Academic Publishing Is a Rights Retention Clause needed for OA books? When discussing funder-imposed Rights Retention Strategies (RRS) there is an important consideration for funders of Open Access (OA) books that differs from journals. It will be explored in this post.
OBP Newsletter OBP Spring Newsletter 2021 We have exciting news about upcoming events, new and forthcoming publications, an interview with our developer Ross Higman and information on our open CFPs. There’s lots to explore below, so dive in to find out more about our plans for the months ahead...
sign language An Open Essay on the Personal and Profound Relevance of Simplified Signs Read Jessica Davis' open essay on the relevance of the Simplified Signs project and her involvement in it.
sign language Tackling Simplified Sign System Handshapes: Five Basics to Get You Started Read Tracy T. Dooley's introduction to the Simplified Signs system's handshapes.
migration On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.). Read Domenic Rotundo's reflections on our forthcoming book 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).
Academics Publishing an Open Access Textbook on Environmental Sciences: Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa By Richard B. Primack and John W. Wilson. The book contains hundreds of photographs from Africa, such as this cheetah family, which are published as CC BY 4.0. Photograph by Markus Lilje,
Academic Publishing Why is open education resource creation, management and publishing important? Reflections for Open Book Publishers on Open Education Week 2020 Read this post to find out more about the take our authors and contributors have on OER creation, management and publishing.
Academic Publishing Is prestige a problem? Considering the usefulness of prestige in academic book publishing A reliance on prestige in academic publishing limits the choice of authors and the accessibility of research, and it deadens innovation. What might we replace it with?
open education Open education is key to the future of learning Photo by Nathan Dumlao [https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/open-sign?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_
Metrics What We Talk About When We Talk About… Book Usage Data An easy-to-understand explanation of how we collect our book usage data, and why we have started to present it differently.