SHERPA has announced a new open-access JISC-funded e-thesis project, EThOS. EThOS does not yet have a web site. From the announcement: 'The purpose of EThOS is to deliver, over a period of 18 months, a fully operational, easily scaleable and financially viable prototype UK e-theses online service. This service will enable end-users to access the full text of electronically stored theses from a UK Database of Theses (UKDoT) via one single web interface. This will enable Higher Education institutions, in partnership with the British Library, to ensure a much higher level of national and international visibility for the UK postgraduate research output, as well as its preservation in perpetuity.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/15/2004 08:49:00 AM.
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.
