Absolutely this. Some smaller programmes have already been dropped by Jisc (e.g. Lever Press) and we'd hate to see small, growing initiatives like ours be dropped from Jisc's LSM. This would cut off UK library participation in one go 🙃
Ha thanks Kevin, this is very sweet and thoughtful 😍 Been chatting to @kirahopkins.bsky.social this week on "would I want to be a WP Lead again?" 🤔Unsure- as with everything there are pros & cons but my main thought was how to fill in gaps in my knowledge in advance of any return to the colours!
I haven't been on Bsky for ages and then I log on to find all these lovely messages 😍 What did I do to deserve these, did I finally buy a round of drinks when I was drunk??
ooooh there's an idea - Graham, you fancy doing an update?? @graham-stone.bsky.social
Agree these are all questions that deserve exploration, altho whether "the dial" is moving/whether this sits alongside the status quo might not be mutually exclusive. If something is happening that wasn't before/not to this extent, it can be a significant development w/out displacing everything else
What a fantastic event to have been involved with!
Catch up with the session we curated - Where is collective funding for open access monographs going? - with @scholtom.bsky.social @kirahopkins.bsky.social @tweeterbarr.bsky.social @ceu-press.bsky.social
This is so great to see - OtF beginning to grow to include v small presses that looking for a route to sustainable/reliable #openaccess book publishing. Hope to see libraries get behind this if they can - increasing their own local collections while simultaneously funding OA. Hat tip @eve.gd!
If you work in production in #publishing and are open to a new role or know anyone who might be, we are #hiring!
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The closing date is 15th Feb. We're a small and friendly team focused on making high quality #OpenAccess books in the #humanities.
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You know you've made it to the big time when you're being used as the hook in a phishing scam eh 😬
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For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library
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Unsure if glad or offended they waited until I was in the loo before taking the photo
A large group of OIPA members and friends in a London pub
A great London OIPA meet up last night! With representatives from several of our member presses, associates & friends including @openbookpublish.bsky.social @openlibhums.org @uolpress.bsky.social
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@lsepress.bsky.social @openpress.bsky.social
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Yes same ☹️ And I think it was me that talked you out of it soz
@eve.gd 1.21 gigawatts! 1.21 gigawatts. Great Scott!
From this : eve.gd/2020/10/22/b... to this: bsky.app/profile/open...
[Backlist to the Future stickers COMING SOON to a conference near you 😆]
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@kirahopkins.bsky.social too good not to add here too 😆
[shakes head sadly] There is nothing I can do :(
Anyone interesting in the future of OA books, come and attend our conference next year, join the conversation!
CEU Press were the first press to take a chance on a new OA model in 2021 and they, and the member libraries, have made such a success of it since 😍
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Well done you lot, that's fab - here's to another 17 🍾
Thanks Christoph, yes sorry I meant if you knew why the OA version had gone. Have a copy of the T&F corporate explanation on the acquisition already, but thanks!
@christophsorg.bsky.social are you able to share any details on this, how you found out, why it happened etc? My colleagues and I at @copim.bsky.social are very interested in developments like this in schol comms, including researching an article on T&F's takeover of AUP.
I wonder what happened here then? Did T&F pull the plug on the official OA version? If so, how is that possible and for what reasons?
