launch of directory of open access books by eelco ferwerda
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Official Launch of the Directory of Open Access Books
OA Monograph in HSS conference1 July 2013, British Library, London
Eelco Ferwerda
Director of OAPEN Foundation
DOAB
• Discovery service for OA books• Searchable index to peer reviewed
monographs• Links back to Open Access
publication• + links to webshop and vendors
DOAB development
• First conversations at COASP 2009, Lund• Developed with Lars Björnshauge and
SemperTool (founders of DOAJ)• Launched in beta version in April 2011• Purpose of beta: find out about user
needs:– Survey– Online discussion
DOAB user needs
• Requirements and standards concerning quality control are warmly welcomed
• Provide transparency about procedures used (icon system?)
• As long as these standards remain flexible and open to a variety of quality control mechanisms, from editorial control to open peer review and post publication review
• Focus should remain on the outcome, not on the procedure used
DOAB requirements
Established by OAPEN in consultation with OASPA:
• Academic books in DOAB shall be available under an Open Access license (such as a Creative Commons license)
• Academic books in DOAB shall be subjected to independent and external peer review prior to publication
DOAB dissemination
• Connecting with libraries– OAI harvesting, DC, MARCXML, CC0 license
• Connecting with content aggregators– WorldCat, Base, Serial Solutions, Europeana
• Search engine optimization– Schema.org model for books
• Integration with OAPEN Library– Automated import of CC-licensed books
Our goals
• Increase discoverability of OA books• Provide authoritative list of OA book
publishers• Support quality assurance and
standards• Promote OA book publishing
DOAB support
DOAB will follow the example of DOAJ, sustaining its activities through financial support from the stakeholder community (libraries, consortia, commercial aggregators and publishers)
– Contributors: ad hoc contributions– Members: fixed yearly fee– Publishers: voluntary fee based on # books– Sponsors
Since launch in beta
• 22 49 publishers (10+ pending)• 700 1450 OA books
Recognized by librarians:• Best New Product (2012)
– Award sponsored by Charleston Advisor• Best Free Reference Web Site (2013)
– Selected by Reference and User Services Association (ALA)
The Directory of Open Access Books
is now open
