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EDINA and the ISSN International Centre are pleased to announce the Beta
release of PEPRS, the e-journals preservation registry service. This is
the product of JISC-funded project activity, and provides freely
available means to discover which e-journals are being preserved by the
leading archival organisations - highlighting those e-journals for which
no arrangement is on record.
The PEPRS Beta service is available at http://www.peprs.org/
<http://www.peprs.org/>
We are carrying out a short survey to assess initial user reaction to
PEPRS and will be grateful for all responses:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/peprs-beta-service
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/peprs-beta-service>
The ISSN Governing Board met in Paris on Thursday 28th April to launch
formally the Beta service and to confirm its wholehearted and continuing
support for the PEPRS project and the new service. PEPRS is expected to
have international appeal and anticipated usage from both national and
university libraries and all parts of the serials' world.
PEPRS was initially funded as a two-year project to scope, design and
build a prototype, during which user requirements were gathered from
librarians and preservation agencies. The present funding, until July
2012, is geared towards implementation of a service-quality system.
The idea for the registry was mooted in various reports since 2003 and
the findings of a JISC-commissioned report carried out by the University
of Loughborough and Rightscom and published in 2008. Further background
information on the project and details of relevant reports are available
on the PEPRS project website at
http://edina.ac.uk/projects/peprs/index.html
<http://edina.ac.uk/projects/peprs/index.html>
The five archiving agencies that have been participating in the project
and have made metadata available to the PEPRS Beta service include:
- British Library
- CLOCKSS Archive
- e-Depot at the Konjinklijke Bibliotheek
- Global LOCKSS Network
- Portico
It is planned to extend the scope of the service by including metadata
from other archiving agencies. Additional functionality will also be
added to the service throughout 2011 - details of which are set out in
the FAQ section.
A programme to test new functionality is being developed and the project
team would welcome offers from users to assist in the testing process.
If you would like to get involved please contact us at [log in to unmask]
Contact the EDINA HelpDesk at [log in to unmask]
or at
+44 (0)131 650 3302 (telephone)
+44 (0)131 650 3308 (fax)
Causewayside House,
Univesity of Edinburgh
160 Causewayside,
Edinburgh,
Scotland,
United Kingdom
EH9 1PR
EDINA is a UK national academic data centre, designated by JISC on
behalf of UK funding bodies to support the activity of universities,
colleges and research institutes in the UK, by delivering access to a
range of online data services through a UK academic infrastructure, as
well as supporting knowledge exchange and ICT capacity building,
nationally and internationally. http://edina.ac.uk/about/
The ISSN International Centre, established through agreement between
UNESCO and the French Government, has the aim of introducing and
operating an automated system for the registration of serials and
maintains the ISSN Register. The ISSN (International Standard Serial
Number) is an eight-digit number which identifies periodical
publications, including electronic serials. http://www.issn.org/
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Fred Guy
SUNCAT Project Manager
EDINA
Causewayside House
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Edinburgh EH9 1PR
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 651 3875
Fax: +44 (0)131 650 3308
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Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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