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Open Access guide: OA Books

This guide will help USask researchers and students understand what open access (OA) is and how to make their own works OA.

Directory of Open Access Books

Open Access Books Toolkit

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Launched in Sept 2020, this Toolkit is a free-to-access resource that aims to help academic book authors to better understand open access book publishing, and to promote and increase trust in open access books. The Toolkit is governed by a global team of stakeholders representing the research community, publishers, open access organizations, funders and research support. This resource strives to be an authoritative, credible and stakeholder-agnostic resource for users worldwide. 

Open Access Scholarly Book Publishers & Collections

Canadian Options

Other Options

Lists of Funding Opportunities:

Initiatives to Advance Infrastructure and Support for Open Access Monographs

Help Turn a Traditionally-Published Book into A Free E-Book (Legally!)