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Your Say counts: Join the online Discussion on Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition

18/11/2016

 Dear Friends,It is a matter of great pleasure to invite you to this online discussion organized in the context of the ‘APEC Wisdom Agriculture Workshop’ which takes place in Yinchuan on November 24-25, 2016, in China. The Workshop aims to review the existing methodologies, advanced technologies and best practices of ...

RRI Tools: fostering Responsible Research and Innovation

18/11/2016

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Toolkit is available in its final version. 'RRI Tools' aims at building a Responsible Research & Innovation, with the concerned stakeholders and their tailored interests, to make RRI happen in real life.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The European project Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI) focuses on societal actors (researchers, citizens, policy ...

Free Survey Webcast on Funding Article Processing Charges

17/11/2016

 Webcast Details and Registration Title: Funding Article Processing ChargesPresenters: Gail McMillan, Leslie O’Brien, and Philip Young, Virginia Tech LibrariesDate: Wednesday, December 7, 2016Time: 1:00–1:45 p.m. eastern standard timeCost: Free for allRegistration: Register online by Wednesday, November 30.  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present ...

JHOVE: a widely-used open source digital preservation tool

17/11/2016

JHOVE is a widely-used open source digital preservation tool, used for validating formats of digital objects. The Open Preservation Foundation has assumed responsibility for this project and is in the process of creating a new permanent and sustainable home for JHOVE. “I don’t know of any open source validator ...

Should RDA be a training, education body? A certification body? RDA is asking You for feedback

16/11/2016

The members of the RDA Subcommittee on Strategy invite all RDA members to express your views on this issue and ensure that your vision and ideas for RDA are noted. Training and dissemination of new skills is a key question to enable Open Data and Open Science.Communication and personal ...