The aim of this project is to investigate, develop and apply techniques, methods and tools that would allow the creation of a suitable infrastructure and conditions for establishing what will become the Czech Digital Mathematics Library (DML-CZ). It will consist of the relevant mathematical literature which has been published throughout history in the Czech lands. Upon completion it will be incorporated into the World Digital Mathematics Library (WDML).
The project will involve launching the digitization process and providing end users with access to the digitized material. It will also involve research into advanced technologies for searching mathematical documents, and including born-digital materials.
The DML-CZ should primarily contain professional journals of international standing published by Czech institutions, such as the Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal and Applications of Mathematics published by the Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
Kybernetika published by the Institute of Automation and Information Theory AS CR and others. The DML-CZ will also include conference proceedings published by the Czech universities and research institutes, selected monographs, textbooks, dissertation theses and research reports. Measures will be taken to complement the digital library with materials which have already been digitized (e.g. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Mathematica Bohemica, Archivum Mathematicum digitized by the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum within the DIEPER project). According to preliminary estimates the core of the DML-CZ should contain 200–300 thousand pages.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 6/13/2008 01:22:00 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.
