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Electronic publishing is the publishing of digital documents which include many types of formats and media such as CDs, images, online journals or web sites to name just a few. Increasingly documents that are published electronically are born digital and are only available in this format.

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Articles

Addressing the Uncertain Future of Preserving the Past: Towards a Robust Strategy for Digital Archiving and Preservation
Stijn Hoorens; Jeff Rothenberg; Constantijn van Oranje; Martin van der Mandele; Ruth Levitt (Date Created: 2007) (Netherlands)
This report prepared for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek reviews the history of digital preservation, the role of National Libraries and publishers and discusses the dynamic environment of scholarly publishing. The report considers the strategy implications for the KB and its e-Depot archive.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/
Summary and Full document in PDF available for download from http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/ also available for sale. RAND (Technical ) Report TR-510-KB
Digital Archiving in the Twenty-First Century:Practice at the National Library of the Netherlands
Steenbakkers, Johan F. In: Digital Preservation : Finding Balance (Date Created: 2005) (Netherlands)
This article discusses the development of electronic journals and the changing responsibilities of publishers and national libraries in providing ongoing access. It focuses on the work of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) to secure the permanent archiving of electronic publications through cooperation with publishers. It provides a brief overview of e-depot which is the KB’s deposit system.
http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/library_trends/v054/54.1steenbakkers.pdf
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Historical Permanent Archiving of Electronic Publications : Research & Practice
Steenbakkers, Johan F. (Date Created: 2003) (Netherlands)
This paper discusses strategies implemented by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, national library of the Netherlands) to permanently archive scientific digital research material. In order to enable long-term preservation of electronic publications in general KB has developed an electronic deposit, ‘e-Depot’, and in order to be able to legally access and copy scientific material the Library has signed archiving agreements with major science publishers. Although the e-Depot had addressed the preservation concerns, permanent access to the stored information has remained an issue and is currently being addressed by ’Permanent Access Toolbox for the digital Cultural Heritage’ (PATCH) initiative, comprising of various depository and archiving institutions, as well as companies interested in cooperative approach.
http://www.kb.nl/hrd/dd/dd_links_en_publicaties/publicaties/summerscho
olticer2003.pdf
Paper presented at the International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003, Course 3 - Libraries, Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing
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Historical Solving Long Term Access for Electronic Publications
Nieuwenburg, Betty In: D-Lib magazine (Date Created: Nov 2001) (Netherlands)
This article presents a brief historical overview of the DNEP-i project (Deposit of Netherlands Electronic Publications - implementation ) between the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of The Netherlands, and IBM-Netherlands, including links to related resources.
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november01/11inbrief.html

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Books

Addressing the Uncertain Future of Preserving the Past: Towards a Robust Strategy for Digital Archiving and Preservation
Stijn Hoorens; Jeff Rothenberg; Constantijn van Oranje; Martin van der Mandele; Ruth Levitt (Date Created: 2007) (Netherlands)
This report prepared for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek reviews the history of digital preservation, the role of National Libraries and publishers and discusses the dynamic environment of scholarly publishing. The report considers the strategy implications for the KB and its e-Depot archive.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/
Summary and Full document in PDF available for download from http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/ also available for sale. RAND (Technical ) Report TR-510-KB
Open Access - Opportunities and Challenges - A Handbook
European Commission (Date Created: 2008)
This handbook (144 p) jointly published by the European Commission and the German Commission for Unesco. It is an English translation of the handbook originally published in German in 2007 by the German Commission for UNESCO. It explores the opportunities and challenges offered by Open Access particularly in relation to scientific publications resulting from publicly funded research.
http://www.unesco.de/fileadmin/medien/Dokumente/Kommunikation/Handboo
k_Open_Access_English.pdf
Available in print and download as PDF; See details http://www.unesco.de/openaccess-en.html
Science Dissemination Using Open Access : A Compendium of Literature on Open Access
Canessa, Enrique (ed.); Zennarra, Marco (ed.) (Date Created: Jul 2008)
This book provides a compendium of selected literature on Open Access with the aims of increasing awareness of available solutions; encouraging decision makers to use institutional and regional Open Access journals and archives; and to increase visibility and access to research findings. Coverage includes open journals, open archives, policies and models. The book was prepared for the ICTP workshop "Using Open Access Models for Science Dissemination" held in Trieste, Italy in July 2008 carried out in collaboration with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP).
ISBN: 9295003403
http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/book.html

