?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=E-LIS+%3A+an+international+open+archive+towards+building+open+digital+libraries&rft.creator=De+Robbio%2C+Antonella&rft.creator=Subirats+Coll%2C+Imma&rft.subject=HS.+Repositories.&rft.description=Established+in+2003%2C+E-LIS+is+an+international+open+access+archive+related+to+librarianship%2C+information+science+and+technology%2C+and+related+disciplines.+It+uses+the+Open+Archives+Initiative+(OAI)+protocol+and+tools+to+facilitate+interoperability+between+repository+servers.+To+date+E-LIS+is+the+biggest+repository+in+library+and+information+science+and+after+only+two+years+contains+over+2200+papers.+E-LIS+is+the+first+international+e-server+in+this+area%2C+is+part+of+the+RCLIS+(Research+in+Computing%2C+Library+and+Information+Science)+project+and+is+organised%2C+managed+and+maintained+by+an+international+team+of+librarians+working+on+a+voluntary+basis.+This+paper+describes+the+main+characteristics+(technical+and+organizational)+of+the+archive+and+its+configuration+and+customization%2C+and+discusses+its+policies%2C+aims+and+mission.+Its+main+focus%2C+however%2C+is+on+the+E-LIS+organizational+model+and+on+the+strategic+issues+correlated+with+Open+Access+(OA).+It+also+delineates+some+of+the+challenges+and+opportunities+consequent+on+a+global+vision+for+the+Library+and+Information+Science+(LIS)+field+which+envisages+papers+coming+from+all+over+the+world+and+which+gives+E-LIS+the+impetus+and+motivation+to+stimulate+participation+in+the+venture+and+to+further+develop+international+research+activities.+Finally%2C+this+paper+also+emphasises+that+the+promotion+of+E-LIS+further+enhances+the+OA+movement+in+general%2C+so+E-LIS+can+be+regarded+as+a+tool+for+the+dissemination+of+the+OA+philosophy.&rft.publisher=CERN&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+Article+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4476%2F1%2Fe-lis.pdf&rft.relation=ARRAY(0xaae9768)&rft.identifier=De+Robbio%2C+Antonella+and+Subirats+Coll%2C+Imma+E-LIS+%3A+an+international+open+archive+towards+building+open+digital+libraries.+High+Energy+Physics+Libraries+Webzine%2C+2005%2C+n.+11%2F2005.+[Journal+Article+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4476%2F