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The Open Speakers Database : find experts on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data

13/12/2017

The Open Speakers Database is a crowd-sourced database of regional experts on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data, put together by the Right to Research Coalition and OpenCon. When possible, clicking on the name will allow you to email the speaker.Contribute to Open Speakers DatabaseKnow someone in your ...

Scholarly Communication, Digital Skills & Services and Research Infrastructure : LIBER Strategy (2018-2022)

13/12/2017

LIBER’s Vision for the research landscape in 2022 is that the role of research libraries will lie in Powering Sustainable Knowledge in the Digital Age. To make this happen, LIBER intends to provide the most added value through its three Strategic Directions (2018 - 2022): (1) Innovative Scholarly Communication, (2) Digital Skills & Services and (3) ...

AgroPortal: a backbone for data integration and standardization in Agronomy

12/12/2017

After having reviewed state of the art of vocabularies and ontologies in agronomy, food, plant sciences, and biodiversity, a recent article in ScienceDirect "AgroPortal: A vocabulary and ontology repository for agronomy" has focused on features, ontology organization and sources in AgroPortal. Below you will find some highlights of the article. ...

Workshop at IDCC 18 : How Research Institutions & Libraries can help deliver the European Open Science Cloud - registration is open !

12/12/2017

LIBER, within the framework of the European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project (EOSCpilot), is organising the workshop: “How Research Institutions and Libraries can help deliver the European Open Science Cloud” during the IDCC18 Conference to take place in Barcelona in February 2018.About the workshop DATE : 19th of February 2018...

School of Data : a global network committed to advancing Data Literacy

11/12/2017

(Sources: School of Data Summer Camp, Camera Libre - School of Data methodology)Data and Information that directly impact people’s lives is increasingly accessible but civil society is falling behind in making effective use of it... To help cope with this challenge, in 2012, the School of Data was launched, ...