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How can I or my institution create an Eprint Archive?

April 26, 2017archive create ePrint institution

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How can I or my institution create an Eprint Archive?

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Free Eprints software (itself using only free software) has been designed so institutions or even individuals can create their own OAI-compliant Eprint Archives. Setting up the archive only needs some space on a web server. Installing the Eprints software is relatively easy, and being made easier with each successive release of the software. It requires a little webmaster time to set up, and a little webmaster time to maintain. This investment is very small. The real challenge is not creating or maintaining an Eprint Archive, but ensuring that it is promptly filled with its intended contents, which, for the BOAI, consist of pre-peer-review preprints and peer-reviewed, published postprints.