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4 July, 2009
3 July, 2009
2 July, 2009****
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SPEC
Kit 310. Author Addenda. Karen Fischer. July 2009 Association
of Research Libraries (US)
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Streamlining
Book Metadata Workflow by Judy Luther (Informed Strategies) NISO White
Papers June 30, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-880124-82-6 (US)
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Journals
and Repositories: An Evolving Relationship? Stephen Pinfield, Learned
Publishing, v.22, no.3, July 2009, pp. 165-175; (UK)
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Resource
Description and Access (RDA) and New Research Potentials; Shawne D.
Miksa Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,
v.35, no.5, June/July 2009 (US)
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Citing
and Reading Behaviours in High-Energy Physics. How a Community Stopped
Worrying about Journals and Learned to Love Repositories. Authors:
Anne Gentil-Beccot, Salvatore Mele, Travis Brooks Report-no: CERN-OPEN-2009-007,
SLAC-PUB-13693 arXiv:0906.5418 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:45:04 GMT
(929kb) (US)
1 July, 2009
30 June, 2009
29 June, 2009
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Make
It Digital. DigitalNZ - includes guides for good digitisation practice.
National Library of New Zealand (NZ)
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Calendar.
Issue 2, 2009, now available. Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) (AU)
27 June, 2009
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Open
Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS). The site is coordinated
by Alma Swan, of Key Perspectives Ltd, UK and Leslie Chan, University of
Toronto Scarborough, Canada and overseen by a steering committee and advisory
board of international Open Access experts and advocates. (UK)
26 June, 2009
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OECD’s
education lighthouse for the way out of the crisis. The economic and
social crisis is having an increasing impact on education. This collaborative
website has been set up to leverage the collective intelligence of the
global education community in shaping the post-crisis economy and society.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (FR)
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2009 August 17-18 Sydney
CAUL Industry Think Tank 2009: Global Economic Crisis: Library Consortia,
Publishers and Content Providers Working Together.
Council of Australian University Librarians. Invitation
Only. http://www.caul.edu.au/meetings/thinktank2009.html
25 June, 2009
22 June, 2009
18 June, 2009
10 June, 2009
9 June, 2009
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CollectionsCare
proposes a system of staffed regional hubs where communities and governments
can work in partnership to develop and care for Australia’s distributed
cultural and scientific collections. Collections Council of Australia (AU)
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Digital
Collection Builder (DCB). Canadiana.org The Digital Collection Builder
(DCB) is an open-source software tool that makes it simple for libraries,
archives, and other heritage organizations to provide access to their unique
digitized collections; it brings their collections together with other
Canadian online resources for Canadians and the world. (CA)
5 June, 2009
4 June, 2009
3 June, 2009
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Development
of a web-based scholarly communications toolkit. The RIN has commissioned
Mark Ware Consulting, working in partnership with Searchlighter, to help
it formulate a web-based toolkit to support key stakeholders (especially
research funders, higher education institutions, libraries and publishers)
to apply the common principles set out in the Research and the Scholarly
Communications Process: towards strategic goals for public policy. RIN
(Research Information Network) (UK)
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2009 September 9-11 The
Oxford Belfry, UK ALPSP International Conference 2009.
