Introduction: What will I find here?

This Book lists all the resources we found as part of our Open Book Futures InfoHub scoping report, an overview of existing assets and guidance for OA book publishing, a gap analysis, and our initial recommendations to scope the direction and final format of Copim Compass.

In this section, you will find a myriad of resources to support OA book publishing ranging from blog posts to practical experiences. This includes toolkits, websites sign-posting to resources, directories and case studies. The resources are grouped in what we hope is a logical order to work through! But users can also dip in and out to the sections they are most interested in. Resources may be found in multiple sections if they cover more than one topic.

We hope there is something for everyone, whatever stage of their journey users are at. And while Copim Compass is primarily aimed at publishers, we know that it will also be useful to authors and libraries.

Here is a directory of the different sections of this resource. 

Name & Description	Link
Reports on the Open Access Landscape:  This section includes reports on the current OA landscape in the UK and further abroad.	Direct link available here.
Publishing Open Access:    This section contains a variety of resources including reports and toolkits about the processes of OA publishing. It is divided into two sections: 'born-OA' publishing, where the publisher has only ever published OA books/journals, and transitioning to open, which has resources for traditional publishers aiming to move into OA. Where the resources relate to both, they are in both sections.	Direct link available here.
Testimonies and Case Studies:    This section signposts to other parts of the Copim Compass that collate case studies about OA publishing success from the perspective of various stakeholders: authors, libraries, and publishers.	Direct link available here.
Business Models:    This section provides links to information about OA business models. These largely focus on the different types available, how they work, their pros and cons, and some other relevant information about funding such as UKRI's policy and implementation of OA book funding. Other resources, such as Sherpa and the Open Book Environment, collate publisher policies around OA and BPC costs.	Direct link available here.

This 'guide of guides' has been made within the following parameters: resources included were made specifically in support of OA, that they related to long-form publication, and that they provided guidance and information that was broadly applicable, rather than, e.g. being the guidelines for an individual publisher (except where they have been adopted more widely as a standard in lieu of more generic resources).

We know that as the OA landscape develops, new resources are coming online. Additionally, we acknowledge that our collection here, while expansive, is undoubtedly biased in language and region, as the two principle creators of this ‘guide of guides’ are UK-based. However, we have tried to mitigate this to an extent by seeking input to our list of resources from the US, EU, Middle East and Africa.

If you know of any other resources that would be suitable for this resource, please email us: copim@copim.ac.uk