PLEIADI project (Portale per la Letteratura scientifica Elettronica Italiana su Archivi aperti e Depositi Istituzionali), which has moved its first steps during 2004, was born as a collaboration of CILEA and CASPUR interuniversity consortium; recently a portal for centralized access to scientific literature on Italian open archives was released. This report shows main characteristics of PLEIADI prototype, after its official announcement to Italian librarians community during the recent event which was held last November in Messina (Italy) on “Open Access” issues
