Pete Smith @reddite.eurosky.social Research support librarian. PhD in public engagement in universities. TTRPGs, boardgames, SFF, paper and ink making.
Lesley J MacRae @lesleyjmacrae.bsky.social Open research officer and digital preservation enthusiast at the University of Aberdeen. Love libraries, wiki and lego play. Dog lover and confirmed bookworm📚
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]
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.
Laura Rooney Ferris @laurarooneyferris.bsky.social Librarian, PhD candidate (librarians/values/power/podcasts) misanthrope, procrastinator. Librarians Aloud ! podcast producer ‘fail again, fail better https://rb.gy/9yb6tt
Kira Hopkins @kirahopkins.bsky.social LSE library, formerly of the Copim project, OA enthusiast, publisher (sometimes!) - all views expressed are personal
Bethany @bethanylogan.bsky.social Associate Director at University of Sussex Library. UKSG Trustee. 
Ann O’Sullivan @osullivanannie.bsky.social Law Librarian with wanderlust living in Dublin 🍉 @biall.org.uk @laibluesky.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social #repealedthe8th #vitaminsea
Adam Harangozó @adamharangozo.bsky.social Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion @lselibrary.bsky.social
Mariah Wahl @mkwahl.bsky.social Metadata Librarian, University of Washington Libraries
Interested in critical cataloging, reparative description, and ethical tech in libraries.
This account represents my personal views, and mine only.
Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social Researcher developer at Sussex Uni.
academia • culture • media • archaeology • genealogy • sea swimmer • stitcher
Brighton northerner, ex-librarian @ Guardian. She/her
Dr Daisy Abbott @daisyabbott.bsky.social Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
Rebecca Wojturska @beckywojturska.bsky.social Open Access Publishing Officer for Edinburgh Diamond. All things Diamond OA, Gothic and horror literature and films, and board games.
Domi Smithson @domismithson.bsky.social research support librarian, open research champion and advocate
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/
Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social Open research person | feminist | writer
Loves books and cats
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.
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.
@liamealbee.bsky.social @liamealbee.bsky.social 
Jo Fitzpatrick @jofitz.bsky.social Research Data Manager at Lancaster University and Co-chair of NLISN.org
Jodie @faultylightbulb.bsky.social Scholarly communications and research support librarian.
Helen M @helenmonagle.bsky.social Library worker, formally @helenmonagle on Twitter (she/her) and co-founder of NLPN. Lover of dogs, beaches and other lovely things. Perpetually tired.
Cath Dishman @cathdishman.bsky.social Librarian who loves open access, open journals, repositories and running (not necessarily in that order). Also Content Officer for LIRG cilip special interest group
Livvy @missoliviareads.bsky.social Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of Wales Trinity St David (Birmingham). Former FE Library Manager and Secondary English teacher. UK 🇬🇧
Get in touch - missoliviareads@outlook.com
Varina @varinajr.bsky.social Librarian and open knowledge advocate at UofAberdeen. Lover of cats, yarn, tea, and liberation for all. All views my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer. 🍵💙💜💗✡️🫒🍉
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.
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/
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
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/
Amanda Bartell @abartell.bsky.social Director of Membership @crossref.bsky.social. Good metadata and bad puns please. 
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
Tracy Creagh @creaght.bsky.social AFHEA Librarian supporting research & scholarship, advocating for #OpenAccess passionate about #equity and education, committed to #bibliodiversity in #OpenScholarship ... big fan of #DiamondOA
G E McQueen 莫琨 @gemcq.bsky.social Open Access Librarian | Artist and co-founder of liminalart org | 香港人 | #citylis alumnus | ASD | Interests: #OpenAccess, #OpenScience, Information theories & Contemporary art. 
Ronald Snijder @ronaldsnijder.bsky.social Should be reading books, instead of Blueskying... And yes, these are weird glasses.
@rianz.bsky.social @rianz.bsky.social Data Librarian, open science/FAIR/CARE, social justice, earthcare, lots of bushwalks. 
Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social Research Integrity Facilitator at King's College London. Author 'The Invention of Papal History' (Oxford University Press) http://bit.ly/PapalHistory. Historian interested in fakes and forgeries. Bsky since 23/10/23. / Views expressed are my own.
Katie Fraser @katie-fraser.bsky.social Librarian who loves technology & pop culture. Interests: #openresearch #openinfrastructure #scholcomm #bibliometrics #persistentidentifiers Working @lborouniversity.bsky.social ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-8734
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social Currently on organizing committee of FORCE2026, Singapore, 3-5 June 2026.
I'm librarian + blogger from Singapore Management University. Social media, bibliometrics, analytics, academic discovery tech.
Jeremy @mountainmamasboy.bsky.social He/Him/His - Librarian - Pet & Houseplant Hoarder - DIYer in training
Lyndelle Gunton @lyndelleg.bsky.social Academic librarian @ QUT
All about libraries, higher education, reading, information literacy, research training & support, open access, and… coffee.
