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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 >