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Thoth Open Metadata<p>We are truly honoured to have received a finalist nomination for the 2025 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/alpsp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alpsp</span></a></span> Award for Innovation in Publishing 2025! </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetadataMatters</span></a></p><p>Hannah and Toby just gave their presentation to the ALPSP panel of judges, and we'll know more in about two months' time, as award winners will be announced at this year's ALPSP Conference in Manchester (Sept 10-11).</p><p>Really wonderful to see more and more interest across the sector in what we've been developing within the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>copim</span></a></span> community - and also good to keep in mind the importance of that growing network of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfrastructures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openinfrastructures</span></a> that have come together to explore alternative ways to OA publishing of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> based on interoperable <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> ... </p><p>So this is also a shoutout to the important work happening at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openbookcollect</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PublicKnowledgeProject</span></a></span> (with OMP), <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@crossref" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crossref</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@ORCID_Org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ORCID_Org</span></a></span>, and many others not on Mastodon, incl. OAPEN, DOAB, OaEBU DT, and the OA Switchboard ...</p>
Thoth Open Metadata<p>So wonderful to see punctum books 📚 going from strength to strength! </p><p>A living testament (among many others active in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>copim</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@RadicalOA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RadicalOA</span></a></span> communities and beyond) that sparkly <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> can actually work! 😍</p><p>&gt; For the first time in our fourteen-year history, we have reached a threshold of financial stability whereby we have the salaried staff we need to do the work we want to do at a pace that is liveable, everyone is being compensated above academic publishing industry standards, and economic sustainability is no longer something we hope for: it is a reality, especially thanks to the libraries who have decided that investing in community-led Diamond OA book publishing is a vital and valuable wedge against the wholesale commercial privatization (theft) of publicly funded knowledge production and exchange. </p><p><a href="https://punctumbooks.pubpub.org/pub/punctum-books-activity-and-financial-report-2024/release/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">punctumbooks.pubpub.org/pub/pu</span><span class="invisible">nctum-books-activity-and-financial-report-2024/release/1</span></a></p>
open-access.network<p>Im März fand unser <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>-Barcamp 2025 in Kooperation mit <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@oa_nrw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oa_nrw</span></a></span> und der Unibibliothek in Duisburg statt. OA-Professionals trafen auf Einsteiger*innen aus dem gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum. Die großen Themen: Diamond Open Access, Qualitätssicherung und Sichtbarmachung von OA-Büchern. <br>Den Veranstaltungsbericht könnt ihr jetzt in unserem Blog lesen:<br><a href="https://open-access.network/blog/open-access-barcamp-2025-von-best-practices-und-visionen-bis-zur-triage-im-publikationsfonds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-access.network/blog/open-</span><span class="invisible">access-barcamp-2025-von-best-practices-und-visionen-bis-zur-triage-im-publikationsfonds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OABarcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OABarcamp</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Bilbiothek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bilbiothek</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Duisburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duisburg</span></a></p>
open-access.network<p>📍 Mit nur drei Klicks findet ihr den passenden Open-Access-Verlag für euer Publikationsvorhaben, verspricht unsere Kollegin Katja Dammann im wbv-Blog. Besonders bei Neu-Autor*innen ist das Recherche-Tool oa.finder beliebt, aber auch Bibliotheken äußern sich positiv. Darüber und die Hintergründe der Erweiterung des Services mit Verlagen lest ihr im vollständigen Interview:<br>🔗 <a href="https://www.wbv.de/blog/detail/mit-drei-klicks-zum-passenden-open-access-verlag/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbv.de/blog/detail/mit-drei-kl</span><span class="invisible">icks-zum-passenden-open-access-verlag/</span></a><br>🔎 Zum oa.finder: <a href="https://open-access.network/services/oafinder" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-access.network/services/o</span><span class="invisible">afinder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WissKomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WissKomm</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Bibliothek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bibliothek</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a></p>
Toby Steiner<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@pampel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pampel</span></a></span> ich würde mich gerne auch noch anmelden, falls noch Platz ist. 😀 </p><p>Vielleicht auch als Input: das Thema liegt uns in der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>copim</span></a></span> Community insb. mit Blick auf <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openinfra</span></a> für <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> am Herzen - wichtig hier das kollektive Finanzierungsmodell des <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openbookcollect</span></a></span> das bspw. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oapenbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Thoth_metadata</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PublicKnowledgeProject</span></a></span> (mit Blick auf OMP) unterstützt.</p>
Open Science Pasteur<p>💎 📖 A lire : l’article de Kira Hopkins et <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kjsanders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kjsanders</span></a></span> qui analyse le développement de la voie diamant pour les livres en se concentrant sur l’exemple anglais et en particulier sur la communauté <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>copim</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/18284/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/id/18284/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/DiamondOpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a></p>
Lucy Barnes<p>NEW POST: 'From Permission to Publication: Managing Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books'<br> <br>Delve into how to tackle third-party materials for OA books with our blog post and list of resources, based on our conversation with an expert panel of authors, publishers, legal experts &amp; GLAM specialists:</p><p><a href="https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/05/27/from-permission-to-publication-managing-third-party-materials-in-open-access-books/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommon</span><span class="invisible">s.org/2025/05/27/from-permission-to-publication-managing-third-party-materials-in-open-access-books/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a></p>
COPIM<p>UPDATE from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openbookcollect</span></a></span> on their report on barriers to and experiences with collective funding of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> in diverse contexts in continental Europe</p><p>They are currently gathering interview data from librarians in six countries: Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/update-on-forthcoming-report/release/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openbookcollective.pubpub.org/</span><span class="invisible">pub/update-on-forthcoming-report/release/1</span></a></p>
