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Our collection, in numbers
These numbers reflect the collective global ambition to realise a fully open access (OA) books future.
- Open access books
- 40,000+
- Participating publishers
- 450+
- Languages represented
- 80+
The latest from OAPEN
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Conference attendance
Come meet us in person at these conferences. This is a rolling list and as new conferences and events are added older ones will be removed, so make sure to check back regularly!
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OAPEN and OpenAIRE partner to strengthen interoperability and monitoring for open access books
OAPEN and OpenAIRE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the visibility, discoverability and monitoring of open access books through improved metadata exchange, interoperability and shared open infrastructure...
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Press release: Changes to the OAPEN Supervisory Board
The OAPEN Foundation announces changes to its Supervisory Board, marking the conclusion of terms for several valued members and the appointment of new Board members who will help guide the organisation’s continued development...
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Blog post
Strengthening Diamond OA for books: OAPEN’s role in the AEGIS-OA project
The AEGIS-OA (Activate European Guidance and Incentives for Sustainable Open Access publishing) project is working to strengthen institutional, non-profit open access (OA) publishing across Europe by leveraging and...
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Blog post
Update on platform stability: Our continuous effort to protect community access
Aggressive content-harvesting bots and automated systems are generating increased traffic to open infrastructure platforms and library repositories, creating a community-wide challenge. This activity places significant...
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OAPEN presents the
OA Books Toolkit
For authors
The Toolkit offers clear guidance on open access (OA) book publishing for researchers and authors, and supports policy makers in shaping effective OA policies for books.
Our funders’ collections
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FWF - The Austrian Science Fund -
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NWO - The Dutch Research Council -
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SCOAP3 - The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics -
SNSF - Swiss National Science Fund -
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation -
Wellcome