The infrastructure used by open access publishers must be driven by, and responsive to, the varied needs of an international scholarly community.
A key aspect of COPIM is therefore that it privileges close working relationships between publishers, librarians, infrastructure providers, and other members of the scholarly community.

COPIM is an international partnership comprising

• universities: Coventry University, Birkbeck, University of London, Lancaster University and Trinity College, University of Cambridge;

• established scholar-led open access presses, represented through the ScholarLed consortium, which consists of Open Book Publishers, punctum books, Open Humanities Press, Mattering Press, and meson press;

• libraries: UCSB Library, Loughborough University Library, the British Library;

• infrastructure providers: the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), Jisc ;

• and membership organisations: the Digital Preservation Coalition.

   

COPIM: Overview

Collaborations

Thanks to funding from OPERAS-P, a European Coordinator for Open Access Book Publishing works jointly between OPERAS-P and COPIM, based at Open Book Publishers. The European Coordinator is working to facilitate exchange between the various library and scholarly publishing communities within the EU and the COPIM project.

— Header image: The COPIM partner consortium. (high-resolution jpg)