Excited to be in Oslo today to speak on the invitation of the Nasjonalbiblioteket | The National Library of Norway bibliotekutvikling.no/kompetanseba...

Really good to hear how RLUK has developed mentoring so effectively as a leadership tool. Back in the very early days, I and Chris Banks talked about our experience of an initial mentoring pilot at RLUK 2010 in Edinburgh #RLUK26

@simonjbains.bsky.social of Aberdeen Uni Lib mentioned in #UPREDUX2026 OA challenges session as an OIPA member. Aberdeen is very open indeed as a Library of Sanctuary enabling local asylum seekers & refugees the opportunity to access research so skills can be maintained. share.google/vaj0V0p19kTF...

All conferences should have an official illustrator working live.

Fascinating to be in my third event in two weeks discussing research sharing, and again in a very different community. No publishers or librarians here (other than me!).

Open Research, University of Aberdeen@openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you're around Edinburgh, be sure and check out our fearless leader Simon Bains, talking about openness in the Arts and Humanities, all part of Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week!

After a week in London at #R2RConf and #CopimConference my open research roadshow continues at a 'Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week' event at @rcsed.bsky.social in Edinburgh where I'm on a panel to talk about 'expanding openness' for arts + humanities.

Scottish #ResearchIntegrity and Culture Week is finally here! 🎉 Check out the full list of events happening throughout Scotland, both in-person and online, here www.sricw.co.uk/programme

We're very pleased to publish what we hope will be a useful resource helping those that are new to thoughts about building inclusive collections

RLUK Research Libraries UK@rluk.ac.uk · 5mo ago

RLUK is delighted to publish the Developing Inclusive Collections guide on reflective practice, providing a framework for colleagues at all career stages This guide is useful to those working or aiming to work in collection-based decolonisation + build on existing knowledge+skills bit.ly/INC-COLL

Now we’re frustrated by things like institutional debt says Gatti. Though I’d say these severe financial challenges have sharpened the institutional focus on the costs we have railed against, and we’re starting to see the results #CopimConference

Gatti: “Collective grumbling is very powerful”. #CopimConference

#CopimConf is summed up by @rupertgatti.bsky.social and we thank all the folks involved in making this happen and powering the projects that underpinned it 👏

"Don't ask me what our business model is". That's a very familiar feeling... #CopimConference

There are barriers in the way of using experimental publishing to support the emerging interdisciplinary spaces, noting in particular the conservative academic culture. This is something we aspire to @abdnunipress.bsky.social and capacity is certainly one of the barriers we face #CopimConference

Interesting to note that generative AI (just mentioned) has not had much airtime at #CopimConference. #R2RConf was obsessed by it.

This was a really inspiring call to action in the context of being more inclusive and interdisciplinary through experiment that isn’t happening in the traditional sector. Even if the speaker did (I think) just call me a prehistoric ape 🦍 #CopimConference

Emma Booth (she/her)@emmabooth.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

John Atkinson of University of Westminster Press @uniwestpress.bsky.social turns to the question of how experimental book publishing might change and develope in the future #CopimConference

A shout out to Michigan University Press @uofmpress.bsky.social on their innovative experiment representing work in a way traditional publishing can’t do. I think that MUP’s director @charleswatkinson.bsky.social is watching this event online… #CopimConference

Now hearing from @uolpress.bsky.social at #CopimConference. How the other new OA presses do things are always so helpful to hear as we learn as we go at @abdnunipress.bsky.social

Fascinating to hear from Loughborough about theses when your daughter is doing a PhD at Loughborough! #CopimConference

As a panellist, with a different (literal) perspective, I can now say with confidence that this is the segment of the scholarly research communications community that collects laptop stickers #CopimConference

👏 Brilliant; well done @abdnunipress.bsky.social team!

Emma Francis@emmajfrancis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is excellent timing. I’m at the #CopimConference where accessibility was a big topic yesterday afternoon. I’m really pleased we’ve been able to increase the accessibility of our backlist titles with the help of our partners at Michigan 🥳 @charleswatkinson.bsky.social

Agreed with @emmabooth.bsky.social that lobbying LMS vendors is frustrating, but not that metadata is low priority when procuring (in my experience) #CopimConference

The @thoth-metadata.bsky.social metadata report that @emmaboothmather.bsky.social has just highlighted at #copimconference is at thoth.pub/blog/10.7095...

New Report: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters

We are pleased to announce the publication of **International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters**, a substantial report from Thoth Open Met...

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Reflecting, not for the first time, that #CopimConference and #R2RConf have been so close in terms of content, date, and location, but not community. There was a whole workshopping series during Research to Reader where (mainly) publishers discussed "Book Metadata, Discoverability & Usage"

Hearing from @emmabooth.bsky.social on that great irony that open access books are hard for libraries to make discoverable #CopimConference

I’m delighted to see that the amazing Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei of @thoth-metadata.bsky.social has PhD from @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #CopimConference

Zeyen: accessibility goes beyond the need for compliance with standards. Scholarly writing is often inaccessible to others. There are wider questions about good science communications and also a need to acknowledge how much time this can take #CopimConference

Another good point from Pete Barr. Librarians aren’t the ultimate decision makers in their universities; lots of factors in play. No one who knows me would accuse me of supporting the status quo, but Aberdeen hasn’t left any of the deals. I’d be delighted to talk about that. #CopimConference

Graham Stone is positive about things changing in the context of open monographs, and it’s helpful, as he does, to take a longer view and reflect on how far we’ve come. I’ve been in this space for 20 years: much has changed for the better! #CopimConference

Ensure your content budget strategy makes ‘open’ a commitment, and is signed off at the highest level. Another great point from Pete Barr. There’s important ‘soft politics’ here. Do we have the diplomacy and leadership skills to be sure we can make this approach succeed? #CopimConference

Totally agree on this analysis from Pete Barr on the situation as it stands with the reasons for walking away from publishers doesn’t play into reinvestment in different models #CopimConference