Screens and settings
DOAB Readiness
The screen that checks books and chapters against the DOAB requirements, with its cards, its table, the gaps it checks and the template download button.
The Catalogue → DOAB readiness screen checks the books and chapters in the catalogue against the requirements of DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books). Ready records are at the top, and the others show what they lack. Ready books are downloaded in DOAB's Excel template.
Buttons at the top
- Download DOAB template downloads one XLSX file with DOAB's template, a PRISM sheet that shows the books' peer review processes and a check sheet that lists what every book lacks.
- If Also published books that are not ready is ticked, published books that are not ready also go into the template sheet.
The press's requirements
The card titled The press's requirements ticks off what DOAB expects from the press:
- A peer review process with external reviewers before publication must be defined and published on the site.
- At least three books must be ready for DOAB. Chapters do not count here.
- The address and e-mail address of the press must be on the site.
- The site must open over HTTPS.
- Editors and editorial board members must be listed on the site with their institutions. You check this line yourself.
If you have permission to manage the site settings, the card shows the Edit the peer review processes link.
Readiness count and table
The card next to it shows how many books are ready and how many records have each of the gaps that keep books out of DOAB. The table has these columns:
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Publication | Title, type, status, year and Thema codes |
| State | Ready or the number of gaps |
| Missing | What the record lacks |
| Peer review | The peer review process selected for the record |
The Fix button on a row that is not ready opens the record. If the only gap is the full text, the record's Files tab opens.
Gaps the screen checks
- The record is not published or not open access.
- There is no open licence. "All rights reserved" does not meet DOAB's terms.
- There is no public full-text PDF. This check runs only on published records.
- The book has no ISBN. A chapter goes into DOAB with its book's ISBN. That is why the book's ISBN is checked for a chapter.
- No peer review process is selected, or the process has no external review before publication.
- There is no English abstract or there are no English keywords.
- There is no Thema subject code or no publication year.
In the template, a chapter's row carries the title and the ISBN of its book. The screen checks the 2000 most recently changed books and chapters that are not deleted. The steps for preparing a book are in Preparing a Book for DOAB.