COPIM<p>We're excited to introduce our new online ‘guide of guides’ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CopimCompass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopimCompass</span></a> 🧭 </p><p>This comprehensive toolkit will support <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> with the latest resources and best practices for publishing <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> 🛠️ </p><p>Learn more &amp; get started today! 🚀 </p><p>And don't forget to share your feedback with us via info@copim.ac.uk 📨 </p><p>We'd love to hear what you think of it! 🫵 </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Monographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monographs</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LaunchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchDay</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ToolkitLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolkitLaunch</span></a></p>
MaxiKi<p>📣 <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> An der Universitätsbibliothek der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@tuberlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tuberlin</span></a></span> suchen wir in meiner Abteilung Publikationsdienste eine*n neue*n Kolleg*in für die Arbeit im <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@dfg_public" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dfg_public</span></a></span> Projekt "Servicestelle Diamond <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/SeDOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeDOA</span></a>💎 Die 100%-Stelle E11 (TV-L Berl. HS) ist auf 3 Jahre befristet. Schwerpunkt ist die Unterstützung des Publizierens von <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OABooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OABooks</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@berlinup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>berlinup</span></a></span> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/BerlinUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerlinUP</span></a> im Diamond OA <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/DOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOA</span></a>. Alle wichtigsten Infos gibts in der Ausschreibung, Bewerbungsfrist ist der 16.05.2025 👉 <a href="https://www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/193500" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc</span><span class="invisible">hreibungen/193500</span></a></p>
HelsinkiUPress<p>📣 Upcoming books!</p><p>'Sacred Callings: An Eventful Analysis of the Global Catholic Priesthood' by Brian Conway</p><p>'Forced Migrants in Nordic Histories', edited by Johanna Leinonen et al.</p><p>'Remote and Roaming: Practices, Meanings, and Politics of Digital Nomadism' by Mari Toivanen</p><p>'Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony' by Emilia Palonen</p><p>Read more about the upcoming books at: <a href="https://hup.fi/catalogue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hup.fi/catalogue</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://h-net.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/scholarlypublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholarlypublishing</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Ross Mounce<p>Good metadata practice for open access books [webinar recording on Youtube] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2mZwIpIog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=TK2mZwIpIog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Why metadata matters, and how to create and use it most effectively</p><p>speakers: Hannah Hillen, Graham Bell, Jeffrey Edmunds </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OAmonographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAmonographs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a></p>
COPIM<p>[BLOG] Putting the 'Open' in 'Thoth Open Archiving Network' </p><p>Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> archiving solution 🆕</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-open-archiving-network/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-ope</span><span class="invisible">n-archiving-network/</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Thoth_metadata</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetadataMatters</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archiving</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenArchiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenArchiving</span></a></p>
Thoth Open Metadata<p>📢 New extended blog post by <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>copim</span></a></span> 's Archiving group, in which we identify a list of features that are deemed essential for archiving solutions to account for the specifics of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openacces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openacces</span></a> content, including <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetadataMatters</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openarchiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openarchiving</span></a></p><p><a href="https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-open-archiving-network/release/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-ope</span><span class="invisible">n-archiving-network/release/1</span></a></p>
COPIM<p>Not long to go now until <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKSG2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKSG2025</span></a> where we're exhibiting alongside the Directory of Open Access Books and OAPEN</p><p>Find out more about us </p><p>Copim ▶️ <a href="https://buff.ly/UsB8v2r" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/UsB8v2r</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>DOAB ▶️ <a href="https://www.doabooks.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">doabooks.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>OAPEN ▶️ <a href="https://www.oapen.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">oapen.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OApublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OApublishing</span></a></p>
COPIM<p>Exciting news! We're exhibiting at <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKSG2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKSG2025</span></a> alongside the Directory of Open Access Books and OAPEN</p><p>Find out more about us </p><p>Copim ▶️ <a href="https://buff.ly/UsB8v2r" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/UsB8v2r</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>DOAB ▶️ <a href="https://www.doabooks.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">doabooks.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>OAPEN ▶️ <a href="https://www.oapen.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">oapen.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OApublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OApublishing</span></a></p>
open-access.network<p>📚 Den richtigen Verlag für dein Open-Access-Buch finden? Der oa.finder macht’s leicht – mit dem neuen Bereich "Buch"!<br>🔎 Durchsuche rund 70 Wissenschaftsverlage nach Programmschwerpunkten, Services &amp; Kosten. Wie das geht, zeigen dir <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@KatjaDammann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KatjaDammann</span></a></span> und Nina Schönfelder in unserer kostenlosen Online-Schulung:<br>📅 3. April 2025 | 🕚 11:00–12:00 Uhr<br>Jetzt anmelden! 👉 <a href="https://uni-bielefeld.zoom.us/meeting/register/jOJNYZ9qTtKKYH2NNVgSMQ#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uni-bielefeld.zoom.us/meeting/</span><span class="invisible">register/jOJNYZ9qTtKKYH2NNVgSMQ#/registration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Publizieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publizieren</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a></p>
Lucy Barnes<p>⏰SIGN UP for the OABN and OIPA's FREE webinar on Thursday on 'Good Metadata Practice!</p><p>✅ Speakers from Thoth, EDItEUR &amp; Penn State University Libraries<br>✅ Audience Q&amp;A<br>✅ Learn why <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetadataMatters</span></a> for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAbooks</span></a> &amp; how to create &amp; use it well</p><p>🔗<a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gd3SXeoVRsCL0muKEpx2rQ#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/Gd3SXeoVRsCL0muKEpx2rQ#/registration</span></a></p>

