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  • DuraCloud

    DuraSpace, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s scholarly, scientific and cultural records, announced at the beginning of November 2011 the launch of its managed cloud service, DuraCloud. DuraCloud is a free open-source project and fee-based subscription service, and is available to any organization wishing to archive and preserve ...
  • OpenAIREplus: linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

    OpenAIREplus (2nd Generation of Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) was launched in Pisa in early December. The 30 month project, funded by the EC 7th Framework Programme, will work in tandem with OpenAIRE, extending the mission further to facilitate access to the entire Open Access scientific production of the ...
  • Include developing countries in research cycle, publishers urged

    Message from third Publishers for Development conference Publishers need to coordinate support across their editorial, IT, sales, and marketing teams – and ultimately at board level – to help ensure that developing country researchers are included in the research cycle. This was the main message emerging from the third annual Publishers for ...
  • FAO Country Profiles Newsletter No. 10

    The 10th newsletter of the FAO Country Profiles is now available. This edition gives a focus on TECA, Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers, and in particular on its knowledge base which gives access to hundreds of applied and easy to replicate technologies and practices in about 80 countries. The ...
  • IFLA Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group: Call for Papers

    The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group in association with the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) invites papers for presentation at IFLA General Conference, Helsinki, Finland in August 2012.  Theme Social networking for agricultural research, education, and extension service: an international perspective Social networking is a hackneyed  phrase. It ...