AIMS

Putting research into use

21/11/2011

An useful and interesting paper (see attachment) on experiences of ICT interventions in South Asia, in the areas of agriculture and rural development is: Necessary but not sufficient: information and communication technology and its role in putting research into use The paper was published last June by the Research Into ...

MODS public wiki

18/11/2011

On behalf of the MODS/MAD Committe In the interest of better information sharing in our communities, the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee has set up a public wiki for MODS and MADS information. Currently, the wiki content focuses mostly on the Editorial Committee's work, but we hope this wiki will ...

Open Access Africa 2011 presentations online

17/11/2011

Presentations and poster abstracts from the Open Access Africa 2011 conference that took place took place on 25-26 October at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology (KNUST) in Ghana are now available from http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica/program and http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica/posterabstracts

First Experiences with Google Scholar Citations

17/11/2011

Aside from different efforts to tackle the author identity problem on a global scale, such as ORCID, Google launched its own Citations product today as an addition to Google Scholar. What is it? Basically, Google Scholar Citations offers public researcher profiles, together with citations, h-index and i10 index calculations. By ...

Digital Repositories Specialist

17/11/2011

Reference Number: 106/11 Division: University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) Salary: £31,233 - £37,923 Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract Full/Part Time: Full Time Closing Date: 30 November 2011 The Role We are looking for a suitably experienced individual to join our Digital Archives & Repositories Team. You will be responsible for assisting our Senior Repositories Specialist ...