UK PubMedCentral launches

UK PubMedCentral, the UK mirror of the US-based repository, launched yesterday, 7th Jan.
http://ukpmc.ac.uk/

It provides free access to a permanent online archive of peer-reviewed research papers in the medical and life sciences. A group of nine UK research funders, including MRC and led by the Wellcome Trust, awarded the contract to develop UKPMC to a partnership between the British Library, University of Manchester and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI).

Initially UKPMC mirrors the American PubMed Central database (hosted by the NCBI at NIH). Through 2007, and beyond, the partners will develop innovative tools for UKPMC to further support biomedical research. In this way, UKPMC will grow into a unique online resource representing the UK’s biomedical research output.

From today, UK scientists will also be able to submit their research outputs for inclusion in UKPMC. MRC Units and Institutes will have to start depositing from 1st June 2007.