EUROPEAN SCIENCE:
Max Planck Takes an E-Publishing Plunge
Vivien Marx
Germany's Max Planck Society, which runs the country's flagship network of 80 research institutes, is about to launch a publicly accessible electronic publishing center that will enable its scientists to post published papers--and findings before they are peer-reviewed. The center will also develop new tools for information dissemination and electronic management, and negotiate on behalf of all the institutes to cut deals for cheaper access to electronic journals.