Open archives and access initiatives in Scotland

Open Archives Initiative

The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) aims to facilitate the efficient dissemination of information content. The OAI was originally concerned with enhancing access to e-print archives to improve scholarly communication, but the technical framework and standards it develops and promotes are applicable to a wide range of digital materials.

Resource	Notes
Open Archives Initiative	Main website for the OAI.
DAEDALUS	A project in the FAIR programme to establish a network of freely accessible digital collections at the University of Glasgow using OAI. Online resources about DAEDALUS in the catalogue of the SLAINTE service.
ePrints UK	A Resource Discovery Network (RDN) project to develop a series of national, discipline-focussed services for accessing the collective output of e-print papers available from OAI repositories.
Focus on Access to Institutional Resources (FAIR) programme	Main website for the FAIR programme. Online resources about the FAIR programme in the catalogue of the SLAINTE service.
TARDis	A project in the FAIR programme to build a sustainable multidisciplinary institutional archive of e-prints for Southampton University. Online resources about TARDis in the catalogue of the SLAINTE service.

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