Knowledge Unlatched (KU) and OpenAPC, operated by the University of Bielefeld, are expanding the OpenAPC dataset to support the inclusion of Book Processing Charges (BPCs). The first deposit includes all payments made by KU to publishers for the KU Select programs, equaling almost 1,000 books. KU is also planning to share further transactional data for the other collections for which it collects funding.
Since its inception, KU has been sharing impact reports and financial information with customers and the public. Providing transparency around publisher payments is a natural extension and one that should inform stakeholders to help speed up the transition of Open Access (OA) monographs. Over the summer, KU will further engage with its partners to also promote the BPCs for its other programs.
The extension of OpenAPC with the KU contribution marks the start of a new public database for OA books. OpenAPC is inviting funders of OA books to follow and share their data to build an informative resource for the OA book community.
The current dataset, which will be expanded after the summer, can be found at treemaps.intact-project.org/apcdata/bpc.
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