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Reports from the meeting held at the Research Data for Alliance 3rd Plenary in Dublin

31/03/2014

On the 26th of March 2014 in Dublin at the Research Data for Alliance Plenary, l co-chaired with Devika Madalli two important meetings, whose reports l present below. The first was the Interest group on Agricultural Data and the second was the Agricultural Data Interoperability IG. In both cases the reports ...

International survey about journal management and Open Access

31/03/2014

The Cologne University of Applied Science in cooperation with Humboldt University zu Berlin has prepared a survey on the effect of Open Access in journal management. If you want to contribute to this analysis the survey is open until 14.04.2014 at UK: http://www.unipark.de/uc/UK/JournalManagement/OA/ (US ...

Communiqué: Major repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align their networks

31/03/2014

In a meeting in Rome on March 20-21, 2014 representatives from several major regional repository networks sat down to develop a strategy to better align their activities. The meeting brought together delegates from Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America and the United States. As research becomes increasingly global, it is critical ...

RDA Plenary 3 - Wheat data interoperability WG meeting minutes

31/03/2014

The Wheat Interoperability Working Group (WG), within the Research Data Alliance (RDA) met during the RDA Third Plenary meeting held last week. The meeting discussed amongst other issues, the list of the deliverables to be developed in the context of the Wheat Interoperability Working Group, the data types to be ...

Webinar on "Open Access Progress and Promise in the CGIAR Consortium"

31/03/2014

We are please to invite you to take part in the webinar on "Open Access Progress and Promise in the CGIAR Consortium" that will take place on 10th April at 11:00am (CEST).  The presentation will provide an overview and update on the CGIAR Consortium's progress in Open Access, including some ...