Nine Finnish universities and politechnics are launching institutional repositories using ENCompass software (from Elsevier's Endeavor subsidiary). From yesterday's press release:
Following the lead of the Helsinki University Library -- the National Library of Finland, which implemented ENCompass for Digital Collections this past spring -- nine Finnish university and polytechnic libraries are now in the process of implementing ENCompass for Digital Collections: The National Library of Finland; Helsinki University; Jyvaskyla University; Abo Akademi University; Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia; Lappeenranta University of Technology; Jyvaskyla Polytechnic; Tampere Polytechnic; Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic; and the University of Art and Design Helsinki....Several of the collections administered by these institutions are already operational thanks in part to ENCompass and can be searched directly through the Doria portal. These collections include: [1] UKK Collections -- 4,500 records including the collected writings of Urho Kekkonen, former president of Finland, [2] Archives of the Dept of Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki, [3] 2,500 records; mostly photos from field trips, archaeological sites, etc., [4] ELEKTRA -- 11,000 records plus articles from Finnish scholarly journals, [5] TATU -- Tampere Polytechnic diploma works, [6] RAITA -- oldest (copyright-free) Finnish sound recordings, plus metadata from others. Additional collections are in the planning stages or have been slated to enter production with ENCompass for Digital Collections in the coming months, including [ETDs from four Finnish universities].
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/01/2005 10:39:00 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.
