UK PubMed Central Goes Live!

UK PubMed Central is now live! UKPMC is an open-access archive of freely available, peer-reviewed articles. It provides an opportunity for UK academics to submit their own research for potential inclusion. It also mirrors the contents of the US archive.

"The Wellcome Trust requires electronic copies of any research papers that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported in whole or in part by Wellcome Trust funding, to be deposited into PubMed Central (PMC) or UK PMC once established, to be made freely available as soon as possible and in any event within six months of the journal publisher's official date of final publication"

There's a link to UKPMC via the Library's list of e-print resources.

Academics can submit work through the UK Manuscript Submission Service (UKMSS)
The British Library Press Office will respond to individual enquires concerning submission:
Ben Sanderson 01937 546126 ben.sanderson@bl.uk
Lawrence Christensen 020 7412 7114 lawrence.christensen@bl.uk

UKPMC has been developed through a partnership between the British Library, The University of Manchester and the European Bioinformatics Institute. The Welcome Trust were among several UK funders that awarded the development contract. More information.