[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
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>Contact:  Sarah E. Thomas, Cornell University Librarian, 
><set9 at cornell.edu>, (607) 255-3689; or
>Thomas Hickerson, Assoc. Univ. Librarian for Information Technologies and 
>Special Collections, <hth2 at cornell.edu>, (607) 255-9965
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>Cornell Library to Distribute its Open Source Electronic Publishing System
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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.
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>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.
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>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: mr41 at cornell.edu
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