AIMS

DSpace to release version 3.0 soon

15/10/2012

DSpace is set to release a new version of DSpace 3.0 which is expected soon (this October or November). The DSpace 3.0 release candidate can be viewed here. The current version is DSpace version 1.8.2 and there will be a migration path for users upgrading from the current version to the 3.0 release.  In ...

Focus on the Open Data for Development project in Latin America and the Caribbean

15/10/2012

The Open Data for Development (OD4D) is a project that seeks to raise the awareness and the importance of Open Data, as well as supporting its use by public enterprises in the economies of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. This will be done through producing knowledge on ...

Open Access Week 2012: Free webinar on Open Harvester Systems

12/10/2012

EIFL-FOSS and EIFL-OA are co-organizing a webinar coinciding with Open Access Week 2012.  The topic will be providing access across open access journals and open access repositories, with a focus on the free open source Open Harvester Systems (OHS) software. The Open Harvester Systems is a free metadata indexing system developed ...

Help us to build the AIMS Glossary

12/10/2012

The AIMS Glossary is set-up for AIMS users coming from less technical or other working areas than pure Information Management (IM). Its objective is to shortly define in plain English 'technical' terms much used in IM and to collect resources that explain these terms more extensively without becoming too technical. ...

FAO Glossary on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture : re-launched and poll results revealed!

11/10/2012

A recent survey to establish the language preferred by the users of the FAO Glossary on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture has been announced, establishing that about 65% preferred English language.The survey results will be a useful part of research into further plans to improve language content of the glossary. ...