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This announcement may be of interest. Launched a couple of weeks ago,
"IR Managers" has a declared US focus and appears to be largely a
personal initiative by Dorothea Salo, who is "currently working for the
University of Wisconsin Survey Center on a two-year data-capture
project" (http://members.terracom.net/~dorothea/index.html). Whether it
fills a gap in the market remains to be seen (so far the IR Managers
Forum has attracted 19 registered members), but it could be worth
monitoring as a guide to current issues in the States.
Peter
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask]
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dorothea Salo
>Sent: 07 March 2007 01:42
>To: dspace
>Subject: [Dspace-general] Introducing: IR Managers Website
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>I would like to announce the unveiling of the IR Managers
>Website at <http://oaresearch.org/>. From its About page:
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>The IR-Managers website, with its associated forum
>(<http://oaresearch.org/forum/>) and mailing list
>(<http://lists.oaresearch.org/listinfo.cgi/ir-managers-oaresear
ch.org>),
is a resource and communications tool for librarians, programmers, and
other professionals running digital repositories, with an especial focus
on institutional repositories (IRs) in colleges and universities in the
United States.
Although IRs are a focus of the various movements toward open access to
the research and scholarly literature, this site is not intended for
open-access advocacy. Although IRs are the focus of much technical
investigation, this site is not purely technical. Instead, it is a
gathering-place for people doing the immediate day-to-day tasks involved
in planning, setting up, running, and recruiting content for IRs.
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Please spread this announcement to anyone you know who might be
interested, and I look forward to seeing DSpace users on the forum and
the mailing list.
Dorothea Salo
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