Supporting open scholarship through community and collaboration
Members of OIPA frequently contribute to keynotes, panel discussions and workshops on topics relating to institutional open access publishing. We’ve listed below some forthcoming and previous events, with links provided to recordings (where available):
OIPA Event Materials
We have a range of materials – flyers, postcards and posters – that you can download to share online or print to take with you to conferences and events.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events & Member Presentations
OIPA Symposium 2025 – Online (21 October 2025)
Following our inaugural in-person Symposium in 2024, we are delighted to be back with an exciting Online Symposium during #OAWeek 2025. The Symposium will explore the current open publishing landscape and some of the ground-breaking projects shaping the future of open institutional publishing – join us and be part of the conversation.
Webinar: Good Metadata Practice for Open Access Books – hosted by OIPA/ OABN
This webinar was jointly organised by the Open Access Books Network (OABN) and the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA), and focuses on ‘good metadata practice’ for open access books. Metadata is a crucial aspect of the publishing process for open access books for both publishers and librarians, but misunderstandings and confusion about ‘best practice’ persist, particularly for those unfamiliar with creating and managing metadata and technical standards. We hope this webinar will offer attendees practical guidance and a forum for asking questions and sharing good metadata practice for open access books.
The webinar is chaired by Lucy Barnes (Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers, representing the OABN), and features the following speakers:
Tobias Steiner (COO) and Hannah Hillen (Metadata & Publisher Outreach Specialist) – Thoth Open Metadata; Graham Bell – Executive Director, EDItEUR; Jeffrey Edmunds – Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State Libraries.
Recording of the webinar
Blog about the webinar by Hannah Hillen and Toby Steiner from Copim
Delivering Open Access for Books by Default: The role of community-led funding models and infrastructures – Online (Thursday 24th October from 2 – 3.30 pm)
In this joint webinar from IOAP and OIPA, we heard from key members of the Copim community. which has been working since 2019 to make Open Access for books by default a realistic aspiration. It included presentations from three Copim initiatives: Opening the Future, Open Book Collective, and Thoth Open Metadata. Each highlighted the work they are doing to underpin a more sustainable future for Open Access books, while also drawing out the benefits of the community-led approaches they are developing.
ALPSP Conference – Manchester (12 September 2024)
Pat Gordon-Smith, Commissioning Editor at UCL Press, was part of a panel discussion on the value of OA Books at the ALPSP Conference in Manchester. The title of her presentation is ‘Open Access Institutional Publishing: UCL Press and Beyond’.
OIPA Symposium – University of York, UK (10 June 2024)
The first OIPA one-day meeting on institutional open access publishing featured keynotes from Jane Buggle, Sarah Thompson and Andrew Barker. This event was generously funded by a UKSG Innovation Award.
Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing – Tromso, Norway (8th November 2023)
OIPA member Edinburgh Diamond presented on ‘Collaborative Open Access Library Hosting in Scotland’ at the Septentrio Conference Series (uit.no) – Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing (8th November 2023).
Support community led open access publishing: Help shape the future of scholarly communications – Online (26th October 2023)
OIPA members from University of Westminster Press and University of Sussex contributed to a panel discussion, as part of Open Access Week 2023.
The Lower Decks: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing – Birkbeck, University of London (7–8 September 2023)
University of Westminster Press joined a panel discussion on Open Access, Communities and Activism.
IFLA Library Publishing SIG Satellite Conference – The Hague (19 August 2023)
Edinburgh Diamond, Scottish Universities Press and White Rose University Press presented individual talks on library-led publishing at institutions.
LIBER 2023 conference – Budapest, Hungary (5-7 July 2023)
The Open Press at the University of Sussex spoke here about their publishing operation.
CILIPS Conference 2023 – Dundee, Scotland (5-6 June 2023)
Scottish Universities Press (SUP) spoke about the development of a collaborative OA Press in Scotland, including a slide about OIPA. A recording of the presentation by Dominique Walker of SUP is available online here.
Library Publishing Forum 2023 – online (9-11 May 2023)
Scottish Universities Press (SUP) presented on collaborative library-led publishing and included a slide introducing OIPA to a mainly North American audience. A recording of the presentation by Dominique Walker of SUP is available online here.
COPIM Final Conference: Scaling Small – Community-Owned Futures for Open Access Books – online (20-21 April 2023)
Philippa Grand from the University of Westminster Press was part of the keynote panel presenting on ‘More Adventures in Scaling Small: An Open Institutional Publisher Perspective’. This keynote and all the recordings of all the presentations given during the conference are available here.
UKSG conference – Glasgow, Scotland (13-15 April 2023)
The Open Institutional Publishing Association launched its call for expressions of interest from potential members during a lightning talk at the conference.
Jisc’s ‘OA Monograph Myth Busting’ sessions – online (2022)
These sessions were organised by Jisc and featured speakers from member organisations of OIPA:
1. ‘OA Myth Busting 1: Compliance vs Culture’ – featured Dr Emma Gallon from University of London Press. A recording of this webinar and slides from the session are available here.
2. OA Books Myth Busting 2: Quality and Prestige’ – a recording and slides from the session are available here.
3. ‘OA Books Myth Busting 3: Copyright and third party rights clearance’ – featured Kate Petherbridge from White Rose University Press. A recording of this webinar and slides from this session are available here.
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