Charles Bailey has found 20 institutional repositories among the 123 ARL member institutions. He adds, 'This list was complied by a quick examination of ARL libraries' home pages, supplemented with a bit of Google searching. I certainly wouldn't claim that it's comprehensive, and I would welcome additions. (Quick note to ARL library Web site managers: put a highly visible link to your IR on your home page.)'
He follow up that list with brief bibligraphy of IRs. '[W]e don't need to just conjecture about how IRs will be structured and supported. Nor do we need to simply speculate about the issues that they will face. IRs exist, and we can "ask" their managers these questions by examining the articles that have been written about them....Below is brief bibliography of interesting articles about IRs that are notable for providing insider views. You'll note that many of them are about UK IRs. The UK has been in the forefront of the IR movement.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/02/2005 04:30:00 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.
