[InetBib] OpenDOAR

[Sebastian Wolf <sebastian.wolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Liste,

folgende Mitteilung des OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access
Repositories) möchte ich Ihnen gerne weiterleiten.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Sebastian Wolf

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Apologies for Cross-Posting

Dear Colleagues,

OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories - is pleased to
announce the release of its primary listing of open access archives,
available from http://www.opendoar.org

Each of the repositories listed in OpenDOAR have been visited by
project staff to check the information that is gathered.  This in-
depth approach gives a quality-controlled list of repository
features.

In addition, while reviewing these archives, project staff are
building a picture of the world-wide development of open access
repositories, noting new features and directions.  This information
is being analysed to create the next version of the listing, with
further information and categories being noted for each repository.
In the meantime, the newly released list will continue to grow as new
repositories are added.

The Press Release on this development is available from this link:
http://www.opendoar.org/documents/OpenDOAR_Press_Release_Jan06.pdf

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OpenDOAR is a joint collaboration between the University of
Nottingham in the  UK and Lund University in Sweden. Both
institutions are active in open access initiatives. Lund operates the
Directory of Open Access Journals (www.DOAJ.org), which is known
throughout the world. Nottingham leads SHERPA, and runs the
SHERPA/RoMEO database, which is used worldwide as a reference for
publisher's copyright policies. Staff at Lund University Libraries
have created the initial OpenDOAR technical set-up and carried
out repository review and classification. OpenDOAR builds on open
access work done by other researchers and projects to record and list
repositories. Among others, thanks go to the Public Knowledge
Project, and the  universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
Southampton.

OpenDOAR is jointly funded by four agencies, led by the international
Open Society Institute (OSI). The UK higher education funding
committee, JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) has provided
support, along with funding from the UK-based Consortium of Research
Libraries (CURL) and from SPARCEurope - an alliance of European
research libraries, library organisations, and research institutions.

Bill Hubbard
SHERPA Manager
Information Services
King's Meadow Campus
University of Nottingham
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NA
UK

Email: bill.hubbard@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: +44 (0) 115 846 7657
Fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8244


Lars Bjørnshauge
Director of Libraries
Lund University Libraries
Box 134
S 221 00
Lund,
Sweden

Email: lars.bjornshauge@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: +46 (0) 46 222 9203
Fax: +46 (0) 46 222 3682
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