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Improved open access SciELO-South Africa platform launched

31/07/2013

The improved open access Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO - South Africa (SA) was launched by the South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology. South Africa joined the SciELO community in 2009 spearheaded by the Academy of Science South Africa (ASSF). The launch marked the certification of the SA's open ...

Uganda community library farmer-to-farmer service to expand

30/07/2013

Congratulations to Kachumbala Area Cooperative Enterprise (KACE) Community Library in Eastern Uganda, which has received a grant to expand its innovative farmer-to-farmer information service. The service was initiated in 2012 with support from EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP). Through the EIFL-PLIP grant, KACE reached out to farmers through 15 cooperatives ...

Call for papers: 34th Annual Conference of the German Association for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry and the Food Sector

30/07/2013

The 34th Annual Conference of the German Association for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry, and the Food Sector (GIL-Jahrestagung) will take place this year in Bonn, Germany, from February 24-25, 2014. The Call for papers is open! Deadline: October 1, 2013 The conference is attended by researchers and technical developers of university departments, research ...

A new AgriOceanDSpace installation : ZOU Institutional Repository

26/07/2013

The Zimbabwe Open University has implemented an AgriOceanDSpace software for its institutional repository to archive and disseminate the university's research output (ZOU Space). The repository is still under development and seeks to collect research outputs from the institution's respective faculties and researchers. ZOU Space interface The repository collects , thesis,scientific ...

Open Access: Self-archiving

26/07/2013

Self-archiving means to deposit a digital document in a publicly accessible website, preferable an OAI compliant repository [1]. Self-archiving further refers to self-archiving of peer-reviewed research journal and conference articles, as well as thesis, books, and book chapters. Usually, authors deposit in their institutional repository or open archive with a goal ...