E-lis
Encyclopedia
E-LIS is short for Eprints in Library and Information Science. It is an international open repository
for scientific papers in Library and Information Science
(LIS). Over 12,000 papers have been archived to date . It is freely accessible, aligned with the Open Access (OA) movement and is a voluntary enterprise.
in the field of Library and Information Science
. Searching or browsing E-LIS is a kind of multilingual, multicultural experience, an example of what could be accomplished through open access archives
to bring the people of the world together.
project, it is freely accessible and users are able to search and access full-text documents. Searching and archiving in E-LIS are totally free for any user. It is based on the philosophy and principles of Open Source Initiative
in computing whereby people from all over the world co-operate in building software for the public domain. Its aim is to further the Open Access philosophy by making full text Library and Information Science
documents visible, accessible, harvestable, searchable, and usable by any potential user with access to the Internet.
The objectives of the E-LIS are:
network has been stimulated by the extension of the OA concept to LIS
works and facilitated by the dissemination of material within the LIS
Community.
The editorial work is performed under the management of an executive board that drives the policies, alliances, new actions, collaborations and any topic that is of interest to E-LIS. The executive board is made up of two chief executives, two representatives of the editorial team, two representatives of CIEPI - International Centre for Research in Information Strategy and Development -which is the association created by E-LIS members for representing institutionally the E-LIS interest as a legal entity - and two technical representatives that have deep technical experience on document repositories. In addition to this structure, the advisory board appointed to advise the executive board is formed by institutions and people that support E-LIS.
that is electronically available, can be submitted to the archive in PDF or HTML
. The types of user are: librarians, academics, archivists, information management specialists from: academic libraries
, archives, government libraries, health libraries, information centres
, museums
, national libraries, private libraries, public libraries, school libraries or universities.
E-LIS value-added features provide tools for editors and for users. Among others, these include automatic alerts for editors, full metadata display of metadata records, full-text search, browsing by user, a counter in the homepage as well as statistics.
Essentially, the strong part of the repository is the national editors from 47 countries, carrying out the quality control of the metadata
. Each editor approves documents of his own country and coordinates the actions on the promotion of E-LIS in his country. All the editors share this common vision and mission, while contributing to E-LIS with their own experience and competence.
E-LIS deals with each country's specific issues to decide the best solution for technical and non-technical barriers so that international visibility can be promoted whilst national interests are served. International co-operation can facilitate debate on current issues on many levels and provides new professional experiences and expertise to editors on a personal level.
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Repository (publishing)
A repository in publishing, and especially in academic publishing,is a real or virtual facility for the deposit of academic publications, such as academic journal articles....
for scientific papers in Library and Information Science
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
(LIS). Over 12,000 papers have been archived to date . It is freely accessible, aligned with the Open Access (OA) movement and is a voluntary enterprise.
About E-LIS
E-LIS is the largest international open repositoryRepository (publishing)
A repository in publishing, and especially in academic publishing,is a real or virtual facility for the deposit of academic publications, such as academic journal articles....
in the field of Library and Information Science
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
. Searching or browsing E-LIS is a kind of multilingual, multicultural experience, an example of what could be accomplished through open access archives
Open archive
An open archive is an institutional repository or some other web-accessible digital database that is compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting ....
to bring the people of the world together.
Objectives
Being a not-for-profit/non-commercialNon-commercial
Non-commercial refers to an activity or entity that does not in some sense involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis...
project, it is freely accessible and users are able to search and access full-text documents. Searching and archiving in E-LIS are totally free for any user. It is based on the philosophy and principles of Open Source Initiative
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software.The organization was founded in February 1998, by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond, prompted by Netscape Communications Corporation publishing the source code for its flagship Netscape Communicator product...
in computing whereby people from all over the world co-operate in building software for the public domain. Its aim is to further the Open Access philosophy by making full text Library and Information Science
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
documents visible, accessible, harvestable, searchable, and usable by any potential user with access to the Internet.
