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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenInfraFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfraFoundation</a> is Now Part of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxFoundation</a> Family <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a>, home to projects like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStack</a>, Kata Containers, and StarlingX has officially joined the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> Foundation to unite communities, share resources, and boost <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> infrastructure development. <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/openinfra-joins-linux-foundation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.itsfoss.com/openinfra-joins-linux-foundation/</a>

Toby Steiner<a href="https://openbiblio.social/@pampel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pampel</a> ich würde mich gerne auch noch anmelden, falls noch Platz ist. 😀 Vielleicht auch als Input: das Thema liegt uns in der <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> Community insb. mit Blick auf <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> für <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> am Herzen - wichtig hier das kollektive Finanzierungsmodell des <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> das bspw. <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oapenbooks</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thoth_metadata</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PublicKnowledgeProject</a> (mit Blick auf OMP) unterstützt.

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a> has only gone and joined the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxFoundation</a> Artist formerly known as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStack</a> to huddle under same umbrella as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation OpenInfra arguably lost the fight years ago, a fact made glaringly obvious when stalwarts such as the veteran <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> vendor SUSE decided to drop SUSE OpenStack Cloud in 2019 and go all-in with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kubernetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kubernetes</a>. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/openinfra_joins_the_linux_foundation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/openinfra_joins_the_linux_foundation/</a>Still good to see <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> projects finding log term support even if they are niche offerings now!

Matt "msw" Wilson"After thorough consideration, we see joining forces with the Linux Foundation as the best way to secure financial stability, strengthen collaboration across the open-source ecosystem, and enhance long-term community support." - Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of <a href="https://social.openinfra.dev/@OpenInfra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@OpenInfra</a> <a href="https://lists.openinfra.org/archives/list/foundation@lists.openinfra.org/thread/3B7OWPRXB4KD2DVX7SYYSHYYRNCKVV46/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lists.openinfra.org/archives/list/foundation@lists.openinfra.org/thread/3B7OWPRXB4KD2DVX7SYYSHYYRNCKVV46/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStack</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxFoundation</a>

Kaitlin ThaneyOur team <a href="https://indieweb.social/@investinopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@investinopen</a> has been sprinting this week to get on the phone with funders, analyze our funding data for insights into risk for core <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a>, institutions, + libraries, assessing impact on foreign aid for connectivity.We need to get coordinated + look at this week as a sign of what’s to come.Have funds you can move to support the systems research, AI, business rely on? Move the money. And stop expecting gov’t or institutions to pick up the tab.<a href="https://investinopen.org/blog/call-to-action-protect-vulnerable-infrastructure-and-research-independence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://investinopen.org/blog/call-to-action-protect-vulnerable-infrastructure-and-research-independence/</a>

Thoth Open MetadataHooray! The amazing folks over at <a href="https://indieweb.social/@investinopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@investinopen</a> 's Infra Finder have worked really hard during the past months, and updated their list of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a> tools - and Thoth has been included with up-to-date information 🎉 <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> Infra Finder is a tool designed to increase adoption of and investment in open infrastructure.Check out our entry and explore IOI's database: <a href="https://infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/thoth-open-metadata" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/thoth-open-metadata</a>

Toby SteinerRoller banners? Check! ✅ Posters? Check! ✅ Assortment of flyers, stickers, etc? Check! ✅Looks like I'm all geared up to catch my train to this year's Frankfurt Book Fair ... Gonna be a couple of interesting days for <a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thoth_metadata</a> together with colleagues from <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/opening_future" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@opening_future</a> and <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oapenbooks</a> - we have two booths on site, forming a small haven of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> community-led <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> s for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> ... <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metadata</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openaccess</a> Will you be there, too? Why not stop by and say hi! We're in Hall 4.0, booths E69/71! <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/fbm24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fbm24</a>

Toby Steiner<a href="https://scholar.social/@MaxPe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MaxPe</a> 😍 really excited about this conference, can't wait to make it over to Berlin to learn more about <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openaccess</a> in legal studies over the next two days! I'll also be presenting the work we've been doing with <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> to develop infrastructures, processes and workflows to help bring about a community- and values-led alternative open ecosystem for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> 📚 ... with <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thoth_metadata</a> as two major outputs and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> spin-offs <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metadata</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dissemination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissemination</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/experiments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#experiments</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#governance</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archiving</a>

Thoth Open MetadataWe've had a wonderful <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> Open Book Futures showcase event yesterday, recapping what our groups / Work Packages (focusing on Experimental Publishing, Archiving & Preservation, Accessibility, Opening the Future, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> and Thoth) have been up to those past 18 months <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/@flavoursofopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flavoursofopen</a> , our COO, provided an overview of what we've achieved so far with Thoth Open Metadata, and our plans for the next 18 months on Open Book Futures📢 Important to keep in mind: 👇Thoth already has a variety of open solutions in place to tackle many of the issues faced by small to medium-sized publishers from across the globe in navigating the complex landscape of the book supply chain.Wanna know more? Please find our slidedeck at <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/13842746" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/records/13842746</a> and be in touch!Also, don't hesitate to spread the word! <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archiving</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a>

Thoth Open MetadataToday at Open-Access-Tage 2024: our Thoth colleague Hannah is presenting our poster, a joint collaboration in the context of our <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> work together with <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a>, OAPEN, DOAB, and Opening The Future, titled"No open access without open infrastructure: Five not-for-profit infrastructures with shared values for OA books"With this poster, we outline how those five infrastructures work together to bring about a fairer, trustworthy and transparent not-for-profit open ecosystem for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> Extra <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/multilingualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#multilingualism</a> feature: Check out the digital version of our poster, which is available in 🇬🇧 English, 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 Brazilian-Portuguese, 🇩🇪 German, and 🇪🇸 Spanish <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/oat24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oat24</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openaccess</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12263353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12263353</a>

Stefano ZacchiroliJust learned at <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/FOSSY24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSSY24</a> (thanks to <a href="https://muon.social/@allison" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@allison</a> ) about the <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a> policy for AI generated content: <a href="https://openinfra.dev/legal/ai-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://openinfra.dev/legal/ai-policy</a> (v0.9.2 at the time of my writing). It's a very reasonable approach, rooted in the best-practices that mature FOSS projects have applied for a very long time for vetting code contributions.

Thoth Open Metadata<a href="https://fediscience.org/@oatp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oatp</a> 👏 So glad to see this spelled out for journals, thanks to Dominique Babini, Arianna Becerril-García & colleagues! With <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oapenbooks</a> we are also thinking about similar collaborative <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> networks for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> and hope to to discuss this and related questions more at today's <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OPERAS2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPERAS2024</a> Workshop No. 7 - come join us, won't you?

Danny GarsideTomorrow I'll be chairing the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@turingway" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@turingway</a> Community Forum!Come along for updates on our activities, and for an insight into how we make decisions!<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@turingway/112291981033484873" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fosstodon.org/@turingway/112291981033484873</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenInfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfra</a>

Thoth Open MetadataIf you happen to read German, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@openaccessbrandenburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openaccessbrandenburg</a> has just published a really nice and detailed interview with our COO & Product Manager Toby (<a href="https://hcommons.social/@flavoursofopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flavoursofopen</a>) as a follow-up on our poster presentation at last year's <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@OATage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@OATage</a> ... thanks so much to <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@aeppelin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aeppelin</a> and Sharon Hundehegge (whom we couldn't find on Mastodon) for making this possible!In that interview, Toby talks a bit about the genesis of Thoth in the larger context of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a> project (2019-23), outlines what Thoth can do for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> small, scholar-led, and university publishers, and provides insights into next steps and the important connections with like-minded open infrastructures such as <a href="https://mastodon.online/@crossref" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@crossref</a>, <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oapenbooks</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PublicKnowledgeProject</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> and more. <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://open-access-brandenburg.de/oa-interviews-tobias-steiner-thoth-open-metadata-ueber-trends-und-loesungen-fuer-open-access-buecher/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open-access-brandenburg.de/oa-interviews-tobias-steiner-thoth-open-metadata-ueber-trends-und-loesungen-fuer-open-access-buecher/</a>

Toby SteinerI know this is a fight that has been lost a long time ago already, but still ... scholars providing only links to their Google Slides versions of presentation slidedecks is insufficient to ensure the materials can be accessed at a later stage.Far better approach: take some time to provide alt-text for any visual material, make it a point to download a version of your presentation, and then upload to either your HEI's institutional repository (if you happen to have access to one), or use a generalist open repo such as <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Zenodo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zenodo</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/@hello" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hello</a> or the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> - et voilà, done ✅ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DontLeaveItToGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DontLeaveItToGoogle</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archiving</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a>

