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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 Our 2nd #CoP is this Weds! 🔹11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 🔹16:00 UK time 🔹12:00 midday European time Register now! 👉 copim.pub/join-the-ope... @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social #OABooks #OpenAccess

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Join the Opening the Future Community of Practice for their second meeting - Copim

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Whether you want raise agenda items, or just listen & learn, all are welcome 💙 Joining details 👇 @wearelyrasis.bsky.social

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're attending #OASPA2026 this week, you can catch team Copim's/the LSE library's Kira Hopkins tomorrow at 9.05am! They will be speaking on the panel 'The Many Faces of Sustainability in #OpenAccess'. Then come to Copim Corner on Tuesday evening to discuss!

Promotional poster inviting attendees to Copim Corner on Tue, Sept 22 from 5:30pm at Tolkien's House (Opatovina 49, Zagreb, a 7-min walk from the conference venue), with an arrow pointing to the venue's outdoor café seating labeled "This could be your space."

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Are they hopping on the bandwagon and hoping you won't notice? 🤔 Always check the label!

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 Have you registered for next week's #CoP? 🔹11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 🔹16:00 UK time 🔹12:00 midday European time) All details 👉 copim.pub/join-the-ope... @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social #OABooks #OpenAccess

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Join the Opening the Future Community of Practice for their second meeting - Copim

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Better luck next time guys! Third time lucky? 🤞 #ALPSP2027

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We spy a few #CopimCommunity resources in that list 🕵️‍♀️ #CopimCompass @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social Are there any tools that you use to support #DiamondOA publishing? Let the community know about them!

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CEU Press @ceu-press.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, edited by Sorin Radu, Constantin Iordachi, Ovidiu Buruiană, and Andrei Sora, explores the political integration of peasants in Central and Southeastern Europe 1848–1939. Preorder your copy here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633869383/in…

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New @openingthefuture.bsky.social subscribing member! The Libraries at Smith College now have access to 150 eBooks from our medieval history and literature, music, African studies and performing arts collections, whilst contributing to funding new #openaccess titles. Learn more > buff.ly/kDudXN5

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CEU Press @ceu-press.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Religious Failure, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus by Lucian Leustean argues that when states fail to respond to violence, religious institutions are often among the first to assist displaced populations. Preorder tinyurl.com/3vpzbppf

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So great to see the OtF model being picked up and used by more publishers, and supported by more libraries like this

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Support #OtF and help build a reliable non-BPC pathway for authors 🤝

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join @openingthefuture.bsky.social @wearelyrasis.bsky.social for the second Community of Practice meeting 📆 Weds 30 Sept ⏰ 11:00 AM ET (US and Canada) / 16:00 UK time / 12:00 midday European time) 📍Online (Zoom) More info 👉 copim.pub/join-the-ope... #CoP #OA #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Good luck to our colleagues at Thoth who have been nominated for a prize, I think for the second year in a row?? Thoth is a service that is becoming crucial to open access books being discoverable once more in a sea of software and platforms that routinely strip out good metadata.

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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

You may have noticed the Sir Duncan Rice Library is closed this week, but do you know what never closes and can be accessed from anywhere? OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES!!!!!🎉 🥳 👯‍♀️ 🪩 Check out some of our favourite OA databases here abdn.site/OAreads

Image of the exterior front of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, appearing in late sunrise. Image by Frederic Bayer, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I love this ‘Where’s Wally’ style pic of the people that have been part of the COPIM + Open Book Futures projects 🙂 Spot the @uolpress.bsky.social team members… These projects have been so valuable in progressing #OpenAccess book publishing 👏 (Props also to @scholtom.bsky.social for the pic)

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Great to see the achievements of #OPERAS in black and white (and colour!) in the Annual Report 2025 A fantastic year of growth, collaboration and progress towards a more open and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem PS. Check out the focus on #OPERASUK on p. 42 👀 #ERIC #NationalNodes

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CEU Press @ceu-press.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 (ed. Anja Tippner and Johanna Lindbladh) offers insights into documentary film, theater, and literature from the 1960s to the 2020s in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633866733/th…

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We know social media algorithms aren't always the best at reaching the people they need to when they need to, so don't forget we also have a mailing list! 📧 👉

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🎉 We are pleased to announce that the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries are a new subscribing member to our @openingthefuture.bsky.social programme! As well as enhancing their eBook collection, by subscribing they are contributing to new #openaccess titles. Learn more > buff.ly/EO4IwMw

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 30/07/2026

Look, MIT Press are progressive in OA publishing. Heck, I have published with them and have another book under contract with them. But they always think they are the source of influence, never the influenced. They rarely acknowledge the work of others. www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...

