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Many publishing researchers don't have OA repositories in their institutions or disciplines.  The missing piece of the puzzle is an OAI-compliant "universal repository" that will accept eprints from any scholar in any discipline.  I'm very happy to say in public for the first time that Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive (IA) has agreed to launch just such a repository.  I'm working with the technical staff of the IA to set it up now.  Not only will it host new content for scholars with no other place to deposit their work, but it will offer to preserve all the other OAI-compliant repositories in the world.  The IA's proven commitment to open access and long-term preservation make this a most exciting prospect.  Moreover, the good people at the Creative Commons are working on a drag-and-drop interface for depositing new eprints in the IA repository.  More details later. Hatte ich überlesen.  Exciting!