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Opening the Future

03. Author Success Stories

In this section, you can read testimonial from authors whose books were published open access, th...

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TOME - Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem

03. Author Success Stories

"TOME brings together scholars, universities, libraries, and presses in pursuit of a common goal—...

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UK Research and Innovation - Open Research

03. Author Success Stories

"UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) supports and champions open research because open research enh...

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Springer Nature

03. Author Success Stories

"Discover what some of our open access book authors and editors have to say about publishing an o...

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Scottish Universities Press (SUP)

03. Author Success Stories

"Breaking down borders between academia and the rest of the world: A conversation with Tim Ingold...

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University of Essex

03. Author Success Stories

The University of Essex website provides a dedicated Q&A on OA publication section with authors r...

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Digital Content Standards

09. Open Accessibility 03 Accessibility Standards

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard...

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Copyright

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Legalities: Contracts and Copyright

Creative Commons Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization and international net...

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Accessibility Policy

09. Open Accessibility C Implementation

Having a documented policy about how you want the organisation to handle accessibility might be a...

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End user testing from print disabled people

09. Open Accessibility B Analysis and Auditing

While not common for small presses, and likely this is beyond available capacity, best practice w...

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Automated Testing

09. Open Accessibility B Analysis and Auditing

There are many proprietary and open source tools available to audit accessibility using automated...

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How to transition / flip to Open Access

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Publishing Open Access

Cookbook for Open Access books This book describes the experiences of setting up a community-b...

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Rest of World

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Country-Specific Guides

Around the World with the Open Access Books Network (OABN) A series of blog posts from the OAB...

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Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Reports on the Open Access landscape

A landscape study from EIFL on Diamond OA journals in Africa which provides detailed reports for ...

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Guidance on managing copyright under UKRI open access policy

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Reports on the Open Access landscape

UKRI's report from 2023 provides guidance and explanations on third party copyright in the UK con...

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Copim WP7 Report on Archiving and Preserving Open Access Monographs

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Reports on the Open Access landscape

A report on the Copim project's knowledge and recommendation on archiving and preservation. It pr...

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Collaboration in Diamond Open Access publishing

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Reports on the Open Access landscape

The opportunities and benefits of collaboration within Diamond OA publishing are evident on indiv...

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How important are your values when you’re being squeezed?

04. Library Success Stories

This was a presentation by Bethany Logan, Associate Director of the University of Sussex, given a...

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Introduction: What will I find here?

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp...

In this section, you will find a myriad of resources to support OA book publishing ranging from b...

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Knowledge Bases

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Glossaries and Knowledge Bases

A Guide to Publishing Open Access Monographs, Books, Book Chapters and Long-form Outputs This ...

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