Charlie @sfarleycharlie.bsky.social Open Education and Playful Engagement at University of Edinburgh.
📚 Open Librarian 🃏 Playful Learner 🎲 Educational gamer
Queer 🏳️🌈 | She/Her/Ms | Aussie Scot 🇦🇺 🏴
Board & RPGamer, #Endometriosis, #TransRights
Niamh Tumelty @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Director of LSE Library, Managing Director of LSE Press, Programme Director for LIBER Emerging Leaders. Cláirseach, gaeilge agus suathaireacht spóirt, here in personal capacity. Pronounced Nee-uv, it makes sense in Irish! Not on here much these days
H Kiely @liberkiely.bsky.social they/them
Librarian; Subs & Pubs; Systems; Open Access fan; occasionally amateurishly dramatic
Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social A community of practice for open institutional publishers in the UK, driving change in academic publishing. Visit https://oipauk.org/
Birgit Schmidt @bschmid1.bsky.social Open Science enthusiast & head of Knowledge Commons at University of Göttingen (UGOE) / State and University Library | Also at @bschmid1@mastodon.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-5859
Andrew Sayer @andrewsayerbcu.bsky.social Retired Librarian, trying to make the most of my time. History, pizzas and Middlesbrough F.C.
Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library.
UKSG eNews co-editor.
Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social Library, Open Science and related Open stuff, Ireland-based, UCC (University College Cork)
Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org Figshare Founder
Mþ. Kestrel (pronounced Myth) @kestrelsward.bsky.social They/them. Early-career librarian/archivist living in FL & working in higher ed archives & OER. Nonbinary, queer, disabled, white, divorced, parent
Onequeerlibrarian.com
Icon: Jonathan Poritz for OpenEd 2024
Banner: Isabelle Gedigk on Tumblr
Katie Fraser @katie.donphan.social.ap.brid.gy Librarian who loves technology and pop culture. Interests include #openresearch #scholcomm #openaccess #bibliometrics #discovery #persistentidentifiers
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://donphan.social/@katie, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Sherry Lake 🦉 @shlakeuva.bsky.social Retired UVa Scholarly Repository Librarian. Full time Grammy to O-Fe and Thank God for Baseball!!
Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social 
Overheard @overheardlib.bsky.social Longtime library employee, listening to the bananas world around me at work.
Stephen Pinfield @stephenpinfield.bsky.social Professor of Information Services Management at the University of Sheffield, UK, interested in open access, open science, research policy, library and information services.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-764X
Johan Rooryck @johanrooryck.bsky.social Linguist | Editor | Co-coordinator, European Diamond Capacity Hub at OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social, @eudch.bsky.social
petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause. Also an […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://fediscience.org/@petersuber, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Ross Mounce @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Open knowledge enthusiast. Creates and maintains. Director of Open Access Programmes at Arcadia Fund.
Recognises that access to knowledge is a human right […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@rmounce on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Toby Green @tobyabgreen.bsky.social Publisher, Policy Commons @policycommons.bsky.social and Applied Science Commons. Co-Founder Coherent Digital. Formerly Publisher, OECD. 🇬🇧 in 🇫🇷. ALAW (if you know, you know).
Celine Peignen @celine-peignen.bsky.social Head Librarian,TUS Library Midlands, Open science and OER/OEP in particular
Peter Findlay @ Artefact Books @pfin25.bsky.social Art, design, and architecture books and catalogues are a great way of educating ourselves visually. That's why I collect these artefacts and am creating a website about them (nearly there). You can sign up for my newsletter and a list of items for sale.
Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman.bsky.social scholarly communication specialist at Utrecht University library
Katie Hughes @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social Open Access Librarian living in the UK. Working in Open Access and academic publishing. May qualify as a yarn hoarder. Thoughts are my own. she/her
Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG 🐾
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe @lisalibrarian.bsky.social 
Rogan Dixon @hurban-ermit.eurosky.social Open Access officer in Edinburgh🔓; casual nerd🎲📚🛸; archer 🏹; pursuing library chartership in fits and starts.
Knows where his towel _is_, but forgot to bring it with him.
Richard Nurse @richardnurse.bsky.social Librarian at the Open University. Interested in archives, open research, library data, systems and metadata
Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social Acting Director of Library Services, University of Leeds | RLUK Digital Shift | IIIF Executive Committee | Open Research | Research Culture | Digital Creativity | Knowledge Equity | Coffee and Cake | Personal views | ORCID 0000-0002-6969-7382
Emma Francis @emmajfrancis.bsky.social Open Research Manager and Manager of Aberdeen University Press at University of Aberdeen. Interests include Open Research, Digital Preservation, Lego and Sci-fi
Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social Open research at University of Leeds. Amateur Wikimedian. Conscientious objector to the culture war.
