Librarian: Hi, what do I have to do to get a new collection in the repository?
Me: *two minutes later* You have it. Should I add any submitters to it? How about custom metadata?
Librarian: Wow! That was fast!
“Wow” is a good reaction to get, obviously.
I do think it notable that this reaction has come invariably from librarians. ...
I’ve managed to get a service-based “wow” here and there from faculty and staff, but it does take more work, on the order of a major batch ingest. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 6/03/2009 09:42:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
