: buff.ly/l55ScKT #OAWeek
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? The Future of Equitable Open Access
Who truly owns the knowledge we create? As open access grows, so do concerns about commercialization, AI exploitation, and inequitable participation. This webinar will explore how to design open access models that center community ownership, protect against extractive practices, and amplify marginalized voices. Panelists will share strategies for balancing openness with privacy and consent, ensuring a future where knowledge is not only free to access but also ethically and equitably shared.
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Zoé Ancion shares how the French national science funder @agencerecherche.bsky.social promotes full and immediate open access to publications and supports multilingualism and bibliodiversity at #OSFair2025 @cern.bsky.social
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Pierre Mounier sets the scene for discussing equitable publishing and the Open Research Europe platform initiated by @ec.europa.eu at #OSFair2025
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@bsaenen.bsky.social kicking off the first plenary panel at #OSFair2025 with important discussions on open science policies. Looking forward to the next couple of days at @cern.bsky.social with an exciting programme www.opensciencefair.eu/2025/programme
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
What a great session on 'Trust and Transparency in Scholarly Book Publishing' yesterday at the #UNGA80 #ScienceSummit. Here's a screenshot of @nielsstern.bsky.social in action! #OAbooks
Screenshot of a presentation and Niels Stern as the speaker beside it.
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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
#OpenAccess needs strong infrastructures to thrive🔓 This webinar will unpack how @doabooks.bsky.social, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social are shaping the future of discoverability & accessibility for books & journals 16 Sept | 13:00 GST 🔗Register: shorturl.at/GgpLB #OpenScience
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Next week @nielsstern.bsky.social will be participating in the panel 'Trust in the Balance: Securing Open Science in an Age of Misinformation' which will look at how infrastructures are tackling disinformation, promoting quality & safeguarding public trust in research @osfair.bsky.social #OSFair2025
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Open Science FAIR - Open & Trusted: Governing Knowledge in the Digital Age
open science, open access, open data, publishing models, cloud, infrastructure, conference
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
We are looking for a Head of Technology, responsible for the development and maintenance of the technical environments and other ICT-related tasks at OAPEN @oapenbooks.bsky.social and DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social Vacancy note: oapen.org/article/vaca...
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Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our CTO, Ronald Snijder, has decided to take the next step in his career and will therefore be leaving OAPEN @oapenbooks.bsky.social end of this month. I have published a short farewell blog post: oapen.hypotheses.org/1543 Wishing you all the best in your new role, @ronaldsnijder.bsky.social
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