E-prints
"E-prints...are defined as electronic versions of research papers or similar research output. They may be pre-prints (drafts of papers before they have been refereed) or post-prints (after they have been refereed). They may also include material such as chapters from scholarly books or conference papers, which may not be formally refereed but are nevertheless important research output." 1.
E-print archiving is often called self archiving because the process is instigated by the author of the e-print.
1. From: Digital Preservation of e-prints. D-lib magazine. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/pinfield/09pinfield.html
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Digital Preservation of E-Prints
James, Hamish; Pinfield, Stephen
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Sep 2003)
- The first part of this article discusses whether e-print repositories should preserve their contents as part of their service. The author maintains that filling e-print repositories and preserving their contents need not be mutually exclusive activities. Within this context, the technical and managerial challenges to the preservation of e-prints are discussed.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/pinfield/09pinfield.html
- Eprints Digital Repository Software
Pennock, Maureen
(Date Created: 25 Aug 2006)
- This DCC technology watch report provides an overview of the functionality and some of the implementations of the Eprints software.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/technology-watch/eprints/
- DCC technology watch report
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ePrints UK : Developing a National E-Prints Archive
Martin, Ruth
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 2003)
(United Kingdom)
- ePrints UK is a two year project which aims to provide the higher and further education sector access to and preservation of the e-print papers available from compliant open archive repositories. This paper provides a brief overview of the ePrints UK project, including technical issues such as database development and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) interfaces and non technical issues such as intellectual property rights and insufficient repositories from which to harvest records.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue35/martin
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Evolution of an Institutional E-prints Archive at the University of Glasgow
Nixon, William J
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 8 Jul 2002)
(United Kingdom)
- This article describes the progress of the e-print archive at the University of Glasgow, including the aims of the archive, decisions about implementation, metadata and presentation. The article also notes the role of the library in encouraging submissions, providing advice on copyright, and arranging deposit, conversion of formats and review of metadata quality.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue32/eprint-archives/
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Feasibility and Requirements Study On Preservation Of E-Prints: Report Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Anderson, Sheila; James, Hamish; Pinfield, Stephen; Ruusalepp, Raivo
(Date Created: 29 Oct 2003)
(United Kingdom)
- Published by the Joint Information Systems Committee, this final report observes that while UK e-print repositories probably lack the research, tools and strategies for long-term preservation, e-prints do not present unique technical challenges for preservation. It describes the properties of e-prints and identifies areas that require further research, including e-print metadata, cost models and e-print file formats.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/e-prints_report_final.pdf
- Handling Version Information
Brace, Jenny; Shipsey, Frances
(Date Created: Dec 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This Repositories Support Project briefing paper provides recommendations on handling version information within digital repositories based on the Versions Identification Framework (VIF) and the Versions Project.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/pubs/briefingpapers-docs/repoadmin-versions.pdf
- Repositories Support Project Briefing Paper
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Issues in the Preservation of Born-Digital Scholarly Communications in Law
Danner, Richard A.
(Date Created: Sep 2004)
(United States of America)
- This article discusses preservation issues within the context of legal scholarly publishing. Discussed are electronic archiving of born digital legal scholarship an example of which is the LEDA Project and working papers initiatives such as the Legal Scholarship Networl (LSN).
- http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v96n04/2004-38.pdf
- Law Library Journal, Vol. 96, no. 4, Fall 2004, pp. 591-604. ISSN 0023-9283. Available online fro AALL publications.
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Setting Up an Institutional E-print Archive
Gardner, Michael; MacColl, John; Pinfield, Stephen
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 16 Apr 2002)
- Based on the experiences at the universities of Edinburgh and Nottingham in setting up pilot e-print servers, this article provides an account of several practical issues, including document types and formats, submission procedures, metadata standards and digital preservation issues, as well as encouraging user participation in the archive.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue31/eprint-archives/
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Organisations and Websites
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- Repositories Support Project
Repositories Support Project
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(United Kingdom)
- "The Repository Support Project is a JISC funded 2.5 year project to co-ordinate and deliver good practice and practical advice to English and Welsh HEIs to enable the implementation, management and development of digital institutional repositories." The website includes resources, briefing papers, case studies, a wiki, details of events.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/
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- Embracing the Future: Embedding Digital Repositories in the University of London
Hoorens, Stijn; van Dijk, Lidia Villalba; van Stolk, Christian
(Date Created: Oct 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This report prepared for the SHERPA-LEAP Consortium investigated the potential benefits of digital repositories, barriers to embedding digital repositories and how barriers can be overcome. The study was conducted through an assessment of current awareness and attitudes of stakeholders regarding digital repositories in three case study institutions in the UK Higher Education sector (London School of Economics LSE Research Online, UCL Eprints and Birkbeck ePrints).
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR625/
- RAND Technical Report . Full report and summary available for downlod in PDF
- Repositories Support Project
Repositories Support Project
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- "The Repository Support Project is a JISC funded 2.5 year project to co-ordinate and deliver good practice and practical advice to English and Welsh HEIs to enable the implementation, management and development of digital institutional repositories." The website includes resources, briefing papers, case studies, a wiki, details of events.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/
- SHERPA DP : Creating A Persistent Preservation Environment For Institutional Repositories
Arts and Humanities Data Service
- The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) has announced SHERPA DP, a two year project funded by JISC (The Joint Information Systems Committee). The project aims to create a preservation service layer based on the OAIS reference model for managing the life cycle of the e-prints archive maintained by SHERPA project partners. In March 2006 the project had its own website (http://www.sherpadp.org.uk/) which has been archived by the UK Web Archive see http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/125265.
- http://www.ahds.ac.uk/about/projects/sherpa-dp/index.htm
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SVEP : Samording Av Den Svenska Högskolans Elektroniska Publicering
Kungliga Biblioteket (Sweden)
(Last Updated: Dec 2005)
(Sweden)
- The mission of the SVEP Project was the coordination of academic electronic publishing in Sweden. It was a two year project, from 2003 to September 2005.The project was funded and coordinated by the Swedish Royal Library´s Department for National Co-ordination and Development, BIBSAM, and involved collaboration between nine Swedish university and university college libraries and the National Library of Sweden. It involved five work packages, one of which is long-term access and preservation. This work package provided recommendations on metadata supporting long term preservation, storage formats and the development and implementation of a preservation infrastructure. Most of the information is in Swedish although several documents are available in English.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070503233113/http://www.svep-projekt.se/
- Archived by the Internet Archive
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- Bibliography of Open Access
Open Access Directory
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- This bibliography wiki is based on Charles W. Bailey Jr., Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals. The wiki is published by the Open Access Directory and can be updated by registered OAD contributors.
- http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Bibliography_of_open_access
- Preserv Bibliography on Digital Preservation
Preserv Project
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This bibliography on digital preservation is compiled for the Preserv Project (Preservation E-prints Service) which is concerned with preservation services for content from institutional repositories. It includes sections on Preservation and Institutional Repositories, OAIS, Significant Properties, Preservation Metadata, Tools, Practical applications, Trusted Digital Repositories, etc.
- http://preserv.eprints.org/Preserv-bibliography.html
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- Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication. Results of an Investigation Conducted by Ithaka for the Association of Research Libraries
Kirby Smith, K.; Maron, Nancy L.
(Date Created: Nov 2008)
(United States of America)
- This investigation explores current use of digital scholarly communication. It identifies and profiles eight principal types of scholarly resources: e-only journals; reviews; preprints and working papers; encyclopedias, dictionaries and annotated content; data; blogs; discussion forums; and professional and scholarly hubs.
- http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf
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