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 on Unsplash Education is the key to human development and social mobility. Education is also the engine that drives economic growth and social development. Thus, education is essential for
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.
Academic Publishing OBP's responses to the UUK Open Access Monographs project questionnaire OBP has participated in the data-gathering exercise that is currently being carried out by Fullstopp Gmbh on behalf of the Universities UK Open Access Monographs working group. The questionnaire, which is available
Academic Publishing OBP blogs on tour We have recently contributed to two other blogs to talk about ScholarLed, the new OA consortium we have joined; and about the importance of Open Access publishing and what it can offer to