Workshop: Kvalitetsgranskning och publicering av öppet tillgängliga vetenskapliga böcker Eelco Ferwerda, OAPEN

1. Supporting trust in Open Access Books
Peer review and publishing of OA monographs
LOA2020 - 5 June 2020
Eelco Ferwerda (OAPEN)

2. Directory of Open Access Books
• Discovery service for OA books
• Searchable index to peer reviewed
monographs
• Links back to Open Access publication
+ links to webshop and vendors

3. DOAB goals
• Increase discoverability of OA books
• Provide trusted list of OA book publishers
• Support quality assurance and standards
• Promote OA book publishing

4. DOAB discovery
• Publishers apply to be listed
• DOAB reviews applications based on requirements for OA
books
• Listed publishers upload the metadata of their OA books
• Discovery services (OCLC WorldCat, Ex Libris Primo)
include the DOAB collection in their systems
• Libraries include the DOAB collection in their catalogs

5. DOAB growth
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DOAB: new titles, new publishers (cumulated)
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6. DOAB languages
English
47%
French
22%
German
18%
Portuguese
4%
Spanish
3%
Other
6%
DOAB: languages

7. DOAB requirements
Established by OAPEN in consultation with
community and 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

8. DOAB as gatekeeper
• List of OA book publishers and publications that
meet quality criteria
• Risk of becoming a barrier in the transition to OA
• Instead, DOAB should support the transition by
working with the community
• Help publishers to meet quality criteria
• Acknowledge diversity and make it visible

9. Introducing a certification service
• A certification service for peer review procedures
and open licenses, at the level of publishers, books,
and book chapters
• Development within OPERAS project (HIRMEOS)
• Pilot implementation for HIRMEOS platforms
• Introduction as service in the form of a pilot (2020)
• Independent governance through Scientific Board
• One of the central services for OPERAS

10. Quality assurance through transparency
Finding a balance between standardisation and
diversity
• Recognize diversity
• Provide information on variety of peer review
practises
• Encourage innovation
• Promote open peer review

11. DOAB scientific board
Aims:
• Oversee Certification service
• Establish the scientific policy of DOAB Foundation
• Support bibliodiversity: the diversity of editorial
practices across disciplines and countries
• Advocate for open access in the humanities

12. Looking ahead
• Non-profit legal entity since 2019: NL Foundation
• Jointly managed by OpenEdition and OAPEN
• Part of the French OS infrastructure
• Redeveloping DOAB as open source platform (Oct. 2020)
• Introducing certification service in 2020 (pilot)
• Selected for SCOSS fundraising campaign (2020 –22)

13. SCOSS fundraising campaign
• The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
• Coalition of international consortia and library associations
• Recognising vital OS infrastructure, mobilising support from
OS community to help sustain OS services
• Selected OAPEN and DOAB (jointly) for 2nd funding cycle
• Support for 3 year fundraising campaign: 2020-22
• Funding target: € 500,000

14. Thanks!
www.doabooks.org
@doabooks
Eelco Ferwerda
e.ferwerda@oapen.org