Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Launched

Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) is pleased to announce the launch of the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), a discovery service for peer reviewed books published under an Open Access license. DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository. The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.

The Directory of Open Access Books is provided by OAPEN Foundation in cooperation with SemperTool. OAPEN Foundation is an international initiative dedicated to Open Access monograph publishing, based at the National Library in The Hague. DOAB was developed in close cooperation with Lars Bjørnshauge and Salam Baker Shanawa, who were also responsible for the development of the Directory of Open Access Journals Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).