Building assessment criteria for collection development policies: a community resource 🤝 The latest COPIM (not posting here anymore) blog post is on the theme of ‘How can I persuade my institution to support collective funding for open access books? 🤔 Read more: copim.pubpub.org/pub/building-a…

Re-launched as part of the EU-funded #PALOMERA project, the new and improved #oabookstoolkit from OAPEN (account inactive) is now live🚀 Check it out and share with your networks to promote #OA book publishing oabooks-toolkit.org

🚨 Join us for a virtual session on the state of open infrastructure! Kaitlin Thaney will discuss key findings from the State of Open Infrastructure report as part of RLUK Research Libraries UK's Digital Shift Forum. 📅 Oct 30, 2024 🕒 15:00 - 16:00 CET Free & online! Register: rluk.ac.uk/event/dsf-stat…

A 2024 study found that it takes women 15 years longer than men to become full professors at Russell Group universities. I’m delighted to have made it to Reader! The best job title in the world 📚 📖

I enjoy academic writing with colleagues, especially when we share research interests and working styles. But how do you manage the collaboration of 18 co-authors who live across the globe? /1

"As a librarian, I want an even more diverse range of librarians working together with the Open Book Collective to foster a more holistic culture for publishing and disseminating work." Read the full interview with our OA Engagement Lead Kevin Sanders! rug.nl/library/open-a…

Thank you to the COPIM (not posting here anymore) and Open Book Collective for the welcome! We are excited to improve usability, accessibility, and integration with indexing services for books using #OpenMonographPress and to expand resources for new #OpenAccess book publishers! Check it out! ⤵️

BIG NEWS! We are happy to announce Public Knowledge Project (PKP) as the newest member of the Open Book Collective ⭐️ Read the full release here: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/the-open-b…… Interested in becoming a member? Drop us a line at [email protected] ✉️

🧐🧐 this is wonderful stuff. Our friend and AE Jose Ossandon over estudiosdelaeconomia interviewing Donald Mackenzie on all the genealogical, relational angles from Barry Barnes to David Bloor to Viviana Zelizer ㊗️🙌

We are hiring! Looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work with me on a three-year SNSF project “Investing in meaning: How symbolic meanings shape lay investors stock choices" in Lugano, Switzerland. Application deadline: 15 November 2024 content.usi.ch/sites/default/…

Big news! 🗞️ We're looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a major new research project with Cambridge University Library: Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS). Deadline: 1 December Find out more: buff.ly/3Yv9sQi

📺Miss last year’s fab #OAWeek events co-hosted with Uni of Essex Library?! We were joined by Abeni Wickham, PhD Malvika Sharan Joe Deville (on BlueSky, increasingly) @the_blochian Dr. Shelby Judge Raluca Soreanu Check out the recordings here 🎥bit.ly/4eKu8tt #OAWeek2024

Ahem, also our AE Koray Caliskan, who brought the whole thing together. Watch out for the third and final response led by our RC editor elif buse doyuran who brings together scholars who encountered Callon’s work post 2008

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We're speaking at #ChsConf2024: WED: Sharla Lair @ Lyrasis (X2), DOAJ, Silke Davison @ OAPEN & Hannah Hillen @ Thoth are presentind talks/posters THUR: Tom Grady @ Opening the Future & Niels Stern @ OAPEN are presenting AND join the team at 'Copim Corner' for informal catchups!

We will also be at the Charleston Conference, COPIM booth, on Tuesday. & also running a session on developing strategies for investing in community-led OA book publishing on Wednesday. In addition, join us for a COPIM meetup on the rooftop of the Vendue Inn at 7pm on Thursday!

It's #NAGWebinarWeek 👩‍💻 Join NAG - National Acquisitions Group TOMORROW for two Copim sessions in one! Featuring talks from Joe Deville (on BlueSky, increasingly) Open Book Collective and OpeningTheFuture now @openingthefuture.bsky.soc #OAbooks 🗓️ 13 November ⏲️ 1130-1230 🔗 buff.ly/4ee3cRT

Tomorrow: Join members of the Metadata & Discovery Group committee to find out why #MetadataMatters to all library and information professionals. Nov 14th 13:30-14:30 GMT nag.org.uk/event/metadata… CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group #NAGWebinarWeek

For those attending Charleston Hub, join us on Nov 14th at 7 pm at the Vendue Rooftop Bar!

🚨 Our 2024 Impact Report is out! 🚨 This year, we rolled out new programs & partnerships aimed at increasing global adoption & investment in open infrastructure. 🌍 🔗 Dive into our progress & future vision: investinopen.org/blog/unveiling…