From: Tom Mosterd <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:28 AM

**With apologies for cross-posting**



*The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) relaunches on the open source
DSpace platform.*



*The DOAB Foundation is pleased to share that the Directory of Open Access
Books (DOAB) <https://doabooks.org/> has successfully migrated to a new
open source environment. **The renewed DOAB platform offers additional
functionalities and features, improving the service for all stakeholders. *



Niels Stern, Director of OAPEN and co-director of DOAB said “The entire
DOAB team is very excited about this development. Transitioning to the open
source DSpace platform represents an important next step for the DOAB
Foundation and our firm commitment to open science.”



The transition of DOAB to an open source environment comes at a time where
momentum for OA books is on the rise and access to scholarly books is
proving to be of critical importance to users worldwide.



*Press Release: *
https://www.doabooks.org/en/doab/article/doab-relaunches-on-the-open-source-d-space-platform



*Visit DOAB:* https://doabooks.org/



Following the migration, all DOAB services will remain free of charge with
all data being freely available.



Kind regards,



Tom Mosterd

Community Manager DOAB / OAPEN

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*About DOAB*

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides
access to over 34,000 scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books. The
Directory of Open Access Books is a service of the DOAB Foundation. The
DOAB Foundation is a non-profit legal entity under Dutch law (‘stichting’),
established by the OAPEN Foundation <http://oapen.org/> and OpenEdition
<https://www.openedition.org/>.