University of Strathclyde, with JISC funding, has launched Stargate (Static Repository Gateway and Toolkit), whose motto is "Enabling small publishers to participate in OAI-PMH-based services." From today's announcement:
The STARGATE project is exploring the use of static repositories as a means of exposing publisher metadata to OAI-based disclosure, discovery and alerting services within the JISC Information Environment and beyond. Such an approach allows smaller publishers to participate in
OAI-based services without having to implement and maintain an full
repository.
The project is implementing a series of static repositories of publisher
metadata, and will demonstrate the interoperability of the exposed
metadata through harvesting and cross-searching via a static repository
gateway, and conduct a critical evaluation of the static repository
approach with publishers and service providers....Although the project will initially focus on e-journals, the static
repository approach also lends itself to other types of publishing,
including e-books, e-learning materials and other digital resources
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
