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Data from the OPERAS business models survey on open access books
<p>OPERAS (the European Research Infrastructure for the development of open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities) has conducted a survey of publishing organisations throughout Europe to identify and better understand existing and potential business models to support the Open Access publication of research monographs. The results of the survey are used to inform the formulation of recommendations about how to create a sustainable open access book publishing ecosystem within Europe.</p> <p>The survey was designed to serve two core aims: <br> 1. To further, better or improve our understanding of the scholarly publishing landscape and of the challenges that publishers face in the context of publishing OA monographs;<br> 2. To identify main trends (including opportunities and challenges) and the knowledge of collaborative funding and infrastructure models in OA publishing in SSH. </p> <p>The survey was open between 16 February and 14 April 2021.</p> <p>The results are presented in two versions of the white paper of the Open Access Business Models Special Interest Group: Stone, Graham, Błaszczyńska, Marta, Lebon, Chloé, Morka, Agata, Mosterd, Tom, Mounier, Pierre, Proudman, Vanessa, Speicher, Lara, & Melinščak Zlodi, Iva. (2021). Collaborative models for OA book publishers (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494731 and the second version to be published in Spring 2023.</p>
Books per Publisher: Data from the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
<p>Quantitative information on publishers and published books from the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB).</p>
Numbers of Articles, Books and Dissertation theses indexed in BASE and percentages of items published Open Access, under Creative Commons Licenses and under Open Licenses (2013-2017)
<p>A look at the data provided by the Open Access search engine BASE (http://base-search.net) shows that the Open Science compliance among dissertation theses stagnates. BASE knows three categories of accessibility: Open Access, Unknown, Non-Open Access. In the following tables and graphs, figures reported as "Open Access" have been categorised by BASE as Open Access. The tables and graphics show data from BASE (as of 06.03.2018) as follows:</p> <p>a) Indexed theses, books and journal articles</p> <p>b) Indexed theses, books and journal articles published by Open Access</p> <p>c) indexed theses, books and journal articles under Creative Commons licenses.</p> <p>d) indexed theses, books and journal articles, which are published under open licenses in the sense of the Open License, i. e. reflect terms of use of the Open Source.</p> <p> </p> <p>Although doctoral theses already had a high share of open access by 2013 (43%), by 2017 it had risen by only 5% (2017:48%). At the same time, the proportion of books published in open access rose by 14% (from 20% to 34%) and articles by 17% from 44% (2013) to 61% (2017). The same effect can be seen in the proportion of CC-licensed items: Their share rose by 4% (from 9% to 13%) for doctoral theses, by 9% for books (from 4% to 13%) and 8% for articles (from 10% to 18%) between 2013 and 2017. However, the share of openly licensed items is most pronounced: it did not increase for doctoral theses, but remained at 2% between 2013 and 2017; in the same period it increased by 5% (from 1% to 6%) for books, and by 5% (from 5% to 10%) for articles.</p>
LIBER 2019 Workshop. Open Access books in academic libraries – how can we adapt workflows and cost management to an open scholarly communications landscape?
<p>This dataset includes all the results from a workshop held at the LIBER Annual Conference 2019 on June 26, 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. The workshop aimed at collecting and discussing current library practices related to open access books.</p> <p>The dataset includes information from a survey made in preparation for the conference, where 67 European libraries responded to a questionnaire based on activities or workflows in libraries related to open access books. Both the survey questionnaire and the results from the survey are uploaded as separate files.</p> <p>The dataset also includes the presentation made by keynote speaker Eelco Ferwerda from the OAPEN Foundation. He presented results based on the 2017 landscape study report on open access monographs with some new results from more recent studies by Springer Nature and a follow-up report by Knowledge Exchange.</p> <p>Olaf Siegert from ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics presented a brief overview of what libraries can do to promote OA books in terms of collection management, publication services and development of staff and organisation. The conclusion is that it is not necessarily big changes that are needed.</p> <p>Sofie Wennström presented results from a survey aimed at European research libraries on behalf of the LIBER Open Access Working Group. The survey reveals that many libraries are already working with processes to promote OA books. This is done by libraries organising publishing services or inhouse publishing, by including OA books in discovery services and repositories and by supporting authors to learn more about open access and open licensing.</p> <p>Finally, the LIBER Open Access Working Group shares a report from the workshop providing some quick takeaways and some good examples brought up during the breakout session with the workshop participants.</p>
Dataset for "Open access books through open data sources: Assessing prevalence, providers, and preservation"
<p>This dataset contains the raw collected data reported on in the manuscript titled "Open access books through open data sources: Assessing prevalence, providers, and preservation" which is available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7305490</p> <p>One file contains the results of the digital object identifier queries, and the other data on which publication records were found to be included in which of the studied bibliometric data sources, and preservation services.</p> <p>The author is grateful to Alicia Wise and Ronald Snijder for assisting in the identification of available datasets and valuable feedback throughout the study.</p> <p>This research was commissioned by CLOCKSS, DOAB, and OAPEN.</p>
Data set - Measured in a context : making sense of open access book data
