hometown 4.5.18+hometown-1.2.1An international community building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing. #OAbooks
Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social at #OER2026 for the panel session
Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books
Explore the full progamme 👉 https://buff.ly/XUza9Z5
The programme for #OASPA2026 is now available!
Kira Hopkins will be part of a panel discussing the many faces of sustainability in #OpenAccess
How can a small, scholar-led press publish experimentally?
Francois van Schalkwyk (African Minds) reflects on the ‘Database as Book’ pilot
☑️ Collaboration
☑️ Peer review
☑️ Rethinking publishing workflows
[BLOG] Peer Review as Party: It’s Done in the Doing
Reflecting on when we tried to put the GitHub-based review process to use during a collective peer review party
Find out what happened! 🔗 https://buff.ly/CqrVXeb
[BLOG] Deep Maps: Monographs 'n' Markdown
Looking back at the creation of Deep Maps: Blue Humanities
Read the first blog post in the series 👉 https://buff.ly/YOACOQI
Parts 2-5 coming later this week!
After the Pilot: What ‘ServPub’ Makes Available
⛓️💥 What might publishing look like if there were more collaborative, processual, and horizontal modes of writing, editing, design, hosting, and sharing?
Explore these ideas in our new blog which looks back on the 'ServPub' pilor and the resulting book - Publishing as Collective Infrastructure
[KEYNOTE] #ALN26: Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries
Join Caroline Ball @openbookcollect@mastodon.social in person TODAY (Mon 6 July) @manmetuni.bsky.social
🗝️ Open Access and Its Blind Spots: Rethinking Access, Legitimacy, and Knowledge
More detail 👉
Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚
.@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social are part of a panel session today at #OER2026
👉 Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books
[ONLINE CONFERENCE] Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): Creative Collaborations, Collective Momentum
📆 Thursday, 14 May
📍 Online
🔗 https://buff.ly/mU0yl6L
@joe_dev@mastodon.social from openbookcollect@mastodon.social will be joined by @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social @Lyrasis@mastodon.social and Erudit to discuss the future of collective funding models for #OpenAccess
Join the next #DPClinic & discover how to future proof your #PhD thesis!
Explore the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ with @dpc_chat@digipres.club
🕰️ 22 June @ 2:00pm
📍 Online
🎟️ https://buff.ly/P9X0EWi
Photo: Markus Winkler, Unsplash
[WEBINAR] How to make your #OA books more accessible (and why it matters!)
How can smaller publishers can make their #OpenAccess books more accessible to users of assistive tech?
Our #Acessibility Group join @alittleroad@hcommons.social and the Open Access Books Networks next week to discuss #Accessibility for #EBooks
📆 27 April 2026
⏰️ 14:45 PM UK time
🔗 https://buff.ly/GVQ2CCD
🚨 NEW RESOURCES!
Head over to #CopimCompass to discover new content on the Knowledge Bases and Library Success Stories sections 🧭
Where can I publish a book open access without (necessarily) paying a fee? 👉 buff.ly/z79au3r
Stories of Open 👉 buff.ly/BwdH7sO
[KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT] Join Caroline Ball @openbookcollect@mastodon.social in person on 6 July 2026 at MMU
🗝️ Open Access and Its Blind Spots: Rethinking Access, Legitimacy, and Knowledge
Read the abstract 👉 https://buff.ly/fq9gqvA
[BLOG] Framing the Internet : A conversation with @scrivenersmith@hcommons.social
The last in the series documenting the making of Deep Maps: Blue Humanities discusses
Read the authors thoughts ▶️ https://buff.ly/1axtTyp
[BLOG] Peer Review Under Review
Conversation between author @scrivenersmith@hcommons.social John Atkinson @uniwestpress@bird.makeup & Julien McHardy (Experimental Publishing Group) around double-blind peer review & the recent peer review party
[BLOG] Deep Maps: experimenting with peer review
Take a look back at how the team planned to integrate an open peer review process using GitHub, a platform designed for sharing and managing software code, as a site for peer review
🔗 https://copim.pub/deep-maps-experimenting-with-peer-review/
📢 Interested in joining the Opening the Future programme Community of Practice?
Join the first meeting to find out more & how to get involved 🤝
📆 Weds. 10 June
⏰️ 4pm BST
🔗 https://buff.ly/UkC1Nvy
An outline of the CoP, including format, logistics & governance, is over on our website 👇️
https://copim.pub/announcing-the-opening-the-future-community-of-practice/
🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: Sidestone Press
We recently caught up with Karsten Wentink, archaeologist and co-founder of Sidestone Press to find out how, as a small scholar-led press, to find out how they realised the benefits of working towards #Accessibility standards
Read more 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-sidestone-press/
And catch up with earlier conversations
White Horse Press 👉
https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-white-horse-press/
Mattering Press 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-mattering-press/
How can we shape equitable #OpenAccess for longform scholarship?
