Open Book Collective

RE: @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social

Congratulations @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social on this newly published Strategic Plan, with values of openness, community and inclusivity at its core. PKP is one of OBC's three current Publishing Service Provider members. They are working with us to generate specific funds for their book-focused publishing solution Open Monograph Press. Come and hear from them at our showcase for new OBC members on Monday November 24th, at 3pm GMT/4pm CET/10am ET. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/d7Oy4qMNTn6vdswJ0gyHoA#/registration

Watch the recording of last week's #OAweek panel on 'Mainstreaming Diamond', hosted by Open Library of Humanities. Featuring OBC's Joe Deville @joe_dev@mastodon.social, alongside Kira Hopkins from Opening the Future, Rupert Gatti from Open Book Publishers, Caroline Edwards from OLH & Open Journals Collective, and Joanna Ball from @DOAJ@masto.ai. c chaired by Paula Celente Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt0mrhZw4

1/ We are also extremely happy to announce that Edizioni Ca’ Foscari (ECF), or Venice University Press, has joined the Open Book Collective, taking the total number of publisher members to 15. ECF is a fully #OpenAccess publisher https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/edizioni-ca-foscari-joins-the-open-book-collective

We are excited to announce that Caroline Ball has joined as our new Community Engagement Lead. Hooray! 🥳 Caroline is a committed advocate for libraries, #OpenAccess & knowledge equity, a Trustee at @wikimediauk@wikis.world and played a key role in the #EbookSOS campaign

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to share our 2024–2025 Annual Report: A Year of Important Progress. We’ve made big strides toward sustainability, expanded our collective + strengthened global partnerships for OA books. Read the full report: https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-book-collective-2024-to-2025-annual-report/