Really important and interesting topic being covered in this webinar today; free to register! Do come along if you can.
I'm so so sorry Becky -- sincere condolences. Wishing you lots of strength and love at such a difficult time. ❤️

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I'm so so sorry Becky -- sincere condolences. Wishing you lots of strength and love at such a difficult time. ❤️
The art of the deal!
Really important and interesting topic being covered in this webinar today; free to register! Do come along if you can.
Our first event is this afternoon! Please register at luma.com/onkgv07k and come hear Lisa Schiff speak about 'Responding to political upheaval with #DefendResearch', with time for questions and discussion. We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Team Copim still going strong 🧡 Find out what we're up to and how to get involved in our post project era
Fantastic to announce our @openlibhums.org tech team are collaborating with @plos.org to develop @janewayolh.bsky.social. As Tom Scott from PLOS writes: “Open, community-developed infrastructure is essential to the future of scholarly publishing & Janeway is an important part of that future.”
Next week is #OAWeek and there's still time to get tickets for the various events #CopimCommunity are speaking at!
What is the cost of open knowledge? @alittleroad.bsky.social
joins Koç University Suna Kıraç Library to discuss global perspectives 🌍️
📆 22 Oct (11:30am)
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[EVENT] Meet the UK members: why we joined OPERAS!
Find out more about @operaseu.bsky.social including the practical benefits of membership & the opportunities it creates for strategic collaboration, advocacy and support
🔗 www.jisc.ac.uk/events/meet-...
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UPDATE: What’s next for Copim?
An update on our plans for Copim’s future.
Next week is #OAWeek and there's still time to get tickets for the various events #CopimCommunity are speaking at!
Join @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social @alittleroad.bsky.social for the 2nd day of @uksg.bsky.social Introduction to #OA seminar series
📆 21 October (10am-1pm)
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Hard to devise a better metaphor for the past decade and a half of Premier League football than Man City winning while playing with an extra man.
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
I'm very excited and honored to be part of this seminar series! I'll be talking about the vulnerability of social infrastructure within the knowledge ecosystem. Please consider registering!
It's being used as a marketing term, like 'transformative', and like 'transformative', it means, 'keep giving us your money as you've always done'.
'Sage Community Open Access' www.sagepub.com/journals/inf...
Curious to know who the community is that's referenced here, and how they can influence this community initiative.
Come along to this workshop (19 October 1-3pm BST) I am doing together with Simon Worthington for Open Access week ‘Experimental and computational publishing workshop - Can we reimagine scholarly communication?’ Hosted by LSE Open Research & CIVICA: www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
NEW POST & VIDEO | 'Distributing knowledge for equity — An evolving concept and a call for action'
Recording of & reflections on our recent webinar to explore openness & equity in the distribution of knowledge -- plus a call to action!
NEW EVENT | 'Shaping the Future of Diamond Open Access for Books: Have Your Say'
Find out more about how you can feed in to the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS) for books!
📍Online, free
📆 Monday 12 October
⏰ 10-11am BST / 11am-12pm CEST
NEW - @defendresearch.bsky.social campaign to raise money to conduct a rigorous, evidence-based analysis of the aggregated impact of U.S. government censorship: