Following are a few important resources related to EPrints software and inter-operable institutional repositories. Click on the [Local copy] link to access local copy of the resource. For latest version you should visit the resource site.

1. EPrints related resources:

• EPrints software site. http://software.eprints.org/
• Technical documentation (installation, configuration, etc.). http://software.eprints.org/docs/eprints-docs.pdf [Local copy]
• EPrints handbook. http://software.eprints.org/handbook/
• Sample EPrints-based archive sites:
  • Queensland University of Technology. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/
  • University of Glasgow. http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/
  • School of Electronics and Computer Science, Univ. of Southampton. http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
  • University of Nottingham. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/
  • IISc eprints archive: http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/
  • St. Andrews University. http://eprints.st-andrews.ac.uk/
    

2. Institutional Repositories:

• The case for institutional repositories: A SPARC position paper. Release 1.0, 2002. http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/ir.html
• SPARC institutional repository checklist & resource guide. Release 1.0, November 2002. http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/IR_Guide.html
• Clifford A. Lynch. Institutional repositories: Essential infrastructure for scholarship in the digital age. ARL Biomonthly Report 226, February 2003. http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html
• Open Society Institute. A guide to institutional repository software. 2nd Edition. January 2004. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software [Local copy] [Local copy]
• Publisher and Library/Learning Solutions (PALS). Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories. Final Report. Mark Ware Consulting Ltd., UK. January 2004. http://www.palsgroup.org.uk/palsweb/palsweb.nsf [Local copy]
• Institutional Archives Registry.Created by Tim Brody of Southampton University, this is a web site that lists and dynamically graphs the amount of content of archives that: (1) run GNU EPrints software, and/or (2) archive open access research articles. http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php
• Core Metalist of Open Access Eprint Archives. Produced by Steve Hitchcock, Southampton University, U.K. This list and its categorization gives a broad overview of the structure, size and progress of full-text open access eprint archives. http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtml
• List of Open-access Archive Lists. Maintained by Peter Suber, Earlham College, Indiana. This list captures the most comprehensive lists available. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm
• SPARC Institutional Repositories List. A select list of institutional repositories around the world. Includes repositories that are institutional in scope and that contain multiple document types. Thus, it excludes discipline-specific e-print servers and university repositories that contain only theses and dissertations. http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=m1
  
  

3. Dublin Core (DC): Dublin Core metadata standard is a key component of digital archives and interoperability.

• DC main site: http://www.dublincore.org/
• DC scheme: http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/
• DC Qualifiers: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmes-qualifiers/
• DC Usage guide: http://dublincore.org/documents/2003/08/26/usageguide/

4. Open Archives Initiative (OAI): OAI provides the inter-operability framework for digital archives through its protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH)

• OAI main site: http://www.openarchives.org/
• OAI FAQ: http://www.openarchives.org/documents/FAQ.html
• Introductory tutorial on OAI-PMH protocol. http://www.oaforum.org/tutorial/english/page1.htm
  

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