AIMS

Gates Open Research: accelerating access to research products

29/03/2017

Gates Open Research is a scholarly publishing platform that is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2017. The platform will make research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation available quickly and in a format supporting research integrity, reproducibility and transparency. You can stay up-to-date with the latest developments ...

Open Knowledge Maps : a visual interface to the world's scientific knowledge

28/03/2017

Open Knowledge Maps (OKMaps) is a visual interface to the world’s scientific knowledge. The base for this interface consists of so-called knowledge maps, a powerful tool to explore a research field and to increase the visibility of research findings for science and society alike. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________OKMaps - a visual interface ...

Upcoming Webinar : Browsing AGORA : reaching out with research to Low-Income Countries

27/03/2017

  (Image credit: Unsplash, CC0 license) The AIMS team is happy to announce the upcoming webinar dedicated to the AGORA programme which is one of the four Research4Life (R4L) programmes facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.___________________________________________________________________________________________________AGORA’s main purpose is to improve the ...

School of Data’s Fellowship and Data Expert Programmes

27/03/2017

School of Data is inviting journalists, civil society advocates and anyone interested in pushing data literacy forward to apply for its 2017 Fellowship and Data Expert Programmes, which will run from April to December 2017. Up to 10 positions are open, with an application deadline set on Sunday, April 2nd of 2017. OK, let's ...

Are the FAIR Data Principles Fair? Webinar recording is now available online

27/03/2017

 How can libraries help their research communities implement the FAIR principles? And write better data management plans (DMPs)?  The adoption of FAIR principles within the H2020 funding programme means researchers now have to pay much more attention to how their share, publish and archive their data.___________________________________________________________________________________________________Recently, Europe's main association ...