Alicia Wise

Here's a cracking read by Malavika Legge at OASPA on what academic libraries need and want from publishers. It's spot on! www.oaspa.org/news/the-fab...

Looking forward to discussing this today at the Netherlands Open Science festival!

Academic librarians! How easy or difficult is it to redirect a portion of library and consortial budgets to small and values-driven publishers in order to provide them with more predictable, long-term funding? insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

Small European publishers face challenges in the transition to open access publishing. The problem isn't a lack of commitment, but inequities of scale. Read more: insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

What does it actually take to keep a digital archive healthy for the very long term? At CLOCKSS, the answer involves much more than storing files. We're currently looking for a savvy someone who would like to help us think about - and look after - a globally distributed dark archive. buff.ly/9WvGO95

This looks like a cracker of a workshop! Smash the Silos, Build the Circle!: Institutional and Indigenous Collaboration in Digital Preservation Efforts Instructor: Jerrid Lee Miller, Archivist and Cherokee Nation citizen When: Thursday, October 15th, 1pm - 4pm (ET) buff.ly/fBsN3Bw

Thank you to everyone who participated in the #ipres2026 carbon calculation workshop!! You can find out more about the DPC toolkit here: buff.ly/cp2XlTy

Very exciting to see the DPC's new carbon footprint calculation tool for digital archives launched, and delighted that the CLOCKSS community played a role in its creation! buff.ly/2hbgyxZ #ipres2026

Wow - that was quick! Colleagues at Research Information are as excited as we are!! www.researchinformation.info/news/chelsa-...

An important post from Robb Richardson regarding digitization and preservation of physical books before Ai companies scan and destroy them. Another reminder that preservation needs to be a part of any organization priority. lnkd.in/p/gBJcnUDJ #digitalpreservation #CLOCSS

We’re delighted to welcome Pan-Atlantic University Press (PAU Press), Nigeria, and Adventist University of Africa, Kenya, to the CLOCKSS family! Welcoming institutions from across Africa is a part of our commitment to building a more inclusive and representative global preservation network.

Digital preservation protects the future, but it should also protect the planet. Learn how a new carbon footprint toolkit helps organizations measure and improve the sustainability of their preservation practices.

Explore the story of digital preservation! Interviews w/ @williamkilbride.bsky.social Gaëlle Béquet @joyowango.bsky.social @wisealic.bsky.social & more share how this work safeguards the scholarly record. 🎥 Discover the new documentary film: rosenblumaward.org/news/ten-com... #DigitalPreservation

"Doing Open Social Science: A Guide for Researchers provides conceptual clarity and practical guidance for improving rigor and transparency of research." — Brian Nosek, Professor, University of Virginia, and Executive Director, Center for Open Science 🔗Available #OpenAccess: https://bit.ly/4bKnowA

As part of our Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project​ we are running a short(ish!) survey. If you are a UK academic librarian or research manager please do consider responding

“We know from experience that training driven by commercial priorities can sometimes gloss over nuance, limitations, and ethical considerations.” Important librarian perspective on AI training from @drbeth.bsky.social! www.uksg.org/newsletter/u... #charlestoninbetween

To clarify, at the request of our Steering Group, we are looking for individual rather than institutional responses. If you would like to preview the survey questions, you can do so here: www.informationpower.co.uk/open-access-... @rluk.ac.uk @uksg.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social

Calling all UK academic librarians & research support folks! Please complete this survey to inform strategic priorities for long-form #OA and areas where support could have the greatest impact - thank you! www.surveymonkey.com/r/Long-formOA @rluk.ac.uk @jisc.bsky.social @ukri.org @uksg.bsky.social

Opening panel at Charleston In Between! "Renewal, Disruption, and the Economics of Scholarly Communication" explores the economic forces reshaping the research ecosystem. Join virtually! bit.ly/4or88JG Panelists–Lauren Collister, @wisealic.bsky.social, @dwh.bsky.social, @nielsstern.bsky.social

Found this lovely treasure in Wikimedia, courtesy of Jørgen Stamp and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Denmark license. Thank you! www.jstamp.dk

CLOCKSS and @locksss.bsky.social have long been strategic partners, and now we are working together EVEN BETTER to support academic institutions! clockss.org/working-toge...

