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Lucy Barnes

@alittleroad.bsky.social

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Open Book Publishers • Copim • Open Access Books Network • ScholarLed • All things open access books • Also on Mastodon (@[email protected]) & LinkedIn (lucy-barnes-01670473) • She/her

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@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 3:37 PM

I'm so so sorry Becky -- sincere condolences. Wishing you lots of strength and love at such a difficult time. ❤️

@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 10:10 AM

The art of the deal!

@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 10:09 AM

Really important and interesting topic being covered in this webinar today; free to register! Do come along if you can.

#DefendResearch #AcademicFreedom

@toki-crassh.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 9:27 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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!

@anna-r-hughes.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:09 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

Team Copim still going strong 🧡 Find out what we're up to and how to get involved in our post project era

@theblochian.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 9:47 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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.”

@copim.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:02 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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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@anna-r-hughes.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:51 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

[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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@copim.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 11:35 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

UPDATE: What’s next for Copim?

An update on our plans for Copim’s future.

buff.ly/cKZeDEd

#OAbooks #OpenInfrastructure #OpenAccess

@copim.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:01 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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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@petertl.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:07 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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.

@sathnam.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:59 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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

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@lschiff.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 6:28 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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!

@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:09 AM

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'.

@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:36 PM

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@alittleroad.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:35 PM

'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.

@openreflections.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:50 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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...

@openbookpublish.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:16 PMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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!

buff.ly/zWUc2tD

#OpenAccess #OpenEducation #HigherEd

@oabooksnetwork.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:10 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

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

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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@openbookpublish.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:50 AMReposted by @alittleroad.bsky.social

NEW - @defendresearch.bsky.social campaign to raise money to conduct a rigorous, evidence-based analysis of the aggregated impact of U.S. government censorship:

donorbox.org/defendresearch

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