OAPEN
Online library of open access books
OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication. We work with publishers to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books and provide services for publishers, libraries, and research funders in the areas of hosting, deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.
OAPEN and DOAB 2024 Highlights published
OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) have published a joint 2024 Highlights report, detailing their activities and achievements in 2024. This revised version of the report, which replaces the previous format of stakeholder reports, is intended to inform OAPEN and DOAB’s stakeholders about their activities and achievements which they supported throughout the year.
Forthcoming event attendance
Come meet us in person at these conferences in 2025. We will be adding to this list if our attendance at additional conferences emerges, so make sure to check back regularly!
Vacancy note: Head of Technology at OAPEN & DOAB
Do you want to influence the strategic direction of OAPEN and DOAB and shape their technical future? Do you want to play a central role in the evolution of open access to academic books? Do you have technical knowledge and the ability to translate between tech and non-tech audiences? Would you like to develop your skills as a team leader? If yes, you may consider this vacancy note!
Change of technical leadership at OAPEN and DOAB
Shortly after the launch of the OAPEN project back in 2008, I remember that the project coordinator, Eelco Ferwerda at Amsterdam University Press (AUP) introduced a new colleague to the project: Ronald Snijder. Ronald was the Project Supervisor Digital Publications at AUP and introduced to support the...
A book is a book in any other markup language
Updating the OAPEN Library’s metadata feeds Since the launch of the OAPEN Library in 2010, the metadata feeds for our collection of open access (OA) books and chapters have always been and will continue to be freely available for anyone to access, download, and use as they need from the OAPEN website. ...
OAPEN
OA Books Toolkit
