AIMS

Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures

07/06/2012

Part of the Sixth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'12) 28-30 November 2012 - Cádiz (Spain) Aim The aim of the Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures is to serve as a discussion forum for experts to present recent results ...

Call for Papers: Zimbabwe International Conference on Open Access

07/06/2012

The Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC) is calling for papers to be presented at the 2nd Zimbabwe International Conference on Open Access. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 June 2012 The 2nd International Conference on Open Access will focus on the impact of the OA paradigm to various knowledge solutions as well ...

First release of the agINFRA Science Gateway

07/06/2012

The 31st of May the first release of the agINFRA Science Gateway was announced. This release is developed by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) of the University of Catania. Italian Soil Information System (ISIS) The gateway meshes-up Grid Computing and Cloud Computing enabled applications and lets users access ...

Open Educational Resource Toolkit for Asia

06/06/2012

Open Educational Resource (OER) Asia is an Asian Forum to share information and knowledge resources in addition to guidelines and toolkits on good practices on and about Open Education Resources in the Asian Region.   Now available on their website is the OER Toolkit to support a self-directed, activity-based approach to ...

ARSSF Signs Berlin Declaration

06/06/2012

Its gives me an immense pleasure to share with you the news as Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum that the ARSSF had signed Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities on 18th May 2012 in response to the call to action given by Berlin 10 ...