We’re delighted to share with you our OAPEN and DOAB 2023 Stakeholder Report! The report provides details on how both OAPEN and DOAB developed in 2023 as we remained committed to achieving our mission to increase discoverability and trust for OA books, and provide open infrastructure services in support of publishers, research funders, and libraries.

The Hague, 30th of September 2024 - On the day that marked its fourth anniversary, OAPEN Foundation has relaunched an improved and enriched version of its Open Access (OA) Books Toolkit as part of the EU-funded PALOMERA project.

“I would like to thank all the PALOMERA project partners that worked with us to improve the toolkit” - says Niels Stern, Managing Director of the OAPEN Foundation and Scientific Coordinator of the PALOMERA project - “Their engagement and hard work made it possible to improve what was already a very successful tool in the scholarly books community”.

As of the 30th of September 2024, the updated and rebranded OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit will be online and users will be able to enjoy the new content, functionality and revamped design. During the month of October, the social media campaign #OAbookstoolkit will highlight some of the most prominent new features, encouraging researchers, librarians, and policymakers to engage with it, especially during the Open Access Week (21-27 October).

Finally, the renewed toolkit will be presented, live via online streaming and in person, at the final conference of the PALOMERA project, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the 28th October, at the presence of some 100 attendees, amongst project partners, funding institutions, policymakers, and research performing organisations.

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium OAPEN Library and DOAB supporter. Silke Davison, Community Manager, interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with OA books and why they chose to become one of our supporters....

This blog follows the participation of Silke Davison, Community Manager, in the opening discussion panel, ‘Who cares about equity? How different stakeholders of the open access scholarly publishing landscape approach equity’ at the 2024 OSAPA Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, from 16-18 September.  ...