[IP-OA_Forum] oa.talk on June 11: “Open Book Collective, Open Journals Collective, and Thoth: Collaborating for a sustainable Diamond OA future”

["Shangguan, Wenxin" <Wenxin.Shangguan@tib.eu>]

Dear Diamond Open Access enthusiasts,

 

Hope you had a nice long weekend.

 

As part of the BMFTR-funded project open-access.network, we would like to invite you to join our next Open Access Talk (oa.talk):

 

Title: Open Book Collective, Open Journals Collective, and Thoth: Collaborating for a sustainable Diamond OA future

Date: June 11, 2026

Time: 11:00-12:00 (CEST)

Place: Webex Webinar

 

Diamond Open Access thrives and sustains itself through collaboration, building on shared knowledge and mutual support. In this Open Access Talk, we focus on the collaboration between three community-driven organisations supporting Diamond Open Access on a global scale, with outreach to the German publishing landscape.

 

The session features Caroline Ball from Open Book Collective, Tom Shaw from Open Journals Collective and Toby Steiner from Thoth Open Metadata. With concrete examples, we aim to explore the potential of collaboration between scholarly initiatives, open infrastructure providers, publishers, and libraries, and discuss how collaborations might change current academic publishing and financial models within universities.

 

Caroline Ball is the Community Engagement Lead for the Open Book Collective. Tom Shaw is Library Engagement Lead for the Open Journals Collective. Toby Steiner is COO of Thoth Open Metadata.

 

The talk will be held in English. No prior registration is required. Further information about the talk and the speakers can be found on the announcement page: https://open-access.network/fortbilden/open-access-talk/oatalk-am-11-juni-2026

 

We would appreciate it if you could forward this invitation. We look forward to seeing you!

 

Best regards,

 

Wenxin Shangguan

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Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)

Publikationsdienste, Projekt open-access.network 3

 

Welfengarten 1 B // 30167 Hannover
wenxin.shangguan@tib.eu 
https://www.tib.eu

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