10 years of WRUP! 🎉 Details now on the OIPA site: oipauk.org/2026/09/30/n... Sounds like a fascinating event for publishers and researchers, authors and editors, and all those interested in academic #publishing. #OpenAccess #ScholComms #Academia #AmWriting

News: White Rose University Press 10 year Anniversary Event

News: White Rose University Press 10 year Anniversary Event OIPA member White Rose University Press is hosting a celebratory event to mark its 10 year anniversary. Bringing together a panel of acad…

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White Rose University Press@wrunipress.bsky.social · 2w ago

📅 Tuesday 17 November 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds city centre ⏰ From 2:30pm, with drinks reception from 5pm 🎟️ FREE and open to all Ready to join us? Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-shoul... We’d love to see you there!😍

🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of White Rose University Press! And we’re marking the occasion by looking ahead: What should scholarly book publishing look like in the next 5–10 years? Our anniversary event is now OPEN FOR BOOKING! 🧵👇 Find out more 👇 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcement...

Updated details for Cambridge Diamond, a recent OIPA member, now on our site! 💎 They are a diamond #OA journal hosting service provided by the Open Research Systems & Open Research Teams at University of Cambridge Libraries & Archives @theul.bsky.social. Find out more ⬇️ oipauk.org/membership/c...

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Supporting open scholarship through community and collaboration This map shows our current full members. You can click on each pin for more details. This map shows our current full and associate me…

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Wrote in @timeshighered.bsky.social Campus about Diamond Open Access in the UK. Give it a read and check out these incredibly vital OA initiatives: @oipassoc.bsky.social, @ojcollective.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @eudch.bsky.social. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/diamo...

Diamond open access publishing: what it is and how to do it

For researchers interested in publishing their work with no fees for authors or readers, diamond open access publishing could be the answer. Here is a guide to the basics

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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 · 2w 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’re delighted to announce that the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ) will join OLH in Spring 2027, moving from Taylor & Francis to our diamond open access model and becoming OLH’s first law journal! Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/986/

OLH flips Oxford University journal away from a commercial publisher

This September, OLH welcomes another journal that is flipping from a commercial publishing model. The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ) will leave Taylor and Francis and move to OLH …

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We're delighted to launch the Journal of Experimental Pragmatics, a new Diamond Open Access journal dedicated to experimental research on meaning and communication. Free to read, free to publish, open for submissions. Find out more from @uclpressjournals.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4hhAAM7

WORK WITH US: Finance Manager and Finance & Operations Officer The Society is looking for a Finance Manager to develop, manage and coordinate our financial operations and a Finance & Operations Officer to deliver our financial, HR and operational workflows: www.socantscot.org/news/#appoin...

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 · 4w 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...

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 · last mo.

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...

We're delighted to share news in the attached press release that the Open Journals Collective has received a major award of $711,900 from the Gates Foundation to grow support infrastructure for community-governed journals! Want to know more about OJC? Visit www.openjournalscollective.org

"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...

Event Reflection: OIPA Symposium 2026

Event Reflection: OIPA Symposium 2026 By Kira Hopkins I was fortunate to attend the OIPA symposium held at the University of Sussex on 18th June in person, via a much-appreciated travel bursary fro…

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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...

Current Members

Supporting open scholarship through community and collaboration This map shows our current full members. You can click on each pin for more details. This map shows our current full and associate me…

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📢 ALPSP is looking for volunteers to join its Marketing Connected Special Interest Group (SIG). Help grow the community and create opportunities for members to connect and share experiences. Get in touch with@elinorpotts.bsky.social to learn more.

Do you have plans for #OAWeek2026? If so, let us know by tagging us in your posts so we can share them! You can also submit your events to the OIPA blog: oipauk.org/news-events-...

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Submit Your News Contribute to our blog or submit your news using the forms below! Our Comms team will then use your answers to publish blogs, post on social media and populate our newsletter – all…

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Our @ojcollective.bsky.social Executive Director Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social presented at the second @oipassoc.bsky.social Symposium in June. Read about the event here: shorturl.at/o5FWC Watch the recording, including Caroline's presentation, at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESOz...

Earlier this year, our Executive Director, Prof. Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social), joined the LSE Open Research Community to discuss scholar-led #openaccess publishing. Read the event reflection and watch the recording: www.openlibhums.org/news/978/ #OpenAccess

Caroline Edwards discusses the future of Open Access publishing at LSE event

This past January, our Executive Director, Professor Caroline Edwards, was invited to speak at the Open Access and the Commons: The many faces of scholar-led publishing event, organised by the …

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Stay up to date with OIPA! Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news, events and updates from the Open Institutional Publishing Association. Sign up here: oipauk.org/contact-us/

Spot the Edinburgh Diamond team members! (@beckywojturska.bsky.social and @simonxix.com) The Copim community truly are an excellent bunch (and with excellent photoshopping skills, too).

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

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...

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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Are you ready to publish your book. 📖 We welcome book proposals for monographs, edited collections and textbooks in all subject areas, from all UK HEIs. We want to hear from you. Get started with our submission guidelines: https://www.sup.ac.uk/submit-a-proposal

Thinking about publishing with us or just want to learn more about our mission? Visit: https://www.sup.ac.uk/mission for more information on who we are as a publisher.

We're delighted to announce that the Science Museum Group Journal is joining OLH! 🎉 The journal brings together research and practice on science museums, science communication, curatorial work, archives, and the history and presentation of science. Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/974/

OLH partners with the UK's leading group of science museums

We’re delighted to announce that the Science Museum Group Journal will join OLH in Autumn 2026. This engaging publication is the official journal for the five national UK museums in …

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Missed the OIPA Symposium 2026? Recordings and transcripts from all sessions are now available online. 📰 Learn more about OIPA'S 2026 Symposium: oipauk.org/news-events-... 🎥 Watch the recordings:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESOzUh17BWE&feature=youtu.be #OIPA2026 #OpenAccess

To celebrate #FestivalOfArchaeology 2026 (18 July–2 August), we’re highlighting White Rose University Press’s archaeology titles, from landmark Mesolithic research to explorations of human connection and exciting forthcoming work. Join us as we explore the past through these fascinating books! ⬇️

📚 Award-winning research, open to all We’re proud that many UCL Press titles have been recognised by leading organisations across many disciplines. Our open access publishing model makes world-class scholarship freely available to readers everywhere. What will you discover? 👉 uclpress.co.uk

"This book is a tribute and a clarion call for geography in better futures." — Charles W. J. Withers, Professor Emeritus of Historical Geography, The University of Edinburgh Geography and a Geographer will publish next month as part of the RGS-IBG Book Series: https://bit.ly/4vZLfzC @rgs.org

It is impossible to understand modern society without understanding classical tradition. Classics and Race puts the two alongside each other through readings of primary texts from the late medieval period to the mid-twentieth century. Download for free: uclpress.co.uk/book/classic...

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...

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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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