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G8 Science Ministers endorse the need to increase access to publicly-funded research

17/06/2013

Science ministers from the G8 group of the world’s richest countries have jointly endorsed the need to increase access to publicly-funded research. They have approved a statement which proposes to the G8 for consideration new areas for collaboration and agreement on global challenges, global research infrastructure, open scientific research ...

Ontology plug-in now available

13/06/2013

We are pleased to announce that the Hasselt University (Belgium) has recently developed an ontology plug-in.The ontology plug-in was created by Dimitri Surinx, Jeroen Vaelen and Niki Vandesbosch (students at Hasselt University) in August 2012. The first version was realized under supervision of Dirk Leinders,  ICT Department, and in cooperation ...

Más de 39,000 registros bibliográficos sobre biología y temas afines a Costa Rica

13/06/2013

La Bibliografía Nacional en Biología Tropical, una iniciativa de la Organización para Estudios Tropicales, es una base de datos que reúne más de 39000 registros bibliográficos (libros, capítulos de libros, tesis, artículos, informes, multimedia), en inglés y español sobre biología ...

DOAJ announces new selection criteria for Journals

13/06/2013

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced a new draft selection criteria for listing journals in its directory. The draft criteria is open for public comments until the 15th of July 2013. The rise of open access journals publishers; the increasing participation and support in open publishing by research ...

Free, Interactive Access to Open Data through aWhere, Inc.

12/06/2013

In April, agricultural leaders gathered in Washington, D.C, for the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture to promote accessible, relevant open data for the purpose of increasing global food security and agricultural production.  Reports out of the conference reflect a consensus within the international development community on ...