A group of science librarians in the Harvard library system are working on a DSpace-based repository, the Harvard Sciences Digital Library. Michael Leach, physics and geology librarian and David Osterbur, biology librarian, informed a library group that a pilot project is now visible on the Harvard Physics Library server, featuring several physics theses and a geological report with color plates. According to Leach and Osterbur, the HDSL will aim to attract, as well as theses, scientific papers, video, serials, datasets and teaching and learning objects. While MIT's DSpace is divided into communities, the initial plan with HDSL is library-focused, with librarians expected to faciliate the process of collecting, disseminating and securing rights to repository objects.
Posted by
Garrett at 10/04/2004 02:17:00 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.
