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Status of the AgriOcean DSpace project

17/10/2012

The AgriOcean DSpace (AOD) team awaits with anticipation the intended DSpace 3.0 release, announced earlier this year, albeit a short time after releasing DSpace version 1.8.2. Migrating AgriOcean DSpace to DSpace 3.0 The current AOD version 1.1 is equivalent to DSpace 1.7.1(JSPUI version). Therefore the AOD partners decided to stall the migration to DSpace 1.8.2 ...

'Evidence-based Literature Searching for Librarians’ Workshop In Ethiopia

16/10/2012

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa (CEBHA) organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the workshop 'Evidence-based Literature Searching for Librarians’ . Its objective was to learn medical librarians and health information specialists how to find the best available evidence for priority health issues in ...

Join free webinar "From Tactical to strategic thinking: picking priorities in Open Access"

15/10/2012

Register now for Jean-Claude Guédon's free webinar "From Tactical to strategic thinking: picking priorities in Open Access". Guédon's webinar will take place on Tuesday, October 23, from 4:00 - 5:00 pm Rome time. It is one of the seven webinars that will take place during Open Access Week @ AIMS.   Jean-Claude Gué...

DSpace to release version 3.0 soon

15/10/2012

DSpace is set to release a new version of DSpace 3.0 which is expected soon (this October or November). The DSpace 3.0 release candidate can be viewed here. The current version is DSpace version 1.8.2 and there will be a migration path for users upgrading from the current version to the 3.0 release.  In ...

Focus on the Open Data for Development project in Latin America and the Caribbean

15/10/2012

The Open Data for Development (OD4D) is a project that seeks to raise the awareness and the importance of Open Data, as well as supporting its use by public enterprises in the economies of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. This will be done through producing knowledge on ...