05.02.2025
Developing a Governance Model for the Experimental Publishing Compendium
« The Open Book Futures (OBF) project, funded by Arcadia and the Research England Development (RED) Fund, was launched in May 2023 and will run until April 2026. OBF is led by Lancaster University and builds upon the pioneering work of the COPIM project (2019–2023) to initiate a step-change in the ambition, scope and impact of community-led and owned open access book publishing. Among its activities OBF will deepen and accelerate the work of the Experimental Publishing Compendium, a valuable guide, catalogue, and toolkit for scholars, publishers, developers, librarians and designers who want to challenge, push and redefine the shape, form and rationale of scholarly books. The Compendium presents a collection of tools, practices and experimental books to help and inspire authors and publishers to make experimental scholarly works. (…) »
