Key Services
This briefing paper gives an overview of some of the key services currently available to repository managers and provides further details on how to access and use them.
Metadata
This paper explores the topic of metadata in the repository and includes advice and information on metadata schemas and application profiles.
Making Effective Use of Your Repository
Repositories are both part of an institution’s local information provision and part of the developing global open access information environment. This briefing paper discusses these contexts, helping the repository to serve the institution’s business needs effectively.
Repository Policy Framework - Updated
Updated information about giving structure to your repository planning through the implementation of a policy framework. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 4/30/2008 04:03:00 PM.
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.