#OpenResearch #OpenScience #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia - S Siobhan @siobhanh.bsky.social Systems & Discovery Manager (Librarian) |
Open Access, Publishing, Diversity, IT, Libraries & (Digital) Collections.
Tech, cooking and moorwalking |
She/Her | Views (unfortunately) my own.
Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social Coordinated by OAPEN • OPERAS • Open Book Publishers • SPARC EU • #OAbooks news, events & discussions • info@oabooksnetwork.org • Join us! • openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org
shedsue @suelawson.bsky.social Sue. BIPC librarian. Is this Bob's last tour? North. Folkestone.
Em Nunn @ebnunn.bsky.social open research / open access / academic publishing / unions / queer stuff / parenting / usually found in and around Sheffield (she/they)
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).
Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social Digital Education at University of Bristol. Digital Accessibility & Students as creators. Views my own.
Sci-Fi n' Horror n' Comics oh my!
Video games on easy mode.
Eclectic music tastes.
He/Him, cishet, jaded.
Punch up, not down. Not American.
Ruth MacMullen (Mallalieu) @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social Work in Oxford, live in Sheffield. Open research, music, cooking, keeper of small child, neverending house project.
Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social Senior Manager - Library Quality, Strategy & Community Engagement, Adelaide University
Formerly UniSA Library, Flinders University Library and the Bodleian Libraries
PhD candidate
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-138X
Liz Jolly @lizjolly.bsky.social University Librarian, University College Cork. Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde. Hon. Professor, Teesside University. CILIP Trustee. PFHEA. FRSA. Views personal. She/.
Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social Research Integrity and Training Adviser at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Interested in improving #ResearchIntegrity & #ResearchCulture with training, #TeamScience & promoting #OpenResearch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7002
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
Ruth Harrison @ruthejh.bsky.social Head of Schol Comms in library services, crafter (knitting and weaving mostly), views own...
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social Special collections / heritage / libraries / archives, education, Wikimedia, art, UCL, GirlGuiding, neurodiversity, geekery. 🌈📚📦✨
https://linktr.ee/octavosaurus
Frances Tout @francestout.bsky.social Library Central Services Manager at Bristol Libraries.
Chartered Librarian, ex professional photographer, past school librarian, public libraries across SW for the past 12 years.
Mainly libraries, a bit of lurcher, knitter & some nice pics.
Views mine
Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
@pentathlos.bsky.social @pentathlos.bsky.social Academic librarian, but expect re/posting on many different things. (We all have a past.) Professional interests: scholarly comms, library systems, and the future of libraries in higher education.
Roger Levy @rplevy.bsky.social Director, MIT Computational Psycholinguistics Lab. President, Cognitive Science Society. Chair of the MIT Faculty. Open access & open science advocate. He.
Lab webpage: http://cpl.mit.edu/
Personal webpage: https://www.mit.edu/~rplevy
Nicki Clarkson @nickiclarkson.bsky.social Engagement Librarian at the University of Southampton, lover of cats, cake, coffee, knitting & Board Meeting Bingo, embarrassing parent. Please block me if you are a transphobe. Views: my own. She/her
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social Open Book Collective, #ebookSOS, WikimediaUK, NLISN. Easily swayed by rainbows, cupcakes, cats, Cheetos, unicorns, and all things sparkly and fabulous.
James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social undisciplined metascientist | executive director, Research on Research Institute @RoRInstitute.bsky.social | professor of research policy, UCL
Alex Peden @alexpeden.bsky.social Head of Research Cultures | University of Edinburgh
Research | Culture | Policy | Views mine | she/her
www.ed.ac.uk/research-innovation/research-cultures
www.linkedin.com/in/alex-peden-93a913145/
Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social Open research nerd. Librarian. Part-time PhD student. Parent. Cycling in my spare time. LwiththeT
Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social The librarian formerly known (on twitter) as @Phdgeek. Into nerdy stuff, open research, EDI campaigning, powerlifting and climbing. 🏳️🌈
Hugh Shanahan @hughshanahan.bsky.social Professor of Open Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He/Him/Hugh. Co-chair of CODATA-RDA schools. Dad. Irish agus ó Chiarraí. More details at orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-6015. Also at @HughShanahan@mastodon.ie
I am very much under renovation.
Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social Community professional and former librarian working for Jisc. People, education, edtech, collaboration. All opinions my own.🍉
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiehare/
Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social Programme Leader Open Scholarly Communication at @opensciencenl.bsky.social | Dutch Research Council (NWO) | http://www.openscience.nl | co-founded @MediArXiv.bsky.social | #openaccess | views my own | posts in 🇳🇱 & 🇬🇧 | www.orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-0239- J janinenhs.bsky.social @janinenhs.bsky.social