The final slide from @allisonlevy.bsky.social is about other publishers looking to Brown for training - this is the next chapter for them to make this model of experimental publishing that they are championing sustainable. A plea for collaboration! Pooling expertise and resources is vital.

@allisonlevy.bsky.social explains how important Brown’s support for their experimental publishing has been, and how they are measuring the impact and success of these titles.

‘Scholarly imagination’ is driving demand for these models which may have non-linear navigation and mixed media assets. Their first four publications all received major prizes for the innovation for the work. @allisonlevy.bsky.social says the infrastructure exists, but needs investment and support.

⚡️ Final lightning talk of the day: @allisonlevy.bsky.social, Director of Brown University Digital Publications on ‘Innovation and impact through the collective development of dynamic scholarship’, starts by talking about the opportunities afforded by multimodal monographs. #OIPA2026

MORTEVIVUM by Kimberly Juanita Brown, developed by Brown University Digital Publications, named a finalist in the MULTIMODAL category for the ACLS Open Access Book Prizes & Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards! @browncds.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social www.acls.org/news/acls-na...

ACLS Names 2026 Finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards

Thirty titles advance to final round for six $50,000 prizes for open access books in the humanities and social sciences

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I'm delighted to announce a new @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series, Early Modern Visual and Material Cultures, for which I serve as founding Series Editor, collaborating again with Erika Gaffney. We welcome your book proposals! Learn more: brill.com/page/forthco...

"Publishing for the People: Institutional Collaboration in the Service of Scholars & Readers" This @cni-org.bsky.social Project Briefing re-centers researchers in the scholarly #digitalpublishing ecosystem @browncds.bsky.social @uscpress.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social www.cni.org/topics/digit...

Publishing for the People: Institutional Collaboration in the Service of Scholars and Readers

Allison Levy, Brown University David Banush, University of South Carolina Aurora Bell, University of South Carolina Victoria J. Gallagher, North Carolina State University Michael J. McGandy, Univer…

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Thanks to @brettbobley.bsky.social for the great keynote! We've got more coming the rest of today, join us on Zoom.

Brett Bobley@brettbobley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On Friday, I'm doing a keynote talk at this awesome conference at Brown University, "Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship." Details below. Come say "hi" ! events.brown.edu/event/328468...

That's a wrap on Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship! Great to hear from @brettbobley.bsky.social, @tnummedal.bsky.social, @kgallon.bsky.social, @runningwolf.bsky.social, @scalywager.bsky.social, @meaghanbrown.bsky.social, @lyndamk.bsky.social, @ceciliasmith.bsky.social, and everyone else.

Kicking off the panel on Multimodal Publishing: Innovation and Impact, chaired by @allisonlevy.bsky.social -- let's go! brown.zoom.us/j/91863221753

"Brown University Digital Publications is pushing the boundaries of what scholarly publishing can be through innovative practice and leadership." @oipassoc.bsky.social @browncds.bsky.social #digitalpublishing #collaboration #openaccess oipauk.org/2026/04/28/o...

OIPA Symposium Spotlight – Brown University Digital Publications: New Approaches to Collaboration

OIPA Symposium Spotlight – Brown University Digital Publications: New Approaches to Collaboration Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications , builds upon their lightning talk …

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COUNTDOWN to the 7th ALPSP University Press Redux Conference! I'm looking forward to joining my co-panelists for a lively discussion on New Horizons in Digital Publishing. #UPRedux2026

UK EVENT: I'm looking forward to speaking w/authors of groundbreaking born-digital multimodal monographs Feb 11-13 @ox.ac.uk: "The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship" tinyurl.com/4wpzakft @dacedzenovska.bsky.social @jasminemulliken.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social #digitalpublishing

Today I'm at @cni-org.bsky.social, presenting shortly on "Partnering to Advance Access & Equity: Three Case Studies from Brown University Digital Publications" w/ colleagues from @uofmpress.bsky.social @kystateu.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social U Guam Press @mellon.org #IMLS @aupresses.bsky.social

READ this multi-authored piece in Katina Magazine on how university presses & libraries can collaborate to advance #openaccess scholarly communication, foster #diversity & broaden access to knowledge. @aupresses.bsky.social #digitalpublishing #collaboration katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

University Presses and Libraries, Teaming Up to Innovate

Stories from three institutions show how university presses and libraries can collaborate to advance open access scholarly communication, foster diversity, and broaden access to knowledge.

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Congratulations to our partners at the @uofmpress.bsky.social on their EPIC Award for the #Fulcrum platform! An outstanding achievement for charleswatkinson.bsky.social‬ & Team, and for all of us working in digital scholarly publishing! @aupresses.bsky.social @scholarlypub.bsky.social #EPICAward

Brown University Digital Publications wins SILVER at the @scholarlypub.bsky.social #EPICAward in the #DEIA category! An outstanding recognition of BUDP's commitment to sharing born-digital publishing expertise with scholars beyond Brown via 2022 & 2024 @nehgov.bsky.social institutes! #ScholPub

Brown University Digital Publications wins SILVER at the @scholarlypub.bsky.social #EPICAward in the #DEIA category! An outstanding recognition of BUDP's commitment to sharing born-digital publishing expertise w/ scholars beyond Brown via @nehgov.bsky.social institutes. @aupresses.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to announce that Brown University Digital Publications has been named a finalist for the 2025 EPIC Award in the DEIA category, presented by the @scholarlypub.bsky.social. Congratulations to the BUDP team! #EPICAward #ScholPub #ScholComm #OpenAccess library.brown.edu/create/libne...

Brown University Digital Publications joins OIPA, a community of practice for open institutional publishers, driving change in academic publishing. We look forward to further exploring with fellow innovators novel pathways to open scholarship! #openaccess #digitalpublishing

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We are delighted to welcome Brown University Digital Publications (@browncds.bsky.social) as an Associate Member of OIPA! Brown’s library-based approach to born-digital monograph publishing is helping to set the standards for the future of scholarship. Learn more: library.brown.edu/create/digit...