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"OAPEN has become a crucial partner in the open science ecosystem in a unique way. I am honored to be able to contribute to its future success!" - Anja Smit, Director of DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) in The Netherlands
"...[Kurt and Reinier's] guidance has helped shape OAPEN from an ambitious project into a trusted and resilient infrastructure for open access book publishing." - Kimmo Tuominen, Director @kansalliskirjasto.fi & Chair of the OAPEN Supervisory Board
"OAPEN’s ultimate goal of advancing open access for the public good resonates with me on both a personal and professional level." - Sarah Thompson, Associate Director of Content & Open Research, University of York (UK)
đź“ŁAnnouncing changes to OAPEN's Supervisory Board.
We thank Kurt de Belder & Reinier Groen for their years of support & welcome Anja Smit & Sarah Thompson to the Board.
Join us in simultaneously thanking and welcoming the old and new members!
Read more in the press release 👇
We're happy to see the #OABooks Toolkit included in the @eudch.bsky.social community!
Take a look and discover more Tool Spotlights as well as useful resources for #DiamondOA publishing 👉 forum.edch.eu
Great to see so much content available from #LDNOpenFest26! Including our author perspectives on #OpenAccess panel, and many more recordings and presentations from the whole event.
Check it out:
👉 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
Thanks so much @uclopenscience.bsky.social!
The #GRAPHIA Industry Hub is now live with insights & examples at the intersection of AI, knowledge graphs, & SSH research.
đź”— graphia-ssh.eu/indus...
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
Marc Tachelet
đź“ť The latest blog post in our 'Born Open: Rethinking Prestige in Scholarly Book Publishing' comes from Netherlands University Presses (NUPs), an association of library-based publishers working across institutions.
Read all about them in this post👉 openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2026/06/11/p...
Save the date! The DFG invites you to a webinar on funding programmes for “Scientific Research Collaborations with Africa and the Middle East”: Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 1 – 2:30 p.m. CEST. Open to postdoctoral researchers from all academic fields. Questions welcome! Meeting link 👉 sohub.io/b27v
