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DOAJ announces new selection criteria for Journals

13/06/2013

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced a new draft selection criteria for listing journals in its directory. The draft criteria is open for public comments until the 15th of July 2013. The rise of open access journals publishers; the increasing participation and support in open publishing by research ...

Free, Interactive Access to Open Data through aWhere, Inc.

12/06/2013

In April, agricultural leaders gathered in Washington, D.C, for the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture to promote accessible, relevant open data for the purpose of increasing global food security and agricultural production.  Reports out of the conference reflect a consensus within the international development community on ...

Free post-conference IAALD event: Opening Access to Knowledge in Agriculture

11/06/2013

A special post conference event will be included with IAALD conference registration Opening Access to Knowledge in Agriculture, sponsored by IICA, FAO, GFAR, IAALD, and CTA will take place on Thursday, July 25 from 8:30-1:00pm. Send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] if you're planning to ...

‘Mendeley and Open Data’ presentation at the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science event held.

05/06/2013

In a presentation entitled, ‘Mendeley and Open Data', Victor Henning, the CEO of Mendeley, summarises the evolution of Mendeley - when it started, how it grew and what are the goals of it joining Elsevier.   Mendely was launched as a simple reference management and PDF organiser platform to help researchers ...

Philippine Department of Agriculture's new open data portal: Opening up information on projects

05/06/2013

The Department of Agriculture (DA) of the Philippines launched the Department of Agriculture Accountability Network (DAAN), an open data portal (in English). It is DA's answer to president Aquino’s call for transparency. Goal: to list down all DA's community-focused projects and make them available to the public. The portal ...