Lucy Barnes @alittleroad.bsky.social 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
Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social Head of Publishing @uolpress.bsky.social. Interested in all things books, humanities and open access (amongst other things…). Chair of @oipassoc.bsky.social. T1D.
Patrick Hart @silcrow.bsky.social 
IFLA @ifla.org The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the library and information profession.
Sarah Frances Gordon @sarahfgordon.bsky.social PhD in Psychology. Diamond OA Journal editor. Psychology teacher & researcher in Mexico. All things open access. #ResearchIntegrity #ScholarlyPublishing #Researchethics #idiomas #QualitativeResearch #Multilingualism Views are my own. She/her/ella 🇿🇦🇲🇽
@pamelajwm.bsky.social @pamelajwm.bsky.social Marine biologist, tree-hugging, Pagan earth worshipper. I love to bake, dance, hike, swim, read, make music, make art and spend time with my family. Wife, mother, pet mom. Pan/genderfluid, neurospicy. 
Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social Central Asian Researcher, Psychotherapist, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Queer narratives in Central Asia, LGBTQ+ migration. She/they
Tom Shaw @shawthomas.bsky.social Library Engagement Lead for @ojcollective.bsky.social. Former academic librarian now working with libraries globally to support diamond open access publishing. Open knowledge, open research, digital innovation. And sometimes music and other stuff.
Johan Rooryck @johanrooryck.bsky.social Linguist | Editor | Co-coordinator, European Diamond Capacity Hub at OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social, @eudch.bsky.social
Dominique Walker @dominiquewalker.bsky.social Programme Officer - eResources with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC)
Developing a single digital platform and a national e-resources collection for Scotland's public libraries.
https://scottishlibraries.org/
Janneke Adema @openreflections.bsky.social Cultural and media theorist ~ books, open access, critical theory, experimental publishing. She/her
https://www.openreflections.org/
Charles Watkinson @charleswatkinson.bsky.social Associate University Librarian for Publishing at University of Michigan and Director of University of Michigan Press. Opinions my own. Cats shown also their own animals.
Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
ScholCommTom @scholtom.bsky.social Copim 'Open Book Futures' Project. Helping presses flip to OA monographs through 'Opening the Future' 🔗openingthefuture.net
Academic publishing, scholarly comms, HE, open access.
@copim.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
Sarah McDonald @eupsarah.bsky.social Head of Publishing at Edinburgh University Press
Rupert Gatti @rupertgatti.bsky.social Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge. Open Access advocate, co-founder/director of several non-profit enterprises incl. @openbookpublish.bsky.social, @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @ojcollective.bsky.social.
Data Education in Schools @dataschools.bsky.social Developing data and AI literacy education programmes for Scotland as part of the Data-Driven Innovation initiative in the Edinburgh City Region Deal. Visit our website: https://dataschools.education/.
Association of European University Presses @aeup-eu.bsky.social The Association of European University Presses aims to enhance the visibility of member presses, facilitate communication between them, share knowledge about and support for scholarly publishing.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social An international community at the heart of the University of Edinburgh bringing together over 3,000 staff and students.
https://llc.ed.ac.uk/
Maddie Sinclair @maddiesinclair.bsky.social Editorial Officer @openlibhums.org | Teaching Fellow (Contemporary Literature) @ University of Warwick
Innovations in Linguistics Education @innovations-ling.bsky.social Innovations in Linguistics Education is a diamond open access journal dedicated to teaching and learning in linguistics. We're accepting submissions from January 2026.
Open journal of Biodiversity and Ecosystems @openbiodiversity.bsky.social A student-led journal published by the University of Edinburgh
FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social We support Arab research communities and institutions in their journey towards a more open world of knowledge.
forumforopen.org
forumforopenresearch.com
Helen Muir @hmuir.bsky.social Research Support Librarian; Carnegies judge 2022-23
Jackie Proven @jackieproven.bsky.social Books, art, photography, walking and foodie life in Fife. Scottish. Work in open research 
ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social ANU Press publishes scholarship across the disciplinary spectrum, with particular strengths in Australian Studies, Indigenous Studies and Knowledge, Asia and Pacific Studies, International Relations and Law.
Tuwhera Open Access @tuwhera.bsky.social Tuwhera: "be open" https://tuwhera.aut.ac.nz/
Open publications hosting service run on open source software including journals, conference proceedings, books and AUT's research repository.
@ Te Mātāpuna, Auckland University of Technology Library
UK Libraries @uklibraries.bsky.social Discover, create, and connect at the University of Kentucky Libraries. Go Cats!
