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Alliance SIDALC libraries in a map

17/06/2013

On behalf of SIDALC, I would like to thank to all the libraries that have georeferenced their information. This exercise had the objective to raise the visibility of libraries and information centers of the SIDALC Alliance participants (each link has an access to your library's information in the directory). In ...

Journée d’étude "Les enjeux de l’Open Access pour la recherche" - Aujourd'hui

17/06/2013

Agropolis International, ADBS-LR et Doccitanist organisent une journée consacrée aux enjeux de l’Open Access pour la recherche. Cette journée se tiendra le lundi 17 juin 2013, à Montpellier, mais sera aussi retransmise en direct, en français. Cette journée d’étude est ouverte aux chercheurs, aux enseignants, aux é...

G8 Science Ministers endorse the need to increase access to publicly-funded research

17/06/2013

Science ministers from the G8 group of the world’s richest countries have jointly endorsed the need to increase access to publicly-funded research. They have approved a statement which proposes to the G8 for consideration new areas for collaboration and agreement on global challenges, global research infrastructure, open scientific research ...

Ontology plug-in now available

13/06/2013

We are pleased to announce that the Hasselt University (Belgium) has recently developed an ontology plug-in.The ontology plug-in was created by Dimitri Surinx, Jeroen Vaelen and Niki Vandesbosch (students at Hasselt University) in August 2012. The first version was realized under supervision of Dirk Leinders,  ICT Department, and in cooperation ...

DOAJ announces new selection criteria for Journals

13/06/2013

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced a new draft selection criteria for listing journals in its directory. The draft criteria is open for public comments until the 15th of July 2013. The rise of open access journals publishers; the increasing participation and support in open publishing by research ...