@niamhtumelty.bsky.social has amazing taste in many things, including shoes. These beauties have but a giggly smile into my step! Thank you kindly for the advice. 🦄 #cuteshoesofscholarlypublishing

🚨 The programme for the 2026 OIPA Symposium is now live!🚨 Join us on 18th June in Brighton for panels, lightning talks, and workshops exploring open publishing and infrastructure. Register + programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo...

Looking forward to being on this panel alongside @dombroadhurst.bsky.social @wisealic.bsky.social & others

The @librarycongress.bsky.social held an ace digital preservation event in March, and I learned so much about storage costs/options. Also an opportunity to talk about @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy work on carbon footprint calculation. digitalpreservation.gov/meetings/DSA...

The 12th edition of Clark's Publishing Precedents is out, and it is astonishing how much the different editions continue to evolve! This one is full of AI stuff, unsurprisingly. I again contributed the Accessibility Appendix, this time working with lovely Stacy Scott of @tandfresearch.bsky.social

I'm really honoured to be taking part in the Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week 2026 programme on 21 May from 10-11am UK time. We'll be talking with stakeholders about international long-form #OA knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/... Come join in the conversation! @knowledgeen.bsky.social

Save our books, journals, and intellectual heritage! #digitalpreservation #UKSG2026 www.growkudos.com/publications...

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It shows a nuanced and inconsistent picture of support in principle, but poor discoverability and engagement and a lack of resourcing. Read it now: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

The British Academy calls for a national long-form #OA strategy www.researchinformation.info/news/british... #uksg2026 @uksg.bsky.social

I am really happy to have been able to contribute to this new report, which collects together a broad international perspective on the challenges lay ahead of making more longform publications (i.e. books and other works) openly available.

At #UKSG2026 and want to be inspired/provoked into action to advance long-form #OA? This video is a terrific place to start thanks to @rosiehigman.bsky.social @davejago.bsky.social and Professor Geoffrey Khan: youtu.be/2e539CPBNTo?... @uksg.bsky.social

Great thread 🧵 (as ever) from @emmabooth.bsky.social about an #RLUK26 session yesterday on #OAbooks that featured Geoffrey Khan, editor of the Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures series, which we're proud to publish: www.openbookpublishers.com/series/2632-...

Global partnership publishes New Report on the future of Open Access for longform publications knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/... #uksg2026 #KEN #OA #books

Could it be more effective - given the financial situation - to rebrand “experimental” publishing as “affordable, innovative ” publishing? @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Thank you to Andrew Barker for making this dynamic explicit from the stage! And advocating articulately for more idealism. #uksg2026

Is anyone else also struggling with the unspoken tension between perhaps more idealistic and more pragmatic views juxtaposed in quite this way? We need both to advance and this seems a false and frustrating dichotomy. @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Kira Hopkins from COPIM pushes back at any conflation of “community led” publishing and “university press” publishing (not just publishing but infrastructures too). @uksg.bsky.social #uksg2026

Linda McGrath from Amsterdam University Press is doing a great job articulating what may be unpopular views about small scholarly publishers. Many of these points are explored in this recent Knowledge Exchange report: zenodo.org/records/1795... #uksg2026

Tom Morley from Lancaster University shares lots of great ideas for celebrating author success when they choose to publish #OA books. #UKSG2026

You know me... I'm a big fan of @locksss.bsky.social opensource #digitalpreservation software but, wow, am I also a big fan of LOCKS, the London-based gothy folk-blues band! You are missing a treat if you haven't listened: linktr.ee/locksband?ut...

New article published today 🥳 What exactly do universities and funders reccomend or require when it comes to making academic books open access? That is what we zoomed in on in this study that has its origins in data collected during the EU-funded PALOMERA project. doi.org/10.1093/scip...

Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice - information power https://www.informationpower.co.uk/advancing-long-form-open-access-practice/

We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨ Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

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There are real opportunities for collaboration between new university and library presses and small society and commercial publishers! zenodo.org/records/1795...

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Smaller publishers are vital to scholarly communication. Their ability to transition sustainably to #OA is constrained by structural inequities of scale, resources, and systemic barriers.

Digital Preservation of the Scholarly Record Receives the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact - hurrah! rosenblumaward.org/news/digital...