E-LIS: the Open Archive for Library and information Science

Morrison, Heather and Subirats Coll, Imma and Medeiros, Norm and De Robbio, Antonella (2007) E-LIS: the Open Archive for Library and information Science. The Charleston Advisor 9(1).

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Abstract

[English abstract]

E-LIS is an open access archive for library and information science. With over 5,800 documents as of June 2007 (over 5,000 in February 2007 when the archive was investigated in-depth), E-LIS is the world’s largest archive for LIS. Over half the documents in ELIS are peer-reviewed. E-LIS is particularly strong in English and Spanish language documents, but supports over 22 languages. With this multilingual support and a global team of volunteer editors, E-LIS has significant diversity in content, an advantage over traditional, english-based LIS resources. Not surprising, this tool designed by and for librarians features robust and userfriendly search options. Lack of phrase searching, and pointing to a cross-archiving searching tool no longer supported when much better options are available, are identified as areas for improvement.

Keywords:	open access archive, library and information science, peer-review, global team, editor
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
ID Code:	11032
Deposited By:	Italian Staff, E-LIS
Deposited On:	02 August 2007
Alternative Locations:	http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2007/00000009/00000001/art00019
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