Connecting trusted platforms to make open access books more discoverable worldwide
The DOAB Trusted Platform Network brings together platforms across the globe that share a commitment to enhance discoverability of open access books by simplifying metadata integration processes into DOAB for publishers within their ecosystem.
What is the DOAB Trusted Platform Network?
The DOAB Trusted Platform Network is a growing international network of platforms supporting the management and dissemination of open access scholarly books. The network recognises that scholarly publishing varies across regions, disciplines, languages and publishing traditions. In this way, the network has a collective aspiration to foster bibliodiversity.
The Trusted Platform Network partners share a set of standards relating to scholarly quality, openness, interoperability, infrastructure, transparency and research integrity.
By bringing these platforms together, DOAB aims to strengthen the global infrastructure for discovering and accessing open access scholarly books while supporting a diverse and inclusive publishing ecosystem.
Partners have a shared commitment to promote
Open access
Ensuring that books are freely accessible and clearly licensed.
Quality
Supporting robust and appropriate scholarly quality-assurance practices.
Interoperability
Supporting reliable metadata and technical exchange between platforms and services.
Integrity
Promoting transparent, responsible and ethical scholarly publishing practices.
Bibliodiversity
Recognising and supporting different languages, regions, disciplines and publishing traditions.
Are you a platform interested in joining the network?
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Why join the DOAB Trusted Platform Network?
By joining the network, your platform will be connected with DOAB and with a growing international community of organisations, including libraries across the world, working to strengthen open access scholarly book publishing.
Increase discoverability
Enable eligible open access books on your platform to become more easily discoverable through DOAB’s global discovery service.
Streamline metadata workflows
Work with DOAB to establish reliable and efficient processes for identifying eligible books and exchanging the metadata needed for inclusion in DOAB.
Demonstrate trusted practices
Show publishers, libraries, researchers and other partners that your platform operates according to shared standards for quality, openness, transparency and integrity.
Connect to a global network
Join platforms representing different regions, languages, disciplines, publishing models and scholarly communities.
Strengthen interoperability
Develop and maintain standards-based approaches to metadata and technical exchange that contribute to a more connected scholarly communication ecosystem.
Who can join?
The DOAB Trusted Platform Network is intended for established and developing platforms that play a meaningful role in the open access scholarly book ecosystem.
This may include platforms that:
- host or disseminate open access scholarly books;
- work with academic, university or scholarly publishers;
- manage or distribute scholarly book metadata;
- provide publishing or infrastructure services for open access books;
- operate regionally, nationally or internationally.
We welcome platforms from different regions, languages, disciplines and publishing traditions.
The DOAB Trusted Platform Network has developed a framework setting out criteria to provide a clear, transparent and proportionate means for assessing prospective platforms.
For more information about the framework, see this document.
Meet the network
