CGSpace was presented at the Bioversity workshop held in Rome and it gives an insight to the developments of CGSpace. The presentation covers technical developments to CGSpace including workflows, technologies, code quality assurance and a roadmap for future developments.CGSpace is a repository of agricultural research outputs and results produced by more than 10 CGIAR centers, initiatives, and challenge programs.

Upstream vs CGSPace

The graph below shows how many months after an upstream DSpace version release was adopted by CGSpace

For the entire presentation kindly download here

La sección de soporte técnico de AgriOcean DSpace ha incorporado nuevos materiales de instalación para Linux Centos. Un video y una guía básica están ahora disponibles

Instalación de AOD

• Instalación y adaptación de AOD - Linux guía básica
• Instalación y adaptación de AOD - Windows guía básica
• Instalación de AOD  - video

URL http://aims.fao.org/tools/agriocean-dspace/support-material

AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured  interviews . The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here.

The AgriOcean Dspace (AOD) version 1.1 came with a new function to import records in AGRIS AP, MODS, Endnote and Web of Science RIS files. It is now possible in the submission process to batch import records in the stated metadata formats. Once you have a file with several records to be imported in AOD, the steps to be followed are:

Choosing the collection where to upload records

Log into the AOD, and choose the 'collection' within your repository where you intend to upload the records to and then under the "The Submit to This Collection" button the following table is visible. For example, if you want to upload records under the collection 'Publications' you will open the collection page as shown in the screen shot below. 

Wageningen developed databases of publications by the different units that were to merge into Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR). In 2006, the institutional repository, Wageningen Yield (WaY) became the access point to publications authored by university’s staff since 1976.

Repository Description

The subject areas covered by the repository are Agriculture, Food and Veterinary; Biology and Biochemistry; Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Ecology and Environment. The database is updated daily and currently holds more than 160 000 items  of various content types such as articles, references, theses and patents.

The challenge: access to knowledge fundamental for development

Access to knowledge is fundamental to education and research, the improvement of lives, and the creation of human capital upon which the development of societies depends. Libraries play a key role through the provision of high quality information resources and services. However, factors such as the high cost of commercial e-resources, legal barriers and poor technology infrastructure risk leaving many people around the world behind.