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Repository directory to build on OA lists.(The Directory of Open Access Repositories )(Brief Article)
Fears that a new British-Swedish directory of open access repositories would add nothing to the open access (OA) cause have been allayed, writes Tracey Caldwell.
OA guru Stevan Harnad originally questioned the value of the DOAR (www.doar.org), a co-operative effort of the Sherpa team at the University of Nottingham and the University of Lund, Sweden, commenting that perhaps it was "reinventing the wheel".
Bill Hubbard, Sherpa project manager, has since clarified that the DOAR will enhance existing archives registers, and Harnad has been reassured with the direction it is taking.
Hubbard said: "The Directory of Open Access Repositories will indeed build on what we have. We intend to enhance the work that has been done in a large number of existing lists and try to pull together some features and ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Repository directory to build on OA lists.(The Directory of Open...