Hi everyone, we have a new vacancy at the DOAB & OAPEN for the role of Community Manager, responsible for the development of and engagement with our library community. This is a full-time position. OAPEN and DOAB have their offices in The Hague in the Netherlands, but the position is open to working remotely.

Application deadline by March 31st.…[Read more]

Hello, we’re looking for a Finance & Administration Officer to join the OAPEN Team (fluent in Dutch and English). The Finance & Administration Officer will help us with the financial management of OAPEN’s operational and project activities. More…[Read more]

Hello all,

Jisc is organising a webinar series on the topic of open access books related to the forthcoming UKRI open access policy. Please find more details below and don’t hesitate to register if interested!

In August 2021, UKRI launched a new open access policy, which for the first time includes a provision for long form scholarly works…[Read more]

Hi everyone, we are looking for a new team member that will help us with managing a Horizon Europe funded project about research funder policies and strategies for open access books across Europe and beyond.

We are looking for a colleague with skills and experience in project management and communication. Knowledge of the subject matter is not…[Read more]

Hi all,

Sharing on behalf of the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group: The IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group is seeking proposals for 5-minute lightning talks to be presented at its Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.

 
Possible topics may include, but are not limited…[Read more]

Open Position: The OAPEN Foundation is looking for a Project Manager to help with promoting and supporting the transition to open access for academic books. Responsibilities include participation in project activities, supporting technical operations, services and assisting with financial administration of the foundation. Full-time…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing Charles. Just registered as this can be quite relevant for us here to participate in! Tom

Hi John,

I’ve had a read through and think it is a really thoughtful and well-balanced vision and policy considering some of the current challenges and opportunities for opening up books. I’m not too familiar with similar visions and policies, some of the fully OA publishers do have a clear vision statement and the University of Michigan Press…[Read more]

Hi everyone, I’d like to share an exciting development for our Open Infrastructures in the U.S. (the Directory of Open Acccess Books (DOAB) and OAPEN).

Earlier this week we announced a Collective-Action agreement between DOAB, OAPEN and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), becoming a part of the BTAA member libraries’ “strategic portfolio of…[Read more]

On April 7th, OPERAS and OASPA organised a workshop on ‘Innovative business models for open access book publishing – six approaches in Europe’. These six approaches were all applied to small or medium-sized academic book publishers and may be relevant for any small or medium-sized publisher interested in OA book publishing.

A short report, along…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

I would like to invite you to participate in a short 8-10 minute survey on citizen science funding in the SSH, part of the Collaborative Engagement on Societal Issues (COESO) project.

The survey is on citizen science funding in the SSH and the results will help the COESO project in identifying funding needs for different types of…[Read more]

Hi, great to see this article which ‘opens up’ the conversation and explores additional steps that could be taken – including books and chapters.

To add to Agata’s comments:

If there is indeed some level of agreement on the limitations and extent to which the Gold OA model, through a ‘Book-Processing-Charge (BPC)’ model, can work on a…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing Pablo and congrats with this milestone and if I read it correctly over 1 post a day on average. Good luck with the ORC in 2021 and looking forward to seeing some OA-books related news pop-up from time to time!