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We would like to invite you to take part in an open, online and moderated<br>
discussion that will be hosted by the DOAB (The Directory of Open Access<br>
Books), currently in its beta-version, which will take place from the 9th<br>
until the 22nd of July. This online discussion with publishers, scholars<br>
and the wider Open Access and publishing community will focus on getting<br>
an overview of opinions and views that exist on Open Access books, and<br>
quality control, peer review and the Open Access publishing of books.<br>
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The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a discovery service for Open<br>
Access monographs. DOAB provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed<br>
monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business<br>
model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s<br>
website or repository.<br>
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The goal of this discussion will not be to decide on a definition of what<br>
constitutes an Open Access book or on what the proper way to publish an OA<br>
book is. Although the data gathered through discussions on these topics<br>
will be used to formulate recommendations for the DOAB, the idea of this<br>
discussion is more to establish a set of ‘lowest common denominators’,<br>
requirements for entry that are flexible and can change, following the<br>
processual nature of both books and the discourse on Open Access books.<br>
This discussion is thus predominantly meant to gain an overview of the<br>
views and opinions that exist in the scholarly and publishing community<br>
with respect to Open Access books.<br>
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To subscribe to the DOAB mailing list, where the discussion will take<br>
place, please follow this link:<br>
<a href="https://listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/listinfo/doab" target="_blank">https://listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/listinfo/doab</a><br>
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The discussion will take place over two weeks, but feel free to jump in at<br>
any time that is convenient for you. Archives of the discussion will be<br>
kept here, and digests of the daily discussion will be posted to the<br>
DOABlog.<br>
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We will start off the discussion on Monday the 9th with an introductory<br>
email. The main questions that will lead the discussion are:<br>
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What is an Open Access book?<br>
What is an Open Access book publisher?<br>
What kind of copyright licenses are suitable to use with an OA book? What<br>
kind of quality control do we need for OA books?<br>
What kinds of peer review are seen as authorative?<br>
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However, please feel free to add questions, or suggest other topics for<br>
discussion.<br>
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For any further questions, or if you are having problems subscribing to<br>
the mailing list, please contact: <a href="mailto:info@oapen.nl">info@oapen.nl</a><br>
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