Groups

As part of our research projects (COPIM 2019-2023, and Open Book Futures 2023-2026), we work across several groups and work packages. Each group has a page on this site to collate relevant links, information and posts.

Learn more about our groups

Open Book Collective
Open Book Collective
The Open Book Collective (OBC) is a charity that enables libraries and other institutions to financially support open…
Opening the Future
Opening the Future
Opening the Future is a revenue model for open access books, currently adopted by three University Presses, with more…
Thoth Open Metadata
Thoth Open Metadata
Thoth is an open metadata management and dissemination platform, and a non-profit CIC registered in the UK. The Thoth…
Experimental Publishing Group
Experimental Publishing Group
Copim’s Experimental Publishing Group is researching ways to more closely align existing software, tools and…
Open Book Accessibility with two logos: an open access lock and a disabled person
Accessibility Working Group
Copim’s Accessibility Working Group is dedicated to ensuring that open access scholarship is open to all.
Archiving & Digital Preservation Group
Copim’s Archiving and Digital Preservation Group is developing new technical methods and workflows for…

Key Reads

2024

Private: COPIM response to new UKRI Open Access Policy

COPIM (Community-led Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) welcomes the announcement of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s open access (OA) policy

2024

Copim response to UKRI funding mechanism for Diamond open access book models
Copim response to UKRI funding mechanism for Diamond open access book models

The Copim community welcomes the update on UKRI open access policy and fund for books. We are a group of librarians, publishers, and academics committed to the funding and circulation of open access (OA) books.

2024

The Copim perspective on bibliodiversity
The Copim perspective on bibliodiversity

In this post, we reflect on what bibliodiversity should encompass, how we think it should be achieved, and what we are doing at Copim to support it

2024

The Copim perspective on community-led
The Copim perspective on community-led

In this post, we outline what community-led means to us in theory and in practice, how it can be identified in organisations, and some of our concerns about the co-option of the term.

2024

The Copim perspective on scale
The Copim perspective on scale

In this post, we explain the concept of 'scaling small', why it is powerful, and how it has been implemented in Copim's work.