The OAPEN Library hosts books and chapters in open access and works with several funders to host long-text publications resulting from the research they fund. Authors and publishers can deposit relevant research publications directly in the OAPEN Library.
The service is intended for books and chapters based on research funded by OAPEN’s partners: the European Research Council, Wellcome, and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). It covers publications that have been published in immediate open access (‘gold OA’) as well as those that can be made accessible in open access only after an embargo period (‘green OA’). OAPEN also provides assistance to authors who are uncertain whether a specific publication can be deposited and under what licence. Authors whose book or chapter has not yet been published are encouraged to pre-register it with OAPEN so that it can be made available immediately upon publication. In this case OAPEN may also be able to help with general questions related to OA publishing and how to comply with the funders’ OA requirements.
- The deposit service is available in a special section of the OAPEN website: http://www.oapen.org/content/deposit-service
- For authors of publications based on ERC funded research, a special section with additional ERC specific information has been set up: http://www.oapen.org/content/erc-deposit
- Publishers and authors can deposit their book or chapter online by filling in the deposit form and, for ERC, the ERC deposit form.
List of publishers that comply with funder requirements
As part of the deposit service for OA books and chapters, OAPEN has introduced a list of book publishers that comply with the OA requirements of the ERC, Wellcome and FWF. OAPEN’s goal is to inform researchers about compliant publishers, but also to encourage publishers to adjust their policies so that they become compatible with funders’ requirements.
Authors who have not yet decided where to publish their next book may find the list particularly useful. Apart from a link to the relevant page on the publisher’s website, the list also contains the name and email address of a dedicated contact person at each publisher listed. This allows future authors to directly interact with the right person at the chosen publisher. As more and more publishers adopt policies on ‘green OA’ for books and chapters, the list is being further enhanced with additional pointers to information related to self-archiving.
The list with the first publishers that have joined can be found here: http://oapen.org/content/deposit-publishers-list-compliant-book-publishers. Publishers who wish to join the list can do so by filling in a form on the OAPEN website: http://oapen.org/content/deposit-publishers-join-list.
Post by Eelco Ferwerda, Director OAPEN Foundation
Funding acknowledgement
The development of the ERC deposit service and some of the other developments mentioned above have been supported by the ERC through a Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action (ERC-OAPEN-2015; grant number 683680).