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Using Google Search Appliance (GSA) to Search Digital Library Collections: A Case Study of the INIS Collection Search

20/03/2014

In February 2014, I gave a presentation at the conference on Faster, Smarter and Richer: Reshaping the library catalogue (FSR 2014), which was organized by the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) and Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome, Italy. My presentation focused on the experience of the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) in using ...

Agrotagger delivering 'illegal values'

19/03/2014

Hi there, Got a problem with the Agrotagger in my AgriDrupal 7 install. Agrotagger does work, but delivers its values including html tags. For instance: AgroTags: productivity This likely results in the error message 'illegal value' See for more info the below drupalforfirebug report . Anyone who can help please getting this ...

Tutorial on the use of SILK for aligning controlled vocabularies

17/03/2014

A tutorial on the use of SILK has been published.The SILK framework is a tool for discovering relationships between data items within different Linked Data sources.This tutorial explains how SILK can be used to discover links between concepts in controlled vocabularies. Example used in this Tutorial The tutorial ...

RDA launches a new Domain Repositories Interest Group

14/03/2014

The Research Data Alliance, has set up the Domain Repositories Interest Group. This group is an addition to already existing interest groups within the RDA. The purpose and objectives of this group are stated on the group's page which are reproduced below.   About the Domain Repositories Interest Group   "The Domain ...

COAR: Aligning Repository Networks Meeting

13/03/2014

Announcement from COAR   Research is becoming increasingly international. Many of today’s most challenging issues such as climate change, poverty, health, and so on, are global in nature and must be addressed in collaborative ways by researchers across regional and disciplinary boundaries.   In this environment open access repositories are becoming ...