Profile of Cornell's Internet-First University Press

Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Digital University/Library Presses, Part 5: Internet-First University Press, DigitalKoans, August 23, 2006. Another installment in Charles' useful series. Excerpt:

Established in January 2004, Cornell University's Internet-First University Press is described as follows:

These materials are being published as part of a new approach to scholarly publishing. The manuscripts and videos are freely available from this Internet-First University Press repository within DSpace at Cornell University.

These online materials are available on an open access basis, without fees or restrictions on personal use. All mass reproduction, even for educational or not-for-profit use, requires permission and license.

There are Internet-First University Press DSpace collections for books and articles, multimedia and videos, and undergraduate scholarly publications. There is a print-on-demand option for books and articles.  There are DSpace sub-communities for journals and symposia, workshops, and conferences....