Cornell University Library To Release Open Source Publication Management System

Helping libraries take a more active role in disseminating scholarly research, the Cornell University Library this week announced that it is developing an open source publication management system that it will make freely available to libraries, university presses, and other independent publishers. The system, supported by a $670,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is an enhancement of the electronic publishing software called DPubS (Digital Publishing System), originally created for Project Euclid, Cornell's e-publishing initiative in mathematics and statistics, and which is also used to deliver Cornell Technical Reports and Papers. Cornell librarians and information technology specialists will re-engineer DPubS to support electronic publishing in diverse fields. The software will support critical functions such as peer review and will provide interoperability with other open source repository systems such as Fedora and DSpace. Cornell will collaborate with the University Libraries and the University Press at Penn State University to test and refine the system. Cornell University Librarian Sarah Thomas said DPubS would offer libraries and presses the ability to publish open access or subscription-based journals more cost effectively.

Posted by Tom on August 27, 2004