From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:50:12 +0100

Thanks Andrea. I did have some offline help .



I am still puzzled by the idea that a project concerned with open
scholarship should not have (apparently) any relationship with most
publishers of open access books even in Europe but if it is primarily
providing an infrastructure I can see that publishing ventures (otherwise
unsustainable) might need such help.


I notice that Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press
already provide such infrastructures just to mention two European
initiatives. Are they integrated into other European infrastructures?



Anthony





From: "Bertino, Andrea Christian" <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:59:21 +0000

Dear Anthony,



I am delighted about your interest in our Project. Here are some more
details about the project environment.



The HIRMEOS Project supports *OPERAS*, a distributed Research
Infrastructure project for open scholarly communication. OPERAS main goal
is to introduce the principle of Open Science and ensure effective
dissemination and global access to research results in the Social Sciences
and Humanities. The OPERAS network as of now has 21 partners and is
coordinated by *OpenEdition*. You can find More information on the OPERAS
website:    www.operas-eu.org



HIRMEOS Consortium is composed of 9 partners committed to the open access
academic book publishing sector at different levels: publication platforms,
publishers, academic institutions, European infrastructures (*OpenAire*
through Gottingen University  and the advisory board, *Dariah*), service
providers through the advisory board. Publishers (Ubiquity Press, Open Book
Publishers, Göttingen University Press) bring their expertise in academic
publishing. European infrastructures (OpenAire and  Dariah) will ensure
perfect integration of the project into the European open access policy and
its strategy regarding research. The three publishers involved are
complementary as OBP and UP represent a new generation of academic
publishers, digital first, fully open access, exploring new avenues for a
major change in the scholarly communication system. Göttingen University
Press has to deal with more traditional stakeholders from its position as a
library-based university press.



Our Platforms (Oapen Library, OpenEdition Books, Ubiquity Press, EKT Open
Book Press) bring their expertise as e-infrastructures which have to deal
with large collections of documents and important databases. One of their
primary missions is to give maximum visibility and discoverability to the
content they disseminate and work with the most important scientific
information service providers worldwide to that purpose. It is to be noted
that OpenEdition Books and EKT Open Book Press are national infrastructures
and that OAPEN Library has current projects with major European research
funders (ERC, FWF, FNRS, Wellcome Trust).



I hope this information will be helpful to you. If you have any further
questions do not hesitate to contact me.



Best Regards



Andrea Bertino



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