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Recomendaciones para un esquema indicador de calidad para el intercambio de datos oceanográficos y de meteorología marina

24/01/2015

El volumen 3 del Manual de datos normalizados oceánicos está ahora disponibleRecomendaciones para un esquema indicador de calidad para el intercambio de datos oceanográficos y de meteorología marina.Indicador de calidad estándar IODEEl propósito del Indicador de calidad estándar IODE es definir un conjunto general ...

Calling for Papers: Open Knowledge in Agricultural Development (OKAD)

20/01/2015

Progress in science and technology can only be achieved by building upon a community knowledge base. This is as true for agricultural development as for anything else. However, current technical, financial, legal and cultural barriers can make it difficult to access and use existing agricultural knowledge. Open Knowledge initiatives that ...

Open Repositories 2015: proposal submissions due January 30, 2015

20/01/2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 20, 2015The deadline for main conference and interest group proposal submissions and scholarship programme applications is January 30, 2015.The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. This ...

PubAg: NAL Unveils New Search Engine for Published USDA Research

15/01/2015

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has unveiled PubAg, a user-friendly search engine that gives the public enhanced access to research published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. NAL is part of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). PubAg, which can be found at PubAg.nal.usda.gov, is a ...

UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians

22/12/2014

UNESCO has launched a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and researchers.The curricula for Library and Information Science Professionals entitled “Open Access for Library Schools”, consists of four course modules. An Introductory Module aims at sensitizing the library community about the history, evolution, ...