Open Access Publishing in European Networks

Publishing humanities monographs in Open Access

OAPEN is an initiative in Open Access publishing for humanities and social sciences monographs. The consortium of University-based academic publishers who make up OAPEN believe that the time is ripe to bring the successes of scientific Open Access publishing to the humanities and social sciences.

The OAPEN partners are all active in the Open Access movement already, with details available on their pages on this site and on their own websites.  

The project will find useful, exciting and beneficial ways of publishing scholarly work in Open Access, enhancing access to important peer reviewed research from across Europe. Most importantly it will find a financial model which is appropriate to scholarly humanities monographs, a publishing platform which is beneficial to all users and create a network of publishing partners across Europe and the rest of the world. 

 

Latest News

Newsletter July, 2010
OAPEN Seminar “Promoting Open Access for Academic Books” Read more...

OAPEN Seminar, June 10, 2010, Amsterdam
Promoting Open Access for Academic Books | Agenda and Presentation Read more...

OAPEN Newsletter - March 2010
New OAPEN Report: Overview of Open Access Models for eBooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences | Wiki | Expert Workshop on Copyright and Open Access Book Publishing Read more...



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Scientific Board:

Dr. Sijbolt J. Noorda (chair), Dutch Association of Research Universities (VSNU),  European University Association (EUA), The Netherlands

Phillippe Aigrain, Sopinspace, Society for Public Information Spaces, France

Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Guédon, Université de Montréal, Canada

Dr. Sigi Jöttkandt, Open Humanities Press

Sarah Porter, JISC Innovation, London, UK

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lauer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Ingvild Gilhus, University of Bergen, Norway

Dr. Charles Henry, Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Washington, USA

Michael Holdsworth, Book Industry Communication (BIC), Cambridge, UK

Prof. Dr. Anthony F.J. van Raan, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Mette Thunø, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Erik Sandewall, Linköping University, Sweden

Prof. Dr. Andrea Zorzi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy