To strengthen Open Access availability on eBook, Lean Library has integrated with the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), which is managed by the OAPEN Foundation. This is one of the largest open access data repositories for open access book content.
How does it work?
Open Access eBooks are hosted differently from open access articles. For example, if an eBook title is open access on one site, it would be open access everywhere. This means, Open Access eBook will kick in, when a user is on a print location, such as Amazon or other publisher sites.
This feature is hugely useful to patrons who often go to Amazon to find books and may purchase them without checking if it’s available via the library or other means.
How does it look on the extension?
When researching and arriving at a print book website, the extension will run a search of the ISBN against the DOAB database. If there is an open access version of the book with DOAB, the extension will show the below pop-up.
Once you click the "Get eBook" button, you will be taken to the open access location for the book:
