eScholarship Repository
nFull spectrum publishing platform: pre-prints and reports, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals
nExisting university structure: research units and departments as gatekeepers; editorial and administrative functions distributed
nHigh usage and adoption rate: 200+ UC academic units and departments; >11,000 papers; >61,000 full-text downloads per week; >2.9 million downloads to date (as of April 6, 2006)
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   To focus first on the eScholarship Repository:  It is, at the moment our most immediate and targeted response to the shifting model of scholarly publishing.  It offers a full-spectrum publishing platform that includes, as you can see, preprints and reports, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals.  It exploits an already established University structure by granting research units and departments access to its publishing tools – thus distributing the editorial and administrative functions to those entities who seek to publish within it.  And its really catching on.  Over 200 UC academic units and departments are currently using the repository.  It now holds more than 11,000 papers and boasts 61,000 full-text downloads per week.  Its total downloads since its inception in April 2002 – a sizeable 2.9 million.  (discuss graph)  The eScholarship Repository publishes its documents in PDF and is built upon the Berkeley Electronic Press (or bepress) commercial publishing platform.