A publishing job at our @oipassoc.bsky.social colleagues @lsepress.bsky.social is currently being advertised - more info below 👇 #PublishingJobs

LSE Press@lsepress.bsky.social · 6d ago

Publishing hopefuls, listen up! 🔊 We are seeking a Publishing Assistant (Maternity Cover) to join our ambitious, non-profit open access press. Full details can be found in the job description below. If you’re interested in joining us, apply by 24 September 📚 🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

We are excited to announce that a new @uolpress.bsky.social series, Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies, has launched today with the publication of its first two open access titles, Literature for Change and Artificial Intelligence, Art and Indigeneity.

Very proud to see this series launched with the first books today! 🎉

University of London Press@uolpress.bsky.social · last wk.

We're delighted to launch our new #OpenAccess 'Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies' series today, published in partnership with @ilcs.bsky.social 🎉 📘Literature for Change: uolpress.co.uk/book/literat... 📙Artificial Intelligence, Art and Indigeneity: uolpress.co.uk/book/artific...

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Excellent to have @leverpress.bsky.social as a new Associate Member of OIPA (the Open Institutional Publishing Association)! Our @oipassoc.bsky.social community continues to grow 🙌 Find out more about Lever Press below ⬇️

Open Institutional Publishing Association@oipassoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're very excited to have added @leverpress.bsky.social as an Associate Member! They are an award-winning non-profit scholarly press that has been publishing peer-reviewed #OpenAccess books since 2018. Welcome to the OIPA community! Check them out: www.leverpress.org oipauk.org/membership/c...

Thanks to @kirahopkins.bsky.social for sharing this thoughtful reflection on the @oipassoc.bsky.social Symposium in June! It was a great event, bringing together different perspectives on the value and opportunities for #OpenAccess publishing within universities. Read more below 👇 #OIPA2026

Open Institutional Publishing Association@oipassoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

"The symposium was a very timely reminder that there are still reasons to be hopeful, that there is a large amount of mutual goodwill and support available for institutional publishers." @kirahopkins.bsky.social reflected on the OIPA Symposium. ✍ Read their blog here: oipauk.org/2026/09/02/e...

📢 Calling all colleagues working with digital collections and collections systems! We’re calling GLAM professionals and digital collections colleagues to respond to our surveys to help us shape a future national research infrastructure for the UK. To take part please head to tinyurl.com/3e2ewr9u

Upcoming webinar on #OpenResearch, equity & how distributed knowledge cld affect the future of the university. Inspired by two recent #OpenAccess books by OBP: - Distributing Knowledge by Richard Heller - The Politics of Open Infrastructures ed. by Katja Mayer, Astrid Mager and Renée Ridgway

Open Book Publishers@openbookpublish.bsky.social · 3w ago

WEBINAR | Distributing knowledge for equity: two new books and an evolving concept for Open Science WHEN: Monday 14 September, 2pm UTC (8am Mexico City, 3pm London and Abuja, 4pm Berlin, 5pm Kyiv) REGISTER (FREE): buff.ly/0LDJaey FIND OUT MORE: buff.ly/siHgezR

We’re delighted to share Navigating the AI Landscape for Arts, Culture and Knowledge Exchange, an interactive workshop from the @ncace.bsky.social, taking place on 9 November 2026 at Senate House, London. Find out more and book your place here: https://bit.ly/4i5W8fN

Join us for our next Humanities Summit: Policy, Advocacy and Place - hosted in partnership with @sahavoice.bsky.social Wednesday 16 September | 13:30-17:00 | Edinburgh 🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/4guB3ZP

We're very excited to be publishing this book in December! A result of the Museums and Industry project, led by the Science Museum Group @sciencemuseum.org.uk, its #OpenAccess publication has been funded by @ukri.org's AHRC. @sas-news.bsky.social #Museums #History #Ethics #Funding #Patronage

cms@camillemarys.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to have a forthcoming chapter in this collection!

With water storage in the news, a timely reminder of its history: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' (2025), by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4bMHGW2 Published in the Society's book series and available Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

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)

Copim@copim.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A little treat created by @scholtom.bsky.social and inspired by the Copim report (coming soon!...ish) -- the Copim crew and friends! Tag yourself! (If you're not there though please don't tag Tom as this has already gone through multiple redrafts and it'll make him cry) #OAbooks #OpenAccess

This is something we also pick up on in this @copim.bsky.social post -- profit-driven inflation of the quantity of published research is bad for research and for researchers: copim.pub/wileys-acqui...

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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Martin Paul Eve@eve.gd · 2mo ago

"Springer Nature [... issued] an ultimatum about a year ago that we needed to increase the number of papers we accept per year immediately, and by a significant amount". Academic freedom and peer-reviewed quality control at its finest.