Visit us at libraries.uky.edu
Universitätsverlag Göttingen @univerlagoettingen.bsky.social #OpenAccess https://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de Universitätsverlag Göttingen aka Göttingen University Press publishes books & journals from #GöttingenUniversity. We believe in equitable, fair & bibliodiverse open access with #DOI's. Buy our print books 2 
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Open Access Australasia @oaaustralasia.bsky.social Open Access Australasia (OAA) leads #OpenScholarship advocacy in Australasia, driving innovative change in scholarly communication to promote #equity and #bibliodiversity #OpenAccess
Website: https://oaaustralasia.org/
Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd Assoc. Project Director @ Knowledge Commons, MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social punctum books is a queer, scholar-led Open Access press devoted to creative modes of inquiry across a whimsical para-humanities assemblage. Affiliated with UC-Santa Barbara Library & funded by university libraries across the globe. https://punctumbooks.com
Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
ScholarLed @scholarled.bsky.social Scholar-led Open Access Books
consortium members: African Minds, @matteringpress.bsky.social, MayFly Books, @mediastudiespress.bsky.social, meson press, @openbookpublish.bsky.social, punctum books
scholarled.org
OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social OAPEN connects libraries, publishers, researchers, and funders with a global infrastructure for peer-reviewed open access books to advance research and the public good.
Explore our collection of 40,000+ OA books: https://library.oapen.org
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) @doabooks.bsky.social DOAB is an independent, community-driven discovery service that indexes scholarly, peer-reviewed OA books and helps users to find trusted OA book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.
Find out more: doabooks.org
Irish Open Access Publishers @ioap.bsky.social The IOAP is a national community of practice which aims to advance Diamond Open Access Publishing in Ireland. 
Open Science NL @opensciencenl.bsky.social Accelerating the transition to open science in the Netherlands by funding & supporting the community.
www.openscience.nl
DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. Advancing practical and robust approaches to research and researcher assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines. Sign the Declaration at https://sfdora.org/sign and join the movement.
COUNTER metrics @countermetrics.bsky.social COUNTER brings the knowledge community together to agree and adopt the global standard for measuring and reporting content usage through normalised metrics.
countermetrics.org
DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social #DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. #openaccess #openscience #scholcomm
https://doaj.org/
MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
SPARC Europe @sparc-eu.bsky.social SPARC Europe advocates change in scholarly communications for the benefit of research and society.
https://sparceurope.org/
Publishing Scotland @publishingscotland.bsky.social Trade assoc & charity supporting book publishing.
Foillseachadh Alba in Gaelic.
https://www.publishingscotland.org/
Scottish Academic Libraries Co-operative Training Group @salctg.bsky.social SALCTG is a community of 21 academic and national libraries, established as a provider of good quality training courses appropriate to the needs of academic libraries. Read our blog here: https://salctgblog.wordpress.com/
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
OpenAIRE @openaire.bsky.social Supporting #openscience in Europe
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
Academic Libraries North (ALN) @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social A consortium of HE libraries in the North of England. https://www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/
The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social The Open University (OU) Library enables OU students and staff around the world to access a world-class online library service. Visit www.open.ac.uk/library to get started.
Starter Pack for OU (UK) staff here: https://go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR
Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social Publishing exceptional research since 1899.
Home to @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, @oxunienl.bsky.social, @modlangopen.bsky.social, and @lupdistribution.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/livunipress
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders.
https://linktr.ee/ManchesterUniversityPress
NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Ensuring NHS Scotland provides the best environment to support clinical research so patients can benefit from new and better treatments. https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
Michigan Publishing @michiganpublishing.bsky.social Hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan. Advocate for accessible scholarship everywhere. Home of Deep Blue repositories, Michigan Publishing Services, @uofmpress.bsky.social
https://www.publishing.umich.edu/
Open Press University of Sussex @openpress.bsky.social Open Access institutional publishing from the University of Sussex.
openpress.sussex.ac.uk
AJOL (African Journals Online) @ajol.info AJOL, the preeminent indexing platform of quality African-published scholarly journals, works to increase global & continental online access, awareness, quality & use of African-published, peer-reviewed research.
https://www.ajol.info/
ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers - an International trade body which supports and represents not-for-profit organizations and institutions that publish scholarly and professional content.
Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social A think tank that develops strategies and policies for cultivating #DigitalCommons.
https://openfuture.eu/
Open Humanities Press @openhumanities.bsky.social International, scholar-led, not-for-profit, radical open access publishing collective. Free books, journals and more on theory, culture, media, philosophy, art. Check us out at:
www.openhumanitiespress.org
Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social Pluto Journals is an international, Diamond Open Access, scholarly publisher in the social sciences, it is owned by the not-for-profit Pluto Educational Trust. As such, it plays a unique and valuable role serving the establishment of new fields of critical
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Rebecca Wojturska @beckywojturska.bsky.social Open Access Publishing Officer for Edinburgh Diamond. All things Diamond OA, TTRPG and board games, and Gothic/horror literature and films.
SPARC @sparcopen.bsky.social SPARC is a nonprofit advocacy organization that supports open systems for research and education that enable everyone, everywhere to access, contribute to, and benefit from the knowledge that shapes our world.
