AIMS

Call for Chapters: Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs

07/03/2017

Help to spread out Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept with its potential in library and information science domain. The upcoming book intends to make every library and information science professionals aware with MOOC concept as a whole and how they can play worthy roles in MOOC setting by using ...

Between growing food and conserving forests in sub-Saharan Africa

07/03/2017

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is conducting research to better understand existing and future competition and trade-offs between food production and natural forests, and the implications for land use policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).___________________________________________________________________________________________________Research by IIED's forest and biodiversity teams reveals that there is limited scope for ...

Re-using Open Data ...: a new European Data Portal study report

06/03/2017

The report 'Re-using Open Data - a study on companies transforming Open Data into economic and societal value' (2017) is published as part of the European Data Portal project. The European Data Portal is developed by the European Commission (EC) with the support of a consortium led by Capgemini Consulting, including ...

BioSharing Registry : Connecting Data Policies, Standards & Databases

05/03/2017

BioSharing Registry: connecting data policies, standards & databases in life sciences Working Group (WG) is coming to the end of its 18 month life cycle at the 9th RDA Plenary Meeting in Barcelona (5-7 April, 2017). Join the WG meetings on 5 and 6 April, 2017. __________________________________________________________________________________________________This WG is currently preparing a recommendation package for consideration ...

Call for Participation for Eastern Partnership research collaborations

05/03/2017

Call for Participation - EYR@EaP 2017 – invites researchers from any discipline and their collaborators to submit proposals that highlight how access to internet and compute technologies could significantly improve their research process.  DEADLINE Friday, 7 April 2017.___________________________________________________________________________________________________Important datesTimeEventTuesday, 7 February 2017Call for Participation opens for 1st round proposalsFriday, 7 April 2017Deadline for 1st ...