<p>For more than a decade, open access book platforms have been distributing titles in order to maximise their impact. Each platform offers some form of usage data, showcasing the success of their offering. However, the numbers alone are not sufficient to convey how well a book is actually performing.</p> <p>Our data set is consists of 18,014 books and chapters. The selected titles have been added to the OAPEN Library collection before 1 January 2022, and the usage data of twelve months (January to December 2022) has been captured. During that period, this collection of books and chapters has been downloaded more than 10 million times. Each title has been linked to one broad subject and the title’s language has been coded as either English, German or other languages.</p> <p>The titles are rated using the TOANI score.</p> <p>The acronym stands for Transparent Open Access Normalised Index. The transparency is based on the application of clear regulations, and by making all data used visible. The data is normalised, by using a common scale for the complete collection of an open access book platform. Additionally, there are only three possible values to score the titles: average, less than average and more than average. This index is set up to provide a clear and simple answer to the question whether an open access book has made an impact. It is not meant to give a sense of false accuracy; the complexities surrounding this issue cannot be measured in several decimal places.</p> <p>The TOANI score is based on the following principles:</p> <ul> <li>Select only titles that have been available for at least 12 months;</li> <li>Use the usage data of the same 12 months period for the whole collection;</li> <li>Each title is assigned one – high level – subject;</li> <li>Each title is assigned one language;</li> <li>All titles are grouped based on subject and language;</li> <li>The groups should consists of at least 100 titles;</li> <li>The following data must be made available for each title: <ul> <li>Platform</li> <li>Total number of titles in the group</li> <li>Subject</li> <li>Language</li> <li>Period used for the measurement</li> <li>Minimum value, maximum value, median, first and third quartile of the platform’s usage data</li> </ul> </li> <li>Based on the previous, titles are classified as: <ul> <li>“Less than average” – First quartile; 25 % of the titles</li> <li>“Average” – Second and third quartile; 50% of the titles</li> <li>“More than average” – Fourth quartile; 25 % of the titles</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
OAPEN usage report for open access books funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 2014 - 2016
<p>For several years now, the Stand-Alone Publications Programme by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has been funding the production and simultaneous open-access publication of academic books, see: <a href="http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/fwf-programmes/stand-alone-publications/">http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/fwf-programmes/stand-alone-publications/</a></p> <p>All FWF-funded books are accessible free of charge in the FWF E-Book Library <a href="https://e-book.fwf.ac.at/">https://e-book.fwf.ac.at/</a> and in the OAPEN Library <a href="http://www.oapen.org/search">http://www.oapen.org/search</a>. </p> <p>The OAPEN Library’s annual data on book usage for 2014 to 2016 shows that the number of archived open-access books is rising steadily, as is the number of downloads per book.</p>
Big in Japan, Zimbabwe or Brazil – global reach and national preferences for open access books
<p>When we consider the main differences in publication practices between the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) and Science Technology and Mathematics (STM) there are two aspects that almost always get mentioned: the prominence of books and the role of local languages. Not surprisingly, the work of HSS researchers written in in other languages than English is more often linked to more regional concerns or a more regional community. Simply put, an author using Dutch will have a different audience in mind than an author writing in English.</p> <p>The OAPEN Library contains thousands of open access monographs in dozens of languages and sees global usage. While books in English are in the majority – over 60% of the collection – this still leaves a large collection of publications in other languages. If a global audience can freely choose from this collection, will there be a preference for global subjects or will more regional concerns take preference? This explorative research will look at the most popular books from 100 countries and try to determine the level of regional interest.</p> <p>We will examine the preference of global readers in a systematic manner. Based on the ten most downloaded books from 100 countries during a 12 month period , the focus on regional topics will be measured in two ways: the amount of books written in non-English languages, and the amount of English language books that mention the country.</p>
'Opening the Future' - a new funding model for open-access monographs: introducing an innovative approach to publishing OA books through library membership funding
<p>We showcase a collaborative pilot case study that implements an innovative open access revenue model at the Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press, with assistance from the COPIM Project (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs). Building on existing library subscription models (e.g. OBP, punctum), this is a sustainable OA publishing model that gives library members access to a highly-regarded backlist, with the membership fees then used to make the frontlist openly accessible.<br> Given the current global library environment and existing budget pressures that have been exacerbated by Covid-19, a consortial model of funding promises a cost-effective solution for OA that means no single institution bears a disproportionate burden. This model, then, appeals to both those who wish to pay for subscription-access content (more traditional university acquisition models) and those who support OA initiatives. It brings many institutions together under one roof for an affordable route to open access books.<br> Library members get access to a selection of the publishers’ backlists, DRM free and with perpetual access after three years. In return, the membership revenue is used to make newly-published books openly accessible to anyone with an internet connection.<br> We believe Opening the Future is a trailblazer in scholarly comms, offering a viable and affordable route to OA change for small/medium university presses and which appeals to libraries of all sizes and budgets. We aim to open up research for the public good. The model that we are piloting reduces inequalities in access to open access publication by eradicating exclusionary book processing charges (BPCs).<br> As we progress with the pilot, we are writing up everything we’ve done to implement the model and will release this and any software as a free toolkit, so that other publishers can use it and also take the leap.</p>
1L-PEG-Asc Solution for Bowel Preparation in an "Open Access" Colonoscopy Booking System: Evaluation of Adverse Events
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT04970173. IPD Sharing: NO. Countries: 1. Publications: 0.
Interview with Erik Sandewall and Liselott Thornell for the book chapter "Linköping University Electronic Press: ett icke-kommersiellt open access-förlag"
<p>Part of the material for the book chapter "Linköping University Electronic Press: ett icke-kommersiellt open access-förlag" is based on Peter Berkesand's interview with Professor Erik Sandewall and Head Librarian Liselotte Thornell. This dataset contains the interview that took place at Linköping University on September 3, 2014, in wma format and converted to mp3 file.</p>
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