[LIS-Forum] Fw: Information for Open Access article (part II) re: ProQuest Digital Commons

Subbiah Arunachalam arun at mssrf.res.in
Mon Dec 13 07:53:23 IST 2004


Friends:

A commercial firm has entered the Open Access fray! ProQuest offers the necessary support through its new service called Digital Commons. Already half a dozen US universities/colleges use this technology. Will someone compare this service with the freely available eprints technology of the Southampton University? Best wishes.

Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Poynder 
To: arun at mssrf.res.in 
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:52 PM
Subject: FW: Information for Open Access article (part II) re: ProQuest Digital Commons 


Arun,

This is what ProQuest sent me a while back in case it is of interest. The University of Pennsylvania may be able to give you some insight into how much this is costing them.

Richard




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From: McLean, Austin [mailto:Austin.McLean at il.proquest.com] 
Sent: 09 November 2004 15:47
To: richard.poynder at journalist.co.uk
Subject: Information for Open Access article (part II) re: ProQuest Digital Commons 


Dear Mr. Poynder, 

 

I read with interest your article on Open Access in the latest issue of "Information Today."  I noted that you are planning on providing the publisher's view and reaction to Open Access in the next issue.  I want to be sure that you are aware of ProQuest's recent activities in the Open Access arena.  At the ALA annual meeting ProQuest announced a new service offering, called Digital Commons, an OAI-compliant service powered by technology supplied by The Berkeley Electronic Press.  This service allows an institution to create a robust institutional repository (IR) at a reasonable cost.  In addition Digital Commons offers:

  a.. Immediate content - All of an academic library's dissertation and theses will be immediately uploaded by ProQuest. 
  b.. Increases the visibility of scholars, research units, and the research itself 
  c.. Creates new discovery paths via Google and OAI 
  d.. Manages peer-reviewed series, working papers, monographs, and many other publication types 
  e.. Incorporates non-static resources (sound and video files, data sets, executables) 
  f.. Gives permanence to your intellectual heritage 
  g.. Offers insights into readership levels with usage statistics 
  h.. Provides customized email alerts 
  i.. For a full list of features, click here. 
Digital Commons@ offers benefits to the entire scholarly community:

  a.. Institutions-a showcase for the full range of research conducted under university auspices 
  b.. Departments, institutes, centers, etc.-a central repository for otherwise scattered research 
  c.. Researchers-highly visible platforms for personal scholarship, plus statistics on readership 
  d.. Readers-the institution's intellectual output in a single, easily navigable source, with customized daily alerts 
But don't just take my word for it - read why the University of Pennsylvania chose Digital Commons.

We like to say that Digital Commons is the quickest, easiest way to launch an IR.  There's no need for special technical skills or HTML training, no need to enlist local hardware, software, or systems experts. You get all this: 

  a.. HTML templates, PDF conversion, XML exporting 
  b.. Browsing and full-text searching 
  c.. Institutional site branding, custom cover sheets 
  d.. Data transfer to third-party indexing services and much more 
The following Digital Commons sites are active: 

  a.. Trinity University DigitalCommons at Trinity 
  b.. Stevens Institute of Technology DigitalCommons at Stevens 
  c.. Boston College: iScholarship at Boston College 
  d.. Dickinson College: DigitalCommons at Dickinson 
  e.. University of New Brunswick: DigitalCommons at UNB 
  f.. University of Pennsylvania: ScholarlyCommons at Penn 
  g.. Carleton College Repository (Minnesota): DigitalCommons @CarletonCollege 
Other IRs that use the Bepress technology: 

  a.. California Digital Library ( http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/ ) 
  b.. Florida State: http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu/ 
  c.. New England Law Library Repository, including University of Connecticut, Cornell and Yale http://lsr.nellco.org 
I'm happy to discuss Digital Commons further if it would assist you with your research.

I'm looking forward to reading part II of your article next month.

Best regards, 

Austin McLean

Director, Scholarly Communication and Dissertations Publishing

ProQuest Information and Learning

300 N. Zeeb Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346

Phone: 800-521-0600 x3270

Fax: 603-806-6109

email: austin.mclean at il.proquest.com

 
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Friends:
 
A commercial firm has entered the Open Access fray! ProQuest offers the necessary support through its new service called Digital Commons. Already half a dozen US universities/colleges use this technology. Will someone compare this service with the freely available eprints technology of the Southampton University? Best wishes.
 
Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:aotg20 at dsl.pipex.com Richard Poynder
To:
mailto:arun at mssrf.res.in arun at mssrf.res.in
Sent:
Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:52 PM
Subject:
FW: Information for Open Access article (part II) re: ProQuest Digital Commons
Arun,
 
This is what ProQuest sent me a while back in case it is of interest. The University of Pennsylvania may be able to give you some insight into how much this is costing them.
 
Richard
 
From:
McLean, Austin [mailto:Austin.McLean at il.proquest.com]
Sent:
09 November 2004 15:47
To:
mailto:richard.poynder at journalist.co.uk richard.poynder at journalist.co.uk
Subject:
Information for Open Access article (part II) re: ProQuest Digital Commons
Dear Mr. Poynder,
 
I read with interest your article on Open Access in the latest issue of “Information Today.”
 
I noted that you are planning on providing the publisher’s view and reaction to Open Access in the next issue.
 
I want to be sure that you are aware of ProQuest’s recent activities in the Open Access arena.
 
At the
ALA
annual meeting ProQuest announced a new service offering, called Digital Commons, an OAI-compliant service powered by technology supplied by The Berkeley Electronic Press.
 
This service allows an institution to create a robust institutional repository (IR) at a reasonable cost.
 
In addition Digital Commons offers:
Immediate content - All of an academic library's dissertation and theses will be immediately uploaded by ProQuest.
Increases the visibility of scholars, research units, and the research itself
Creates new discovery paths via Google and OAI
Manages peer-reviewed series, working papers, monographs, and many other publication types
Incorporates non-static resources (sound and video files, data sets, executables)
Gives permanence to your intellectual heritage
Offers insights into readership levels with usage statistics
Provides customized email alerts
For a full list of features, http://www.umi.com/umi/digitalcommons/features.shtml click here
.
Digital Commons@ offers benefits
to the entire scholarly community:
Institutions—a showcase for the full range of research conducted under university auspices
Departments, institutes, centers, etc.—a central repository for otherwise scattered research
Researchers—highly visible platforms for personal scholarship, plus statistics on readership
Readers—the institution's intellectual output in a single, easily navigable source, with customized daily alerts
But don't just take my word for it - http://repository.upenn.edu/whybepress.html read why the University of Pennsylvania chose Digital Commons
.
We like to say that Digital Commons is the quickest, easiest way to launch an IR.
 
There's no need for special technical skills or HTML training, no need to enlist local hardware, software, or systems experts. You get all this:
HTML templates, PDF conversion, XML exporting
Browsing and full-text searching
Institutional site branding, custom cover sheets
Data transfer to third-party indexing services and much more
[A]
The following Digital Commons sites are active:
Trinity
University
http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/ DigitalCommons at Trinity
Stevens Institute of Technology http://digitalcommons.stevens.edu/ DigitalCommons at Stevens
Boston
College
: http://ischolarship.bc.edu
iScholarship
@Boston College
Dickinson
College
: http://digitalcommons.dickinson.edu
Digital
Commons at Dickinson
University
of
New Brunswick
: http://digitalcommons.hil.unb.ca
Digital
Commons at UNB
University
of
Pennsylvania
: http://repository.upenn.edu
Scholarly
Commons at Penn
Carleton
College
Repository (
Minnesota
): http://digitalcommons.carleton.edu DigitalCommons @CarletonCollege
Other IRs that use the Bepress technology:
California Digital Library (
http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/
http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/
)
Florida
State
: http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu/ http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu/
New England Law Library Repository, including
University
of
Connecticut
, Cornell and Yale http://lsr.nellco.org/ http://lsr.nellco.org
I’m happy to discuss Digital Commons further if it would assist you with your research.
I’m looking forward to reading part II of your article next month.
Best regards,
Austin McLean
Director, Scholarly Communication and Dissertations Publishing
ProQuest Information and Learning
300 N. Zeeb Road
Ann Arbor
,
MI
48106-1346
Phone: 800-521-0600 x3270
Fax: 603-806-6109
email: austin.mclean at il.proquest.com
 


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