The Public Knowledge Project, developer of Open Journal Systems and Open Conference Systems, is now developing Open Monograph Press. A project outline is available from November 2007. From the Web site:
Open Monograph Press ... will establish an online workspace for publishing monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions (e.g. The Mark Twain Project) while keeping archival record of process (compatible with the Fedora repository).
Comment. Due to its age, this isn't news, but it seems we hadn't posted it on OAN previously, so better late than never.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 4/20/2008 12:37:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