Join Tom Grady (former Copim Open Book Futures project) for Session 6 of The Knowledge Equity Network Open Scholarship Week 2026 to find out!
📆 21 May 2026
🕒️ 10:00 – 11:00 BST & CET
📍 Online
Register now! 👉 https://buff.ly/ww1hpr1
Full programme over on the KEN website ▶️ https://knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/knowledge-equity-open-scholarship-week-2026-programme/
What experimental books make possible: Celebrations & reflections from the Experimental Publishing Group 2026 Retreat 🎉
Reps from the 3 pilot project teams gathered in person to:
▶️ discuss & share their experiences
▶️ to further consider how their work can progress experimental book publishing beyond ‘enhanced eBooks’
@scrivenersmith@hcommons.social @mrchristian@openbiblio.social
🤝 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬
The Copim Open Book Futures project may finish today, but it's not the end!
The fantastic #CopimCommunity continues!
Members of the OBF project are booked up well into 2026 so keep an eye on our socials for more info 👀
And join our new mailing list 👉 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=copim
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social TODAY at @helmholtz_hmc
☑️ Open data
☑️ Open access
☑️ Open Source
🟰 Liberating #Metadata for #OABooks and chapters!
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
[KEYNOTE] Joe Deville @joe_dev@mastodon.social @openbookcollect@mastodon.social is at CIVICA Open Science Conference today!
Building on the work of the CIVICA Open Science Communities, the programme features keynotes, panels, lightning talks, and networking opportunities. Our aim is to highlight the specific opportunities and challenges that open science brings to the social science, and to invite discussion about best practices between disciplines.
Find out more 👉 https://www.civica.eu/research/open-science/civica-library/open-science-communities
🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: @lsepress.bsky.social
Our final Accessibility Conversation took place with LSE Press Production Manager, Justin Clark
Catch up with all the other Accessibility Conversations – where we spoke with representatives from individual publishers about their work to achieve accessible content - over on the Copim website
Keep in touch with the #CopimCommunity!
As well as our social media accounts, we also have a maling list
Sign up now 👉 https://buff.ly/0icSiLN
[BLOG] Building the conditions for #OA books to thrive 🌱
Read thoughts & reflections from @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social on their work across infrastructures, research, and communities between 2023-26
Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/kpo68UC
Guest post from Rob Johnson at the Scholarly Kitchen: "Fixing the Leaky Metadata Pipeline: A Conversation with the Creator of Research Nexus Score" @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social
[ONLINE CONFERENCE] Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): Creative Collaborations, Collective Momentum
📆 Thursday, 14 May
📍 Online
🔗 https://buff.ly/mU0yl6L
@joe_dev@mastodon.social from openbookcollect@mastodon.social will be joined by @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social @Lyrasis@mastodon.social and Erudit to discuss the future of collective funding models for #OpenAccess
The preliminary programme for OASPA Annual Conference is now available!
We spy Kira Hopkins discussing the many faces of sustainability in #OA
Members of #CopimCommunity are heading to @operaseu@bird.makeup conference! #operas2026sciros
📆 18-21 May 2026
📍 Warsaw, Poland
@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social
Full programme 👉 https://buff.ly/0CvDZVL
📢 #CALC26 Tickets are now on sale!
📆 Tuesday 12 - Thursday 14 May
📍 Online
Featuring Joanne Fitzpatrick from our #Accessibility WG on Day 1
👉 The Open Book Accessibility Model: libraries and small presses partnering for sustainable accessibility practices
🔗 https://sites.google.com/view/calcconference/calc2026
Photo by CURVD® on Unsplash
🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: University of London Press
As a predominantly open access press with access as a central part of their mission, a key driver for their accessibility journey was the commitment to ensure their books are as accessible to as many readers as possible
🔗 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-university-of-london-press/
And catch up with earlier conversations
White Horse Press 👉
https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-white-horse-press/
Mattering Press 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-mattering-press/
Sidestone Press 👉 https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-sidestone-press/
Members of #CopimCommunity will be at @operaseu@bird.makeup conference 2026 later this month!
📆 18-21 May 2026
📍 Warsaw, Poland
@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social #operas2026sciros
Full programme 👉 https://buff.ly/0CvDZVL
📢 Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026 has begun!
Tom Grady (Copim/Opening the Future) joins a panel to discuss how best to shape equitable #OA for longform!
