At the end of the '90s, the Library System Centre of the University of Pisa began to create a system of digital archives in order to enhance and promote the Institution activities regarding teaching, research and administration: 1. ETD (Electronic Thesis and Dissertations); 2. UnipiEprints.
Bucchioni, Cinzia, Zanetta Pistelli, and Barbara Pistoia. "Digital Archives at the University of Pisa." In Openness in Digital Publishing: Awareness, Discovery and Access - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 459-460. ELPUB. Vienna, Austria, 2007.