ALMASI project @almasiproject.bsky.social The ALMASI project is funded by Horizon Europe to provide the research community with an aligned, nonprofit, high-quality, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem across three world regions: Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
Simon @simonxix.com 📚community-led open publishing 🐧open source developer 📽️film critic 🐦birder 🏴he/him
🔗 https://simonxix.com
Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social <dc:description>Do #FAIRdata things at Digital Curation Centre. Did #datalibs & RDM things at LSE Library, GESIS, UK Data Archive. University of Toronto Faculty of Information graduate.</dc:description>
Ixchel Project @gcrf-ixchel.bsky.social GCRF-funded research project building understanding of the physical, socio-economic and cultural drivers of risk in the Guatemala cordillera. Interdisciplinary research, decolonial theory, and embedding disaster risk reduction in human rights frameworks.
OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social Distributed Research Infrastructure for open scholarly communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities.
Visit OPERAS website: https://operas-eu.org
open-access.network @openaccessnetwork.bsky.social Hier postet das Projekt-Team von open-access.network – dem zentralen Open-Access-Portal im deutschsprachigen Raum | http://open-access.network/impressum | https://open-access.network/datenschutzhinweis
#openscience #openaccess #DiamondOpenAccess
Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social A global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. Read UP! https://aupresses.org/ Got a question about university press publishing? Ask UP! https://ask.up.hcommons.org/
Association of Research Libraries @arl.org Advancing an equitable, enduring, research information environment. On the web at ARL.org. Code of Conduct: http://bit.ly/ARLconduct
Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social Open Education and Wikimedian In Residence services at The University of Edinburgh.
https://open.ed.ac.uk/contact-us/
https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia
#OER #OpenEducation #Wikipedia activities & initiatives.
European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social A collective that provides services for Diamond OA Publishers, Service Providers, Tools and Technology Providers.
🔗 https://edch.eu/
@clockssarchive.bsky.social @clockssarchive.bsky.social 
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot.bsky.social A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Executive Director of @openlibhums.org & @ojcollective.bsky.social. Utopia, mushrooms, trees, sci-fi, weird stuff, open access, higher ed.
Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit collective of academics, libraries and university-based publishers changing the way that academic research is supported and disseminated. Launching in Jan. 2026.
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
IFLA Library Publishing @ifla-libpub.bsky.social The IFLA LIBPUB group was established in 2018 to advance the rapidly emerging field of Library Publishing, which is part of a broader range of scholarly communication activities driven and managed by libraries.
University of Edinburgh Libraries @edunilibraries.bsky.social This is the official account for University of Edinburgh Libraries. We are not posting on Bluesky yet but you can find us @EdUniLibraries on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Threads. 
Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Part of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/
Queen Margaret University Library Research Support @qmueresearch.bsky.social Repository, open research, and scholarly communications updates from Queen Margaret University Library Research Support.
https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/
https://libguides.qmu.ac.uk/researchsupport
The University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Influencing the world since 1583. Follow our other social channels: https://edin.ac/3CJvzdv
Journal of Information Literacy @jinfolit.bsky.social The Journal of Information Literacy is the international, peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal of CILIP’s Information Literacy Group. Our comms do not represent CILIP policy. https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/index #InfoLit #OpenAccess 💎🔓
Airea: Arts & Interdisciplinary Research @aireajournal.bsky.social Airea is an open access academic journal hosted by @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social Edinburgh University Library. Website: https://journals.ed.ac.uk/airea/
National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social An organisation for everyone interested in the acquisition, management and development of library resources.
https:/nag.org.uk
The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social We are a network of academics, researchers, community orgs and practitioners using creativity and the arts to co-create research that makes a difference to people’s lives. Based in @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Find out more: https://binks-hub.ed.ac.uk
OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social openingthefuture.net is a funding model for open access books. Designed for small/med scholarly publishers, it is free to use by any Press seeking a low-risk move towards OA. Doesn't rely on BPCs, is equitable, sustainable, & part of the Copim Community.
Open Research, Heriot-Watt University @openresearchhwu.bsky.social Posts from the Research Support team in Information Services, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Open Access, Open Data, Pure, Scholarly Communications
Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social We're the Open Research and Research Support teams at the University of Edinburgh. We work to make research more open and accessible to all.
We are working towards UNESCO and LERU's pillars of Open Research.
Find out more:
https://eor.start.page
Copim @copim.bsky.social An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing.
Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
UKSG @uksg.bsky.social UKSG members include scholarly and academic publishers and libraries, along with companies and people who supply them with technology and services. We bring these different organisations together to share experiences and work together on shared challenges.
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
OER Commons @oercommons.bsky.social A public digital library of Open Educational Resources. You've got questions, we've got librarians! @ us for help.
📚oercommons.org📚
A project of ISKME.
cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social Making full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications a reality
Learn more: https://www.coalition-s.org