Open Press University of Sussex @openpress.bsky.social Open Access institutional publishing from the University of Sussex.
openpress.sussex.ac.uk
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social A peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal on contemporary scholarly publishing issues and practices. Co-edited by Alyssa Arbuckle and Janneke Adema, supported by @michiganpublishing.bsky.social
https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/
Chris Keene @ck12.uk Brighton, UK. Sometimes Higher Education, Research policy, tech and environmental stats
Dr Gaz J Johnson @legionofllama.bsky.social Hiking YouTuber, sometime voice-actor, university press supremo & former chief editor. Loves gaming, woodworking, renovation, scifi, Eurovision, comic books, nature, weasels & gooses. Frequently sardonic, occasionally witty. (https://linktr.ee/llordllama)
Camilla Ridgewell @camilla79.bsky.social Open access | Open research | Institutional publishing
Maddie Sinclair @maddiesinclair.bsky.social Editorial Officer @openlibhums.org | Teaching Fellow (Contemporary Literature) @ University of Warwick
Janneke Adema @openreflections.bsky.social Cultural and media theorist ~ books, open access, critical theory, experimental publishing. She/her
https://www.openreflections.org/
Ruth MacMullen (Mallalieu) @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social Work in Oxford, live in Sheffield. Open research, music, cooking, keeper of small child, neverending house project.
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and you’ll be blocked.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Kevin Sanders @kjsanders.eurosky.social PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC Board of Stewards. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
Laura Swift @lauramswift.bsky.social editor / maker / writer / researcher. Free Palestine 🍉
Helping good people make good books.
lauraswift.com
Simon @simonxix.com 📚community-led open publishing 🐧open source developer 📽️film critic 🐦birder 🏴he/him
🔗 https://simonxix.com
Sidestone Press @sidestone.bsky.social We are a publisher of academic books. We believe our books should be freely available to every one. Buy our printed books, or access them online for free!
Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social Open research nerd. Librarian. Part-time PhD student. Parent. Cycling in my spare time. LwiththeT
University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social Opening up humanities research.
Passionate advocates for the humanities, we are a collaborative, non-profit and predominantly open access publishing partner to researchers and institutions, creating award-winning scholarly books.
https://uolpress.co.uk
Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org The Open Library of Humanities. Building a sustainable, diamond open access future for the humanities. Part of Birkbeck, University of London & makers of Janeway
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.
Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social Managing Director @DOAJ | Open access, open infrastructure | Librarian | DK/UK | My views
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
Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social 👋🏽 Thoth is an open metadata management and dissemination platform for #OAbooks. Developed under the remit of @copim.bsky.social, we're now a non-profit CIC registered in the UK.
🐘 https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata
🕸: https://thoth.pub
Jill Emery @jemerypdx.bsky.social Librarian by day, smart ass pragmatic Gen Xer always. Living my best life possible.
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/
ALTCoOLSIG @altcoolsig.bsky.social ALTCoOLSIG (Association for Learning Technology Copyright & Online Learning Special Interest Group) is a community of practice focused on copyright issues associated with online learning, digital education, and learning technology. 
Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social The librarian formerly known (on twitter) as @Phdgeek. Into nerdy stuff, open research, EDI campaigning, powerlifting and climbing. 🏳️🌈
Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library.
UKSG eNews co-editor.
Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social Head of Publishing @lsepress.bsky.social. Non profit open access publishing for the social sciences. Find out more about publishing with us at https://press.lse.ac.uk.
Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social Managing Director of OAPEN Foundation - @oapenbooks.bsky.social - providing open infrastructure services for scholarly books. Not-for-profit. Not-for-sale. POSI adopter. Co-director of DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social
Kira Hopkins @kirahopkins.bsky.social LSE library, formerly of the Copim project, OA enthusiast, publisher (sometimes!) - all views expressed are personal
Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social #OpenAccess & #OpenInfrastructure advocate. Professor in #STS at Lancaster University. Managing Director at Open Book Collective. Trustee/Editor at Mattering Press. Heading up the @copim.bluesky.social Open Book Futures project
Bethany @bethanylogan.bsky.social Associate Director at University of Sussex Library. UKSG Trustee. 
Rob Johnson @rschrobuk.bsky.social Managing Director at Research Consulting. I help universities, funders, publishers and not-for-profits manage, disseminate and deliver impact from research.
Tasha Mellins-Cohen @tashamc.bsky.social Exec Director of COUNTER Metrics, Founder at Mellins-Cohen Consulting, big fan of standards, data, and sustainable open access. Inveterate textile nerd and housekeeper to a triad of demanding moggies.
Posts are my own opinions.
Ruth Harrison @ruthejh.bsky.social Head of Schol Comms in library services, crafter (knitting and weaving mostly), views own...
Charlie Rapple @charlierapple.bsky.social Co-founder of Kudos (growkudos.com - research communication showcase for broadening reach and impact of research - @growkudos.bsky.social). Scholarly Kitchen blogger. Follow me and other people in scholarly publishing: https://go.bsky.app/FanaExt
CoARA @coarassessment.bsky.social The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is a collective of organisations committed to reforming research evaluation practices in line with the Agreement (ARRA). Learn more at www.coara.eu and join the coalition!
Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social Open research person | feminist | writer
Loves books and cats
Miranda L. Barnes @mirandab-oa.bsky.social Research Associate, Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences (MORPHSS), Uni. of Cambridge (Cambridge Digital Humanities & Cambridge University Library). Views my own.
[Find my poetry account at @luminousjune.bsky.social]
Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social A free recommendation process of scientific preprints based on peer reviews: https://peercommunityin.org
A multi-disciplinary diamond open-access journal: https://peercommunityjournal.org @peercomjournal.bsky.social
Research & Open Scholarship- University of Sussex @rosuniofsussex.bsky.social Posts from the library's research and open scholarship team at the University of Sussex. Make it open!
