UC's open access journals

[John Ober <john.ober@ucop.edu>]

Readers of this list might be interested in our announcement that teh 
University of California has expanded its direct support of alternative 
models of scholarly communication to peer-reviewed journals.

A press release about this extension to the eScholarship Repository is 
available at 
http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/eScholarship_peer_review_journals_3-9-04.pdf.

An article in EContent by Marla Misek titled "eScholars of the World,
Unite! The University of California Revolutionizes Publishing Paradigm"  
provides additional background on motivations and methods (available at
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=6187).

Regards,

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John Ober, Director, Education and Strategic Innovation
California Digital Library (www.cdlib.org)
University of California
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