OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association

Take a look at our new post: "The fabric of libraries as collective actors". A distillation from our most recent OASPA-Wayfinder webinars featuring rich Q&A with librarians, that explores library and consortial thinking on evaluation of open access offers & much more. bit.ly/3TzuEW0 #OA #OpenAccess

Don't forget to register for October 29! Can Data Sovereignty and Open Access Co-exist? Perspectives from across the Asia Pacific. Join us live! In collaboration with @oaaustralasia.bsky.social

Webinar invitation: Can Data Sovereignty and Open Access Co-exist? October 29 OASPA and @oaaustralasia.bsky.social are delighted to be collaborating on a webinar bringing together perspectives from across the Asia Pacific. Full info: www.oaspa.org/events/can-d...

Take a look at our new post: "The fabric of libraries as collective actors". A distillation from our most recent OASPA-Wayfinder webinars featuring rich Q&A with librarians, that explores library and consortial thinking on evaluation of open access offers & much more. bit.ly/3TzuEW0 #OA #OpenAccess

Webinar invitation: Can Data Sovereignty and Open Access Co-exist? October 29 OASPA and @oaaustralasia.bsky.social are delighted to be collaborating on a webinar bringing together perspectives from across the Asia Pacific. Full info: www.oaspa.org/events/can-d...

We are now less than a week away from #OASPA2026 in Zagreb! We’re grateful to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for their generous support as a Conference Sponsor. 👉View our conference programme: bit.ly/3SoR4IW Are you joining us? Let us know in the comments! #OpenAccess #OA #ScholarlyPublishing #OASPA

#OASPA2026 Keynotes Reasoning Without Sources: Generative AI, Open Data, & the Future of Provenance Pierre-Carl Langlais, pleias.ai Open Innovation in the AI moment - stress-testing for publicness Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change @itforchange.bsky.social us8.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh...

🔶 We are pleased to present the program for #OAWeek2026 - so big that the week has become a full month! The theme of #OAWeek2026 is The Cost of Knowledge 🙏 Thanks @sparcopen.bsky.social @oaspa.bsky.social and CAUL for co-hosting events #OAWeek All details ▶️ oaaustralasia.org/events/oawee...

EMS Press is heading to #OASPA2026 in Zagreb 👋 Laura Simonite will present in Wednesday’s Poster Lightning Talk session: 🎤 Launch to Open: Shared Risk, Collective Benefit 🕛 23 Sep, 11.55–12.40 Come and join the conversation about community-led, sustainable #OpenAccess. @oaspa.bsky.social

#OpenAccess folks, you've just a few weeks left to respond to @countermetrics.bsky.social OA consultation. I'll be talking about it at the @oaspa.bsky.social conference later this month, and it closes shortly after I return from Zagreb. www.countermetrics.org/oa-consultat...

#OASPA2026 Sep 21-23 interactive sessions Linking what counts within Research Assessment to the Future of Open Publishing 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗱 | 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 Co-creating the next generation of open access agreements 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘆 | 𝗥𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 All info at us8.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh...

I'll be speaking on this panel about the impact of AI on open access (and indeed, traditional subscription titles) and asking if OA is still the imperative it once seemed.

Learn about two more panels at #OASPA2026 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱? Moderator: Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 Moderator: Matt Buys @mattbuys.bsky.social Info us8.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh...

Learn about two more panels at #OASPA2026 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱? Moderator: Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 Moderator: Matt Buys @mattbuys.bsky.social Info us8.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh...

Learn about two panels of #OASPA2026 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮? Moderator: 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 Moderator: 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 All the information and panellists: mailchi.mp/oaspa/panel-... Huge thanks to sponsors!

PKP is pleased to sponsor @oaspa.bsky.social's #OASPA2026 in Croatia from 21 – 23 September 2026! Topics include: 📌 #OpenKnowledge, #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure 📌 #Sustainability, #Interoperability 📌 Governance, trust, reciprocity And more! See you there 👋 www.oaspa.org/events/annua...

Want to learn more about starting and managing an #OA journal? Check out the OA Journals Toolkit! #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing

"The Plumbing of Progress: Why Open Infrastructure Is Everyone’s Business" – panel session at the @oaspa.bsky.social Conference moderated by DataCite Executive Director Matthew Buys, bringing focus to why sustainability of open infrastructure matters. Join us in Zagreb tinyurl.com/3zh5d35u

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🌐 Very much looking forward to the @oaspa.bsky.social 2026 Conference. This year's Conference tackles challenges in open scholarly communication with a focus on interactivity and interchange #OASPA2026 📅 21-23 September 📍 Zagreb, Croatia www.oaspa.org/events/annua...

The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for new & established open access journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape. The Toolkit is a free resource from OASPA and @doaj.bsky.social with information on how to start or run an #OA journal. www.oajournals-toolkit.org

We are pleased to share the recording and supplementary Q&A from last week’s webinar - pt 2 of our Libraries as Collective Actors series: bit.ly/4bC00AS We are grateful to our speakers— Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland for generously sharing their expertise across both sessions. #OpenAccess

Still time to register.... July 15...

