This April fools has many layers. As some may know @ajrbyers.bsky.social lives in Scotland and this picture is actually from the Hebrides.

OLH - one last hurrah!
RIP - retire in paradise!

Yes. The hat should be wooly.

Everyone is, of course, welcome to visit the new office. Bring a hat.

How biased would it be to agree with this? 🤣

In light of some of the talks at #uksg26 on open infrastructure, OA and similar - the following may be of interest ;)

(And if you're talking new products are UKSG, maybe keep this in the back of your mind!)

A vintage-style “Wanted” poster featuring Robin Hood–themed characters posing as a diverse band of archers and scholars. The text reads: “Join the fight to make knowledge free. Divest from commercial academic publishing and join the Open Library of Humanities.

I wrote the blog post behind our new Robin Hood @openlibhums.org poster! In it, I reflect on why divesting scholarly publishing from commercial interests and redirecting library budgets into #diamondOA is so urgent.

Read it (and grab the poster!) here: www.openlibhums.org/news/932/

#UKSG2026

THE LONG READ Infrastructure Landlords: The Rentier Capitalism of Commercial Academic Publishers THE LONG READ Infrastructure Landlords: The Rentier Capitalism of Commercial Academic Publishers This piece has been written by a friend of the OLH who wishes to remain anonymous. Figure. Pyramid …

Infrastructure Landlords: The Rentier Capitalism of Commercial Academic Publishers

This piece explores how major academic publishers are becoming “infrastructure landlords”, not just publishing research, but owning the systems around it.

👉 www.openlibhums.org/news/931/

#OpenAccess #ScholComm

Check out a blog post from our own @joemull.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy on integrating @researchorgs.bsky.social with Janeway.

From User Stories to High-Quality Data: Implementing ROR on the Janeway Platform Joe Muller, Senior Publishing Technologies Developer at the Open Library of Humanities, tells us in this case study how and why the Janeway platform uses ROR, ensuring unambiguous author affiliations ...

From User Stories to High-Quality Data: Implementing ROR on the Janeway Platform

In this case study, Joe Muller (OLH) explores how @janewayolh.bsky.social uses ROR to improve author affiliations, retrieving ROR IDs from ORCID and enabling institution search.

👉 www.openlibhums.org/news/926/

Journal of Cultural Analytics Enters New Chapter with CDH, Joins Open Journals Collective Journal of Cultural Analytics Enters New Chapter with CDH, Joins Open Journals Collective

Congratulations to the Journal of Cultural Analytics 🎉

Princeton’s Center for Digital Humanities is now its publisher. JCA has migrated to @janewayolh.bsky.social and joined the @ojcollective.bsky.social launch collection!

Details: cdh.princeton.edu/news/2026/02...

Also cool: @c21literature.bsky.social runs on the software I co-created with the mighty @ajrbyers.bsky.social and uses the funding/business model I co-designed and built with the excellent @theblochian.bsky.social, making it all free for readers to access, thanks to 300+ global libraries.

So much work behind the scenes, many many thanks to @mariajuko.bsky.social, Nancy Pedri, @wilkinsp.bsky.social, all the authors, peer reviewers (those who could review and those who couldn't), Clem Wilkins, and everyone at @janewayolh.bsky.social, @openlibhums.org, @siliconchips.bsky.social!

We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links:

openjournalscollective.org/static/engag...
openjournalscollective.org/static/opera...

Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!

And we are back online.

We're currently suffering an outage due to a networking issue caused by our server host. We're working to get it resolved.

Anyone want to hazard a guess at which point we implemented Anubis for the OLH install of Janeway? Bot traffic is just unbelievable.

The theme of #UniversityPressWeek is #TeamUP and we're doing just that by working with so many great UPs to produce and digitally host vital scholarly books (on Fulcrum) and journals (on @janewayolh.bsky.social). @aupresses.bsky.social

Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess

Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards

Universities want new business models, not just discounts.

As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Proud to be repping some @openlibhums.org merch this Hallowe’en!

I’m a huge advocate for what @theblochian.bsky.social & the whole team do to sustainably grow Diamond Open Access academic publishing.

P.s. commercial publishers really are eating your journal’s brains! Let’s keep horror in fiction 🧟‍♂️

Interested in a non commercial, academy owned publishing solution? We work with our friends at @michiganpublishing.bsky.social to offer Janeway and Fulcrum together.

janewayfulcrum.olh.pub

The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an …

Join us in person or online for The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing / @janewayolh.bsky.social

21–22 May 2026
Dublin City University Library
Free |Open to all

Call for Papers now open!
📅 Deadline: 9 January 2026

Full info here:

Webinar poster for “Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures,” dated 24 October 2025.

Join us for #OAWeek!

Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures

With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social, @joannaball.bsky.social & @paulaclemente.bsky.social

🗓️ 24/10 - 1:00 pm BST

🔗 shorturl.at/eFIvX

Job Opportunities Job Opportunities

A great job has opened up at the California Digital Library at the University of California-- the Technical Team Manager for Discovery and Delivery! #Jobs #libraries #TechManagers cdlib.org/about/job-op...

Dear Gods of all that is stupid...

IT'S REAL.