📆 21 May 2026
🕒️ 10:00 – 11:00 BST & CET
📍 Online
More info, and registration details 👉 https://buff.ly/ww1hpr1
Full programme ▶️ https://knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/knowledge-equity-open-scholarship-week-2026-programme/
[ALN Conference 2026] Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries #ALN26
🛜 Online on 24th June 2026
👥 In person on 6th July 2026 (Manchester Metropolitan University)
🗝️ Keynotes Stephen Pinfield (online day) & Caroline Ball @openbookcollect@mastodon.social (in person day)
Find out more 👉 https://academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/aln-conference-2026/
🗣️ Accessibility Conversations: Mattering Press
We recently caught up with @joe_dev@mastodon.social (editor at Mattering Press) to find out how, as a small scholar-led press, they are approaching #Accessibility
Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/D7SVkk4
And catch up with the first conversation in the series from earlier in the year 👉
https://copim.pub/accessibility-conversations-white-horse-press/
[BLOG] Small Press, Shared Success: Librarian Agency over Accessibility in Emerging Publishing Models
We give an overview of the accessibility responsibilities of academic librarians and where they do and do not have control over the accessibility of content
Learn how to
⭐ Evidence & audit the accessibility features of library content
⭐ Make informed decisions during acquisition
⭐ Provide alternative formats where accessible versions are not available
📢 Make sure you don't miss out on #CALC26 tickets!
📆 Tuesday 12 - Thursday 14 May
📍 Online
Featuring Joanne Fitzpatrick from our #Accessibility WG on Day 1
👉 The Open Book Accessibility Model: libraries and small presses partnering for sustainable accessibility practices
🔗 https://sites.google.com/view/calcconference/calc2026
Photo by CURVD® on Unsplash
Keep in touch with the #CopimCommunity!
As well as our social media accounts, we also have a maling list
Sign up now 👉 https://buff.ly/0icSiLN
[CONFERENCE] Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social at #LIBER2026 for their workshop later today!
📆 1 July 2026
📍 R91
🗣️ LIBERating Metadata Flows to Improve Findability of European Open Textbooks and Exploring Tools to Improve Advocacy and Adoption
Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/Z0Yi98m
Interested in #OERs #Textbooks 📚
Join @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social at #OER2026 for the panel session
Open Metadata & Open Ecosystems: Collaborations between university and library publishers and open infrastructures to boost discoverability of open (text)books
Explore the full progamme 👉 https://buff.ly/XUza9Z5
[UPDATE] Find out more about the Collective Development Fund project at the Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Colombia
Funded by @openbookcollect@mastodon.social the project aims to build capacity for academic #OABooks in small & medium-sized HEIs
[CONFERENCE] #LIBER2026 | The Power of Libraries in an Uncertain World.
📆 1-3 July 2026
📍 Trondheim, Norway
Check out the programme 👉 https://buff.ly/gbwKbjH (and see if you can spot which members of #CopimCommunity wil be there!)
Photo by Louis Droege on Unsplash
[WEBINAR] Open Book Collective, Open Journals Collective, and Thoth: Collaborating for a sustainable Diamond OA future (in Germany & other German-language contexts) 🔮
📆 11 June 2026
🕔️ 11:00-12:00 CEST
🔗 https://buff.ly/mE4J35Q
The @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social team are heading to Heidelberg, Germany for #HMCConference2026
📆 28–30 April 2026
🔎 Explore how metadata creates scientific impact across disciplines and infrastructures!
🔗 https://buff.ly/uQmDvas
How can a small, scholar-led press publish experimentally?
African Mind’s Francois van Schalkwyk reflects on collaboration, peer review, and rethinking publishing workflows through the ‘Database as Book’ pilot
Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/8FgNdOp
[CONFERENCE] @@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social will be delivering a workshop at #LIBER2026
📆 1 July 2026
🗣️ LIBERating Metadata Flows to Improve Findability of European Open Textbooks and Exploring Tools to Improve Advocacy and Adoption
Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/Z0Yi98m
[REPORT] Open Book Collective: Stakeholder and Sustainability Evaluation
🩷 Research with a range of @openbookcollect@mastodon.social stakeholders
🩷 An analysis of OBC’s finances
🩷 Potential path towards full financial sustainability
Read more 👉 https://obc.copim.pub/obc-stakeholder-and-sustainability-evaluation-report/
[KEYNOTE] Join @joe_dev@mastodon.social @openbookcollect@mastodon.social at CIVICA Open Science Conference!
📆 Wednesday 20 May
📍 LSE and online
▶️ Register via Eventbrite now https://buff.ly/t8963XB
