Open Access
AIMS supports Open Access focusing on the promotion of methodologies and good practices to enhance the accessibility and visibility of research data in agriculture and related sciences on the Web.
AIMS facilitates efficient dissemination and easier access to research outputs through the following key ways:
- promoting good practices by facilitating networking through the AIMS communities of practice;
- recommending the use of appropriate metadata standards for the creation, management and exchange of meaningful bibliographic information;
- publishing and maintaining subject vocabularies; and
- customizing tools to use recommended metadata and subject vocabularies
Within the CIARD initiative AIMS becomes a reference point for the above four elements.
Monthly Spotlight
Vote OpenAGRIS in LODLAM's International Challenge
The AGRIS team participates with OpenAGRIS in the international Challenge of the second International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LODLAM) Summit.
OpenAGRIS, following Linked Open Data principles, allows users to access related information about a publication and all the resources the Web contains about the related research area in the agricultural domain. Take a look at the OpenAGRIS challenge entry and vote before December 16! The three finalists of LODLAM's challenge will be announced by December 20th.