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aID=36999
2 June, 2009
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2009 June 23-26 Santiago
de Compostela, Spain EUNIS 2009: IT: Key of the European Space for
Knowledge. EUNIS
(European University Information Systems. Hosted by the University of Santiago
de Compostela (USC) http://www.eunis2009.es/
29 May, 2009
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University
Press 2.0 by Phil Pochoda, Director of University of Michigan Press,
essay presented recently at a symposium on "Bookishness" organized by the
Michigan Quarterly Review. (US)
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2009 September 14-16 Lund,
Sweden 1st Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing. OASPA
(Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/index.php
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2009 June 22-24 London
ePortfolio
2009 — Learning Forum London. EIfEL(European
Institute for E-Learning) http://www.epforum.eu/lfl2009/conference
28 May, 2009
27 May, 2009
26 May, 2009
25 May, 2009
22 May, 2009
21 May, 2009
20 May, 2009
19 May, 2009
15 May, 2009
13 May, 2009
11 May, 2009
8 May, 2009
5 May, 2009****
2 May, 2009
1 May, 2009
30 April, 2009
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UK
Research Data Service (UKRDS) feasibility study. UKRDS is a joint project
between RLUK (the Consortium of Research Libraries in the UK and Ireland),
and RUGIT (the Russell Group IT Directors Group). The objective of the
UKRDS study is to assess the feasibility and costs of developing and maintaining
a national shared digital research data service for UK Higher Education
sector. (UK)
29 April, 2009
28 April, 2009
27 April, 2009
26 April, 2009
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Federal
Depository Library Program. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
is working with the US Government Printing Office (GPO) as well as others
in the library community on an effort to ensure that tangible US government
documents are made perpetually available through online access to the public
at no cost. (US)
25 April, 2009
24 April, 2009
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2009 June 28-30 Copenhagen
Higher Education at a Time of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities,
organized by OECD's Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education
(IMHE). https://conference.cbs.dk/index.php/oecd/oecd/index.php
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2009 August 17-20 Florence
Libraries Plus: Adding Value in the Cultural Community: 8th Northumbria
International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information
Services. Information
Management Innovation Research Group in the School of Computing, Engineering
and Information Sciences. http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/re/isrc/conf/pm8/
23 April, 2009
22 April, 2009
21 April, 2009
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CAIRSS Central is delighted
to launch the new CAIRSS website.
The primary function of CAIRSS (CAUL Australian Institutional Repository
Support Service) is to offer support for Repository Managers in the higher
education sector in Australia. This website will be the central hub
for this activity. (AU)
18 April, 2009
9 April, 2009
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Data.gov:
This site will make a broad array of U.S. Government data available. Coming
soon! (US)
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2009 December 2-4 London
5th International Digital Curation Conference: Moving to Multi-Scale
Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity.The
Digital Curation Centre in partnership with the Coalition for Networked
Information (CNI) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2009/
8 April, 2009
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2009 June 7-10 Maastricht,
NL M-2009: Flexible Education for All: Open – Global – Innovative:
the 23rd ICDE World Conference on Open and Distance Education, including
the EADTU Annual Conference 2009. The conference is hosted by Open
Universiteit Nederland. http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/80/137.html
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2010 April 12-14 Edinburgh
2010 UKSG 33rd Annual Conference and Exhibition.http://www.uksg.org/event/conference10
7 April, 2009
5 April, 2009
4 April, 2009
31 March, 2009
30 March, 2009
26 March, 2009****
24 March, 2009
20 March, 2009
19 March, 2009
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Audit
Manual Version 6.0 March 2009 - Australian Universities Quality Agency
(AUQA) (AU)
18 March, 2009
13 March, 2009
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Australia’s
research universities and their position in the world: Address to the
Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2009, Sydney, 10 March 2009
Michael Gallagher, Executive Director, The Group of Eight (AU)
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Handbook
of Emerging Technologies for Learning. George Siemens, Peter Tittenberger,
March, 2009 University of Manitoba (CA)
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2009 December 6-9 Auckland,
New Zealand ASCILITE 2009, the 29th conference: Same places, different
spaces. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland09/
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2009 November 19-20 Sunshine
Coast QLD Learning Technologies Conference.http://www.learningtechnologies.com.au/index.cfm
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2009 May 11-14 Barcelona
Spain Learning Impact Conference.
IMS Global Learning Consortium Annual Conference. http://www.imsglobal.org/learningimpact2009/index.html
12 March, 2009****
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Open
Access: Whom would you back? Richard Poynder blogspot (UK)
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Research
Data Management Forum. In partnership with the Research Information
Network, the DCC have created a new forum for the exchange of experience
and best practice between the managers and technical staff from UK data
centres, university repository installations and other related organisations
with responsibility for the discovery, delivery and preservation of digital
research output. Digital Curation Centre (UK)
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2009 July 28 - August 5 Tilburg
University, the Netherlands Digital Libraries à la Carte 2009.
Modular
course to prepare librarians for the future. Ticer (Tilburg Innovation
Centre for Electronic Resources) http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/lis/ticer/09carte/
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2009 April 30-May 1 Manchester
Research
Data Management Forum: Values and Benefits of Data Sharing and Management.Digital
Curation Centre http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-forum-2009-april/
11 March, 2009
9 March, 2009
7 March, 2009
5 March, 2009
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Advertisement.
