[UPS] call for list of "promised archives" before May 15

[herbert van de sompel]

Hi Ed,

May I remind you that most of this information - for compliant archives
and archives that are in the process of becoming compliant - is
available from http://www.openarchives.org/sfc/sfc_archives.htm .

greetings

herbert

"Edward A. Fox" wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am working on a proposal to the US Dept. of
> Education, along with 4 other universities, to
> develop a graduate education program to promote
> understanding of the OAi, including helping students
> know how to create and archive electronic documents
> such as reports or electronic theses and dissertations.
> 
> One criticism at the pre-proposal stage had to do with
> the extent and value of information that will become
> accessible through the OAi.  To help address that
> criticism in our final proposal, and to provide a list
> that can be posted from www.openarchives.org, I
> offer to collect information from the group regarding
> what content has been promised to be made available
> through OAi.
> 
> In particular I ask for a list of all archives, electronic
> journals, or other groups that will make content available
> according to the Santa Fe Convention.  To make this
> consistent, please be sure to reply with at least the
> following information (or as much of it as you can provide
> or can estimate).  For the sake of the proposal, I will
> need to receive replies by May 15 at the latest.
> 
> Many thanks, regards, Ed
> 
> * Short Name of Archive (e.g., NDLTD)
> * Long Name of Archive (e.g., Networked Digital Library
>     of Theses and Dissertations)
> * URLs for Archive (e.g, www.theses.org, www.ndltd.org)
> * Contact Person / Archive Director (with name, email
>     address, affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax -
>     e.g., info for me)
> * Metadata Standards Supported by Archive (e.g., MARC,
>     metadata standard for electronic theses and
>     dissertations, OAMS)
> * Topical / Subject / Discipline / Scope of Coverage
>   of Archive (e.g., electronic theses and dissertations)
> * Description of Target Audience of Archive (e.g.,
>    graduate students, researchers)
> * Typical Size of a Document in the Archive (e.g., 1 Mbyte)
> * Expected Number of Documents in Archive by end of
>    Year 2000 (e.g., 10,000)
> * Expected Number of Documents in Archive by end of
>     Year 2001 (e.g., 20,000)
> * Expected Data of Compliance with OAi Specifications
>   (e.g., summer 2000)
> Professor Edward A. Fox, Ph.D.
> Department of Computer Science
> 660 McBryde Hall, M/C 0106
> Virginia Tech
> Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
> ph +1-540-231-5113, FAX +1-540-231-6075
> cellular phone/pager +1-540-230-6266
> email fox@cs.vt.edu, WWW http://fox.cs.vt.edu
> 
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