AIMS

VOA3R Controlled Experiment for Reviewing Lifecycle Services

30/11/2012

The VOA3R project organized a Controlled Experiment for Reviewing Lifecycle Services. This experiment is one of the series of related events organized by the project during the previous months and aims to engage stakeholders in an alternative review lifecycle workflow. In order to achieve this, the initial version of ...

Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management

29/11/2012

In 2010 LIBER installed the ‘E-Science working group’ to analize the role libraries can and should play in the field of E-Science. The group decided to focus on research data as it was felt to be the most urgent element of e-science that is of relevance to the community of (research) ...

The Land portal: data aggregation and stakeholder dialog

27/11/2012

The Land Portal is the global gateway for land related information, aggregating and integrating information on land from multiple sources and building a specialized community of land experts. Its innovative approach to engaging stakeholders on the highly complex issue of land governance is the result of a partnership of many ...

First LOD@AIMS Webinar with Tom Baker on "Linking your resources to the Data Web"

26/11/2012

The AIMS Metadata Group of Interest is glad to announce the first Linked Open Data @ AIMS webinar entitled Linking your resources to the Data Web. The session will take place on 4th December 2012 - 16:00 Rome Time - and will be presented by Tom Baker, chief information officer (CIO) of the ...

The National Agricultural Information System/Network (NAIS)

23/11/2012

The CIARD Movement has published a third use case, this time about the National Agricultural Information System/Network (NAIS) of Jordan. This case study describes NAIS and  provides a brief on progress towards openness of agricultural research for innovation, as expressed by the CIARD Manifesto and Checklist. It also highlights ...