OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders, including the DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books), on which OAPEN works in partnership with  Open Edition.

DOAB website: doabooks.org

Fees & tiers

OAPEN/DOAB offers a membership package with tiered pricing, as detailed below. For pricing in other countries, please contact info@openbookcollective.org

Tier structure

*In the case of European institutions, tiering is determined by a combination of organisation size and the World Bank's classification of countries by income. Small organisations are defined as 0-4,999 FTE, medium organisations are defined as 5,000-9,999 FTE, and large organisations as 10,000+ FTE. 

Fees

Contract length

• 12 months

Benefits

OAPEN provides those who support its Membership Package with:

• OAPEN and DOAB annual stakeholder report sent directly to the Supporter;

• Waiving OAPEN publisher fees for publishing entities (e.g. University Press) affiliated with the Supporter institution

• COUNTER-conformant usage reports provided as a dashboard including the Supporter’s institutional (IP-based) and geolocation (regional) usage, automatically updated monthly;
• community involvement. Supporters are invited to give input to the continued development of the OAPEN and DOAB services on a yearly basis and through library working group participation;
• regular updates through email list for Supporters;
• acknowledgment of contributors on the OAPEN and DOAB websites & through our social media accounts.