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This online assessment tool, launched in 2024, enables self-assessment of financial models by funders, publishers and others about access to read, access to publish (with or without fee), reuse rights, fee transparency, and promoting open data and code, and pr...

Forum for Open’s Open Science Arabic-English Glossary This glossary contains descriptions of key terms regarding open science in Arabic. Currently, it mostly covers open access journals and open data, with no mention of books.   Visit the glossary IFL...

A Guide to Publishing Open Access Monographs, Books, Book Chapters and Long-form Outputs This guide has been designed by Lancaster University to provide an introduction to Open Access Book Publishing. Each section of the resource will introduce you to key t...

The toolkit is focused on building representation among peer reviewers and fostering equity in the actions of peer reviewers. It is also dedicated to building DEIA into core aspects of the wider editorial endeavor. While it has detailed, and in places, useful,...

This toolkit was developed by Information Power, commissioned by cOAlition S and ALPSP. It provides concise guidance, example licences and data templates for smaller publishers to use while negotiating agreements with libraries. It is journal-focussed, and the...

This toolkit aims to help book authors to better understand open access book publishing and to increase trust in open access books. Authors can find relevant articles on open access book publishing following the research lifecycle, by browsing frequently asked...

An online guide from Jisc supporting and giving guidance to new university presses and library-led publishing ventures. It is a trusted and valued resource. View the toolkit

This resource has also pointed to some other toolkits that could be interesting as a lot of them cover negotiating agreements from library POV. However, the authors do not personally feel qualified to assess this particular resource given it is a North America...

This document sets out how Copim implemented the Opening the Future (OtF) model, including the documentation of challenges, resources, timetables, and activities. It is intended as a roadmap for other presses that wish to implement an ‘Opening the Future’-esq...

The Open Book Collective toolkit is for small, scholar-led OA publishers who are either setting up a press or seeking to improve its operations. It covers a broad range of aspects about setting up a press and building one up logistically and reputationally. It...

C4DISC - A Focused Toolkit for Journal Editors and Publishers: Building Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Editorial Roles and Peer Review The toolkit is focused on building representation among peer reviewers and fostering equity in the act...

This toolkit from the SCURL EDI Network aims to support member libraries in embedding good practice consistently across services. It is comprehensive and useful and comes at the topic from several angles - that of evaluating EDI in the workplace and recruitmen...

The toolkit was developed by Information Power, working together with librarians, publishers and library consortia in the framework of the third phase of the Society Publishers Accelerating Open Access (SPA OPS 3.0) project, commissioned by cOAlitionS and the ...

Open Book Environment (OBE) Dashboard is a joint initiative from the Universities of Derby and Vermont, designed as a response to the myriad challenges faced by the scholarly community at large. It is a transparency dashboard about publishers, aimed at authors...

'Open Access for Books' is a new addition to Jisc’s well established Sherpa toolsuite of resources for journals. Now known as open policy finder, the Open Access for Books feature offers an overview of publishers' book policies to help authors and research org...

This self-assessment checklist from the DIAMAS project is for publishers of Diamond OA books and journals. It provides guidelines for best practice in several areas (e.g. governance, funding, editorial integrity) and provides suggestions for improvement. It al...

This self-assessment checklist from the DIAMAS project is for publishers of Diamond OA books and journals. It provides guidelines for best practice in several areas (e.g. governance, funding, editorial integrity) and provides suggestions for improvement. It al...

This checklist, produced in 2021, made recommendations for advocacy and actions to support open access implementation within universities. These are categorised into: Empowering the university Building capacity Reinforcing this capacity It also provid...

Thoth is a non-profit, open metadata management and dissemination platform whose recent whose successful outreach campaign has enabled revenue targets to be met. Visit their website Thoth integrates into third party platforms, and these collaborations enable...

OPERAS, referenced elsewhere on Copim Compass in different capacities, offers metrics about the usage and impact of OA books, providing consolidated usage data for the publisher’s website but also other sites where the book is available.  View the service