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 (@alittleroad@hcommons.social) & LinkedIn (lucy-barnes-01670473) • She/her

A man standing at a lectern in front of a slide that says "Small changes: Taking back control of our universities through open software"
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Five people sitting at a table in front of a slide introducing the panel "A fox in the henhouse: university presses, corporate takeovers, and implications for the future of scholarly books"
A man at a lectern sharing a slide showing a picture of a woman and the quote: "Librarians this is a call to arms - for change to happen we need to be courageous leaders, even though it seems an impossible task - if we don't at least try then once again we have defeated ourselves before we have even begun. There is a better future ahead, but only if we are willing to stand up for it. Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision. Elaine Sykes 2025"
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A photo of a slide with the title and date of the first day of the Copim conference alongside logos of funders and Copim
A speaker spotlight card with a photograph of a white woman with dark hair in a blue dress, and the details of the panel: Copim Conference 2026: What next for community-led open access book publishing? Lucy Barnes, senior editor and outreach coordinator, Open Book Publishers. 1.30pm Friday 27 February 2026.
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A card that says 'I am speaking at the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research, 20-23 October 2025'
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An event card with information about the panel mentioned in the post, which will be on Thursday 11 September at 10.30 in Suite 3 of the Manchester Deansgate hotel as part of the ALPSP conference.
An image of a washing machine surrounded by bubbles and the text 'Is it... community-washing? If it says 'community-driven'... what's the governance model? Or is it just a label?'
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A screenshot of text that says: The first title from 8080, No Prize for Pessimism, by Microsoft’s deputy chief technology officer Sam Schillace, is available now. The book explores the need for optimism when creating technology products. Its second title, Platform Mindset, is written by Marcus Fontoura, previously technical fellow and corporate vice-president at Microsoft, and will be available later this year. The imprint anticipates that many of its writers and readers will be “current, former, and future Microsofties” as well as customers, researchers and policymakers. However, along with Microsoft writers, it hopes to “showcase minds and ideas from outside the company” and is “especially interested in new and nontraditional writers and thinkers”. It is not currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts.
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A card with the words 'Open access book policies: The author’s experience. A free online event, Wednesday 2 October 14:00-15:00 BST / 15:00-16:00 CEST'. Also includes the OABN, PALOMERA and 'Funded by the EU' logos.
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