Emma Gallon @emmagallon.bsky.social Publisher @University of London Press | Humanities research and publishing | Open research
Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social Lecturer in Literature at the University of Essex.
Researcher and author (Killing Children in British Fiction - SUNY, 2024).
I work on contemporary British fiction and film, children, Ishiguro, migration, intergenerational conflict. All views my own.
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
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/
Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
A24 Movies @a24movies.bsky.social Not A24 Films - Official account doesn’t exist, so this is a poser fan account who hardly logs onto this app.
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social Innovative, thoughtful, digitally-forward books in partnership with Michigan Publishing and Fulcrum.
https://press.umich.edu/
Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Leuven University Press @leuvenup.bsky.social Turning Inspiring Scholarship into Outstanding Publications
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
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social Book publisher, est. 1925.
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/
Open Research Exeter @openresearchexe.bsky.social The Open Research Team in the Library at University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk Posting about #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenData #RDM
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/openresearch/
Katherine Stephan @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social Iowan, adopted Liverpudlian, mum, and librarian who loves open research, public libraries, live music and cycling on my Brompton.
Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com Head of Research Liaison, UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship. Librarian. PhD Student in DIS at UCL. Neurodivergent. Photographer. Anthropologist. Bullet Journal Enthusiast. Baker. Nerd. www.kirstywallis.com
aj-boston.neocities.org @aj-boston.bsky.social 
Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social Open research at University of Leeds. Amateur Wikimedian. Conscientious objector to the culture war.
#OpenResearch #OpenScience #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia 
UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social At UCL, we champion #OpenScience across all disciplines. We empower our community with support in #OpenAccess, #ResearchData, #CitizenScience, and more, fostering a truly open academic culture.
Join our mailing list: https://shorturl.at/DeWTC
University of Aberdeen Library @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social Providing access to millions of items in paper and electronic format for staff and students to support research, teaching and learning. 
Queen Mary University of London Library Services @qmullibrary.bsky.social Real research starts here
White Rose Libraries @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social The university libraries of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. Supporting shared repositories, White Rose University Press, and innovating through collaboration.
Visit our website: whiteroselibraries.org
LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @lsepress.bsky.social and proudly #PartOfLSE.
lse.ac.uk/library
Jisc @jisc.bsky.social Jisc: for the future of education and research
For more than 30 years, Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
www.jisc.ac.uk
Sheffield Hallam University Library @hallamlibrary.bsky.social Supporting you to become an independent learner
Libraries open 24/7/365
library.shu.ac.uk
linktr.ee/hallamlibrary
Durham University Library @dulib.bsky.social 📚 Home to @durham-university.bsky.social Libraries and @ducollections.bsky.social
💜 Amazing resources, fantastic spaces and friendly staff
💬 Not monitored 24/7
Website: durham.ac.uk/library
Linktree: linktr.ee/DULib
University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social One of the UK’s leading research institutions and a centre of world-class teaching and learning. Posting weekdays 9am – 5pm.
https://liverpool.ac.uk
https://linktr.ee/livuni
University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
https://linktr.ee/uoylibrary
Uni of York people! Starter Pack here: https://go.bsky.app/24quNDW
Loughborough Open Research Team @lboroor.bsky.social Open Research Team, part of Loughborough Library, Loughborough University.
Check out our Research Repository https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/
We also have a blog. Have a look and subscribe https://blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/
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
Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social Engaging with our research community, supporting good practice and sharing updates on all aspects of #openresearch #openaccess #opendata @york.ac.uk
Open Research at York: https://york.ac.uk/open-research
Email the team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk
Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social Open Research at University of Aberdeen. Providing expertise, support, advice and news on #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #OpenData
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/open-research.php
Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social Providing information and advice about making your research open at the University of Sheffield.
We are unable to receive DMs. Contact us via links below:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/research
OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, we work to support open access becoming the predominant model of publication.
oaspa.org
Conference registration at https://buytickets.at/oaspa
Todd Barry @toddbarry.bsky.social Comedian.
toddbarry.com
Elizabeth Penner @eampenner.bsky.social Facilitating Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research at University of Cambridge.
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋
Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.
www.sussex.ac.uk
University of Sussex Library @sussexlibrary.bsky.social We deliver high-quality, innovative information services at The University of Sussex Library.
Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll
Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sightsoundmag
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.
Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social Librarian, crafter, assassin, and Coronation Street aficionado ✌🏽
she/her
n+1 @nplusonemag.com n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
Wayne Koestenbaum @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social writer / artist
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
Hidden REF @hiddenref.bsky.social Celebrating all research outputs and everyone involved in their creation
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk RLUK's vision is that the UK should have the best research library support in the world. #RLUK26 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #RLUKRSP #librariesXresearch
Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social Portfolio growth/ #openscience @AIP Publishing; PhD dropout; co-author of DefendResearch.org declaration 👊#censorship;#openscience advocate #PostsAreMyOwn #DefendResearch
Basta YA!
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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social What's hot and cooking in Scholarly Communications. Blog from the Society for Scholarly Publishing -- account run by Editor David Crotty
Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social Research Culture & Assessment Loughborough University; Chair INORMS Research Evaluation Group; Vice-Chair CoARA; ARMA Res Eval SIG; Founder LIS-Bibliometrics; She/her;
Elena Dennison @dennisone.bsky.social Yes. I am here too. Sussex Digital Humanities Lab manager at Uni of Sussex, UK. I make things. Opinions here are mine and or Lola’s 🐈⬛❤️. Poetry, please.