AIMS

自然出版集团将与同济大学合作推出开放获取期刊

11/11/2015

          2015年10月19日，施普林格·自然（Springer Nature）旗下的自然出版集团（NPG）与同济大学举行了签约仪式，将合作出版开放获取期刊npj Pollution Control （《npj-污染控制》）。        自然出版集团是开放获取运动的早期推动者，自2005年出版首个全开放获取期刊以来，集团已有80种期刊提供了开放获取出版的选择。        该刊是自然出版集团在环境领域推出的首个“自然合作期刊”（Nature Partner Journal, NPJ）。将于2015年12月开始接受投稿。新刊将尤其注重提供原创和创新的方案，以解决全球所面临的环境挑战，这包括气候变化、能源对环境的影响、大规模城市化、有毒废物、清洁水源、空气污染防控、绿色制造、可再生能源等。 

United Nations Foundation was selected to host the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data that was recently launched

09/11/2015

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (the Global Partnership) was launched on the 28th November 2015. The overall objective of the initiative is to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by the promotion of open data. In particular, the Global Partnership aims to combat extreme poverty, climate change ...

Global Agricultural Concept Scheme (GACS): The collaborative integration of three thesauri

04/11/2015

Last Wednesday, October 28, I presented 'Global Agricultural Concept Scheme: The collaborative integration of three thesauri' at the annual conference of the German Coalition for Networked Information, held this year at the German National Library in Frankfurt under the banner 'Linked Data - Vision and Reality'.  The presentation was well received ...

DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar: Schema.org in Two Parts: From Use to Extension

30/10/2015

As announced by DCMIThe DCMI/ASIST have announced a joint webinar on Schema.org which will be held in 2 parts. Part 1 registration is already open.DetailsPresenter: Richard WallisTimes: 10:00am - 11:15am EST (UTC 15:00:00)Dates: Wednesday, Part 1 - 18 Nov. 2015 | Part 2 - 2 Dec. 2015Webinar Website: http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015wallisPart 1 Free ...

My visit to AgroKnow and the Author disambiguation project in AGRIS

30/10/2015

I am a metadata librarian from the Chinese Academy of Sciences - which is one of the AGRIS strategic partners. Currently l am visiting the FAO AIMS team and working with the AGRIS and my contribution is the author disambiguation project. Recently l visited one of the AGRIS partner institutions ...