IFLA ARL Satellite conference 2023: Inclusiveness through Openness Presentation on Institutions and Infrastructure: "From Harare to Harvard - Challenges of equity in open scholarly book publishing” by Niels Stern (NL), OAPEN Foundation/DOAB Foundation. Session chair – Evviva LaJoie, University of Buffalo. Satellite conference held at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18 - 19 August 2023.

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Challenges of Equity in
Open Scholarly Book Publishing
Niels Stern
Managing Director, OAPEN Foundation
Inclusiveness through Openness, IFLA Satellite Conference at
Erasmus University, 18-19 August 2023
@nielsstern / @nielsstern@mastodon.social

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OAPEN Library (2010)
Hosting, distribution, preservation
30,000+ peer-reviewed OA books
Directory of Open Access Books (2013)
Global index
70,000+ peer-reviewed OA books
OAPEN OA Books Toolkit (2020)
Public information resource
Mission
▪ increase discoverability of
OA books
▪ promote and build trust in
OA book publishing
Values
▪ POSI self-audit
▪ not-for-profit / not-for-sale
https://oabooks-toolkit.org
https://oapen.org
https://doabooks.org

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Open infrastructures for scholarly books

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https://oapen.org
Launched in 2010
Curated collection – peer review
30,000+ OA books (full text)
Hosting, distribution, preservation
Open Source - DSpace

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Clarivate / Ex Libris: clicks on OAPEN or DOAB for both Summon and Primo
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books OAPEN OAPEN (Full Text & Abstracts)

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https://doabooks.org
Launched in 2013
Curated index – peer review
70,000+ OA books (CC0 metadata)
Managed together w/ OpenEdition
Open Source - DSpace

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Hosting
Indexing

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Peer Review Information Service for
Monographs (PRISM)
transparency
trust

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OA Books Toolkit
https://oabooks-toolkit.org

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Author perspective

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Equity

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Why publish an open monograph?
institutional or funder
requirements
to share your
research (widely)
to be read and cited
(more)
to be acknowledged
and gain recognition
(prestige)
for tenure and
promotion
...

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BPC vs. Diamond
models
Limited access to
funding in SSH
and the Global
South

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Commercial presses
University presses
Library based publishing
Academic-led publishing

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Challenge: How to get your
OA book into the library?

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How open infrastructures can help

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Clarivate / Ex Libris: clicks on OAPEN or DOAB for both Summon and Primo
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books OAPEN OAPEN (Full Text & Abstracts)

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Three initiatives to increase
global equity

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(1) DOAB in Africa - project
Two year project on a shoestring
Tom Olijhoek (DOAJ), Bastien Miraucourt (CNRS), Malavika Legge (OASPA)
Awareness raising and engagement
Training (evaluation of applications)
Future: Ambassadors’ programme (inspired by DOAJ)

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(2) Library engagement in Asia and Middle East
New community manager: Dr. Danny Kingsley
Understand how we can help publishers and libraries in Asia
Inclusion of representatives from Asia in our Boards
Strenghtening the infrastructures
Diversification of the financial support of OAPEN and DOAB

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(3) Open Book Futures project
Three year project funded by Arcadia and Research England
DOAB project manager
Publisher outreach
Supporting an Ambassadors’ programme

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Challenges
FUNDING & HUMAN
RESOURCES (STAFFING)
BIBLIODIVERSITY – BOOK
CULTURES AND LANGUAGES
GLOBAL NETWORK –
CREATION AND MAINTENANCE

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Some solutions
• Library support programme
• In-kind support
• Funder investments
• Projects – collective efforts

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Community engagement
Open Access Books Network
https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org
Conferences and webinars – more than 25 talks and
presentations in 2022
Groups and fora OPERAS Executive Assembly,
Think.Check.Submit committee, OASPA OA books interest group,
OAeBU advisory board, Crossref books interest group, SCOSS,
COESO advisory board
Projects
OA Book Usage Analytics for Diverse Communities,
https://openknowledge.community/projects/bad-project
PALOMERA, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101094270
OPERAS PLUS, https://operas-eu.org/projects/operas-plus
SUES4BOOKS, supporting Ukrainian publishers,
https://sues.hypotheses.org

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Thank you
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Niels Stern, Managing Director
stern@oapen.org
https://oapen.org
https://doabooks.org
@OAPENbooks | @DOABooks
@nielsstern
@nielsstern@mastodon.social
On the history of OAPEN and DOAB:
Open access to Books—The Perspective of a
non-profit Infrastructure Provider
Journal of Electronic Publishing, 2023,
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.3303
Celebrating DOAB 10 years anniversary:
Towards Global Equity for Open Access Books,
Scholarly Kitchen blog post