AIMS

Research Object for Scholarly Communication Community Group

23/04/2013

This might be of interest to the AIMS community members interested in exploiring new forms of scholarly communication. Some days ago it was announced the launch of the W3C Research Object for Scholarly Communication (ROSC) Community Group (#rosc). The primary goal of the Community Group is to provide a ...

ACBF Virtual Library on Capacity Development (VLCD)

22/04/2013

The VLCD is a one stop shop digital library that offers fast, well-structured and unified interface to access free full-text copies on capacity development produced and published by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), its networks and partners. The VLCD collections comprise books, occasional papers, working papers, reports, development memoirs, ...

Digital Green uses videos of farmers for farmers to exchange knowledge

22/04/2013

Digital Green is an interesting ongoing knowledge exchange project in India. With the objective of improving the food and nutrition security of small and marginal farmers Digital Green produces videos by farmers, of farmers, and for farmers. Videos showing sustainable agricultural practices and technologies with both short-term and long-term rewards ...

Report third iMarine Board Meeting available

19/04/2013

The report of the third iMarine Board Meeting is now avalaible for download. The meeting took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 25 and 26 March, 2013. For a detailed description of the outcomes of the meetings, read iMarine's blog iMarine - The journey ahead. The Board meeting was followed by the ...

Policy RECommendations for Open Access to Research Data in Europe

19/04/2013

Policy RECommendations for Open Access to Research Data in Europe (RECODE) is a project funded by the European Union. RECODE seeks to leverage existing networks, communities and projects to address challenges within the open access and data dissemination and preservation sector and produce policy recommendations for open access to research ...