[OAI-eprints] Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing. Part II

[Gerry Mckiernan]

              Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing.
           Part II: Library and Professional Initiatives

    I am proud to announce the publication of the second in a three-part =
series on "Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing" in _Library Hi Tech =
News_:

Gerry McKiernan (2003) "Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing. Part II: =
Library and Professional Initiatives," _Library Hi Tech News_ Vol. 20 No. =
3 (April), pp. 19-27

    Among the initiatives profiled in this Second Part are:

*Library*

DSpace(tm) (http://dspace.org) [MIT]

E-Print Repository (http://eprints.anu.edu.au/) [Australian National =
University]

University of Michigan University Library Scholarly Publishing Office
[ http://spo.umdl.umich.edu]

*Professional*

SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
[http://www.arl.org/sparc/ ]

ELSSS -The ELectronic Society for Social Scientists
[ http://www.elsss.org.uk/]

The Stoa: A Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities
[ http://www.stoa.org]

   Part I in the series was devoted to Individual and Institutional =
initiatives and was published in LHTN 20(2) [ Gerry McKiernan (2003) =
"Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing. Part I: Individual and Institutio=
nal Initiatives," _Library Hi Tech News_ Vol. 20 No. 2 (March), pp. 19-26] =
.  The last part, Part III, covers organizational and national initiatives =
and is scheduled for publication in LHTN 20(5).

   Part II (as well as Part I) are also available electronically  for =
subscribers to LHTN via Emerald:

  ( http://www.emeraldinsight.com/vl=3D1/cl=3D3/nw=3D1/rpsv/lhtn.htmC)

NB: Please note each of these articles are contributions in my eProfile
column for LHTN.

   Enjoy!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

            "The Best Way To Predict the Future is to Invent It"
                                                              Alan Kay