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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 ...

EIFL-PLIP awards grants to 11 libraries in Africa

04/06/2012

The EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has awarded grants to eleven public and community libraries in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. The new services will improve lives and livelihoods of farmers, health workers and their patients, and vulnerable children and youth. Through providing grants and building ...

MedOANet surveys: mapping current situation of Open Access in Mediterranean

01/06/2012

The Mediterranean Open Access Network (MEDOANET) is carrying out surveys among research performing institutions, research funders and academic and research publishers in order to map the current situation of Open Access in terms of policies and practices in Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. The surveys are running from ...