Developing a Pilot Data Trust for Open Access Ebook Usage (subcontract) | Educopia Institute

"This project will put into action the recommendations of the white paper “Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage,” published by the Book Industry Study Group in May 2019 with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by building a pilot data trust for usage data on open access (OA) monographs. As an international cooperative managed by the community of stakeholders in scholarly communications and operating a secure data repository and member dashboards, this data trust will be designed to align with the priorities of authors and institutions while respecting emerging ethical norms in the use of metrics. For more information, see the narrative of the grant proposal. As a partner on this project, Educopia will facilitate development of a governance structure and legal architecture for the data trust and employ the community liaison...."