Opening books collectively: Working together for a fairer future for books This presentation introduces how a relatively new, non-profit initiative – the Open Book Collective (OBC) – is furthering open science in a closing world via its diamond approach to funding open…

The team are back from #Munin2025

Their presentations are available to view /download via our Zenodo Community 🖥️

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Dispatches from the North A short post to end the week, reflecting at the end of the Munin conference in Tromsø, Northern Norway.

Some reflections for @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social at the end of an intense but always rewarding week in the North of Norway at the #Munin2025 conference.
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Me luv #MuninConference. Each time something new, and new insights also to themes that are familiar to me. Not merely nice talks but critical thinking out loud if needed. Meeting colleagues all over the world and contexts. Lots to take home. TY & <3 team #Munin2025!

🌟 Closing the Munin Conference 2025 with Per Pippin Aspaas! 🎤💎
A bold vision for the shift from Publish-and-Read to Diamond Open Access — and how libraries can lead the way. 📚✨
Abstract 👉 doi.org/10.7557/5.8339
#Munin2025 #OpenScience #DiamondOA

From Publish-and-Read Deals to Diamond Open Access: How Library Budgets Can Support Non-Commercial Publishing | Septentrio Conference Series Senior Academic Librarian at the Tromsø campus of UiT the Arctic University of Norway and a member of the institution’s Library collections budget committee.

Okay, some progress in Norway with funding #OpenAcess. Per Pippin Aspaas talking, #Munin2025. He knows a lot also abt how Norwegian unis have implemented #RRS, and he told that #UiT 's library director Joanne Raade has been a driving force in that process. Thanks to her! (We r learning form u.)

From academia to the grassroots – open access, knowledge sharing and politics in Pacific Islands agriculture | Septentrio Conference Series This story is about an open agricultural knowledge sharing platform in the Pacific Islands, designed to serve the interests of the real grassroots – the farmers, foresters and fishers – as well as policy makers, planners, researchers, technical advisors and community workers.

#Munin2025 keeps on giving: Peter Walton promised to share lessons learned on open access, knowledge sharing and politics in Pacific Islands agriculture. Discipline seldom present in #OA conferences. Fresh! and important as they work with basic needs of humanity: food. Find more:

Well, now we are talking! Or he is: Who edits reality? presentation by Maciej Maryl in #Munin2025. Scholarly publishing has many levels, and editing happens in every and each of them. #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics

Paola Corti from @sparc-eu.bsky.social sharing why librarians are agents of change in #openeducation at #munin2025

librarians Archives - SPARC Europe

Paola Corti talking abt SPARC Europe's take on #OpenEducation. I do like the sound of her title (it's ending): librarians as agents of change. #OpenResearch #Munin2025 Take a look: sparceurope.org/tag/libraria...

Note to self: do not use gemmology (nor geological) terms when talking about different levels of #OpenAccess as everybody does not know what they actually mean. Diamond? Platinum? Golden? Bronze? Uh... #Munin2025

The #Munin2025 committee hope you are enjoying the streaming. Here are some members of the filming & streaming team from @ubuit.bsky.social

Platinum Open Access Funding (PLATO)

Swizz experiences on creating #DiamondOpenAccess community presented by Daniela Hahn. This kind of examples help us others in implementing diamond in our own contexts. #PLATO #Munin2025 More: www.openscience.uzh.ch/en/scholarly...

Particularly relevant in the context of #Munin2025: @joedeville.bsky.social highlights some findings from a report on adoption of #DiamondOA, with a focus here on feedback received from Nordic countries (with case studies of Finland and Sweden)

Comic book zine

Comic book zine

I really enjoyed the “Zine Making & The Radical Possibilities of Publishing” workshop organised by Zoe from @radishpress.bsky.social! Coming from a very traditional academic publisher, this was widely refreshing and eye opening for me! Thanks, Zoe! #Munin2025

🌍 In a turbulent world, today’s keynote at #Munin2025 “Open science in a closing world” by Kenneth Ruud hit hard. Knowledge is both tool and weapon 🧠⚔️ — and trust is our strongest shield. 🤝✨
#OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #FFI #KnowledgeMatters

Data Management Training Development Project | Tampere universities Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) constitute the Tampere Universities community. Our areas of priority in research and education are technology, health and societ...

