We recently welcomed Bloomsbury Academic as an OASPA member in the Large Publisher category. Bloomsbury Academic joins over 190 OASPA members. We asked Ros Pyne, Global Director, Research and Open Access, a few questions so we could learn more about Bloomsbury Academic and its connection to open scholarship and decision to become an OASPA member…. Read full article >
Welcoming The MIT Press as an OASPA member Copy
We recently welcomed The MIT Press as an OASPA member in the Professional Publisher (Large) category. The MIT Press joins over 190 OASPA members and 20 others in the Professional Publisher (Large) category. We asked Nick Lindsay, Director of Journals and Open Access, a few questions so we could learn more about the organisation and… Read full article >
Guest post: A milestone for the open access book: 50,000 open access books in DOAB and counting
This is a guest post by Tom Mosterd, DOAB This post is available in Spanish and Portuguese. A milestone for open access – the Directory of Open Access Books now includes over 50,000 open access books published in 90 languages by 560 academic book publishers. The directory, representing scholarship from authors and publishers around the… Read full article >
Welcoming DOAB as an OASPA member
We recently welcomed DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) as an OASPA member in the Supporting Services and Infrastructure (Non-Commercial) category. DOAB joins 190 OASPA members and more than 30 others in the supporting services and infrastructure category that provide significant services and/or support to open access publishing. We asked Tom Mosterd, Community Manager, a… Read full article >
Webinar – Business Models for Open Access Books: A Compendium
As well as this recording, please find panelists slides – Lucy Barnes, Francois van Schalkwyk, Beth Bouloukos and Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei You can find the collection of case studies detailing the business models of a range of open access (OA) academic book presses at Business Models for Open Access Books. Resources… Read full article >