Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The *Open*DOAR http://www.opendoar.org/index.html service provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. *Open*DOAR staff harvest and assign metadata to allow categorisation and analysis to assist the wider use and exploitation of repositories. Each of the repositories has been visited by *Open*DOAR staff to ensure a high degree of quality and consistency in the information provided: *Open*DOAR is maintained by SHERPA. Service Aims of *Open*DOAR http://www.opendoar.org/index.html *Survey the growing field of academic open access research repositories and categorise them in terms of locale, content and other measures. * *Produce a descriptive list of open access repositories of relevance to academic research. * *Provide a comprehensive & authoritative list for end users wishing to find particular types of, or specific repositories. * *Deliver a comprehensive, structured and maintained list with clear update and self-regulation protocols to enable development of the list. * *Play a prominent international role in the organisation of and access to open access repository services. * *Support Open Access outreach and advocacy endeavours within institutions and globally. * .......................................................... Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ----------------------------------------------------------- sanjeevmlis@gmail.com sanjeevmlis@yahoo.co.in [A] Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The http://www.opendoar.org/index.html Open DOAR service provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. Open DOAR staff harvest and assign metadata to allow categorisation and analysis to assist the wider use and exploitation of repositories. Each of the repositories has been visited by Open DOAR staff to ensure a high degree of quality and consistency in the information provided: Open DOAR is maintained by SHERPA. Service Aims of Open DOAR http://www.opendoar.org/index.html Survey the growing field of academic open access research repositories and categorise them in terms of locale, content and other measures. Produce a descriptive list of open access repositories of relevance to academic research. Provide a comprehensive & authoritative list for end users wishing to find particular types of, or specific repositories. Deliver a comprehensive, structured and maintained list with clear update and self-regulation protocols to enable development of the list. Play a prominent international role in the organisation of and access to open access repository services. Support Open Access outreach and advocacy endeavours within institutions and globally. .......................................................... Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ----------------------------------------------------------- mailto:sanjeevmlis@gmail.com sanjeevmlis@gmail.com mailto:sanjeevmlis@yahoo.co.in sanjeevmlis@yahoo.co.in