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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

If you’re attending mine and @shawthomas.bsky.social’s #OAT26 session later on ‘Collaboration over Competition’, we’ve made the slides available on Zenodo for pre- and post-viewing - and for anyone who can’t attend!

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Collaboration over competition: what does it look like, in practice?

Slides and speaker notes from a joint presentation by the Open Book Collective (OBC) and the Open Journals Collective (OJC) at the Open-Access-Tage 2026 in Linz. 'Delivered version' is the presentatio...

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Tom Shaw @shawthomas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Are you going to Open Access Tage, 28th to 30th Sept? Let me know if you’d like to meet and hear more about the Open Journals Collective!

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We're 61% of the way there! But we need the support of more libraries to get to 100% - please come and join the @ojcollective.bsky.social community! Have questions or want to arrange a video call? DM us, email info@openjournalscollective.org or visit openjournalscollective.org.

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61%

£1,620,399 raised of £2,650,000.

Help us to reach our 2026 target and support community-owned diamond open access journals.

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Tom Shaw @shawthomas.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It was a pleasure to present to libraries in Australia and New Zealand about our work at the @ojcollective.bsky.social to provide a sustainable future for diamond open access journals! Thank you @oaaustralasia.bsky.social for the invitation!

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Tom Shaw @shawthomas.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Looking forward to speaking with colleagues in Australasia about our vision at the @ojcollective.bsky.social to build a sustainable future for diamond open access publishing!

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Very pleased to celebrate our next @ojcollective.bsky.social member! Welcome Duke University Libraries! We're delighted that you have joined us.

OJC press release - Duke University Libraries

We are very pleased to announce that Duke University Libraries has joined the Open Journals Collective. Duke University is one of the first institutions to join us, signing up to our multidisciplinary collection, and we are delighted to have their support. The OJC is dedicated to transforming the way that academic research is supported and disseminated, and the support of Duke University Libraries will be instrumental in helping us achieve our objectives of making journals free to read and publish in, offering a viable alternative to commercial transformative agreements, and empowering journals to flip to diamond open access.

If you require this press release in an alternative format, please email info@openjournalscollective.org.

If you require this press release in an alternative format, please email info@openjournalscollective.org.

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Very insightful piece on the Open Access landscape in Australia, great to see Open Journals Collective and our global support for diamond OA in it! Interested to know more about us? Visit openjournalscollective.org theconversation.com/so-much-rese...

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So much research is already free to read in Australia – but it’s not getting the support it needs

‘Diamond open access’ means research is free to read, free to publish. It’s a public good – but it relies on volunteer labour.

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Tom Shaw @shawthomas.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Great to share details of our next @ojcollective.bsky.social library member!

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