[OAI-eprints] More than 20% growth in Eprints Archives

[Stevan Harnad]

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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:43:44 -0500
From: Timothy Miles-Board <tmb AT ecs soton ac uk>
Reply-To: American Scientist Open Access Forum
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        20% GROWTH IN EPRINTS ARCHIVES
        
The free GNU Eprints.org software is the first Open Access Institutional
Rpository software, and the most widely used worldwide.

The number of EPrints-based archives now stands at 195, an
increase of 22% from the 160 in existence 2 months ago. A list of the
new sites is provided at the end of this email.
http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse#version

Eprints is continuously upgraded in accordance with the expressed needs
of the worldwide EPrints user community - the longest-standing usership
of any archive software - as well as the evolving needs of the even
larger global Open Access community.

Recent features include:

- RSS feeds of latest research outputs from individuals, groups and
  institutions
- HTTPS support
- Default metadata set designed by librarians
- Custom search forms
- Maximises Open Access (OAI is enabled by default and automatically
  configured) and is designed to support Google searching
- Generate HTML bibliography fragments for including
  up-to-date publication lists on web pages and portals
- Easy mechanisms for research reporting

Upcoming features:

- Output plugins (BibTex, XML etc.)
- Customisable submission workflow
- Support for Research Assessment processes
  http://irra.eprints.org/

Core features:

- Stand alone, out of the box
- Host multiple archives on one physical server
- Designed by researchers (who understand the tasks, OA needs and
  motivations of researchers)
- Email alerts
- Scripting API
- Comprehensive customisation
- Multi-language support

Download EPrints for free from http://www.eprints.org/software/

LAUNCH OF EPRINTS SERVICES

In order to help sustain the continued growth of EPrints in the future,
a new initiative, EPrints Services, has been launched.
http://www.eprints.org/services/

EPrints Services offers:

* Training for librarians, managers and technical personnel (next event:
18th-20th January 2006)
http://www.eprints.org/services/training/

* Advice on OA and IR policy matters
The institutional policy created by the EPrints team is recommended by
the UK Select Committee, Berlin 3, and Research Councils UK.

* Hosting and maintenance
* Technical Support
* Customisation and bespoke development

ALL revenue generated by EPrints Services is being used to fund the
continued development of EPrints as a free resource for all.

Timothy Miles-Board
EPrints Services
University of Southampton, UK
http://www.eprints.org/services/

ASSC publications (other)
http://eprints.assc.caltech.edu/

Caltech Archives Finding Aids Online (institutional)
http://findingaids.library.caltech.edu/

Caltech CODA Binary Large Objects and Supplements (institutional)
http://caltechblob.library.caltech.edu/

D-Drive Document Server (institutional)
http://locutus.cs.dal.ca:8088/

Dryden Technical Reports Server (institutional)
http://dtrs.dfrc.nasa.gov/

e-archive - part of elearning tools (other)
http://inca03.rz.fh-offenburg.de/

eBooks der ULB Darmstadt  (other)
http://ebooks.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/

Engineering and Science Online (institutional)
http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/

ePrints at ADE (subject)
http://ardb4.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/

Epsilon Test and Demo Archive (demonstration)
http://test-epsilon.slu.se/

Examensarbeten Högskolan Kristianstad (theses)
http://eprints.bibl.hkr.se/

HTP Prints - Welcome to the History & Theory of Psychology Eprint
Archive (institutional)
http://eprints.yorku.ca/

ICTP Open Access Archive (subject)
http://eprints.ictp.it/

Iowa Publications Online (other)
http://publications.iowa.gov/

ISU Electrical and Computer Engineering Archives (institutional)
http://archives.ece.iastate.edu/

Lancaster E-Prints  (institutional)
http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/

Marine & Ocean Sciences ePrints @ Plymouth  (subject)
http://sabella.mba.ac.uk/

Mathematics in Industry (subject)
http://www.maths-in-industry.org/

MuLF Eprints: Berlin Centre for Multimedia in Education and Research
(other)
http://prints.mulf.tu-berlin.de/

National University of Singapore Library (institutional)
http://etd.nus.edu.sg/

Sidewalk Repository  (other)
http://sipubs.dlib.vt.edu:9090/

Swedish Institute of Computer Science Publications Database (institutional)
http://eprints.sics.se/

The Atlantic Canada Portal E-Print Repository (subject)
http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca:8000/

TrustSoft Publications (other)
http://trustsoft.uni-oldenburg.de:19080/

University of Birmingham: ePapers (institutional)
http://www.epapers.bham.ac.uk/

University of Birmingham: eTheses (theses)
http://www.etheses.bham.ac.uk/

University of Pittsburgh Minority Health Archive (institutional)
http://minority-health.pitt.edu/

University of Pittsburgh: Clinical Aphasiology  (institutional)
http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/

University of Portsmouth Eprints Archive (institutional)
http://eprints.libr.port.ac.uk/

University of Sheffield: Department of Computer Science Archive
(institutional)
http://publications.dcs.shef.ac.uk/

University of Strathclyde (institutional)
http://strathprints.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/

Verkehrsmodelle  (other)
http://modelle.clearingstelle-verkehr.de/

Virginia Tech Digital Library Research Laboratory Publications
(institutional)
http://pubs.dlib.vt.edu:9090/

Weburb Brief (other)
http://papers.weburb.org/
http://brief.weburb.dk/