Building the future of OAPEN and DOAB: Our technical roadmap for 2026 

Since the OAPEN Library was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2010, our organisation has grown from a bold idea into a global infrastructure pillar for open access (OA) books. Today, more than 40,000 peer-reviewed titles are hosted on our platform, discovered by millions of readers worldwide, trusted by hundreds of publishers and over 300 supporting libraries.  The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) … Continue reading Building the future of OAPEN and DOAB: Our technical roadmap for 2026 

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Change of technical leadership at OAPEN and DOAB

Shortly after the launch of the OAPEN project back in 2008, I remember that the project coordinator, Eelco Ferwerda at Amsterdam University Press (AUP) introduced a new colleague to the project: Ronald Snijder. Ronald was the Project Supervisor Digital Publications at AUP and introduced to support the technical coordination of the OAPEN project. After the … Continue reading "Change of technical leadership at OAPEN and DOAB"

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Funnelling locusts – further reflections on the OAPEN Library and DOAB’s response time 

In my previous post on our less than optimal performance of the OAPEN Library and DOAB, I wrote about the effect of AI bots on our systems, and that it has become a common problem for many sites providing open access (OA) or open source software content. All of them – including the OAPEN Library … Continue reading "Funnelling locusts – further reflections on the OAPEN Library and DOAB’s response time "

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