“OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) is a collaborative initiative to develop and implement a sustainable Open Access publication model for academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The OAPEN Library aims to improve the visibility and usability of high quality academic research by aggregating peer reviewed Open Access publications from across Europe.”
There are around 1000 titles available, 251 in the humanities alone.
The following University Presses are members of OAPEN:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Leiden University Press
- Göttingen University Press
- Manchester University Press
- Presses Universitaires de Lyon
- Firenze University Press
There are currently 13 monographs in the database of the University of Adelaide Press. The subjects are both in the humanities as well the sciences.
There are currently 98 titles available from Athabasca University Press. The subjects range from Anthropology to Women’s Studies.
The Australian National University Electronic Press offers great many titles:
“Hosted by the Division of Information at The Australian National University, ANU E Press was established in 2003 to explore and enable new modes of scholarly publishing. Taking advantage of new information and communication technologies to make available the intellectual output of the academic community of the ANU, the primary focus of ANU E Press is the production of electronic scholarly texts. However, all texts are also available for purchase through a Print on Demand (PoD) service.”
University of California Press
“UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004, includes almost 2,000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students, while more than 500 of the titles are available to the public.”
“Columbia University Press is pleased to announce that Gutenberg-e is now an open access site. These award winning monographs, coordinated with the American Historical Association, afford emerging scholars new possibilities for online publications, weaving traditional narrative with digitized primary sources, including maps, photographs, and oral histories. The American Council of Learned Societies also carry Gutenberg-e titles on their Humanities E-Book platform.”
There are currently 35 monographs available.
“As of June 2, 2011, all PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press (NAP) will be downloadable to anyone free of charge.”
There are more than 4000 titles available!
The Ohio State University Press
There are 68 e-books available in literary studies, including narrative theory, Victorian studies, medieval studies, history and classics.
The University of Ottawa Press offers 55 monographs in English and French with a wide array of subjects in the humanities.
Penn State University Press – Romance Studies
There are 9 titles so far available.