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Who, what & why?

The Scientist

| December 15, 2003 | Copyright The Scientist, Inc. Feb 2009. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As a short guide to the players, stakeholders and technical terms relevant to Open Access publishing, 'Who, What & Why?' keeps readers informed about the world of Open Access.

This week we feature Eprints.org.

What is EPrints.org?

EPrints.org maintains an open-source software package (GNU Eprints) that makes it easy for anyone to set up and run an institutional "E-print archive". The term 'E-print' covers both preprints, and also post-prints--electronic copies of articles that have already been accepted and published in an existing journal.

The Eprints.org repository software supports the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) Metadata Harvesting …

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