Top takeaways from #CopimConference through the eyes of a complete newbie to #OpenAccess
For Jacqui Hunt (Information Resources Librarian) @leedsbeckett.bsky.social it was an enlightening experience 💡
Read more 👉 copim.pub/top-takeaway...
Loads to dig into here: a really useful cross-cutting summary of the discussions at #CopimConference by @ebnunn.bsky.social
"Something that I have always appreciated about Copim is that open access is not understood as an ultimate beneficial end point in itself. No ‘open access at any cost’ here!"
Here are my reflections on the #CopimConference - thanks again for the bursary to attend 🥰
Next up is @ebnunn.bsky.social Scholarly Communications Librarian @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Notes from the #CopimConference features their thoughts on labour, values & community
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"Meeting colleagues in person for the first time and making new connections highlighted just how integral mutual enthusiasm, sharing experiences and viewpoints and open discussion is for the [open research] landscape moving forward."
#CopimConference #OAbooks #OpenResearch #OpenAccess
Next up is @chelle703.bsky.social Senior Library Assistant @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
▶️ Explore the impact of #OpenResources on funding
▶️ Learn how open #Metadata practices enhances the discoverability & value of #OAbooks
Read & share: copim.pub/exploring-co...
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In the first of a series from our #CopimConference bursary attendees, @meganeve.eurosky.social (Copyright & Scholarly Comms Librarian at@yorkstjohn.bsky.social) shares:
🧠 reflections on the event
🔜 next steps after the conference
🤝 advice on getting involved w/Copim
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'Exploring the Future of Community-led Open Access Books: A Copim Conference'
In this post, @alittleroad.bsky.social summarises the recent #CopimConference and shares recordings and slides from all panels. Catch up here!
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#OAbooks #OpenAccess
A call to arms from for all #Copimconference attendees to keep engaging with us via our new mailing list 💪
Feed into what's next for #openaccess and #openinfrastructures
Subscribe to copim@jiscmail.ac.uk 👉 buff.ly/Kij8Abw
Photo credit: Philip Oroni via Unsplash
Don't pose that question reluctantly! Pose it with vigour and force! Neither desire or willingness are static features. What the #copimconference showed me is that dial has moved on both - how do we keep it turning? what action(s) can we each take to turn it a little bit more? Scaling small actions!
This panel on experimental publishing futures which I co-chaired with @openreflections.bsky.social is now available to view in its entirety on the Internet Archive. #CopimConference archive.org/details/copi...
We'll be sending out requests for feedback on #CopimConference shortly 📩
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Image of the screen and panel seating ready to go at the event.
After a week in London at #R2RConf and #CopimConference my open research roadshow continues at a 'Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week' event at @rcsed.bsky.social in Edinburgh where I'm on a panel to talk about 'expanding openness' for arts + humanities.
An image of the conference centre in Glasgow with the UKSG logo, details of the conference (30 March - 1 April, Scottish Events Centre, Glasgow, UK) and a flash that says 'I'm attending'
Now I am in the conferencing groove -- I will be at @uksg.bsky.social representing @copim.bsky.social!
Looking forward to attending my first UKSG, reconnecting with a lot of the people I saw so recently at #CopimConference and meeting many more folks in Glasgow!
#UKSG2026
Author Emily Carter recently attended the #CopimConference as a bursary winner
The themes in her blog - collaboration, community values, connections - resonate strongly with us 🤝🧡
What did the #CopimConference spark for you? Stay engaged with @copim.bsky.social and feed in to what's next!
Join the Jiscmail and stay tuned 📻
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Someone recommended this lovely experimental open access book at the #CopimConference and I added it to my training session on OA books today developmentserver.ravenspacepublishing.org/as-i-remembe...
Now the dust is settling after the excitement of #CopimConference last week, I've finally got some time to explore the hashtag & discover some of the conversations & summaries that were happening alongside the panels - fascinating to see what struck people & how much online discussion there was!
Many thanks to everyone who attended #CopimConference!
We hope that conversations were stimulating, connections were made and ideas were hatched!
The recordings & resources will will be linked from our website so watch this space!
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Thank you for such a fantastic two days #CopimConference. The infrastructure work you have done has been transformative for presses like @lsepress.bsky.social but just as important has been the community you built and comradeship you fostered - and long may that continue.
Heading home after a really energising and thought-provoking couple of days at the @copim.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to everyone involved for organising such an inspiring programme celebrating the valuable work done by both Copim and #OpenBookFutures 👏 #CopimConference
On the train home from #CopimConference - flush from meeting many of my colleagues (awesome) for the first time and lots of other rather smashing people besides! I think the future of open access and scholarly comms are in good hands, if this gathering is at all representative!
On the train back to Manchester reflecting on a fab #CopimConference - I received some very kind feedback about my paper and have made new connections as well as being able to connect with existing ones. So many enthusiastic & interesting people in the @copim.bsky.social community. Thank you all!
That's a wrap! Thanks so much to all who came to the #CopimConference, to our fantastic speakers & our wonderful hosts at Loughborough University London campus.
We'll release recordings soon & we look forward to taking the energy & ideas from conference into the coming months! 🔜
#CopimConference - that’s a wrap! Two days well spent, celebrating the spirit of the @copim.bsky.social community & enjoying time together in person ✨ Let’s all keep up momentum and continue exploring the future of community-led #OAbooks
What a bloody brilliant #CopimConference 🎉 Met lots of new pallls
As a PhD student studying open access and then an OA librarian I have been v disillusioned with the whole project but the work produced by Copim over the last few years has really provided something to enage with again #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
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.’
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And that’s a wrap!
We thoroughly enjoyed the @copim.bsky.social conference.
Being among like-minded colleagues and friends – all working on incredible projects – makes us feel even more strongly that together we can shake up academic publishing.
Chaos is coming!
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