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<font size=3>[Forwarding from EDINA. --Peter Suber.]<br><br>
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** Apologies for Cross-Posting **<br><br>
To coincide with the start of Open Access week, EDINA (a JISC UK-national
academic data centre based at the University of Edinburgh) is pleased to
announce that the Depot has been opened up internationally. Building upon
its initial role given to it by JISC, the Depot is now being opening up
into a facility to support the Open Access agenda
internationally.<br><br>
The Depot
(<a href="http://www.depot.edina.ac.uk/" eudora="autourl">
www.depot.edina.ac.uk</a>)is an assured gateway to make research Open
Access - we provide two main services:<br><br>
1. a deposit service for researchers worldwide without an institutional
repository in which to deposit their papers, articles, and book chapters
(e-prints).<br><br>
2. a re-direct service which alerts depositors to more appropriate local
services if they exist.<br><br>
The first time a researcher visits the Depot we will automatically check
with OpenDOAR, the registry for open access repositories, to find a more
appropriate local repository. If none exists then the author will be
invited to deposit their research in the Depot. The Depot is
OAI-compliant allowing deposited e-prints to be 'harvested' by search
services, and other repositories, giving them instant global
visibility.<br><br>
For the present you can find the Depot at
<a href="http://www.depot.edina.ac.uk/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.depot.edina.ac.uk/</a> but working with eIFL-OA we hope to
provide a more international URL to denote its new role.<br><br>
Warm regards, Theo (on behalf of the Depot team)<br><br>
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Theo Andrew<br>
Edinburgh University Library<br>
& EDINA National Data Centre<br>
Tel: 0131 651 3850 (Mon-Weds)<br>
0131 6502913 (Thu - Fri)<br><br>
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