OAI-general -- The general OAI list
About OAI-general	English (USA)
The OAI-general list is a low volume email list that will keep you informed about OAI-related activities. Technical discussions about the protocol and implementation should be carried out on the OAI-implementers list. Open Access announcements and discussion should instead go to lists focused on OA (e.g. SOAF, BOAI, SPARC-IR, SCHOLCOMM). In order to keep traffic low, postings (such as conference announcements, software releases etc.) will be rejected unless they have specific OAI relevance. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the OAI-general Archives. To see the collection from the UPS-list, the predecessor of OAI-general, visit the UPS Archives.
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