Who is responsible for DOAB?

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) was established by OAPEN Foundation in 2012, in close cooperation with the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) & SemperTool.

DOAB is a service of DOAB Foundation. DOAB Foundation is a non-profit legal entity under Dutch law (‘stichting’), established by OAPEN Foundation and OpenEdition. The Foundation is based at the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague.

Executive Board:

  • Pierre Mounier (Associate Director of OpenEdition and coordinator (community) of OPERAS)
  • Niels Stern (Director of OAPEN Foundation)

Supervisory Board:

  • Neil Jacobs - Chair (UK Research and Innovation)
  • Bas Savenije (OAPEN Foundation)
  • Didier Torny (CNRS)
  • Lucinda Jones (National Library of the Netherlands)
  • Maryline Crivello (Aix-Marseille University)