Platforms & services

Rotating presses give first hand experience answers. Also an FAQ section and list of previously curated answers. We like the idea, unsure how widely used it is. 

See: https://ask.up.hcommons.org/submit-a-question/ 

A comprehensive online resource created by Copim’s Experimental Publishing Group bringing together tools, practices, and books to promote and support the publication of experimental book publications. Shows the advantages and opportunities that online publishing can offer for innovative collaboration, interactions and experimentations.

See: https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/

Formerly know as Jisc’s well established Sherpa toolsuite of resources (journals) - Open policy finder developed to support the UKRI OA policy for longform, it is still relatively new (released early 2024) and a limited number of publisher data sets included. This is increasing and it will move to live release in autumn 2024. Strong sector and funder support. 

See: https://beta.sherpa.ac.uk/oa-books 

A publication service finder for editorial managers, editors and authors at any stage of a publication project. Useful resource as caters for different stakeholder groups; currently in beta so not fully developed but hosted by Operas so watch this space… 

See: https://pathfinder.operas-eu.org/

The Open Book Collective is that brings together open access book publishers, open publishing service providers, and knowledge institutions, including libraries, working in collaboration to secure a more sustainable and equitable future for open access books. They accept member organisations in the form of publishers and open infrastructure providers. 

See: https://openbookcollective.org/

The Open Book Environment is a transparency dashboard about publishers, aimed at authors (and their funders) focussing on author fees, licensing, their policies on self-archiving, waiver and discount information, and any stated price justification. It is a very recent resource (2023) however, its longevity is unclear because it is a Google sheet maintained by two volunteer contributors. It also currently does not cover many publishers, but is being added to over time. It may be worth contacting the creators to ask about their long-term plans for the resource.

See: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15TtYZtYNamjo-SZ6_7hI3pY64LeAwC2ElBSDFLxbmN4/edit#gid=59142032 

A visual / interactive dashboard and an example of a multilingual, regional / RoW resource.

See: https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/c1c867bd-1b60-4241-8584-9423c10c081b/page/jyqmD

This relational diagram is an unparalleled resource in a very under-described region for OA books. While the EIFL report on OA in Africa is very detailed and informative it only deals with journals, while this focuses on books. The relationships are not always clear, and since this is a relational diagram it is not very descriptive, but it is a very useful starting point. 

The PDF of the relational diagram and the mission statement accompanying it are available here: Mapping OA Books in Africa (1).pdf

This tool, created by IOI (Invest in Open Infrastructure) provides an avenue for those seeking open infrastructure to search their database by infrastructure type, and along a variety of other parameters, to find appropriate solutions. 

See: https://investinopen.org/data-room/about-infra-finder/

Thoth is a non-profit, open metadata management and dissemination platform. An active and successful outreach campaign has enabled revenue targets to be met. Thoth integrates into third party platforms, these collaborations enable seamless access to Thoth's metadata management and distribution capabilities across diverse scholarly platforms.

See: https://thoth.pub/ and https://github.com/thoth-pub/thoth/wiki