Open Book Collective www.openbookcollective.org Lancaster University Coventry University Researcher and writer in fan studies, media culture, digital media, music and gender, once personally insulted by Jordan Peterson.https://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3mg36awl6lc2rJust under a week left to apply to the #CollectiveDevelopmentFund 2026. This fund is to support projects building capacity for Open Access Books, including networks and infrastructure. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. https://obc.copim.pub/obc-collective-development-fund-grant-programme-2026-call-guidance/02 Mar 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg36awl6lc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3mftegepb7s2kDay 2 of the #CopimConference 2026 opens with a panel on metadata, dissemination challenges & open community solutions for open access books. First, Harrison Inefuku introduces the history and work of the Iowa State University Digital Press.27 Feb 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftegepb7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3mfrefay7ss26I appreciate the conference focus on reducing plastic and paper and the fact no meat is served at the #CopimConference 2026. Sustainability is a complex idea- some time ago we drafted a short blog post on what the term means to us at Copim: https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/the-copim-perspective-on-sustainability https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/the-copim-perspective-on-sustainability/release/126 Feb 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrefay7ss26https://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3mfr52j6gx22lThe next talk is from University Librarian Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan, and covers some of the work she and her colleagues have accomplished with support from the #OpenBookCollective's Collective Development Fund.26 Feb 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr52j6gx22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3mfr4tvsmks2l'Exploring the future of community-led open access books' (Copim Conference 2026) opens with keynotes from Copim and Open Book Futures PIs, Joe Deville and Janneke. Joe recaps the genealogy of Copim's emerging from the Radical Open Access Conference in 2015. #Copim2026 #DiamondOpenAccess26 Feb 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr4tvsmks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3m3bw5n7uck2bLooking forward to taking part in this OA week panel on Monday!16 Oct 2025 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3bw5n7uck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lxrdaizk222sNew article in Journal of Popular Communication https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2025.2552778 #fanstudies01 Sep 2025 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrdaizk222shttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lsj2vgjerk2kYesterday I spoke at 'Choosing open access for books: An author journey', an Open Scholarship event hosted by the Bodleian Library, Oxford. This was some great discussion and stimulating questions, both on the #OpenBookCollective and #OA generally. Recording here: https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BOSE-OA-For-Books26 Jun 2025 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsj2vgjerk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lsfrsmhwas2eWhat a lovely review of Killer Fandom in the International Journal of Communication (OA of course), thank you so much! ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc #OABooks #FanStudies https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc25 Jun 2025 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsfrsmhwas2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqwj5k5s5c2rReally happy to see the amazing progress on this project #OABooks [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwj5k5s5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqrtzh6azc2rNow begins the panel on Open Systems and Infrastructure, featuring @simonxix.com04 Jun 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrtzh6azc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqrtiarxbc2pHello new followers, the icon is Zara, she is almost 15 and a queen.04 Jun 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrtiarxbc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqrmkpecys2cVarina Jones-Reid of Aberdeen University Press is speaking on the need for Diamond OA to support equity for ECRs04 Jun 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrmkpecys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqrgssmhj22l#EORC opens with a welcome from Edinburgh Library Director Jeremy Upton. @kjsanders.bsky.social and I will be speaking momentarily. The theme is "Open Access: What's Stopping Us?"04 Jun 2025 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrgssmhj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lqpkhrgbzc2tHeading up to Edinburgh this evening for #EORC to present with @kjsanders.bsky.social on Author Agency and the Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social - see the full programme here openresearch.ed.ac.uk/conference/ https://openresearch.ed.ac.uk/conference/03 Jun 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpkhrgbzc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lmhmqo4kq22pFull programme for Fan Studies and True Crime in the New Media Environment. This is a free hybrid workshop on 8 May hosted at Coventry University, but please register using the link in the programme tinyurl.com/4c7cw42d https://tinyurl.com/4c7cw42d10 Apr 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhmqo4kq22phttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lkbqiflr5s2vWinnie loves Zara. Zara thinks Winnie is ok. She'll concede that her fur is useful.13 Mar 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbqiflr5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3ljze5542g22s⏱️⏱️👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljze5542g22shttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3ljaozyeux22yI will be giving a short talk on author choices in OA publishing and the work of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social at the The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship on March 11. Full programme at openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25 https://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos2528 Feb 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljaozyeux22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3liwogrsfic2iThis is not about publishing, but myself and other #fanstudies scholars with an interest in true crime genres in the new media environment are starting up a network. Inaugural workshop May 8; there is a small amount of funding available to assist w/ travel: www.eventsforce.net/fanstudies24 Feb 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwogrsfic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lhsqht3usc2zA reflection on the Open Book Collective workshop at the Diamond OA Summit in December 2024 at University of Cape Town https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/reflections-on-open-monograph-publishing10 Feb 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhsqht3usc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/judithfathallah.bsky.social/post/3lg63jmwd3s2z [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:45turac3gmlickki473bawea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg63jmwd3s2z