OA eBook Usage Data Trust Project

Read more in our March announcements at: groups.google.com/g/ebook-data-t…

We made history in 2025 by developing and piloting the first dataspace for scholarly communications and learned a dataspace’s value is broader than OA, books, or usage. Now OAEBUDT's brand and governance sunsets this April so a broader, #scholcomm #dataspace can emerge.

Organizations have successfully piloted the first dataspace for scholarly communications! Read more in our recent update: groups.google.com/g/ebook-data-t…

As an open infrastructure research effort, we publish our findings and data in Zenodo project communities to document our journey and help others learn from our work! View our Governance Building Blocks project outputs at: bit.ly/4bHg2rd #OAWeek #transparency #openaccess

This OA week we are thrilled to introduce our Supporting Membership pilot so community stakeholders can use end of year dollars to support our mission, sustain community engagement, and help us grow. Learn more at: oabookusage.org/support-us #OAWeek #CommunitySupport

Our journey towards launching a data space continues. Learn more through our April to June 2024 project update at: bit.ly/4bXhPYt

We're looking forward to receiving proposals from data space experts to help us build and pilot IDS infrastructure. Teams should submit their proposals by June for full consideration. Learn more at: drive.google.com/file/d/1hcpzXU…. Thanks @ids_association for helping us get the word out!

Our January to March project update is now published at: bit.ly/3WwsNQw

Final call for our March 20th focus group that seeks community feedback on our developing membership and sustainability model. Register here: bit.ly/3UGPPTR

From @cjsdrummond presenting our work at #NISOPlus24 to her and @Ursula_Rabar engaging stakeholders on cost-recovery for open infrastructure @R2RConf, our team is on the road this February. Learn more about our in-person workshops and presentations at: oabookusage.org/events

Through March, we seek community feedback via two important consultations: 1) Our v.0 data exchange "Rulebook" draft. Comment via webform: bit.ly/49Bpr25 2) Our developing membership and sustainability model. Register for an online focus group: bit.ly/3UGPPTR

Attending #R2R in February? Our workshop invites OA usage stakeholders to learn what the Data Trust IDS service will provide & explore ways to sustain a neutral data intermediary infrastructure in the scholarly publishing ecosystem: bit.ly/49l8IA6. See you there!

The last act of our 2023 Board of Trustees was to elect 4 Trustees for 2024. 10 people ran for 4 seats. Based on the votes received, we're pleased to welcome Sherine Eid, John Lenahan, and Vivian Berghahn to our Board alongside Jennifer Kemp who was reelected for a 2nd term!

As 2023 draws to a close, we wanted to thank our community for the support this year with a short holiday greetings message youtube.com/watch?v=KQl6Jl… & our Q4 project update bit.ly/3TwHbai. We look forward to what 2024 brings. Happy Holidays from the OAEBUDT team!

We are seeking community feedback on draft principles regarding the allowable and restricted uses of data exchanged via the OA Book Usage Data Trust. Add your feedback here by 15 November: forms.gle/JiRNhf3SscTMXF…

How are you taking action to advance open this #OAweek? One way is to sign up to inform our work through our upcoming November events.

Join us at 2 upcoming November feedback sessions: 1) Charleston Pre-conference to inform our sustainability model. Register via the Charleston Hub 2) Virtual focus groups on our data exchange rulebook principles. Register at: bit.ly/3q00nkh

2 weeks left to apply!

Do you share our passion for the "Community Governed Sharing of Quality, Interoperable, Open Access (OA) Book Usage Data"? If so, consider contributing directly to our work through our Board and its committees. Opt-in to be considered at: bit.ly/OAEBUDT_Govern…