Libraries and Open Access

Where does the money go? Explaining our Library Membership Programme

This post explains how our Library Membership Programme works, what it funds, and why we also ask authors who are able to apply for funding to do so.

Libraries

The University of Worcester joins Open Book Publishers' Library Membership Scheme

> At the University of Worcester we’re delighted to be able to support the Open Book Publishers (OBP) programme. Our values are intellectual openness, democracy and love of learning; they are symbolised by

Libraries

COUNTER Metrics: An Unsatisfactory Measurement of a University’s Usage of Open Access Books

We explain our concerns about COUNTER statistics as a measure of the usage of Open Access digital resources by members of a university library—and particularly when they are compared with similar statistics for ‘closed access’ and paywalled content.

bad actors

Open Book Publishers’ statement on Knowledge Unlatched and the Open Research Library

We have grave concerns about the approach and business model of the Open Research Library, and those of its creator Knowledge Unlatched, which we will set out in this post.

Academic Publishing

Why OBP is not participating in KU Open Funding: and why libraries should understand the reasons.

Knowledge Unlatched has recently announced the launch of a new platform to fund Open Access (OA) books. In this post, we explain our concern with this platform and why we won't be participating.

Libraries and Open Access

Open Scholarly Publishing and Libraries: Putting Conviviality into the Workflow for Monographs

The immaturity of open access monograph publishing compared with that of its siblings of journal and article publishing is well known. This is in spite of the evidence that “open access monograph publishing

Libraries and Open Access

A Librarian’s Advice on Making the Most of Open Educational Resources

Due to the advent of the World Wide Web, there has been a paradigm shift in educational systems, in terms of its aspirations and its systems and sources. Classrooms are changing; in virtual

Libraries and Open Access

Acceso Abierto Accesible y Recursos de Información en Discapacidad y Derechos Humanos

¿Por qué Acceso Abierto Accesible? Bueno, en principio… ¿Y por qué no? Para el año 2017 habrán hecho ya 15 años desde la iniciativa de Budapest para el Acceso Abierto [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.

Libraries and Open Access

Accessible Open Access and Information Resources on Disability and Human Rights

Why Accessible Open Access? Well, in principle … And why not? By the year 2017 it will have been 15 years since the Budapest initiative for Open Access [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read]. Various

Libraries and Open Access

Open Access Books and the Need to Catch Up

I want to like e-books, I really do. I like the idea that I can access my book anywhere I am, from any device I happen to be using at the time. I

Experimenting with Audio: Announcing Our First OA Audiobooks

Navigating AI in Academic Publishing: Balancing Efficiency, Expertise and Ethics

October 2024 Newsletter

Our reflections on ‘community over commercialisation’

Where does the money go? Explaining our Library Membership Programme

The University of Worcester joins Open Book Publishers' Library Membership Scheme

COUNTER Metrics: An Unsatisfactory Measurement of a University’s Usage of Open Access Books

Open Book Publishers’ statement on Knowledge Unlatched and the Open Research Library

Why OBP is not participating in KU Open Funding: and why libraries should understand the reasons.

Open Scholarly Publishing and Libraries: Putting Conviviality into the Workflow for Monographs

A Librarian’s Advice on Making the Most of Open Educational Resources

Acceso Abierto Accesible y Recursos de Información en Discapacidad y Derechos Humanos

Accessible Open Access and Information Resources on Disability and Human Rights

Open Access Books and the Need to Catch Up