Tips and tricks when publishing books
open access
Jisc myth busting webinar 16 Nov 2022
https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/open-access-books-myth-busting-two-quality-and-prestige
Niels Stern, OAPEN Foundation
@nielsstern | @OAPENBooks | @DOABooks
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OAPEN Foundation
Mission
 increase discoverability of
OA books
 promote and build trust in
OA book publishing
OAPEN Library – hosting, distributing,
and preserving 25,000+ peer-reviewed
OA books from 400+ publishers
Directory of Open Access Books –
global indexing service of over 60,000
peer-reviewed OA books from more
than 600 publishers
OAPEN OA Books Toolkit – public
information resource for authors
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https://oapen.org
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https://doabooks.org 4

Peer Review Information Service for
Monographs (PRISM)
Increasing trust in OA book publishing by
• providing publishers with the opportunity of
displaying information about their peer review
procedures
• supporting transparency around the quality
assurance process of academic book publishing
• Part of the OPERAS Service Catalogue
• Info: https://doabooks.org/en/librarians/prism
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Open Access Books toolkit
All that you want to know about OA book publishing
– otherwise, please let us know! info@oapen.org
https://oabooks-toolkit.org
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Thank you
Niels Stern, director,
stern@oapen.org
https://doabooks.org |
https://oapen.org
@DOABooks | @OAPENbooks
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