University of Durham. University Librarian. Applications close 27 March,
2009 (UK)
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Open
Access Week 2009. October 19-23, 2009 Organizers: SPARC (the Scholarly
Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), the PLoS (The Public Library
of Science), Students for FreeCulture, OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly
Information Sourcebook); Open Access Directory (OAD); and eIFL.net (Electronic
Information for Libraries) (US)
4 March, 2009
3 March, 2009
2 March, 2009
1 March, 2009
26 February, 2009
25 February, 2009
23 February, 2009
21 February, 2009
20 February, 2009
19 February, 2009
18 February, 2009
17 February, 2009
16 February, 2009
14 February, 2009
13 February, 2009
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Digital
Britain - interim report. Department for Culture, Media and Sport and
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (UK)
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The
University's Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship — A
Call to Action. February 2009 Joint statement from Association of Research
Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Coalition
for Networked Information (CNI), and the National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) (US)
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Transformational
Times: An Environmental Scan Prepared for the ARL Strategic Plan Review
Task Force. Prepared by: Charles B. Lowry, Executive Director, et al.
Association of Research Libraries February 2009 (US)
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Guiding
Principles for Library and Information Science Education 2.0: A project
funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. You are invited
to participate in a series of focus groups seeking to identify the
current and anticipated skills and knowledge required by successful LIS
professionals in the age of web 2.0 (and beyond). Contact Helen Partridge
(AU)
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2009 June 1-4 Leuven,
Belgium IATUL 30th Annual Conference: Just for you, Quality through
Innovation.
International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL)
http://wbib.kuleuven.be/iatul2009/index.php
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2009 March 12-15 Seattle,
WA ACRL 2009: Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend.
Association of College & Research Libraries http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/seattle/seattle.cfm
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2009 February 26 London
ALPSP
Seminar: The Changing Face of Consortia. http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=37685
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2009 February 26 London
A
National Research Data Service for the UK? An International Conference
on the UK Research Data Service Feasibility Study. UKOLN
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukrds-2009/
12 February, 2009
11 February, 2009
6 February, 2009
5 February, 2009
4 February, 2009
3 February, 2009
27 January, 2009
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Advertisement.
Victoria University (Melbourne). University Librarian. Closing date
23 February 2009 (AU)
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Australian Research Council.
The ARC has released the draft
ERA Submission Guidelines and draft
ERA–SEER Technical Specifications for Cluster One (Physical, Chemical and
Earth Sciences) and Cluster Two (Humanities and Creative Arts). Comments
are due by COB Friday 6 February 2009. (AU)
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Scholarly
Information Practices in the Online Environment Themes from the Literature
and Implications for Library Service Development [by] Carole L. Palmer,
Lauren C. Teffeau [and] Carrie M. Pirmann. January, 2009. OCLC Research.
ISBN: 1-55653-408-6 (978-1-55653-408-9) (US)
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Johnson, Laurence F., Levine,
Alan, and Smith, Rachel S. 2009
Horizon Report. Austin, TX: The New Media Consortium, 2009. (US)
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The
Horizon Project, as the centerpiece of NMC's Emerging Technologies
Initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching,
learning and creative expression and produces the NMC’s annual Horizon
Report.
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Australian Government. Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Digital
Economy Future Directions. Consultation Paper. Draft for industry and
other stakeholders’ input and comment – 18 December 2008. Respond to DEFutureDirections@dbcde.gov.au
by Wednesday 11 February 2009. (AU)
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Australian Government. Department
of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. The review of the Protection
of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (PMCH Act) and the Protection of
Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 1987 (PMCH Regulations). Discussion
paper and Fact sheet Community
participation is encouraged, and written submissions are invited until
March 6 2009. (AU)
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2009 January 14 Sydney
Research data management seminar featuring Robin Rice, DISC-UK DataShare.
