DOAB: The Directory of Open Access Books
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.
The Hague, The Netherlands, 26 February 2026. We’re thrilled to share an exciting new update for the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). Today, we unveil our refreshed visual identity – including a...
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...
The Hague, The Netherlands, 9 September 2026. The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is delighted to announce that UPLOpen has joined as the most recent member of the Trusted Platform Network as of...
Riding a heat wave The OAPEN Tech team met with the Open Science (OS) teams at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 25th and 26th of June. After rebuilding the team following...
Melissa Chim is Scholarly Communications Librarian at Excelsior University in New York, United States of America. Hear what she had to say about joining the ambassador programme. What motivated you to join DOAB as an ambassador?...
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