This week is Open Access week, and the theme is set to look at the foundational work that is needed to underpin a transition to a world where research results are free and open by default. Recent moves by the open…
A new EU Horizon 2020 project has been announced, entitled High Integration of Research Monographs in the European Open Science infrastructure, or HIRMEOS for short. We've written on this blog numerous times about open…
© Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, CC BY 4.0. Kathryn Rudy, senior lecturer in the School of Art History, has just published her latest book with Open Book Publishers. The book is licensed under a creative…
Today (24th September) is the seventh anniversary of the founding of Open Book Publishers. CC-0. Portrait of an old man thought to be Comenius (c. 1661) by Rembrandt. Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Wikimedia Commons,…
"Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where, you've never been." David T. W. McCord With this post we want to highlight the importance of open access books. When people think of open access, their minds might…
As part of our Open Access Week activities we are delighted to announce that the Roadshow, hosted by SPARC Europe*, arrives in St Andrews 26 November. There is an exciting programme featuring speakers who are…