The Dutch project DARE has set an important step
forward. This week, it honored 7 (out of 12)
project proposals to set up a service for OAI
compatible Institutional Repositories. Most of
the projects will be carried by university
libraries. The proposals were written in an
extremely short time. That 12 were submitted is
a sign of the determination of the dutch librarians
to make electronic publishing a fact.
The projects should all start in the last quarter
of this year and finish no later than 4 months
after the start. Among the services that will be
developed are a national repository for student
theses, a tool to publish on line proceedings,
and a copyright management system.
DARE's mission is to set up a nation wide system
of OAI compatible Institutional Repositories. The
challenge faced by the project members was to
think of a useful services in the context
of the OAI model. The next challenge
for those who saw their proposal accepted is to
realize their ideas.
Posted by
Henk at 5/28/2003 04:32:00 PM.
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.