The objectives of the E-LIS are:
- To improve knowledge of the building and management of open archives working practically in the field within the framework of Open Digital LibrariesDigital libraryA digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
; - Not only to promote open archives in various disciplinary environments, but also to create a valid and credible model in Library and Information ScienceLibrary scienceLibrary science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
discipline for the building of a world Library and Information ScienceLibrary scienceLibrary science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
archive; - To establish a base for communal work between librarians information technology professionals, and to enhance the Open Access movement.
Governance
E-LIS is established, managed and maintained by an international team of 73 librarians and information scientists from 47 countries and support for 22 languages. . The development of an international Library and Information ScienceLibrary science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
network has been stimulated by the extension of the OA concept to LIS
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
works and facilitated by the dissemination of material within the LIS
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
Community.
The editorial work is performed under the management of an executive board that drives the policies, alliances, new actions, collaborations and any topic that is of interest to E-LIS. The executive board is made up of two chief executives, two representatives of the editorial team, two representatives of CIEPI - International Centre for Research in Information Strategy and Development -which is the association created by E-LIS members for representing institutionally the E-LIS interest as a legal entity - and two technical representatives that have deep technical experience on document repositories. In addition to this structure, the advisory board appointed to advise the executive board is formed by institutions and people that support E-LIS.
Users
There are currently 8,000 authors represented in E-LIS. It is possible to deposit works in any language, although abstracts and keywords must be included in English, in addition to abstracts and keywords in the original language of the document. In a broad sense, any document related to LISLibrary science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
that is electronically available, can be submitted to the archive in PDF or HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
. The types of user are: librarians, academics, archivists, information management specialists from: academic libraries
Academic library
An academic library is a library that is attached to academic institutions above the secondary level, serving the teaching and research needs of students and staff...
, archives, government libraries, health libraries, information centres
Information centre
An information centre is a center designed specifically for storing, processing, and retrieving information for dissemination at regular intervals, on demand or selectively, according to express needs of users.-Examples:...
, museums
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
, national libraries, private libraries, public libraries, school libraries or universities.
E-LIS value-added features provide tools for editors and for users. Among others, these include automatic alerts for editors, full metadata display of metadata records, full-text search, browsing by user, a counter in the homepage as well as statistics.
Essentially, the strong part of the repository is the national editors from 47 countries, carrying out the quality control of the metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
. Each editor approves documents of his own country and coordinates the actions on the promotion of E-LIS in his country. All the editors share this common vision and mission, while contributing to E-LIS with their own experience and competence.
E-LIS deals with each country's specific issues to decide the best solution for technical and non-technical barriers so that international visibility can be promoted whilst national interests are served. International co-operation can facilitate debate on current issues on many levels and provides new professional experiences and expertise to editors on a personal level.
Copyright
Copyright is one of the key issues for E-LIS. The submission of documents and their accessibility is not an infringement of copyright. All work in E-LIS remains property of the author. If the document is a preprint, the process is quite straightforward because there are no limits concerning copyright: the author holds the exclusive copyright for the pre-refereed preprints. For the refereed postprint, the issue becomes more complex. The author might have given the rights to, for instance, a publisher. The right to self-archive the refereed postprint is a legal matter because the copyright transfer agreement applies to the text. Most journals permit self-archiving, but it depends on the publisher's copyright policy. Authors can also deposit the postprint inside the archive with restricted access. Some publishers have stated that they grant these rights as a standard procedure. Copyright law gives the creator of copyrighted work exclusive rights, which may be both segmented and transferred to others.Funding
Being a nonprofit and totally voluntary initiative, in the past E-LIS has received small funds from the Spanish Ministry of Education, but regularly there is no funding of any kind from any institution or state.Activities
The current short-term plan of activities is described in the "Acropolis Strategy" . The "Acropolis Strategy" roadmaps the actions of the E-LIS community in 2011. It was drafted by the E-LIS Executive Board and E-LIS staff and sets critical goals, which are expected to improve the current situation of E-LIS services. The "Acropolis Strategy" is continuously referred to in order to assess the progress of the E-LIS community activities. One of E-LIS Team prime priorities is to publish the bibliographic data in E-LIS as Linked Open DataLinked Data
In computing, linked data describes a method of publishing structured data so that it can be interlinked and become more useful. It builds upon standard Web technologies such as HTTP and URIs, but rather than using them to serve web pages for human readers, it extends them to share information in a...
.