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Friday, July 25, 2003

Germany's DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) has launched the e-Publications Project (English translation). The project has two goals: (1) greater consortial bargaining power with journal publishers over prices and terms and (2) progress on open access. It cites MathNet, PhysNet, and GAP as German initiatives worth multiplying, and PubMed Central, eScholarship, and DSpace as American models worth emulating. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)