Skimming through a very recent report on the current state of #scholcom #infrastructure - and kind of worried that we're still, in this year of 2023, doing the old capitalist playbook of preaching consolidation, consolidation, consolidation ... and transformative agreements.

Is it really so hard to acknowledge other forms that try to do things differently? #Ithaka

Like, no mention whatsoever of alternative forms of organisation that don't just merely focus on competition and / or cost reduction ... 😩 #scalingsmall

It's not as if we didn't have key non-profits / not-for-profits working in the sector, right?

😍 at long last, the Experimental Publishing Compendium has been unveilled just earlier today as part of the WP6 panel of @copim 's end-of-project conference!

The Compendium is such a fantastic resource that does not want to only be a database of sorts ... More than that, and building on the research conducted by the Experimental Publishing group (aka. COPIM's WP6) comprising @openreflections, @simonxix, @hardyjuls@twitter.com, @garyhall, @Rebekka_Kie, the Compendium seeks to highlight the rhizomatic connections that exist between tools and platforms, practices such as collaborative writing, forking, annotating, remixing, etc., and numerous examples to showcase the interplay between practices and tools / platforms and outputs in the complex and ongoing adventure that experimental publishing can be #OAbooks #ScalingSmall #OpenInfra

Find out more at:

https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/

'How to cultivate good closures: "scaling small" and the limits of openness'. Text of my talk from today's #scalingsmall conference.

https://www.samuelmoore.org/2023/04/20/how-to-cultivate-good-closures-scaling-small-and-the-limits-of-openness/

RT @rupertgatti
Looking forward to being part of the @COPIMproject team at #UKSG23. Speaking in breakout group A & hanging around #UKSGStand33. Stop by to chat about all things #OABooks related, incl COPIM, THOTH, OtF, @OpenBookCollect, @OpenBookPublish and our other #scalingsmall partners https://twitter.com/COPIMproject/status/1638162923632701442