DOAB Strategic Plan 2025 – 2028
DOAB is a not-for-profit foundation (Stichting) governed by Dutch Law (it cannot be sold or acquired) since 2019. It was created as a project by OAPEN in 2012 but since 2019 co-managed and co-governed by OpenEdition and OAPEN. DOAB relies on contributions from research institutions, funders, and publishers to carry out its mission. DOAB is guided by the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI self-audit).
DOAB’s mission is to curate a global, open, and trusted index of open scholarly books.
DOAB’s vision is to have all scholarly books openly available to everyone.
Goals and Objectives
| GOAL | Objectives |
|---|---|
| 1. Make DOAB known and available to publishers globally | Be an efficient partner in the ALMASI project |
| Develop the DOAB in Africa project | |
| Expand the Trusted Platform network in Asia and Africa based on research and outreach activities | |
| Develop a multilingual application and onboarding workflow for publishers | |
| Participate in global and regional publishers conferences and book fairs | |
| Establish and develop a network of ambassadors | |
| Upskill staff on cultural awareness and bibliodiversity | |
| Explore more synergies between DOAB, OAPEN and OpenEdition | |
| 2. Establish a community of practice for quality assessment of OA books | Better communicate DOAB’s work on quality assessment |
| Foster the development of a community of practice for quality assessment | |
| Promote further PRISM to the identified stakeholders | |
| Develop the PRISM API to better interoperate with library catalogues and indexes | |
| Coordinate and facilitate workshops around quality assessment criteria | |
| Connect with other actors beyond the TPN, for example COARA, OABN, OPERAS, GraspOS | |
| 3. Establish DOAB as a trusted source and reference point for institutions and funders in their strategies and policies for OA books | Develop interoperability with partners to setup infrastructure |
| Advocate for OA books in OS policies | |
| Organise use case workshops in the funder forum | |
| Develop a combined OA book service for funders | |
| Strengthen partnerships with Thoth, COKI, OA Switchboard, OPERAS | |
| 4. Make DOAB operationally and financially robust and resilient | Monitor DOAB operational and financial robustness with internal indicators, also related to value propostions |
| Keep the DOAB platform and software up to date | |
| Monitor DOAB compliance with POSI principles | |
| Adopt and monitor a risk management plan and a disaster recovery plan | |
| Strengthen DOAB strategic partnerships | |
| 5. Bring innovation to the DOAB services and reduce its potential obsolescence | Explore and participate in future R&D projects |
| Strengthen relations with OAPEN, OPERAS and OpenEdition Labs | |
| Systematicaly assess relevance of innovation against value propositions | |
| Define a process to prioritise R&D actions |