The document discusses the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), a discovery service for open access academic books. DOAB reviews applications from publishers to be listed in the directory and then publishers can upload metadata for their open access books. This helps libraries include open access books in their discovery systems. DOAB is currently supported by the HIRMEOS project and may become a service of OPERAS in the future.

1. The Directory of Open Access Books
Pierre Mounier (EHESS)

2. Open Access Books Discovery Challenges

3. Open Access and Quality
• Open access as a new market
• « publish or perish » rule
• New « predatory publishers »
• Concerns about peer reviewing
• Disparity of quality control on
academic books

4. DOAJ for journals

5. DOAB for academic books

6. Directory of Open Access Books
Discovery service for OA books:
• Publishers apply to be listed
• DOAB reviews applications based on requirements for OA books
• Listed publishers upload the metadata of their OA books
• Libraries include the DOAB collection in their discovery system

13. Partnership with OpenEdition

14. DOAB suppported by HIRMEOS project

15. DOAB as a future service of OPERAS

16. Thanks!
pierre.mounier@openedition.org
@piotrr70
http://openedition.org