fostering knowledge exchange

  • RIOXX: the pragmatic development of a metadata application profile

    Developed by Paul Walk and colleagues at EDINA, RIOXX is designed to provide a mechanism to help UK institutional repositories comply with the national funders' requirements for reporting on open access outputs from public funding. RIOXX focuses on applying consistency to the metadata fields used to record research funder and ...
  • Maximizing the impact of institutional knowledge using DSpace

    DSpace is a free, open-source software application for creating institutional repositories. Out of the box DSpace is a rather simple, uninspired repository, but with a bit of work it can be turned into a workhorse for disseminating institutional knowledge. By committing to using DSpace as the canonical location for institutional ...
  • AKstem service: supporting AGRIS data providers in publishing their content to AGRIS

    The aim of the webinar is to present the new online service desk powered by AKstem servicethat facilitates the submission of AGRIS data provider’s collections to AGRIS, providing an improved interaction with AGRIS data processing unit. Additionally, in this webinar we are presenting the ways and methods that AGRIS ...
  • Webinar on the F1000Research approach to Open Science publishing

    This webinar is part of the activities related to the Pathway Open Access : Repositories and Publishers, and organized by the CIARD Community.About the webinarThe Open Science journal F1000Research was launched in 2012 in order to address many of the shortcomings of conventional life science publishing, particularly those that exacerbate ...
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    Open Access Week Competition 2015 now open

    Eligible AIMS Community members in INASP countries are encouraged to applyINASP has now opened our Open Access Week Competition for 2015. The competition is open to representatives of institutions and organizations from INASP partner or network countries. This year, Open Access Week will take place from 19-25 October. INASP, in collaboration ...
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    Expert consultation on future of Agricultural Knowledge Resource Centres

    A really interesting event is taking place between 17-19 of November 2014: the Expert consultation on future of Agricultural Knowledge Resource Centres in ACP (African Caribbean & Pacific) Regions is organized by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), located at Wageningen, The Netherlands.This meeting is organized in the ...