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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 ...

Development of a metadata schema describing Institutional Repository resources enhanced by ”LODE-BD” strategies

25/07/2013

Iryna Solodovnik of the University of Calabria published a new article presenting a specific metadata profile for describing Institutional Repository (IR) information resources. The article has been published this month in JLIS.it, an academic, international, peer-reviewed and open access journal, under the title: Development of a metadata schema describing ...

RDA TAB - Call for candidates

24/07/2013

The Research Data Alliance (RDA)'s Technical Advisory Board (TAB) is looking for "technically savvy people form different domains and regions, to ensure RDA stays technically balanced and effective." The TAB will consist of 12 members: six interim and six elected members. The interim members have been already nominated by the ...