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AgriOcean DSpace in INASP Newsletter

12/01/2012

The AgriOcean DSpace team published in the latest INASP Newsletter (winter 2011) the following article: S. Dister, M. Goovaerts, J. Keizer, D. Slipetskyy, I. Subirats (2011). AgriOcean DSpace: FAO and UNESCO-IOC/IODE combine efforts in their support of Open Access. The INASP Newsletter is published three times annually and presents articles, news ...

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives

11/01/2012

The proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives (Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2011) are now avaliable online. These proceedings are the result of a workshop held in conjunction with the first international conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2011, formerly known as European Conference on Digital Libraries, ...

Public Comment period for the Asset Description Metadata Schema is now open

11/01/2012

The European Commission's ISA programme announces the opening of the Public Comment period for the Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS), until 6 February 2012 (inclusive). Asset Description Metadata Schema The Asset Description Metadata Schema is a common way to describe semantic interoperability assets including metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies and code lists. Better ...

EIFL-Open Access Programme

29/12/2011

Advocating open access to promote knowledge sharing EIFL-Open Access is one of the main programmes of EIFL. Most research is published in commercial e-journals, but because of high subscription costs researchers in developing and transition countries  are disadvantaged. Open access is the immediate, online, free and unrestricted availability of peer-reviewed, ...

New Librarians Global Connection Webinar

27/12/2011

New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ is a new series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of library associations and library schools working with new professionals, and groups by and for librarians. The free webinars are presented by IFLA Continuing Professional ...