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May 31, 2006
University of Conneticut Opens Institutional Respository
May 30, 2006
Press Release:
The University has begun full-scale operation of an electronic institutional repository.
Following the successful completion of a year-long pilot program, the University Libraries has opened its digital collection of the University's scholarly products to all faculty, staff, and graduate students at UConn, including the regional campuses, the Health Center, and the Law School.
The website is: http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:12 PM
May 26, 2006
Elsevier Offers OA Hybrid Journals in Physics
Read about Elsevier's new option at the Open Access News blog.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:17 PM
May 10, 2006
University of Michigan's Institutional Repository
U-M Library launches Deep Blue: More access to U-M scholarship
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--The University of Michigan Library has launched its new Deep Blue service that provides public online access to more than 24,000 items of research, a database that will grow as U-M researchers continue to add their work.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:00 PM
May 06, 2006
Top April OA Stories via SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Top April Stories
* EC report calls for OA to publicly-funded research.
* Microsoft introduces Microsoft Live Academic Search
* The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is developing an OA policy.
* Elias Zerhouni admits that NIH may need an OA mandate.
* The RCUK gives two clues to its recent thinking.
* Biodiversity conference calls for OA to biodiversity data.
* Eprints and DSpace add buttons for email eprints.
* EC report calls for OA to publicly-funded research.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:06 PM
May 03, 2006
SPARC Open Access May Newsletter
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #97, May 2, 2006
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:04 PM