Matt, and others, We have a web site up at http://dpubs.org This site has additional information about DPubS, and we will be adding more in the coming weeks. We will also create a listserv shortly, for updates and announcements. If you're not finding what you need, please contact me. Thanks for your interest! --David ____________________________________________ David Ruddy Head of Systems Development and Production, Electronic Publishing Cornell University Library 607.255.6803 [log in to unmask] At 01:18 PM 8/25/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Yo, David. > >Say I wanted to know more about how DPubS works, what it does and does not >do. Where should I read? > >thanks. > >m./ > >**************************************** > Matt Stoeffler > Interface Specialist > Digital Library Production Service > 300D Hatcher North > 734.615.2484 > [log in to unmask] >**************************************** > > >On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:32 PM, David Ruddy wrote: > >>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>http://alumni.library.cornell.edu/news/news_story.cfm?id=48 >> ></blockquote></x-html>