For Release: August 24, 2004
Contact: Sarah E. Thomas, Cornell University Librarian,
<[log in to unmask]>, (607) 255-3689; or
Thomas Hickerson, Assoc. Univ. Librarian for Information Technologies
and Special Collections, <[log in to unmask]>, (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.
To read the entire release, go to:
http://alumni.library.cornell.edu/news/news_story.cfm?id=48
