@scholtom.bsky.social is a marvellous human being!

Is @ukri.org going to join this initiative? I do hope so! 🤞🏼

Aerial view of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford with a freshly mown lawn featuring intricate curved stripe patterns around the circular building.

Ground-level view of striped grass patterns on the lawn beside the Radcliffe Camera, showing alternating light and dark green lines stretching across the grass.

A lawn mower on the striped grass outside the Radcliffe Camera, highlighting the precision-cut pattern with people and historic college buildings in the background.

The lawn outside the Radcliffe Camera had a trim today 🌱

No, it’s not AI.

Designed and carefully cut by James from our University Parks Estates team.

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These guys are just too cute! 🥰

Incredibly powerful quote from Elaine Sykes to finish this very moving plenary in her memory: “Librarians, this is a call to arms - for change to happen we need to be courageous leaders, even though it seems an impossible task…” Moved to tears here at #UKSG2026

Why nice pic! All the best for tomorrow Sarah, you’ll be brilliant 🤩

Diamonds are a library’s best friend 💎

(We think they’re pretty good for research, too 👌🏼)

Two people standing at a lectern at Oxford University delivering a brilliant talk

Brilliant discussion rethinking governance in publishing and research from @kirahopkins.bsky.social and @kjsanders.bsky.social at The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship #OXFOS26

Thank you coming, speaking, posting! Your talk was fantastic and it was really good to see you both.

The @oxcin.bsky.social doing a storming job of entertaining the room whilst teaching us about #FAIRdata #OxFOS

Fantastic to meet you, albeit far too briefly! 🤩

Do you think we ripped the time space continuum tho?

Rupert in front of a slide titled 'Endnotes'. Underneath: 'Join the Copim Community JiscMail', with a QR code

Final #CopimConference panel!! Led by @rupertgatti.bsky.social. How can we protect the ability of communities to communicate? In the face of extractive publishing, AI and all the pressures of 2020s HE. One answer: join the new @copim.bsky.social mailing list! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.e...

To paraphrase @rupertgatti.bsky.social: ‘We have the important principle of ‘scaling small’. But to get to that point, you have to start. Start small. But have your ambitions to the roof.’

#CopimConference

A call to arms from @rupertgatti.bsky.social for all attendees at #Copimconference to keep engaging with @copim.bsky.social and to feed into what's next for #openaccess & #openinfrastructures - join the Jiscmail! copim@jiscmail.ac.uk

Speaker Siddarth Soni stands in front of a projected image of a scene from Brian Friel’s play “Translations”.

So pleased to see Siddarth Soni referencing Brian Friel in his discussion of the commons and data colonialism. Absolutely fascinating keynote at #CopimConference

Sarah Thompson from @uoylibrary.bsky.social sharing how York now applies its values-based collections criteria to *all* their activity, not just open access 👏 Greater transparency helps not just with their dealings with publishers but also with their academics… #copimconference

This is certainly what @hlaehnemann.bsky.social and I have been doing with Taylor Editions! @tayoxford.bsky.social The model is appreciated by reviewers, e.g. muse.jhu.edu/article/965571

A pair of feet reclining on a chair in front of museum collections, including a brutalist concrete facade

A view from a mezzanine level looking out over museum connections. There are numerous objects in the picture, including a glass viewing gallery.

A view of a brutalist concrete facade, Ruth various objects around it, including a cello.

A view of an ornate Islamic ceiling with intricate golden wood and plaster carved panels

Putting my feet up at the incredible V&A Storehouse before the evening social of the #CopimConference

Soooo much fun - can’t think of anyone better to spend it with! What a wonderfully rich, inspiring conference. Head is buzzing with ideas #CopimConference

Ruth Mallalieu standing next to a large blue display screen with text which reads: Make it Open, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford 'Proud supporters of COPIM and the Open Book Collection.'

@bodleian.ox.ac.uk is proud to support @copim.bsky.social and the Open Book Collective, as elegantly demonstrated by our Head of the Office of Open Research @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social. #CopimConference

Open access means that nobody can tell you you can't read something. Always true, but so very, essentially, bulldozingly important here in the US right now. #copimconference

Bias declared: 😉

Pleased to hear the activities going on in my native #Nigeria to advance Open Access within, and using local contexts. Well done, Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan frm Nigerian Maritime Uni. With @wacren.bsky.social involved, sure its replicating across West Africa.
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See you @ COPIM today! :-)

A quick reminder that applications for this exciting new role close at noon on Friday 16 January.

If you’re interested in research impact, metrics, and open scholarship - or know someone who might be - please do take a look and share!

We’re hiring! 📢

How do we understand & communicate the impact of our research?

This new role will lead on research metrics, & support open infrastructure services, including our diamond OA platform. There’s real scope to shape & put your own stamp on it.

Details 👇

tinyurl.com/OpenMetricsI...

Make it two - one because you got the last round, and two because we always have too much up catch up on 🍻

We’re hiring! 📢

How do we understand & communicate the impact of our research?

This new role will lead on research metrics, & support open infrastructure services, including our diamond OA platform. There’s real scope to shape & put your own stamp on it.

Details 👇

tinyurl.com/OpenMetricsI...

Random colleagues in other disciplines now commonly say "the code's on OSF". It's just so great to see an academic org like COS, that goes beyond advocating for change, and actually builds the tools and services that make science work better. More!

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard