AIMS

AGROVOC and Arabterm

29/10/2013

Arabterm.org is an initiative of ALECSO and supported by GIZ, to provide a standardized technical terminology in Arabic. Arabterm.org is organized per industry sector. Currently 2 volumes are available online (Water technologies & Automotive engineering) and some 14 more are planned. The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and ...

Data infrastructure providers and practitioners meet at the EUDAT 2nd Conference in Rome

28/10/2013

The European Data Conferences (EDAT) addresses new data challenges in the case of cross-disciplinary sciences and services in view of the European Commission's imminent Horizon 2020 programme. The 2nd conference brings data infrastructure providers and practitioners together to discuss current infrastructure challenges and a solutions, with a focus on interoperability, cross-disciplinarity ...

Open Access Clauses in Publishers' Licences

25/10/2013

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), has announced the availability of a report entitled 'Open Access Clauses in Publishers' Licences: Current State and Lessons Learned'. The report presents the results of a review of licences that secure the rights for authors and/or their institutions to deposit published articles ...

Drafting an Open Access Policy : some notes

22/10/2013

Many institutions follow-up their commitment to openness by crafting a policy - as a guideline for institutional partners in handling open access related issues. Open Access Policies are either departmental, institutional, multi-institutional,or funder policies (see ROARMAP). While there are many reasons for institutions coming up with an open access ...

Webinar@AIMS. Seleccionar estrategias de codificación para la producción de Datos Abiertos Enlazados para datos bibliográficos

22/10/2013

El grupo de interés sobre metadatos de AIMS se complace en anunciar el segundo evento de la serie de seminarios web relacionados con las Recomendaciones LODE-BD 2.0  "Informe sobre cómo seleccionar estrategias de codificación apropiadas para la producción de Datos Abiertos Enlazados (LOD, por sus siglas en ...