Get to know Lancaster University Open Journals! Our latest OIPA Symposium Spotlight explores the background, development, and implementation of their publishing platform, and the collaborative approach taken to support and meet the needs of the academic community.
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The 2026 OIPA symposium will take place on Thursday 18th June at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Brighton.
Programme details to follow, but please mark it in your calendars and start making arrangements.
We look forward to seeing you there!
New this year, we’re introducing an opportunity for students and early-career professionals to deliver an optional short talk as part of the conference. If you’re interested in contributing & sharing your experiences with the community, we’d love to hear from you. More details on the ALN website.
@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social are offering 10 sponsored places for both presenters and delegates at this years conference, "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries". The deadline to apply if the 29th of April.
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Applications for the inaugural Elaine Sykes Open Research Award are now open.
Have you been involved in a project or initiative that aims to make research more openly accessible, transparent or reproducible? We want to hear from you 👇
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Being on the OIPA committee is some of the most rewarding work I've done, and I'm pleased to share the editorial we wrote for @uksg.bsky.social e-News to celebrate 2025 & look forward to 2026!
(If you ever wanted to see what books I have on my bookcase behind my looming face, now's your chance 😂).
If you're interested in applying for a sponsored place to #UKSG2026 there are TEN bursaries available! 🎉
Open to early career professionals/ students/ underrepresented voices/ first timers
Find out more on @uksg.bsky.social website 👇
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@uksg.bsky.social are offering 10 sponsored places for the upcoming UKSG Conference. The deadline for applications is the 15th of February: www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...
@anna-r-hughes.bsky.social and I recently interviewed some of last years sponsored places attendees 👇 linktr.ee/uksgpodcast
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We're delighted to launch the call for papers for the ALN Conference 2026. 24 June online, 6 July at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
Meet the annual conference bursary winners from #UKSG2025 🏆
The final podcast in the series features @tmorley24.bsky.social and Lorna Goudie, Acquisitions Coordinator (Collections & Archives Team), Edgehill University
Listen now 👉 soundcloud.com/uksg-podcast...
Interested in applying for the Trailblazers Open Access book scheme? Come along to this information session on the 20th of February!
We are looking for a new co-editor to work alongside Tom Morley on our fortnightly newsletter, UKSG eNews. More information is available here: www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
Catch up with another previous winner of a
@uksg.bsky.social annual conference bursary!
Olivia Edmonds won a sponsored place to #UKSG2025 and recently spoke to @tmorley24.bsky.social about her experience!
Listen now 👉 soundcloud.com/uksg-podcast...
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Win a free place to #UKSG2026
📍 Glasgow, UK
📆 30 March–1 April 2026
Apply now! Deadline = 15 Feb 2026 ⏳
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Applications are now open for the Trailblazers Open Access Books schemes 2026 intake.
Publish your first monograph Open Access and learn valuable publishing skills.
Find out more below 👇
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🌟 Win a fully funded trip to #CopimConference
Early‑career #librarians are invited to apply for one of 3 sponsored places
📍 London, UK
📅 26-27 February 2026
⏳ Apply by Sunday 1 February 2026
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Want to find out more?
Listen to @nataliiak.bsky.social talk about her experience of winning a sponsored place to #UKSG2025 with @tmorley24.bsky.social over on the @uksg.bsky.social podcast
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Check out the new episode of Knowing Me, Knowing UKSG 🎙️In this episode we hear from Dr Samuel Moore (@samuelmoore.org) who discusses his varied career as a Scholarly Communications Specialist, bridging research, open access publishing, and his recently published book. dub.sh/EncwGkc
If you missed our 2025 symposium, want to share it or simply bask in its glory again, fear not!
The video recording, presentation slides and summary blog are all now available!
Please share to help spread the word and good deeds of open institutional publishing.
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**Upcoming workshop**
Demystifying book publishing for ECRs: How to publish your research as a book
Book your place here: lnkd.in/eAW2qQNC
This workshop will help you to understand the publishing process for books and monographs and how to submit an effective proposal submission form.
Hello from Lancaster University Library!
Fashionably late to this particular social media shindig, but finally here. Come and say hello!!
Come and support the wonderful Copim gang whilst I’m on maternity leave! Happy to answer any q’s about the role ☺️
📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚
Chuffed to see mine and @cathdishman.bsky.social's new article has been published!
The team at UKSG Insights have been a dream to work with on this & we are so pleased to share our experiences of managing library-based hosting & publishing services.
The article is completely #OpenAccess so enjoy!
Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award.
Here's a blog post for the Open Library of Humanities website outlining how we used the funding granted by the award to support our research culture activity relating to Open Access Books.
Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster Uni Lib re. using an @openlibhums.org Open Access Award grant 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice'
Really practical, achievable steps to shift publication culture:
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I'm looking forward to speaking at this @operaseu.bsky.social event on Monday, there's still time to sign up!
Strengthening open access through collaboration: building connections with OPERAS UK www.jisc.ac.uk/events/stren...
📣 We are delighted that @lancasteruni.bsky.social are now supporter members of @openingthefuture.bsky.social! Find out more about the sustainable #OA book initiative at: lup.openingthefuture.net @tmorley24.bsky.social @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @jofitz.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social
Another two #CALC25 recordings are coming out this morning:
1. Tom Morley of @lancasteruni.bsky.social describing working on culture change to Make Open Monographs 'Normal'
#LibrarySky #CritLib #Skybrarians
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