From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 10:33:39 +1000

Coming late to this. It appears to be quite a serious situation. Open Book
Publishers are quite clear in that blog that they consider some of the
behaviour of Knowledge Unlatched to be poor.

Do others have opinions on Open Research Library?

Danny

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On 22 May 2019, at 11:36, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 21:05:41 -0400

Of possible interest:

"On 16 May 2019, Knowledge Unlatched announced the beta launch of a new
hosting platform for Open Access books, the Open Research Library (ORL).
Our books are a prominent part of this nascent project, both on the website
and in the marketing associated with the launch
<https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/05/sven-fund-knowledge-unlatched-open-research-library-open-access-2019/>,
and this, together with Knowledge Unlatched’s claim that they are ‘working
with publishers and libraries worldwide’
<http://knowledgeunlatched.org/2019/05/knowledge-unlatched-and-partners-launch-open-research-library/>,
might give the impression that we are actively participating in and
endorsing the platform. However this is not the case: we were not informed
or consulted about this project at any stage; we were not told that our
books would feature on this platform; and we do not support ORL. In fact we
have grave concerns about its approach and business model, and those of
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), which we will set out here."

Full posting at:

http://blogs.openbookpublishers.com/open-book-publishers-statement-on-knowledge-unlatched-and-the-open-research-library/