Reflecting on Five Years of Open-Access Book Publishing: Successes, Lessons, and Next Steps for TOME

The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) have published a final report assessing the success of their five-year pilot project to modernize publication of, and promote public access to, scholarly books.

TOME Documentation

TOME Documentation

Model publishing contracts and amendments for publishers and authors

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Diversifying Readership through Open Access: A Usage Analysis for OA Books

Diversifying Readership through Open Access: A Usage Analysis for OA Books

This white paper by Springer Nature and COARD explores the effect that publishing OA has on the geographic usage of books. The analysis is based on usage data for 3,934 books, including 281 open access books. 

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TOME Author Testimonials

TOME Author Testimonials

Authors talk about their participation in TOME.

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The Future of Open Access Books: Findings from a Global Survey of Academic Book Authors

The Future of Open Access Books: Findings from a Global Survey of Academic Book Authors

A global Springer Nature survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors provides in-depth insights into attitudes towards open access.

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The State of Open Monographs: A Digital Science Report

The State of Open Monographs: A Digital Science Report

Digital Science has today launched a report on the state of open access monographs. The report addresses the question of how we integrate and value monographs in the increasingly open digital scholarly network.

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The Costs of Publishing Monographs: An Ithaka S+R Report

The Costs of Publishing Monographs: An Ithaka S+R Report

In April 2014, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a planning grant to Ithaka S+R to develop a study methodology for determining the true costs of publishing scholarly monographs. The end result was this research report, published February 5, 2016.

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Digital Publishing in the Humanities Initiative, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Digital Publishing in the Humanities Initiative, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this initiative informs the Emory community about emerging publication options in humanities scholarship as well as subventions that support the publication of digital/open access monographs by Emory faculty.

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Presentations from the July 31, 2018 Meeting in Washington, DC

Presentations from the July 31, 2018 Meeting in Washington, DC

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TOME Meeting Summary and Next Steps

TOME Meeting Summary and Next Steps

A report outlining the meeting summary and next steps from the TOME Summit, July 31, 2018, in Washington, DC.

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Participating Publishers

NameCityStateCountry

University of Akron Press

AkronOhioUnited States

University of Alabama Press

TuscaloosaAlabamaUnited States

University of Alberta Press

EdmontonAlbertaCanada

Amherst College Press

AmherstMassachusettsUnited States

Amsterdam University Press

AmsterdamThe Netherlands

University of Arkansas Press

AmherstArkansasUnited States

Baylor University Press

FayettevilleTexasUnited States

University of British Columbia Press

VancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada

University of Calgary Press

CalgaryAlbertaCanada

University of California Press

BerkeleyCaliforniaUnited States

Cambridge University Press

CambridgeEnglandUnited Kingdom

University of Chicago Press

ChicagoIllinoisUnited States

University of Cincinnati Press

CincinnatiOhioUnited States

University Press of Colorado

BoulderColoradoUnited States

Concordia University Press

MontrealQuebecCanada

Cornell University Press

IthacaNew YorkUnited States

Duke University Press

DurhamNorth CarolinaUnited States

University Press of Florida

GainesvilleFloridaUnited States

Fordham University Press

New YorkNew YorkUnited States

George Mason University Press

FairfaxVirginiaUnited States

Georgetown University Press

WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States

University of Georgia Press

AthensGeorgiaUnited States

University of Hawai'i Press

HonoluluHawai'iUnited States

University of Illinois Press

ChampaignIllinoisUnited States

Indiana University Press

BloomingtonIndianaUnited States

Johns Hopkins University Press

BaltimoreMarylandUnited States

University Press of Kansas

LawrenceKansasUnited States

University Press of Kentucky

LexingtonKentuckyUnited States

Liverpool University Press

LiverpoolEnglandUnited Kingdom

LSU Press

Baton RougeLouisianaUnited States

Manchester University Press

ManchesterEnglandUnited Kingdom

University of Massachusetts Press

AmherstMassachusettsUnited States

MIT Press

CambridgeMassachusettsUnited States

Medieval Institute Publications

KalamazooMichiganUnited States

University of Michigan Press

Ann ArborMichiganUnited States

Michigan State University Press

East LansingMichiganUnited States

University of Minnesota Press

MinneapolisMinnesotaUnited States

University Press of Mississippi

JacksonMississippiUnited States

University of Missouri Press

ColumbiaMissouriUnited States

University of Nebraska Press

LincolnNebraskaUnited States

University of New Mexico Press

AlbuquerqueNew MexicoUnited States

New York University Press

New YorkNew YorkUnited States

University of North Carolina Press

Chapel HillNorth CarolinaUnited States

University of North Texas Press

DentonTexasUnited States

Northwestern University Press

EvanstonIllinoisUnited States

Ohio University Press

AthensOhioUnited States

The Ohio State University Press

ColumbusOhioUnited States

University of Oklahoma Press

NormanOklahomaUnited States

Oregon State University Press

CorvallisOregonUnited States

Les Presses de l’Universite’ d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press

OttawaOntarioCanada

Purdue University Press

West LafayetteIndianaUnited States

Oxford University Press

OxfordEnglandUnited Kingdom

Pennsylvania State University Press

University ParkPennsylvaniaUnited States

Rutgers University Press

New BrunswickNew JerseyUnited States

Southern Illinois University Press

CarbondaleIllinoisUnited States

SUNY Press

AlbanyNew YorkUnited States

Syracuse University Press

SyracuseNew YorkUnited States

Temple University Press

PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States

Texas A&M University Press

College StationTexasUnited States

University of Toronto Press

TorontoOntarioCanada

Vanderbilt University Press

NashvilleTennesseeUnited States

University of Virginia Press

CharlottesvilleVirginiaUnited States

University of Washington Press

SeattleWashingtonUnited States

Wayne State University Press

DetroitMichiganUnited States

Wesleyan University Press

MiddletownConnecticutUnited States

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

WaterlooOntarioCanada

University of Wisconsin Press

MadisonWisconsinUnited States

TOME Institutions

The following colleges and universities are participating in the TOME pilot, thereby sending a strong signal to their humanities and social sciences faculty that their scholarship is valued and worth promoting to the world.

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If you are an author, publisher, librarian, or administrator, we want to hear from you. Use this form to send your comments, questions, or suggestions to Peter Potter, ARL visiting program officer for TOME.