Social Science Open Access Repository

Two German research centers have agreed to launch a Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR). 

SSOAR will be funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft or DFG) and run by the Social Science Information Center (Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften) of the larger Society for Social Science Infrastructure Facilities (Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen or GESIS), and the Institute for Qualitative Research (Institut für Qualitative Forschung) at the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB).  For more details, see the press release from GESIS (December 13, 2006) or the press release from Center für Digitale Systeme at the FUB (November 21, 2006). 

So far SSOAR doesn't seem to have a web site and all the information I can find is in German.  I'll post more when I have more.