AIMS

Online open modules to inform librarians about copyright law

26/01/2012

Copyright for Librarians is an online open curriculum on copyright law, available in various languages and formats. It was launched in 2010 and developed by EIFL and the Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Nine modules can be used as the basis for self, classroom or distance learning. Goal: inform ...

Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing: report

25/01/2012

CIARD held in June 2011 an International Expert Consultation on developing a CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing in Beijing, China. The final report of this consultation is now avalable online, under the title: Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing As a background document was used the ...

IODE Steering Group for OceanDocs discusses AgriOcean DSpace

24/01/2012

The 1st meeting of the IODE Steering Group for OceanDocs takes place in Oostende, Belgium from 24-27 January 2012. Agenda: AgriOcean DSpace & VOA3R Topics to be discussed are among others: The management and installation of AgriOcean DSpace Training on AgriOcean DSpace and OceanDocs VOA3R About IODE   The programme "International ...

LYRASIS launches Free/Open Source Software for FOSS4LIB

24/01/2012

LYRASIS launches FOSS4LIB (Free/Open Source Software for Libraries), a website dedicated to providing guidance about open source software for the library community. Objective FOSS4LIB help librarians and technologists navigate through the planning, decision-making and implementation processes associated with open source. The site offers a set of Decision ...

Open Access India looking for Online Space for its Repository

24/01/2012

Dear Members, Open Access India is looking for online space donation to build Open Access Indian Repository of Public Funded Research. This need is felt as it is necessary at this point because only 53 repositories are in India and many Indian authors who wish share their research outputs dont have ...