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First release of the agINFRA Science Gateway

07/06/2012

The 31st of May the first release of the agINFRA Science Gateway was announced. This release is developed by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) of the University of Catania. Italian Soil Information System (ISIS) The gateway meshes-up Grid Computing and Cloud Computing enabled applications and lets users access ...

Open Educational Resource Toolkit for Asia

06/06/2012

Open Educational Resource (OER) Asia is an Asian Forum to share information and knowledge resources in addition to guidelines and toolkits on good practices on and about Open Education Resources in the Asian Region.   Now available on their website is the OER Toolkit to support a self-directed, activity-based approach to ...

ARSSF Signs Berlin Declaration

06/06/2012

Its gives me an immense pleasure to share with you the news as Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum that the ARSSF had signed Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities on 18th May 2012 in response to the call to action given by Berlin 10 ...

Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program provides grants

05/06/2012

The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2012 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program. Deadline for proposals is June 24, 2012 Grants will be awarded in December 2012 and provide one-, two- and three-year awards between US $5,000 to US $50,000 per year for a total of $100,000. Apply online. Innovative Libraries in Developing ...

Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories

04/06/2012

Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) published a report detailing business models for sustainability of disciplinary repositories. This reports intends to provide repository managers with various sustainability strategies for disciplinary repositories to continue successful into the future. Download the full report. The report evaluated repositories published by Webometrics July 2011 ranking of ...