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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

A report on the Copim Project's knowledge and recommendation on archiving and preservation. It provides guidance for smaller, scholar-led presses on metadata, archiving and preservation, on repositories, and on the Thoth Archiving Network.  Access the report ...

The Experimental Publishing Compendium is a guide and reference for scholars, publishers, developers, librarians, and designers who want to challenge, push and redefine the shape, form and rationale of scholarly books. The compendium brings together tools, pra...

The opportunities and benefits of collaboration within Diamond OA publishing are evident on individual, regional, national and global levels. Expanding beyond the confines of individual efforts offers significant benefits for enhancing publishing efficiency, q...

A report on the Copim project's knowledge and recommendation on archiving and preservation. It provides guidance for smaller, scholar-led presses on metadata, archiving and preservation, on repositories, and on the Thoth Archiving Network.  Read the report

UKRI's report from 2023 provides guidance and explanations on third party copyright in the UK context when dealing with open access. It is aimed at researchers (and research organisations), who are seeking clarity on copyright for their open access publication...

A landscape study from EIFL 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. ...

This scoping report was the first step in the process of establishing a ‘knowledge base’ (or equivalent) to provide comprehensive resources on alternative funding models and modes of publishing, acquiring and archiving open access books, alongside new training...

The PALOMERA project, which ended in early 2025, aimed to ensure academic books and monographs are not neglected in Open Science and Open Access policies. One of the main project outputs was a Knowledge Base of relevant funder policies from within the European...

This report, the result of a collaboration between UKRI, ALPSP, the British Academy, OASPA and Information Power, was published in 2025. It was produced in the context of the UKRI OA policy change in 2024 that longform publications of UKRI-funded research wer...