Rest of World
Around the World with the Open Access Books Network (OABN)
A series of blog posts from the OABN which focus on OA books in a different country around the world, highlighting their regional experiences, problems and successes. This is an ongoing series that is still being updated, and unlike many OA resources provides perspectives from beyond the ERA.
Canadian Library Journal Publishing: A Primer
This primer, produced by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) in 2024, on library publishing in Canada. It has a focus on journal publishing. As well as providing a brief summary of the support available to journals at CARL libraries, it also summarises some of the core principles of library journal publishing more widely to do with commerciality and fees, diversity, and discovery/preservation.
CARL have also produced further reports, some of which are region-specific, such as copyright for Crown-published works, and on OER policy and infrastructure.
EIFL Report on 'Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa'
A landscape study on Diamond OA journals in Africa which provides detailed reports for several countries and thorough general conclusions about the state of Diamond OA journals in the region, their current challenges, and suggestions for the future. It also provides the survey data which provides a large amount of granular data.
Open Access Australasia
This association, Open Access Australasia, advocates for and supports practical initiatives on open access in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a large community, with several written resources, groups, directories, and others.
OA Book Stakeholders (African Context)
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.
View the PDF of the relational diagram and the accompanying mission statement
Open Science resources (Latin America)
A visual / interactive dashboard and an example of a multilingual, regional / Rest of the World resource.
Report from a workshop on sustainable open access book publishing in East Africa