Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026 Programme - Knowledge Equity Network Tue 19 – Thu 21 May 2026 The Knowledge Equity and Open Scholarship Week 2026 (KE & OS Week) Programme brings together a diverse coalition of partners from North Africa, Europe and South Africa, includ...

I'm really honoured to be taking part in the Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026 programme on 21 May from 10-11am UK time. We'll be talking with stakeholders about international long-form #OA knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/... Come join in the conversation! @knowledgeen.bsky.social

Really really sorry to read this!

Entirely reasonable!!

Securing the Future of Books: A Collaborative Guide to Preservation A free platform for explaining your research in plain language, and managing how you communicate around it – so you can understand how best to increase its impact.

Save our books, journals, and intellectual heritage! #digitalpreservation #UKSG2026 www.growkudos.com/publications...

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It shows a nuanced and inconsistent picture of support in principle, but poor discoverability and engagement and a lack of resourcing. Read it now: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

British Academy urges national long-form OA strategy - Research Information Report calls for institutions, publishers, policy makers, academic, libraries and funders to work together on a plan

The British Academy calls for a national long-form #OA strategy www.researchinformation.info/news/british... #uksg2026 @uksg.bsky.social

I am really happy to have been able to contribute to this new report, which collects together a broad international perspective on the challenges lay ahead of making more longform publications (i.e. books and other works) openly available.

RLUK26 | PROVOCATION - Is there an open access future for longform scholarship? YouTube video by ResearchLibrariesUK

At #UKSG2026 and want to be inspired/provoked into action to advance long-form #OA? This video is a terrific place to start thanks to @rosiehigman.bsky.social @davejago.bsky.social and Professor Geoffrey Khan: youtu.be/2e539CPBNTo?... @uksg.bsky.social

Great thread 🧵 (as ever) from @emmabooth.bsky.social about an #RLUK26 session yesterday on #OAbooks that featured Geoffrey Khan, editor of the Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures series, which we're proud to publish: www.openbookpublishers.com/series/2632-...

Global Partnership Publishes New Report on the Future of Open Access for longform publications - Knowledge Equity Network The Knowledge Equity Network and the University of Leeds, together with a global consortium of partners, have announced the release of a new report, Factors influencing the adoption of open access to ...

Global partnership publishes New Report on the future of Open Access for longform publications knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/... #uksg2026 #KEN #OA #books

Could it be more effective - given the financial situation - to rebrand “experimental” publishing as “affordable, innovative ” publishing? @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Thank you to Andrew Barker for making this dynamic explicit from the stage! And advocating articulately for more idealism. #uksg2026

Is anyone else also struggling with the unspoken tension between perhaps more idealistic and more pragmatic views juxtaposed in quite this way? We need both to advance and this seems a false and frustrating dichotomy. @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Kira Hopkins from COPIM pushes back at any conflation of “community led” publishing and “university press” publishing (not just publishing but infrastructures too). @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Linda McGrath from Amsterdam University Press is doing a great job articulating what may be unpopular views about small scholarly publishers. Many of these points are explored in this recent Knowledge Exchange report: zenodo.org/records/1795... #uksg2026

Tom Morley from Lancaster University shares lots of great ideas for celebrating author success when they choose to publish #OA books. #UKSG2026

You know me... I'm a big fan of @locksss.bsky.social opensource #digitalpreservation software but, wow, am I also a big fan of LOCKS, the London-based gothy folk-blues band! You are missing a treat if you haven't listened: linktr.ee/locksband?ut...

New article published today 🥳 What exactly do universities and funders reccomend or require when it comes to making academic books open access? That is what we zoomed in on in this study that has its origins in data collected during the EU-funded PALOMERA project. doi.org/10.1093/scip...

Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice **RLUK in partnership with SCONUL and ARMA and with funding from UKRI** seeks to articulate the current challenges and opportunities that UK research institutions face in responding to the evolving OA long-form publishing landscape. The **goal** of the first work package of this project, commissioned from Information Power, is _to deliver a report and roadmap to show where we are with long-form OA, share what has been learned, and to provide clarity and direction for where UK research organisations – in partnership with stakeholders with whom they want to travel – are going_. To become active in an **Exchange of Experience Network** and the project, please register your interest via https://forms.gle/Xyhk6GvzF9YRZoza7. With the wider project ARMA, RLUK, and SCONUL have come together to enable a more coordinated and strategic approach in the transition to OA long-form publications. This project is a collective intervention to support UK research organisations in implementing OA: to reduce duplication, improve readiness, and support institutions ahead of likely future policy requirements.

Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice - information power www.informationpower.co.uk/advancing-long-form-open...

We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨

Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

Securing the Future of Books: A Collaborative Guide to Preservation A free platform for explaining your research in plain language, and managing how you communicate around it – so you can understand how best to increase its impact.

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There are real opportunities for collaboration between new university and library presses and small society and commercial publishers! zenodo.org/records/1795...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How POSI v2 Guides The Sustainability of Open Infrastructure Organisations: a Barcelona Declaration webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmat... This Barcelona Declaration webinar explores how POSI v2 has been applied and refined in real-world contexts, and what this means for strengthening the sustainability, governance, and long-term resilie...

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Smaller publishers are vital to scholarly communication. Their ability to transition sustainably to #OA is constrained by structural inequities of scale, resources, and systemic barriers.

Digital Preservation of the Scholarly Record Receives the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact February 10, 2026 The Rosenblum Award Committee is delighted to announce that the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact has been awarded to Digital Preservation of the Scholarly…

Digital Preservation of the Scholarly Record Receives the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact - hurrah! rosenblumaward.org/news/digital...

Looking forward to a cup of tea and a long natter about authenticity in Greek archives sometime soon!

Are there any work colleagues interested in learning more about the Worshipful Company of Stationers at a prospective member evening?

Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … Part Two: The Path Forward - The Scholarly Kitchen Today’s post paves a clear path forward in making AI work for publishers in the brave new agentic world.

This is a really interesting read, but I am a bit surprised that there is not a single mention of #OA business models and how they play into AI and publishing. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/29/g... #scholarlykitchen

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Repositories and Digital Preservation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Dr. Luís Miguel Nunes Corujo (Portugal), co-author of “Preservation and Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs,” and Dr. Alicia Wise from CLOCKSS for an engaging exploration...

How can repositories and digital preservation together protect scholarly and cultural heritage? Please join us Feb 23 in conversation with Dr Luís Miguel Nunes Corujo (Portugal) co-author of Preservation & Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs. stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...