AIMS

Sixth LOD@AIMS Webinar with Irina Radchenko on "Introduction to the Linked Open Data" (Russian)

20/12/2012

The AIMS Metadata Group of Interest is glad to announce the sixth and last Linked Open Data @ AIMS webinar entitled Introduction to the Linked Open Data. The session will take place on 14th February 2013 - 11:00am Rome Time - and will be presented by Irina Radchenko, Centre of Semantic Technologies, ...

New! Award for library open government services

18/12/2012

EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) is now inviting applications for a new award – for innovative library services using information and communication technology (ICT) to contribute to open government. More and more governments are communicating online and offering e-government services. Public and community libraries are proving to be ideal ...

‘The Open Access Textbooks’: A model for open access books

17/12/2012

The ‘Open Access textbook model’, recently revised, is designed to develop and offer strategies to establish open access books for academic use. This model is spearheaded by the State University System of Florida  (US) with support from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education (FIPSE).   The specific objectives of ...

Welcome to the AIMS Consultative Group 2013

17/12/2012

Thanks a lot to you all for accepting to be part of the AIMS consultative group. The group will start to be operational in 2013, meanwhile, we would like to share with you some further information before the end of this year. The AIMS Consultative Group acts as an open channel ...

LERU Launches Statements of Open Access and Open Data

17/12/2012

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has launched two statements on the importance of Open Scholarship: ‘Open Access to Research Publications’ and ‘Open Research Data’.   LERU's Open Access to Research Publications statement encourages European Universities to embed Open Access efforts into pan university strategies and also respective universities need ...