Following an earlier notice to this list, an important meeting was held to consider the future of Eprints software.
Putting Eprints Software into the User Community June 23, 2004, London, organised by JISC and the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at Southampton University At this highly successful workshop that attracted over 100% of the booked delegates, invited users and stakeholders in Eprints software from around the world met to consider increased sharing and communications to ensure the continued sustainability and development of Eprints, the most widely used software for creating institutional archives. A report summarising the major proposals to emerge from the workshop, and highlighting areas for further investigation, is now available http://opcit.eprints.org/jisc-eprints-user/summary-report.html The full proceedings are linked from the original programme http://opcit.eprints.org/jisc-eprints-user/ All users of Eprints are invited to comment on the proposals, which are intended to bring forward actions from the workshop. Original notice http://software.eprints.org/tech.php/2127.html (include this url in tech mail only) http://software.eprints.org/underground.php/323.html (include this url in underground mail only) Steve Hitchcock IAM Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 3256 Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 2865
