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Open Metadata and Libraries

2023-11-16
On: November 16, 2023
In: Discovery, Metadata

Jeffrey Edmunds writes about how the current metadata ecosystem is skewed against the free and open sharing of metadata, and suggests some possible ways to improve this.Read More →

Open café for small university presses: an update

2022-02-04
On: February 4, 2022
In: funding OA books, Metadata, OA press, OABN update

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Small university presses and OA books: come and join us!

2022-01-17
On: January 17, 2022
In: funding OA books, Metadata, OA press, OABN update

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Voices from the OA Books Community Summary: The Great Polyphony

2021-07-22
On: July 22, 2021
In: Book authors, Discovery, funding OA books, Libraries, Metadata, OA press, OABN update, Voices from the Community

At the end of May 2021 the most significant series of events hosted by the Open Access Books Network so far, Voices from the OA Books Community, came to an end. The series, initiated in November 2020 at the OPERAS conference, was devoted to exploring different aspects of policy forRead More →

Open Access books and [in]discoverability: a library perspective

2021-02-11
On: February 11, 2021
In: Discovery, Libraries, Metadata

By Jayne Kelly (Ebooks Administrator, Collections and Academic Liaison Department, Cambridge University Library) and Clara Panozzo (Latin American & Iberian Collections, Collections and Academic Liaison Department, Cambridge University Library) During the COVID-19 pandemic, two colleagues from different areas within the Collections and Academic Liaison department at Cambridge University Library haveRead More →

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    From Google's English:  "The "Open Access Publication Funding" program provides a fixed grant for the publication of research articles and scholarly books in Open Access. The approved grants can be used to cover the total Open Access publication fees incurred by an institution. With this funding, the DFG fulfills its share of the financial responsibility […]
  • What Makes a Digital Library a Trusted Open Infrastructure? | Katina Magazine September 27, 2026
    "Lilly Ho examines the OAPEN Library, showing why it has become a key component of the global open scholarly book ecosystem."
  • OAPEN and Max Planck Society partner to build collection of funded open access books - MPDL September 27, 2026
    "The OAPEN Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Max Planck Society (MPG) to build a dedicated collection of open access books funded by more than 80 Max Planck Institutes (MPIs) and research facilities. The Institutes and research facilities range in expertise, from natural and life sciences to the humanities. The collection […]
  • New open access regulations September 27, 2026
    "New open access regulations will come into force starting in January 2027. The SNSF will continue to fund articles, but publication fees will be capped. It will only support books that are based on SNSF-funded projects. Since 2018, the SNSF has provided extensive funding for open access articles and books. Unlike most Swiss higher education […]
  • Feedback Survey - DOAS Adaptation for OA Books September 27, 2026
    "Are you a university, library, research institute, or another similar community based publisher or platform working with Diamond OA books? Then we need your input! The AEGIS-OA (Activate European Guidance and Incentives for Sustainable Open Access publishing) project is an EU-funded project under the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. It aims to establish a […]

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