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Type of site | Open-access book discovery service |
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| Owner | DOAB Foundation |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2012 (beta); 1 July 2013 (official) |
| Current status | Active |
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a search service for peer-reviewed open access books. It functions as a central index for open-access monographs and edited collections. The platform doesn't host the books itself. Instead, it points readers to the publisher's website or an open repository. Libraries and aggregators like OCLC WorldCat and Ex Libris Primo pull DOAB's data automatically. This means library users can find these free books right next to paid materials in their regular catalog searches.[1]
History
The Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) Foundation started DOAB. OAPEN is a Dutch non-profit located at the National Library in The Hague. They modeled the project on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), but for books instead of articles. The goal was to build a reliable, quality-checked list of free academic books. DOAB opened as a beta test in April 2012 with a few publishers. The official launch happened on 1 July 2013 at the British Library in London.[2]
OpenEdition helped start the project. In March 2019, DOAB became its own independent Dutch foundation. OAPEN and OpenEdition (represented by CNRS and Aix-Marseille University) jointly own it. This change gave DOAB financial independence.
In late 2022, DOAB added the Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM). This tool lets publishers display exactly how a book was peer-reviewed. The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) also picked DOAB for its 2020–2022 funding cycle, which allows university libraries to fund the platform directly.
Collection and scope
Publishers apply to join DOAB by sending in book records. They must prove their peer review process and show their open-access licenses. Any academic publisher can join if they meet these basic rules.[1]
A study looking at DOAB's science and technology books found health sciences to be the biggest topic. Frontiers Media and ANU Press published the most titles in that group. Most books used Creative Commons CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licenses.[3] Another study on the social sciences section showed steady growth over time. English was the main language, though publishers came from many different countries.[4]
Because DOAB uses an open API, libraries do not need special setups to add these books to their systems.
See also
References
- ^ a b Stenson, Linnéa (2012). "Why all these directories? An introduction to DOAJ and DOAB". Insights: The UKSG Journal. 25 (3): 251–256. doi:10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.251.
- ^ Whitford, Leslie (2014). "DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books". Reference Reviews. 28 (3): 12–13. doi:10.1108/RR-10-2013-0269.
- ^ Khanchandani, Vanita; Kumar, Moveen (2017). "Mapping of E-books in Science & Technology: An Analytical Study of Directory of Open Access Books". DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. 37 (3): 172–179. doi:10.14429/djlit.37.3.10692.
- ^ Lamani, M. B.; Patil, R. R.; Kumbar, B. D. (2018). "Open Access E-books in Social Science: A Case Study of Directory of Open Access Books". DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. 38 (2): 141–144. doi:10.14429/djlit.38.2.10890.
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