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RDA launches a new Domain Repositories Interest Group

14/03/2014

The Research Data Alliance, has set up the Domain Repositories Interest Group. This group is an addition to already existing interest groups within the RDA. The purpose and objectives of this group are stated on the group's page which are reproduced below.   About the Domain Repositories Interest Group   "The Domain ...

COAR: Aligning Repository Networks Meeting

13/03/2014

Announcement from COAR   Research is becoming increasingly international. Many of today’s most challenging issues such as climate change, poverty, health, and so on, are global in nature and must be addressed in collaborative ways by researchers across regional and disciplinary boundaries.   In this environment open access repositories are becoming ...

Survey of ocean data centres on their online services

13/03/2014

We would like to ask your cooperation to obtain more detailed information on the data services provided by IODE National Oceanographic Data Centres (IODE NODCs), IODE Associate Data Units (ADUs) and other ocean data centres that provide data services.   For this purpose we set up an online survey with the ...

Evaluation of the Usability and Features of AGRIS 2.0

13/03/2014

Background AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) is a database with more than 7.7 million structured bibliographical records on agricultural science and technology. The database is curated by FAO, and its content is provided by more than 150 participating institutions from 65 countries. With its search system, AGRIS helps scientists, researchers ...

Manuel Hidalgo presents Spanish Webinar@AIMS about ABCD

13/03/2014

On Friday, the 7th of March 2014 Manuel Hidalgo presented the webinar „Integrated System for the administration of libraries: ABCD“ ("ABCD: Sistema integrado para la administración de bibliotecas") in Spanish. He showed and explained the system and its technological basis, its features and capabilities as well as important functionalities like ...