Don't miss the Craft-OA conference : "Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing" (recording available)

General Event
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Dear colleagues, this conference will take place in Göttingen 6-8 october 2025. You have a few days left to submit your contribution :

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Registration is now open!

Join us for a unique international gathering of the Diamond Open Access community — bringing together voices from across Europe and beyond to reflect, connect, and shape the future of non-profit, scholar-led publishing.

What to expect:

A dynamic programme featuring:

  • 20-minute presentations
  • 5-minute poster lightning talks
  • Roundtable discussions
  • Inspirational keynote addresses
  • Evening social events

Days 1 & 2 will feature presentations from and networking opportunities for the Diamond Open Access community.
Day 3 will focus on CRAFT-OA accomplishments; the public is invited to attend the first morning session to gain a deeper understanding of the project’s results.

Register now: https://www.craft-oa.eu/conference/

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Missed the conference? No worries! all sessions are now available to watch in the recordings:

Recording from Day 1

08:14–28:30 – Welcome remarks

  • Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brümmer (Vice President for Research and Sustainability, University of Göttingen)
  • Kathrin Brannemann (Director, State and University Library Göttingen)
  • @margobargheer (CRAFT-OA Project Coordinator)

39:16–1:13:50 – The UNESCO Global Consultation on Diamond Open Access: Insights and Perspectives, Dr. David Oliva Uribe (UNESCO)

1:14:10–1:38:25 – The EDCH: A collective infrastructure for Diamond OA, Prof. Dr. @johanrooryck and @PierreMounier (Co-coordinators of the EDCH)

2:11:17–2:31:32 – Empowering the Diamond OA community: The EDCH training platform for sustainable capacity building, Karla Avanço (Aix-Marseille University / OpenEdition)

2:32:36–2:50:40 – “Quéro” for editorial quality, search engine optimisation and tools: a small private online course built by and for the community, Véronique Cohoner (CNRS, France)

2:50:51–3:23:42 – Empowering the European Diamond OA community: the EDCH Registry & Forum, @slar and @mpaulhac (OPERAS)

3:40:49–3:52:15 – Training materials and training sessions on technical publication standards, @jfenner (TIB)

3:52:45–3:58:57 – Publisher’s Living Handbook for Diamond Open Access, @IsabellaM (Hamburg University Press)

3:58:58–4:10:02 – Guide to Scholarly Indexes, @agingold (OpenEdition)

Recording from Day 2

19:25–42:34 – Diamond Discovery Hub Official Launch, @hvarachkina (SUB Göttingen / University of Göttingen)

48:27–1:13:50 – Opening the future, or why publishers can do Diamond Open Access too, Linda McGrath (Amsterdam University Press / Central European University Press)

1:14:29–1:43:50 – Challenges of scholar-led DOA publishers not affiliated with institutions, Evin Dalkilic and Elena Di Rosa (Verfassungsblog)

2:08:58–2:35:31 – The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books, @TSteiner (Thoth Open Metadata)

2:36:25–3:05:14 – Bridging global perspectives in Diamond Open Access: collaborative special issues as a path to more diverse knowledge production, Prof. Dr. Michelle Cummings-Koether (Deggendorf Institute of Technology)

3:05:43–3:35:25 – XML JATS in OJS: contributions towards integrating markup process and galley generation in diverse contexts, Gonzalo L. Villarreal (Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas)

5:07:21–6:23:22 – Expert Panel: Diamond Dreams & Data Streams – Shaping Sustainable Open Access

  • Youngim Jung (IAB, Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information)
  • @marc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB)
  • David Oliva Uribe (UNESCO)
  • Urooj Nizami (PKP)

7:06:09–7:16:47 – OJS Diamond Plugins, @mdvorakova (Masaryk University Press)

7:16:48–7:32:40 – OJS Core Feature Development: GDPR, Multilingualism and Better Metadata, @ajnyga (Federation of Finnish Learned Societies – TSV)

7:32:41–7:42:28 – OpenAIRE Publisher Dashboard, Leonidas Pispiringas (OpenAIRE)

Recording from Day 3

11:55–43:10 – CRAFT-OA Sustainability Plan

50:24–1:23:05 – Standing up for Diamond: influencing national OA policy in Canada, Tanja Niemann (Consortium Érudit, Université de Montréal) and Urooj Nizami (PKP)

1:23:06–1:42:22 – Mapping out Diamond Open Access – the German Service Centre for Diamond Open Access, @dpieper (Bielefeld University Library)

1:42:23–2:15:06 – Sustainability and expansion of Dutch Diamond Open Access through collaboration and resource sharing, @SCvanRijn (Dutch academic library consortium UKB)

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