University of NSW and University of Sydney Libraries. Presentations
now available! http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/dpa/robin_rice.shtml
26 January, 2009
23 January, 2009
19 January, 2009
17 January, 2009
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The Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) from
the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) from the United
States, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
from Canada invites institutions to submit proposals for the Digging
into Data Challenge. The proposal process will be in two stages and
interested potential applicants must first send a letter of intent by 15
March 2009. The deadline for receipt of the final proposal in response
to this call will be Wednesday 15 July 2009. (UK)
16 January, 2009
12 January, 2009
9 January, 2009
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Borders
of Cyberspace: Conflicting Public Sector Information Policies and Their
Economic Impacts. Paul Weiss. U.S. Department of Commerce. National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather Service. February
2002. (US)
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Open
access to public sector information. Digital Economy blog. December
11, 2008. Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
(AU)
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The
Value of Spatial Information: The impact of modern spatial information
technologies on the Australian economy. Executive Summary. Prepared
for the CRC for Spatial Information & ANZLIC – the Spatial Information
Council [by] ACIL Tasman. March 2008(US)
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ARL:
A Bimonthly Report, no. 261 (December 2008) Association of Research
Libraries (ARL) (US)
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Mobile Technologies, Mobile
Users: Implications for Academic Libraries, by Joan K. Lippincott, Associate
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
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Virtual Resources and Instructional
Initiatives: Snapshots of Library Experiments, by Crit Stuart, Director
of Research, Teaching & Learning, ARL
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Current Models of Digital Scholarly
Communication
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E-Science Talking Points for
ARL Deans and Directors
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Planning a Learning Space in
a Research Library
8 January, 2009
6 January, 2009
5 January, 2009
29 December, 2008
23 December, 2008
22 December, 2008
19 December, 2008
17 December, 2008
16 December, 2008
15 December, 2008
13 December, 2008
12 December, 2008
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Meeting
the challenges: societies and scholarly communication. Results of a
survey to understand the needs of scholarly societies in the 21st century.
November 2008. SAGE. The survey was supported by the Association for Learned
Professional and Scholarly Publishers; the Professional/Scholarly Publishing
Division of the Association of American Publishers; the International Association
for Science, Technical and Medical Publishers, and the Federation of Behavioral,
Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. (UK)
11 December, 2008
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Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) The First Two Years. Edited by Avri Doria and
Wolfgang Kleinwächter in cooperation with the IGF Secretariat. A UNESCO
Publications for the World Summit of the Information Society - Special
issue co-produced with the ITU and UNDESA (2.34MB) (EU)
10 December, 2008
6 December, 2008
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JISC
ITT: SCA: Design, Analysis, Synthesis and Editorial for the Knowledge Base.
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), on behalf of the Strategic
Content Alliance (SCA), invites tenders to develop a web based knowledge
base which will provide insightful analysis and good narrative copy for
practitioners and policy makers on the e-content life-cycle. This will
require design, synthesis of existing documentation, editorial and development
of a suite of products for the component parts of the e-content life-cycle.Submission
Deadline: 16 January 2009. JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) (UK)
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The
International Journal of Digital Curation. ISSN: 1746-8256 Vol 3, No 2
(2008) The IJDC is published by UKOLN at the University of Bath and
is a publication of the Digital Curation Centre. (UK)
5 December, 2008
4 December, 2008
3 December, 2008
2 December, 2008
1 December, 2008
25 November, 2008
21 November, 2008
19 November, 2008
18 November, 2008
15 November, 2008
11 November, 2008
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JISC
Advisory Services. JISC infoNet, JISC Legal, JISC TechDis, JISC
Netskills, JISC Procureweb and TASI (soon to be JISC Digital Media) are
coming together to create JISC Services which will formally come into existence
on 1 August 2009. JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) (UK)
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Current
Models of Digital Scholarly Communication, by Nancy L. Maron and K.
Kirby Smith. Results of an Investigation Conducted by Ithaka for the Association
of Research Libraries. November 2008 (US)
10 November, 2008
6 November, 2008
5 November, 2008
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PEER (Publishing and the Ecology
of European Research), supported by the European Union, will investigate
the effects of the large-scale systematic depositing of authors'
final peer-reviewed manuscripts (so called Green Open Access or stage-two
research output) on reader access, author visibility, and journal vability,
as well as n the broader ecology of European research. The International
Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), the
European Science Foundation, Göttingen State and University Library,
the Max Planck Society and INRIA will collaborate on PEER, supported by
the SURF Foundation and University of Bielefeld, which will contribute
the expertise of the EU-funded DRIVER project.
1 November, 2008
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