This is soooooo nice! Colleagues from Finland introducing National RDM Training Network of Finland in #Munin2025. Long live to collaboration and peer support! And big hand to Pauli Assinen, Laura Mure & Päivi Malinen. #RDM #OpenData #DataCuration #DataManagement See also: www.tuni.fi/en/research/...

Second excellent keynote at #Munin2025 from Kenneth Ruud of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment on 'Open science in a closing world'. Sobering, full of direct challenges to agents across the research and scholarly communications. But optimistic and rock solid in support of Open Science.

Nature nurtures our souls before we dive into the topics of open science in the context of security and information warfare in the closing world with Kenneth Ruud (The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment). Difficult conversations follow at #Munin2025

Sunrise over snowy hills seen from the UiT Capmus

The last day of #Munin2025 greets us with the most beautiful view of sunrise from the UiT Campus.

Our Director @joedeville.bsky.social will be streaming live from #Munin2025 in around 30 mins (9.30GMT/10.30CET), introducing the OBC's work & some examples from our report into barriers to supporting collective #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. Streaming link: uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Opening books collectively: Working together for a fairer future for books | Septentrio Conference Series This presentation introduces how a relatively new, non-profit initiative – the Open Book Collective (OBC) – is furthering open science in a closing world via its diamond approach to funding open…

Join joedeville.bsky.social from @openbookcollective.bsky.social at #Munin2025 TODAY

🖊️ Opening books collectively: working together for a fairer future for books
⏰ 10:30-10:55
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#OpenAccess #Monographs #OpenData #OpenScience

Difficult q: non-symmetric sharing of data/openess? Ruud suggesting: Sharing and openness keeping national security in min. Also reminder: research system is ok, not broken. #Munin2025 #OpenResearch #Research #Society #WhenTheGoingGetsTough #KeepCalmAndCarryOn

Outch... Today's first presentation deals with the issue (!) of #OpenResearch in closing world. Age of New Cold War? Hope Kenneth Ruud will ease my mind during his talk. U knowledge can be used both for better and worse 😰 #Munin2025 #NorwegianDefenceResearchEstablishment

🌍 Live now at #Munin2025! 🌟
Final keynote: “Open science in a closing world” with Kenneth Ruud (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment).
How can openness thrive amid geopolitics, misinfo & pressure on research integrity? 🔬🌐
👉 Abstract: doi.org/10.7557/5.8356
#OpenScience #UiT #ResearchIntegrity

See the talk streamed live on Nov 20 at 9:15 CET - vimeo.com/event/5480911.

#openscience #security #Munin2025

I have just realised that:
- @tweissgerber.bsky.social also spoke brilliantly at #Metascience2025, telling us to 'Disturb shit!'

- my profile pic is a stuffed baby polar bear, taken at The Polar Museum during #Munin2023

It is apparently a small world after all

#Munin2025

Some trees covered in snow outside UiT

A view of mountains and trees covered in snow across the water from Tromsø harbour

So good to be back in Tromsø for #Munin2025 Always a diverse and inspiring occasion, and this is no exception. Fantastic keynote this morning from @tweissgerber.bsky.social on Open Methods, talking to us about this we all know from very fresh perspectives. Lots to digest from other sessions.

Day 2 at #Munin2025! ✨

Huge thanks to my UiT-colleague and friend Torjer Olsen, leading the panel on Indigenous Rights in Research.

A powerful reminder that FAIR + CARE research builds fairness, respect & better communities. 🙌
doi.org/10.7557/5.8332

#OpenScience #IndigenousRights #UiT

Indigenous Rights in Research: Future Needs for Involvement of Indigenous Perspectives | Septentrio Conference Series Torjer Olsen is professor in Indigenous studies and head of department at the Centre for Sámi Studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His academic interests include Indigenous education, methodologies in Indigenous research, and research management.

Final panel of the day 2 #Munin2025: Indigenous Rights in Research: Future Needs for Involvement of Indigenous Perspectives. Also libraries need to know abt these as we deal with #metadata, #repositories, #InformationSystems, #Thesauri, #ClassificationSchemes and such, every day. And they matter.

Live now at #Munin2025! 🔵🌿

Our panel Indigenous Rights in Research is underway, led by Torjer A. Olsen with Sheryl Lightfoot, Susanna Siri & Else Grete Broderstad.

Exploring FAIR + CARE for a more just research future. ✨

🔗 Abstract: doi.org/10.7557/5.8332

#OpenScience #IndigenousRights