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Launch of OPERAS-NL: collaboration between OAPEN and KNAW Humanities Cluster (HuC)
Press Release: The Hague / Amsterdam, 17 November 2025
The
OAPEN Foundation
(OAPEN) and the
KNAW Humanities Cluster
are collaborating...
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Spotlight
OAPEN and DOAB 2025 Highlights published
The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 March 2026.
Today, OAPEN and Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) have published their joint 2025 Highlights, an annual report presenting an overview of key developments...
Read more →
Blog post
Update on platform stability: Our continuous effort to protect community access
Aggressive content-harvesting bots and automated systems are generating increased traffic to open infrastructure platforms and library repositories, creating a community-wide challenge. This activity places significant...
Read more →
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Meet the OAPEN&DOAB Ambassadors An Interview with Mandy Taha DOAB Ambassador for Egypt
What motivated you to join DOAB as an ambassador? I am motivated to join DOAB as an ambassador as I strongly believe in the importance of opening up knowledge and fostering better interaction across the regions and to ensure...
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DFG – German Research Foundation
EU - European Union
FWF - The Austrian Science Fund
Knowledge Unlatched
NWO - The Dutch Research Council
ScholarLed
SCOAP3 - The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
SNSF - Swiss National Science Fund
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
Wellcome
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OAPEN
A world of scholarly books.
Open to all, built to last.
OAPEN connects
libraries
,
publishers
,
researchers
,
and
funders
with a global infrastructure for peer-reviewed open access books to advance research and the public good.
Learn about how we support our community.
Our approach
→
Searching for something specific?
Browse
Subject
Publisher
Collections
Language
Monthly downloads
1.5 million+
Open access books
40,000+
Participating publishers
450+
Languages represented
80+
Spotlight
Conference attendance
Come meet us in person at these conferences. This is a rolling list and as new conferences and events are added older ones will be removed, so make sure to check back regularly!
Read more →
Spotlight
Launch of OPERAS-NL: collaboration between OAPEN and KNAW Humanities Cluster (HuC)
Press Release: The Hague / Amsterdam, 17 November 2025
The
OAPEN Foundation
(OAPEN) and the
KNAW Humanities Cluster
are collaborating...
Read more →
Spotlight
OAPEN and DOAB 2025 Highlights published
The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 March 2026.
Today, OAPEN and Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) have published their joint 2025 Highlights, an annual report presenting an overview of key developments...
Read more →
Blog post
Update on platform stability: Our continuous effort to protect community access
Aggressive content-harvesting bots and automated systems are generating increased traffic to open infrastructure platforms and library repositories, creating a community-wide challenge. This activity places significant...
Read more →
Blog post
Meet the OAPEN&DOAB Ambassadors An Interview with Mandy Taha DOAB Ambassador for Egypt
What motivated you to join DOAB as an ambassador? I am motivated to join DOAB as an ambassador as I strongly believe in the importance of opening up knowledge and fostering better interaction across the regions and to ensure...
Read more →
Find us on Bluesky →
For authors
The Toolkit offers clear guidance on open access (OA) book publishing for researchers and authors, and supports policy makers in shaping effective OA policies for books.
Go to the Toolkit →
DFG – German Research Foundation
EU - European Union
FWF - The Austrian Science Fund
Knowledge Unlatched
NWO - The Dutch Research Council
ScholarLed
SCOAP3 - The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
SNSF - Swiss National Science Fund
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
Wellcome
Stay up to date
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