Catalan Open Academic Monographs (MACO)

The repository of Catalan Open Academic Monographs (Monografies Acadèmiques Catalanes en Obert) is a digital platform to showcase books from publishing institutions in Catalonia. MACO provides the infrastructure and expertise to these institutions to publish digitally and openly, thus ensuring the accessibility of the published monographs. 

MACO operates with the open-source program DSpace and follows the interoperability protocol of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), which increases the visibility of the monographs it incorporates as they are offered alongside other international repositories such as OpenAire.

What are the benefits of MACO?

• It disseminates and increases the visibility of monographs from public and private educational, research, and outreach institutions in Catalonia.
• It facilitates the discovery and reuse of books (monographs) and enhances their impact.
• It provides the infrastructure for the digital publication and preservation of monographs.