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Events

Historical 9th Publishing and the Internet Seminar : Archiving - Whose Problem is it?
29 Nov 2002 , City Conference Centre, London.
The Associaciation of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
(United Kingdom)
This seminar explored the issues in maintaining access to digital resources over time through the viewpoints of the different elements of the scholarly/information chain Some Powerpoint presentations are available.
http://web.archive.org/web/20061003184743/http://www.alpsp.org/events/
previous/s291102.htm
Building Digital Bridges : Linking Cultures, Commerce and Science : Elpub 8th Conference on Electronic Publishing
23 - 26 Jun 2004 , Deptartment of Information Science, University of Brasilia (Brazil) Has papers: Digital Preservation of Scientific Information in Brazil : an Initial Approach of Existing Models
Website contains conference abstratcs and papers.
http://portal.cid.unb.br/elpub/papers.php
Creating the Information Commons for e-Science: Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action : an International Workshop
01 - 02 Sep 2005 , UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, (France)
This workshop aimed to promote development of institutional policies and guidelines for action in support of the “information commons” for e-science. Abstracts and presentations are available from the website.
http://www.codataweb.org/UNESCOmtg/
Historical ELPUB 2003 - ICCC/IFIP 7th International Conference on Electronic Publishing: From Information to Knowledge
25 - 28 Jun 2003 , University of Minho, Guimarães (Portugal)
Includes conference papers
http://piano.dsi.uminho.pt/elpub2003/
ELPUB 2006 : Digital Spectrum : Integrating Technology and Culture
14 - 16 Jun 2006 , Katarino Hotel, Bansko, Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
One of the tracks is digital preservation and access. There are links to conference papers.
http://info.tuwien.ac.at/elpub2006/
ELPUB 2008 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
25 - 28 Jun 2008 , Toronto Canada (Canada)
This conference "will focus on the future of scholarly communications resulting from the intersection of semantic web technologies, the development of cyberinfrastructure for humanities and the sciences, and new dissemination channels and business models." Presentations available from the website.
http://www.elpub.net/
First Monday Conference : FM10 : Openness: Code, Science and Content
15 - 17 May 2006 , University of Illinois at Chicago In: First Monday (United States of America)
Conference on open access. Selected papers published in First Monday Volume 11, Number 6 — 5 June 2006
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_6/
Historical ICCC/IFIP Fourth International Conference on Electronic Publishing : Electronic Publishing in the Third Millennium
17 - 19 Aug 2000 , Kaliningrad/Svetlogorsk, Russia
Kaliningrad State University/ICCC/IFIP
(Russia)
This conference explored the socio-economic aspects of electronic publishing including presentations of projects on electronic libraries, archives, information systems etc., as well as their implementation in educational, cultural and health care institutions, and prospective technologies of electronic publishing, file formats, protocols, networking, retrieval techniques etc. Abstracts available.
http://www.albertina.ru/elpub2000/
New Open Access and Research Conference 2008
24 - 25 Sep 2008 , Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
(Australia)
This conference includes a range of topics such as evolving publishing models, repository management, e-Research, policy development, and legal and technical issues.
http://www.oar2008.qut.edu.au/
New SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
17 - 18 Nov 2008 , Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America)
This conference will explore four themes surrounding digital repositories: 1. New horizons, 2. The campus publishing strategy, 3. Developing value-added services, and 4. The policy environment. The New horizons will include considerations around mulitmedia content and their preservation.
http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir08/index.shtml
Historical Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing; Redefining the Information Chain New Ways and Voices
10 - 12 May 1999 , Ronneby, Sweden (Date Created: May 1999) (Sweden)
Conference papers are available from the website.
http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf
Third Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication : Beyond Declarations - The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication
24 - 25 Apr 2006 , Star Hotel, Lund (Sweden)
Open Access Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Rights, Future financing of Scholarly publishing are some of the conference themes. Powerpoint presentations available from conference website.
http://www.lub.lu.se/ncsc2006/

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Organisations and Websites

DigitalKoans
Bailey, Charles R. (Regularly Updated)
This Weblog, created and maintained by Charles W. Bailey, provides commentary on scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture issues.
http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/
Open Access Directory
Open Access Directory (Date Created: 30 Apr 2008) (United States of America)
This wiki was created for the open access community to create and maintain simple factual lists about open access to science and scholarship. Lists can be updated by registered OAD contributors. The OAD is hosted and supported by Simmons College.
http://oad.simmons.edu/

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Policies, Strategies & Guidelines

New Understanding Open Access in the Academic Environment : A Guide for Authors
Pappalardo, Kylie (Date Created: Jun 2008) (Australia)
This guide aims "to provide academic authors with an overview of the concept of and rationale for open access to research outputs and how they may be involved in its implementation and with what effect. It considers the central role of copyright law and publishing agreements in structuring an open access framework as well as the increasing involvement of funders and academic institutions. The Guide also explains different methods available to authors for making their outputs openly accessible, such as publishing in an open access journal or depositing work into an open access repository."
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00013935/01/Microsoft_Word_-_Final_D
raft_-_website.pdf

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Projects and Case Studies

Addressing the Uncertain Future of Preserving the Past: Towards a Robust Strategy for Digital Archiving and Preservation
Stijn Hoorens; Jeff Rothenberg; Constantijn van Oranje; Martin van der Mandele; Ruth Levitt (Date Created: 2007) (Netherlands)
This report prepared for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek reviews the history of digital preservation, the role of National Libraries and publishers and discusses the dynamic environment of scholarly publishing. The report considers the strategy implications for the KB and its e-Depot archive.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/
Summary and Full document in PDF available for download from http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510/ also available for sale. RAND (Technical ) Report TR-510-KB
OAPEN Open Access Publishing in European Networks
(Date Created: Mar 2008)
OAPEN is a project in open access publishing for humanities monographs by a consortium of European University based academic publishers. If funded it will start in September 2008.
http://www.oapen.com/
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/

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Bibliographies

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

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Related Topics: E-prints | Electronic Theses and Dissertations | Electronic journals | Grey literature | Research data

Broader Topic: Networked digital material

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