As a result of my last post, I received an email from Paul Nikkel who posts at deinde.org. He pointed me to a recent post of his that I wanted to highlight here. Specifically:

Earlier this spring there was discussion about an open access repository for self-archiving scholarly work as well as placing available online articles. I noted at the time that we were working towards just this idea here and the implementation was imminent. Unfortunately the events of summer got in the way and only recently have we moved things forward again. At this point everything is in place and Danny has been poking around a bit behind scenes to make sure things are working. What we need now are some "beta" testers to not only play around with the system but also to give us suggestions on the way the submission process works, category framework, group organization etc. (and of course any bugs). If you are interested in helping us out please send an email to admin deinde org (fill in the blanks with @ and . ) and we'll set up a user account for you. We really need some help on this and would really appreciate anyone who can spare a little time and bother.

This resonates with me because it actually involves applying some of these thoughts that have been flitting about the biblioblogosphere. Whether it is a success or not, something will be learned in the venture.

I'm reminded of an episode of The Simpsons. You know, the one where Homer has laser surgery done on his eyes? Here's the script:

Optometrist: Maybe you're a candidate for laser eye surgery.
Homer: Will it get me out of having to choose glasses?
Optometrist: Well, yes, but I must warn you it's an experimental procedure and we still don't know the long-term effe—
Homer:  [finds the laser and aims it at his eyes] Less yappin', more zappin'!

Let the zapping commence.