**OAI Data Providers: General**

I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my
latest eProfile column from _Library Hi Tech News_:

Gerry McKiernan. "Open Archives Initiative Data Providers. Part I.
General,"
_Library Hi Tech News_ 21 no. 3 (April 2004): 11-19.

A copy of the article has been self-archived at

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-DP-I.pdf

In this first of a planned three part series on OAI Data Providers
I profile:

Digital Library of the Commons
[ http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/ ]

E-LIS: Eprints in Library and Information Science
[ http://eprints.rclis.org/ ]

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
[ http://infomine.ucr.edu/ ]

Open Video Project
[ http://www.open-video.org/ ] .

Enjoy!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
PDB Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu