[InetBib] Ankündigung: A new service for Open Access Monographs: the Directory of Open Access Books

["Buddenbohm, Stefan" <buddenbohm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Kolleginnen, liebe Kollegen,

ich bitte um Beachtung der angefügten Ankündigung zum Directory of Open
Access Books (DOAB).

Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Göttingen!

Stefan Buddenbohm

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Stefan Buddenbohm
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1
D-37073 Göttingen
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Februar 2012 15:44
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Betreff: Press release: A new service for Open Access Monographs: the
Directory of Open Access Books


Press release


 

The Hague, February 29, 2012

 


A new service for Open Access Monographs: the Directory of Open Access Books.


 

OAPEN is pleased to announce a new service for Open Access monographs: the
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). DOAB will provide a searchable index
to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access
business model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the
publisher's website or repository. The beta version of the service will
contain publications of a selected number of academic publishers. The beta
version will be made public early spring 2012.

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.
Academic publishers will be invited to provide the metadata of their Open
Access books to the DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize
dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records
in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into
their online catalogues, thereby helping scholars, students and the general
public to discover the books. The directory will be open to all academic
publishers and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these
books are peer reviewed and published in Open Access. DOAB will determine
requirements for publishers to qualify as Open Access academic book
publishers and will maintain a certification procedure.

A number of academic publishers have already expressed their interest in
taking part in the further development of the service; among them are members
of the OAPEN Library such as Amsterdam University Press and Göttingen
University Press, and other well-known Open Access publishers such as Open
Book Publishers, Open Humanities Press, MPublishing and Athabasca University
Press. OpenEdition, a portal dedicated to electronic resources in the
humanities (www.openedition.org <http://www.openedition.org> ), will also
take part in the beta phase of DOAB.

DOAB will be launched by the OAPEN Foundation <http://www.oapen.org/home> .
The idea for DOAB has been developed with Lars Bjørnshauge and Salam Baker
Shanawa (director of SemperTool <http://www.sempertool.dk/> ), who were also
responsible for the development of the Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ <http://www.doaj.org/> ). Both will be involved in the further
development of DOAB.

OAPEN will manage the service and approach publishers to provide the metadata
of their Open Access books. OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European
Networks, www.oapen.org <http://www.oapen.org/> ) started in 2008 as an
EU-funded project coordinated by Amsterdam University Press. The OAPEN
Foundation is an international initiative dedicated to Open Access monograph
publishing, based at the National Library in The Hague. OAPEN develops Open
Access models for books and works with academic publishers and research
institutes to build a collection of Open Access books through the OAPEN
Library. OAPEN is currently involved in two pilot projects in the Netherlands
and the UK experimenting with Open Access monograph publishing. 

SemperTool will develop and maintain the service. SemperTool
(www.sempertool.dk <http://www.sempertool.dk> ) is a software development
company specializing in building digital library technologies, as well as
providing hosting and consulting services. Salam Baker Shanawa, director of
SemperTool, was in charge of development of DOAJ while employed at Lund
University, and for the past two years SemperTool has been responsible for
further development and maintenance of DOAJ.  SemperTool offers a range of
reliable and cost-effective software solutions for digital libraries, and
serves more than 100 universities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Lars Bjørnshauge will be involved in the further development of DOAB and its
business model. Lars founded and managed DOAJ during his service as Director
of Libraries at Lund University, Sweden. Currently Lars is SPARC's Director
of European Library relations and Senior Advisor to the National Library of
Sweden. 

For more information, please contact Eelco Ferwerda, director of the OAPEN
Foundation, e.ferwerda@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:e.ferwerda@xxxxxxxxx> ,
+31(0)629565168.

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