[Dspace-general] Cornell to Distribute Open Source E-Publishing System

[Marcy Rosenkrantz]

We thought the community of DSpace users might be interested in this press release concerning DPubS, the Cornell Library-developed publication management system.  My apologies if you have also received this press release from another source.
Marcy Rosenkrantz

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For Release: August 24, 2004
                              
Contact:  Sarah E. Thomas, Cornell University Librarian, <se...@cornell.edu>, (607) 255-3689; or
Thomas Hickerson, Assoc. Univ. Librarian for Information Technologies and Special Collections, <ht...@cornell.edu>, (607) 255-9965

Cornell Library to Distribute its Open Source Electronic Publishing System

Ithaca, NY -- Cornell University Library is developing an open source publication management system that will provide authors and publishers with a more affordable way to publish scholarly research on the Web. In making its DPubS software available to libraries, university presses, and other independent publishers, Cornell will expand opportunities for creative communication among scholars around the world.

Cornell has received a $670,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enhance and extend its innovative electronic publishing software called DPubS (Digital Publishing System). "DPubS will offer libraries, university presses, and others the capability to publish open access or subscription-based journals more cost effectively. It should be a terrific catalyst for change in scholarly publishing," said Sarah Thomas, Cornell University Librarian.

Detailed News Release attached, or go to: http://alumni.library.cornell.edu/news/news_story.cfm?id=48

Marcy E. Rosenkrantz
Director, Library Systems
Cornell University Library
502 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

tel. (607) 255-0653
fax (607) 254-5419
e-mail: mr...@cornell.edu