Open Book Collective

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The Open Book Collective (OBC) brings together #OpenAccess publishers, service providers, and libraries, working towards a sustainable and equitable future for #OAbooks #OpenAccessBooks and #OpenInfrastruture
Our Websitehttps://openbookcollective.org/
Our Information Hubhttps://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/
Open Book CollectiveNov 11
Ulrich HerbNov 11
Delighted to announce the seventh lecture in the Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access series! 🎙️ @Samuelmoore on 📷 Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons 📷
November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)
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Open Book CollectiveNov 11
COPIMNov 11

🔦 Spotlight on @openbookcollect report

Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences & barriers to participation across six European contexts

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Open Book CollectiveNov 11

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject/115528179443926385

Congratulations @PublicKnowledgeProject on this newly published Strategic Plan, with values of openness, community and inclusivity at its core. PKP is one of OBC's three current Publishing Service Provider members. They are working with us to generate specific funds for their book-focused publishing solution Open Monograph Press. Come and hear from them at our showcase for new OBC members on Monday November 24th, at 3pm GMT/4pm CET/10am ET. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/d7Oy4qMNTn6vdswJ0gyHoA#/registration

Open Book CollectiveOct 30
Watch the recording of last week's #OAweek panel on 'Mainstreaming Diamond', hosted by Open Library of Humanities. Featuring OBC's Joe Deville @joe_dev, alongside Kira Hopkins from Opening the Future, Rupert Gatti from Open Book Publishers, Caroline Edwards from OLH & Open Journals Collective, and Joanna Ball from @DOAJ. c chaired by Paula Celente Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt0mrhZw4
Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond Regional perspectives, Shared Futures

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Open Book CollectiveOct 30
COPIMOct 29

🚨 Join the @openbookcollect next week at #chsconf2025 for the Vendor Showcase on Tuesday 4 November!

You'll find them at booth no 29 - they'd love to chat about #OpenAccess books and equitable #Publishing 📚

List of exhibitors 👉 https://buff.ly/Ybquein

Find out more about the OBC - watch this short video filmed last year at the 2024 Conference 📽️

Members & supporters explain why we need a fairer and more sustainable future for scholarly books 📚

👉 https://buff.ly/M0LeOFk

Show threadOpen Book CollectiveOct 23
4/4 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari will join both our University Press package, as well as the full Open Book Collective package. A very warm welcome! https://www.openbookcollective.org/packages/
Collections and Collectives

Show threadOpen Book CollectiveOct 23
3/ The press has also built its own digital infrastructure, to help ensure its independence and flexibility. This includes a page highlighting the global dispersion of its contributing communities, including authors and peer reviewers: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/geographical_stats/withFrame
Show threadOpen Book CollectiveOct 23
2/ ECF has published over 500 books to date, including in both English and Italian, and particularly in the humanities and social sciences. For example, this recent edited volume on 'Postcolonial Publics: Art and Citizen Media in Europe' https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-678-7/
Edizioni Ca' Foscari

Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press

Open Book CollectiveOct 23
1/ We are also extremely happy to announce that Edizioni Ca’ Foscari (ECF), or Venice University Press, has joined the Open Book Collective, taking the total number of publisher members to 15. ECF is a fully #OpenAccess publisher https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/edizioni-ca-foscari-joins-the-open-book-collective
Edizioni Ca' Foscari Joins the Open Book Collective

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Open Book CollectiveOct 23
We are excited to announce that Caroline Ball has joined as our new Community Engagement Lead. Hooray! 🥳 Caroline is a committed advocate for libraries, #OpenAccess & knowledge equity, a Trustee at @wikimediauk and played a key role in the #EbookSOS campaign