Because we support Knowledge Commons’ mission, have high regard for their services, and because we have benefitted so much from their work and its capacity to draw people interested in open scholarship together, we’re encouraging members of the OABN community to consider financially supporting Knowledge Commons.Read More →
Do you want to learn more about what it’s like to publish an open access (OA) book? Join this free online event which brings together researchers funded by the European Research Council (ERC) to talk about their experiences with OA book publishing.Read More →
On 24 June 2025, the OABN hosted a practical event to equip members of the community with the skills needed to upload new or updated policies to the Knowledge Base, a database that contains hundreds of funder and institutional policy documents from 39 countries in the European Research Area. YouRead More →
Published today in Katina Magazine, Lucy Barnes, Iva Melinščak Zlodi, Vanessa Proudman, Ursula Rabar, and Niels Stern have written an article on ‘How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?’ You can read it here. A collaboration between two OPERAS working groups, the Open Access Books Network and Open AccessRead More →
Essential tools and resources to help you navigate the OA book policy landscape Open access (OA) publishing is rapidly evolving, with policymakers at institutional, national, and organisational levels increasingly incorporating books into their OA policies or developing new policies specifically for OA books. As the volume of policies increase, soRead More →