OA Book Usage Analytics for Diverse Communities - A Demonstration Project: Proposed Activities and Rationale

This document outlines the activities and rationale of the proposed project OA Book Usage Analytics for Diverse Communities - A Demonstration Project. The proposal was submitted to the Mellon Foundation's Public Knowledge Program in March 2022.

Project Title:

OA Book Usage Analytics for Diverse Communities - A Demonstration Project

Amount Requested:

AUD$1,050,000.00

Grant Start Date:

4/1/2022

Grant End Date:

3/31/2025

Duration:

36 months

Program:

Public Knowledge

Description of Proposed Work:

The proposed project OA Book Usage Analytics for Diverse Communities - A Demonstration Project will work towards a sustainable OA eBook focused analytics service. This service is needed to safeguard and support diversity in the voices, perspectives, geographies, topics and languages made visible through OA Books. The project builds on a previousAndrew W. Mellon Foundation funded project Developing a Pilot Data Trust for OA eBook Usage (2020 – 2022). In addition to scaling workflows, infrastructure and customer support, the Demonstration Project will develop a long-term plan for housing, maintenance and funding of the analytics service as a sustainable community infrastructure.