As announced by DCMIThe DCMI/ASIST have announced a joint webinar on Schema.org which will be held in 2 parts. Part 1 registration is already open.DetailsPresenter: Richard WallisTimes: 10:00am -...
The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) has co-awarded the 2015 EPT award for individuals in developing countries working for Open Access to Bianca Amaro, information coordinator at...
This is a repost of Jill Classen blogIn response to the portentous need of access to scholarly content by the African research community, an additional SPARC Chapter, SPARC Africa, has been...
At this week’s World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack, has devoted his 2015 Roundtable Discussion to Open Data for Agriculture...
At the mid-point of the e-Forum on “Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies” it is time to wrap up the first week:356 people from 80...
With over 7 billion mouths to feed and a food retail industry worth $4 trillion a year, we are exploring how open data can make our global food system more efficient, from farm to fork One...
The World Bank has published a new policy note on how Open Data can support development in areas that relate to the Sustainable Development Goals. The publication emphazises especially the...
Have you ever wondered:How many Open Access policies are there worldwide?Does mandating result in more deposits in institutional repositories?When are Open Access Policies deposited?Thanks to...
The time has come to announce our 5 micro-sites beta testers!In first place we would like to thank all the AGRIS Centers that participated in the context and warmly embraced our new service! It has...
In the last few years, the momentum for Open Data has been steadily growing in Africa - with a few countries launching national level platforms. The Open Data for Africa is one of the comprehensive...