Join the Open Access Books Network (OABN) and the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) on 20 March. Featuring a panel of experts, and with plenty of time for questions, it's completely FREE!

▶️ Tobias Steiner (COO), Hannah Hillen (Metadata & Publisher Outreach Specialist) - Thoth Open Metadata
▶️ Graham Bell - Executive Director, EDItEUR
▶️ Jeffrey Edmunds - Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State Libraries

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ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Good Metadata Practice for Open Access Books. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.This free online webinar offers practical guidance for working effectively with metadata for open access books. Featuring a panel of expert speakers, and with plenty of time for questions from the audience, this session aims to help publishers, librarians and others understand this vital part of the publishing process for open access books: why metadata matters, and how to create and use it most effectively. This webinar is jointly organised by the Open Access Books Network (OABN) and the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA). Chair: Lucy Barnes (Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator, Open Book Publishers; Open Access Books Network) Speakers: * Tobias Steiner (COO) and Hannah Hillen (Metadata & Publisher Outreach Specialist) - Thoth Open Metadata * Graham Bell - Executive Director, EDItEUR * Jeffrey Edmunds - Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State Libraries

New blog post from us here at Thoth on #PIDs in #OAbooks publishing - in which we highlight some of the problems being encountered with the implementation of PIDs, and particularly DOIs for books when created by multiple agents in the distribution channel

#MetadataMatters

van Gerven Oei, V. W. J., Steiner, T., Hillen, H., & Higman, R. (2025). Maybe Persistent but Certainly Not Unique: On the Proliferation of DOIs in Open Access Book Publishing. Copim. doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.fb61

Copim · Maybe Persistent but Certainly Not Unique: On the Proliferation of DOIs in Open Access Book Publishing