Did you miss our 'update and showcase' webinar on 25 September 2024, 15:00-17:00 (BST) Never fear, the links to the recordings and slides are now available 🎉 copim.pubpub.org/pub/obf-show...

Catch up with Copim’s Open Book Futures project

View recordings and slides from our 'update and showcase' webinar on 25 September 2024, 15:00-17:00 (BST)

We've worked really hard on this scoping report to research and then analyse the HUGE number of resources, guidelines, and toolkits for #OpenAccess monographs out there ... 🔎 Read our findings and share any feedback 👀

Ccopim.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 8:12am

Copim Connects: Developing an Information Hub for the #OpenAccess book community 📚 Read our scoping report, which is the first step in the process of planning and implementing our new ‘knowledge base’🧠 copim.pubpub.org/pub/developi...

Copim Connects: Developing an Information Hub for the open access book community

‘Not another knowledge base / toolkit / resource bank’ we hear the community say ….

We’re keen to forge new connections with people and organisations that share this goal! 🤝 Please get in touch with us if you’d like to talk (email address in first post) 📨

We would like to see, and be part of, a push for wider, more ‘bottom-up’ actions from academics, librarians, universities and publishers to foster a much stronger culture of open research and community-governed #OA#HE

While we agree that an #OA#HE institutions (as all mandates do), we believe that a shift to OA for books is both possible and necessary

Hot off the press ❤️‍🔥 Our response to Research England's decision not to include an #OA#monographs#REFcopim.pubpub.org/pub/copim-th...

Copim's thoughts on the REF decision for OA books and what happens next

Some thoughts from the Copim Open Book Futures team on Research England's decision not to include an OA mandate for monographs submitted to the next REF

Copim Connects: Developing an Information Hub for the #OpenAccesscopim.pubpub.org/pub/developi...

Copim Connects: Developing an Information Hub for the open access book community

‘Not another knowledge base / toolkit / resource bank’ we hear the community say ….

@judithfathallah.bsky.social explains the process by which the OBC have assessed the applications for the first call for applications to their CDF And if you missed out this time, look out for a second round in 2025 👀

Ccopim.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 12:10pm

Collective Development Fund Update: Learning From Our First Assessment Process 👛 The Open Book Collective reflect on the decision-making process in the first round of Collective Development Fund, and the lessons we learned for next time openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/collecti...

Reposting from Mastodon: blog post by @copim.bsky.social#OpenBookFutures#ThothOpenArchivingNetworkdoi.org/10.21428/785...#metadata#OAbooks#MetadataMatters

Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series · Copim

Part of a short series of posts regarding some of the challenges that exist for small publishers of open access monographs, this post considers the challenges of metadata in archiving.

In yesterday's @copim.bsky.social showcase, there were queries about OA textbooks, which is an area that Open Book Collective are keen to support, as are many of our publisher members.