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Amy Brand: Publishing for a new era - Research Information

EXCLUSIVE: The director and publisher of MIT Press reflects on risk-taking, leadership, innovation and human judgement

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Advertorial on MIT Press www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi... “Our goal was… the impact that it had beyond MIT across the community,” she says. “It engendered a lot of copycat models… and that’s really what we wanted to see.” OtF launched at almost exactly the same time so no copying here 💅

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Amy Brand: Publishing for a new era - Research Information

EXCLUSIVE: The director and publisher of MIT Press reflects on risk-taking, leadership, innovation and human judgement

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What makes collective funding such a powerful mechanism for open access publishing? ✍️ LSE Press Head of Publishing @philippagrand.bsky.social considers this question and the power of OA funding for our blog @jisc.bsky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social Read here blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...

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How collective funding supports sustainable publishing

Diamond open access publishing brings benefits for social science scholarship through increased usage, higher citations and global reach. How does funding help?

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Tag yourself if you've ever met us, worked with us, reviewed us, or been at the next till in Tesco's when one of us was buying some celery.

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Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I was really pleased to work with @openingthefuture.bsky.social again recently. We did a session about the idea of trying to 'market' open access better - I see a lot of comms, and a lot of advocacy, but not the marketing part that sits somewhere between them... #OA

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': copim.pub/wileys-acqui... The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI. #Scale #AcademicPublishing

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Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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ScholCommTom @scholtom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Well worth a read for anyone interested in the ramifications of the various ongoing publishing acquisitions... @openingthefuture.bsky.social

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Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NEW TITLE | Rethinking Social Justice: Theory and Action in an Age of Transition by Michael Karlberg and Derik Smith A compelling & original rethinking of #SocialJustice at a moment of global uncertainty. Read freely or buy online: buff.ly/I1RjHWj #OpenAccess

The book in hardcover on a colourful background next to text that says:

RETHINKING SOCIAL JUSTICE: Theory and Action in an Age of Transition by Michael Karlberg and Derik Smith

This book offers a compelling and original rethinking of social justice at a moment of global uncertainty and transformation. Tracing the emergence and evolution of modern social justice discourse, it addresses two fundamental questions: what ends should we aspire toward, and what means are most effective in pursuing them? The authors identify a shared, though often implicit, horizon that diverse traditions of thought all orient toward: contributive justice. This positive vision of social justice centers on the creation of social conditions that enable every individual and group to develop their capacities to contribute meaningfully to collective flourishing.

Drawing on a wide range of philosophical, historical, and empirical sources, the book critically examines the strategies that have shaped social justice movements, and proposes radical constructive agency: purposeful, collective efforts to build new social forms and institutions capable of supplanting anachronistic and unjust ones. An essential resource for scholars, activists, and anyone seeking new pathways toward a more just and inclusive society.

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As a colleague said on reading this depressing article: it feels like every week there's more evidence published that the sector is on its knees but there is deafening silence from anyone that can do anything about it.

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢 From partnerships & community-building to metadata, discoverability & author engagement, effective #OA marketing is about connecting the right audiences with the right content at the right time! Watch the recording from our recent workshop @nedpotter.bsky.social 🔗

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How to Market Open Access: Practical Strategies in Action - Copim

The workshop 'How to Market Open Access: Practical Strategies, Advice and Tips', led by Ned Potter, brought together librarians, researchers, publishers to ex…

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Just catching up with @uksg.bsky.social eNews 👉 www.uksg.org/newsletter/u... A good time to reshare the recent #CopimCommunity case study and analysis of the commercialisation of institutional publishing article... 🤔 🔗 journals.gla.ac.uk/SJOR/article...

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Amsterdam University Press Acquires ATF Press Publishing - UKSG

The acquisition encompasses ATF Press’s complete backlist of more than 400 titles published over the past 34 years The integration process will be completed by the end of 2026.

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

And the slides are now available online 👉 zenodo.org/records/2126...

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The ALN is a fantastic group of libraries and our colleague Caroline a fab speaker - strongly recommend you attend if you can and if it's not too late!

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The recording will be available soon for those who couldn't attend live 📹

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We'll be attending @oipassoc.bsky.social (online sadly) 2026 Symposium later this week! Will you?! Reserve your spot now! 👇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo... 📆 Thurs 18 June 📍 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts #OA #Publishing

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OIPA Symposium 2026

Following on from the success of the 2024 OIPA Symposium, this year's event will feature panels, lightning talks and workshops.

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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Missed our first #CommunityofPractice meeting last week? Never fear, this is only the beginning! 🥳 Find out more about the #CoP over on @copim.bsky.social website & keep an eye on our socials for details of the next meeting! 👉

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Announcing the Opening the Future Community of Practice - Copim

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Pete Watson @drpetewatson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Lots of issues in Colombia already around this World Cup and what the national team means. Download my book for free to get some background on what was going on in 2014 and 2018.

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨 NEW RESOURCES! Head over to #CopimCompass to discover new content on the Knowledge Bases and Library Success Stories sections 🧭 Where can I publish a book open access without (necessarily) paying a fee? 👉 buff.ly/z79au3r Stories of Open 👉 buff.ly/BwdH7sO

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Knowledge Bases | Compass

A Guide to Publishing Open Access Monographs, Books, Book Chapters and Long-form Outputs This gui...

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