Toby SteinerReading <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jonny</a>'s recent publication "Surveillance Graphs: Vulgarity and Cloud Orthodoxy in Linked Data Infrastructures", which is on 🔥🔥🔥 "Clearly, on its own, mere “openness” is no guarantee of virtue, and socio-technological systems must always be evaluated in their broader context: what is open? why? who benefits? Open source, open standards, and peer production models do not inherently challenge the rent-seeking behavior of information conglomerates, but can instead facilitate it."👏 This is exactly why with <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a>, we believe that true <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openaccess</a> is contingent on community-led open infrastructures, such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thoth_metadata</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> Highly recommended reading! 👇 <a href="https://jon-e.net/surveillance-graphs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jon-e.net/surveillance-graphs/</a>

Toby SteinerAnd the wheels of the conglomeratisation machine keep turning ... Following the recent (2022) acquisition of Ubiquity, DeGruyter and Brill now "have joined forces to form De Gruyter Brill" ...Purportedly, this "also allows the publisher to accelerate the transition to open access and fund technology investments for the benefit of the scholarly community".Read: their shareholder's profits. 😑Yet another step towards the corporate enclosure of publishing ... and another reason why our work to establish alternative <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/communityled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communityled</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> initiatives such as <a href="https://hcommons.social/@copim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copim</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openbookcollect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openbookcollect</a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thoth_metadata</a> is so important! <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/about-us/press/press-releases/de-gruyter-brill-begins-here" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/about-us/press/press-releases/de-gruyter-brill-begins-here</a>

Thoth Open Metadata🎉 We're really excited to announce our partnership with <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/oapenbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oapenbooks</a> With the recent agreement, Thoth becomes an OAPEN intermediary facilitating direct submission of OA books and corresponding metadata to OAPEN. This is done on behalf of Thoth’s key stakeholder group of small and scholar-led publishers that are using Thoth for easy management and dissemination of their content and metadata. Those books submitted through Thoth will also be listed on the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB).Publishers using Thoth to submit their OA books to OAPEN will benefit from a full waiver of operational submission fees, while the submission process will be handled directly through Thoth.<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metadata</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> More on this exciting development here 👇🏽<a href="https://oapen.org/article/8778704-oapen-and-thoth-open-metadata-sign-partnership-agreement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oapen.org/article/8778704-oapen-and-thoth-open-metadata-sign-partnership-agreement</a>

Thoth Open MetadataIn light of the newest lawsuit filed by OCLC, it's important to remember that there is no reason other than commercial interests to lock down book metadata (or any other kind of metadata, for that matter) ... As Thoth director <a href="https://hcommons.social/@vangervenoei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@vangervenoei</a> writes in one of our earlier blog posts, "proposals to release metadata in the public domain have [...] encountered resistance from commercial vendors who benefit from a closed metadata ecosystem. [...] many stakeholders in the scholarly communications chain make significant investments into creating metadata records, and it is perhaps a feature of the current closed and compartmentalized book metadata ecosystem that much of these investments are actually unnecessary double work."This is why we advocate for open, public domain metadata, and all metadata created via Thoth is released under CC0 by default.<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/remix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#remix</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LoveData24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LoveData24</a>van Gerven Oei, V. W. J. (2020). Open Metadata in Thoth. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.eb0d86e8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.eb0d86e8</a>

Thoth Open MetadataThe second blog post has details on our new Thoth Plus service offer - something we've also asked publishers about during the above-mentioned workshop. In a nutshell, with Thoth Plus, we are offering a variety of paid-for services to take on the task of submitting <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OAbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OAbooks</a> and corresponding <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metadata</a> to a number of external platforms such as Project MUSE, Jstor, Google Books, EBSCO Host, and Knowledge Bases such as the Jisc KB, among many others, on behalf of publishers ... <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MetadataMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetadataMatters</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archiving</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openinfra</a> Intrigued? For more on Thoth Plus, please have a look at <a href="https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-plus-service-model/release/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-plus-service-model/release/1</a>

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