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<font size=3>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.<br>
Marcy Rosenkrantz<br><br>
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<b>For Release: August 24, 2004 <br>
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Contact: Sarah E. Thomas</b>, Cornell University Librarian,
<set9@cornell.edu>, (607) 255-3689; <b>or<br>
Thomas Hickerson</b>, Assoc. Univ. Librarian for Information Technologies
and Special Collections, <hth2@cornell.edu>, (607)
255-9965<br><br>
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</font><h1><font size=4><b>Cornell Library to Distribute its Open Source
Electronic Publishing System</b></font></h1><font size=3><br><br>
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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. <br><br>
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.<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><b>Detailed News Release attached, or
go to</b>:</font><font size=3>
<a href="http://alumni.library.cornell.edu/news/news_story.cfm?id=48" eudora="autourl">http://alumni.library.cornell.edu/news/news_story.cfm?id=48</a>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=1>Marcy E. Rosenkrantz<br>
Director, Library Systems<br>
Cornell University Library<br>
502 Olin Library<br>
Ithaca, NY 14853<br><br>
tel. (607) 255-0653<br>
fax (607) 254-5419<br>
e-mail: mr41@cornell.edu</font></html>