This is an excellent book - and a fantastic cover! Really looking forward to seeing ‘Museums and Patronage’ publish later this year 🎉 We’ve been an Associate Partner on the Museums and Industry project the book links to, led by the Science Museum Group. @sciencemuseum.org.uk @sas-news.bsky.social

University of London Press@uolpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We LOVE the cover for new book, Museums and Patronage: The History and Ethics of Industrial Funding, edited by Scott Anthony, Alice Byrne & Harry Parker, publishing #OpenAccess in Dec. uolpress.co.uk/book/museums... Many thanks to designer Hayley Warnham! Check out her work: www.hayleywarnham.com

We’re hiring! Come and work with us to make the open access book landscape successful, sustainable and scalable. The role is part-time and fully remote.

Open Position: Head of Operations

The Open Book Collective is seeking a highly organised, proactive Head of Operations to help lead the day-to-day running of our growing organisation.

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It may still seem like a long way off, but we're already looking forward to the mid-September publication of the first two books in our new #OpenAccess book series, Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies, published with @ilcs.bsky.social. Read more: uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

'This is a vital and timely book, which will orient future research on digital cultural heritage ... in light not only of the history of digitisation and digital technology, but also the evolving landscape of AI research, development, and regulation.' uolpress.co.uk/book/explori...

New - Toolkit for Legacy (Weird) Media Assets. It offers practical guidance on preserving fragile and outdated media formats, from floppy disks and audio cassettes to MiniDiscs and microfilm. Congratulations @amsichani.bsky.social, @beatricecannelli.bsky.social and Leontien Talboom!

New toolkit offers practical guide to preserving legacy media

A newly launched toolkit offers practical guidance to cultural heritage professionals and researchers on preserving fragile and outdated media formats.

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Excellent to have Cambridge Diamond as one of our recently joined @oipassoc.bsky.social members! #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #collaboration

Open Institutional Publishing Association@oipassoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Welcome to Cambridge Diamond, one of our new members! 👋 The platform is maintained and managed by the Open Research Systems Team at Cambridge University Library (CUL) @theul.bsky.social. Now added to our members list: oipauk.org/membership/c...

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI ft.trib.al/SDdQK9q | opinion

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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We are losing vital capability in our world leading humanities research base www.ft.com/content/fbde...

Really excited to see these two books publishing soon launching our new ‘Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies’ series 📚🌎 Published with the @ilcs.bsky.social, it will offer important new work on why research on languages and cultures matters today. More info 👇 @sas-news.bsky.social #OA

University of London Press@uolpress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Covers for the 1st books in our #OpenAccess series, Understanding Languages, Cultures & Societies, are now up on our website 😍 1st is Literature for Change: The Case for Literary Research Across Languages and Cultures, published w/ funding from @acls1919.bsky.social. uolpress.co.uk/book/literat...

Do we talk about failing enough? Failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. In creating a critical, constructive & compassionate vocabulary for failure, we can ask how to fail ‘better’: uolpress.co.uk/book/reframi... @ukiedh.bsky.social @mjdonnay.bsky.social @amsichani.bsky.social

Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press

Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

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In perhaps our most devastating briefing we find early career staff in the humanities as a whole have declined by 20% since 2016/17. Between 23/24 and 24/25 early career staff across all SHAPE subject areas fell by 6%, (from 52,795 to 49,410 FPE). That is the pipeline for our disciplines

Opportunity for OIPA members 📢 CPI Books UK and RNIB's Accessible Publishing Conference takes place in London on 17 Sept 2026. Hear from 20 experts on accessible formats, inclusive design, and accessibility in publishing. 🔗 lnkd.in/eep9RnsU #AccessiblePublishing #Accessibility #Publishing #OIPA

'I think OIPA's growth reflects a growing appetite within universities for publishing models that are open, community-led, and mission-driven ... We've quickly become a new national infrastructure supporting #OpenAccess in the UK.' - — OIPA Chair, @paulakennedy.bsky.social's opening at #OIPA2026!

'Open data is fundamental to the future of (digital) scholarship on the ancient world...These are issues not just for digital classicists, but all who study the ancient world.' We're very grateful for this endorsement. New #OpenAccess book out in Oct! @ics.bsky.social uolpress.co.uk/book/open-da...

Our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social was interviewed as part of this useful @copim.bsky.social series on #accessibility for academic publishers ⬇️ We hope sharing our approach helps other publishers in making their books accessible 📚 #OpenAccess #humanities #OABooks @sas-news.bsky.social

Copim@copim.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Let's talk #OpenAccessibility 🗣️ We sat down with 5 #Publishers to discuss their individual approaches to accessibility @uolpress.bsky.social @sidestone.bsky.social @matteringpress.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social Read them all 👉

Let's talk #OpenAccessibility 🗣️ We sat down with 5 #Publishers to discuss their individual approaches to accessibility @uolpress.bsky.social @sidestone.bsky.social @matteringpress.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social Read them all 👉

Accessibility Conversations: LSE Press - Copim

Joanne and Jordy met with Justin from the LSE Press to discuss how they achieve accessible content.

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