Remember to register and join us live for our next webinar on 15 July 2026 at 2pm BST - Libraries as Collective Actors Part 2. This next discussion follows on from Wayfinders#7 - full information & registration details can be found on our post - bit.ly/4vbjqDJ #OASPA #Wayfinders #OpenAccess #OA

Join us 15 July, 2pm BST for our next webinar where we follow-on from Wayfinders#7 to unpack further library perspectives on supporting non-author-fee models for #openaccess. Full details & registration: bit.ly/4vbjqDJ With speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland. #OASPA #Wayfinders #OA

Join us 15 July, 2pm BST for our next webinar where we follow-on from Wayfinders#7 to unpack further library perspectives on supporting non-author-fee models for #openaccess. Full details & registration: bit.ly/4vbjqDJ With speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland. #OASPA #Wayfinders #OA

OASPA2026: building a shared, open future Register before June 30 at the early bird rate - www.tickettailor.com/events/oaspa... With thanks to our generous sponsors who enable us to make the conference happen. www.oaspa.org/events/oaspa...

OASPA is delighted to share the recording of our recent webinar: "Libraries supporting open access without author-facing charges" ▶️ bit.ly/4xLhHHN Huge thanks to guest speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson, Jack Hyland & chair Malavika Legge. Full details including Q&As and resources: bit.ly/4wgNlMu

Hear from one of our recently joined members, @scotunipress.bsky.social (SUP) on their reasons for joining OASPA's growing community - bit.ly/4uBZGbX Find out about membership at lnkd.in/d553miGu Support OASPA's work if you are not an OA Publisher: lnkd.in/diktsQHW #OpenAccess #OA #OASPAMember

With thanks to sponsors for supporting #OASPA2026 @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @pubs.acs.org @crossref.bsky.social @intechopen.com @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @tandfresearch.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca Digital Science and L'Harmattan OA.

📣 Latest #OASPA2026 programme updates including Keynote speakers. 📣 Programme information www.oaspa.org/events/oaspa... Registration: www.tickettailor.com/events/oaspa... Early bird end June 30! With thanks to sponsors. Get in touch to join - couldn't do it without you!

Have you registered for this afternoon's webinar yet? We've had lots of your questions to put to our panellists on libraries supporting Open Access without author charges. Should be interesting!

Still time to join over 600 others to register for tomorrow's webinar focused on libraries supporting OA without author charges. Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Remember to join us next week for Wayfinders#7 - "Collective actors: libraries supporting open access without author charges". Read our latest post for full details: bit.ly/4wgNlMu #OpenAccess #O #scholarlypublishing #Wayfinders #OASPA

Remember to join us next week for Wayfinders#7 - "Collective actors: libraries supporting open access without author charges". Read our latest post for full details: bit.ly/4wgNlMu #OpenAccess #O #scholarlypublishing #Wayfinders #OASPA

📣 Check out the latest programme and speakers for OASPA2026. Further speakers added. Join us this September in Croatia to help shape the future of #OA Programme information lnkd.in/dDtA7YWV Early bird to June 30. With thanks to sponsors. Get in touch to be added. We couldn't do it without you!

📣 Check out the latest programme and speakers for OASPA2026. Further speakers added. Join us this September in Croatia to help shape the future of #OA Programme information lnkd.in/dDtA7YWV Early bird to June 30. With thanks to sponsors. Get in touch to be added. We couldn't do it without you!

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Announcing the 7th webinar in our 'Wayfinders' series: "Collective actors: libraries supporting open access without author charges"- 10 June 2026, 2pm BST (UK). Chaired by OASPA's Malavika Legge, with speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland. Full details: bit.ly/4wgNlMu #OASPA #OpenAccess

We asked OA Journals Toolkit users, Rachel Branson & Leah Maughan from @northumbriauni.bsky.social about their experience. You can read the response here: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_... Are you using the OA Journals Toolkit from @doaj.bsky.social & OASPA (www.oajournals-toolkit.org)? Tell us how!

We asked OA Journals Toolkit users, Rachel Branson & Leah Maughan from @northumbriauni.bsky.social about their experience. You can read the response here: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_... Are you using the OA Journals Toolkit from @doaj.bsky.social & OASPA (www.oajournals-toolkit.org)? Tell us how!

Announcing the 7th webinar in our 'Wayfinders' series: "Collective actors: libraries supporting open access without author charges"- 10 June 2026, 2pm BST (UK). Chaired by OASPA's Malavika Legge, with speakers: Robin Sinn, Sarah Thompson & Jack Hyland. Full details: bit.ly/4wgNlMu #OASPA #OpenAccess

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📣 Updates to programme and speakers for OASPA2026 Join us this September in Croatia to help us shape the future of open access. Programme information updated lnkd.in/dDtA7YWV Early bird to June 30. With thanks to sponsors. Get in touch to be added and enable us to make the conference happen.

It's the last day to submit your proposal for a poster lightning talk at #OASPA2026 . Just a brief description required at this stage. Submit to forms.gle/1aqoarFDDVkS...