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UNESCO publishes guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software

19/02/2014

UNESCO has published guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software as part of its Open Access Strategy. The software under comparison are Digital Commons,DSpace,Eprints, Fedora and Islandora. Since 2000, a number of repository platforms have been developed, each with their own set of benefits and technical criteria.This guide will ...

Opening and Linking Agricultural Research Data

18/02/2014

Lately, efforts to make agricultural data, information and knowledge more accessible have increased. A recent article entitled ‘Opening and Linking Agricultural Research Data’ published in the D-Lib Magazine enumerates developments in 'Opening data in Agriculture' within the context of Research Data Alliance. The tripartite authored article (with authors from , INRA [...

ARL Attendance Grant applications for IFLA Congress Lyon 2014

17/02/2014

Original post at: http://www.ifla.org/node/8394   The Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by ExLibris and Sage, is offering THREE (3) Attendance Grants for the IFLA Congress in Lyon 2014 to an information professional from each of these regions: Africa Latin America Asia/Pacific region Each grant ...

Call for Papers - Open Access and scientific research: towards new values

17/02/2014

The research unit 'Digital Library and Heritage', of the Higher Institute of Documentation (ISD),Manouba University, Tunisia in partnership with 'The National University Center for Scientific and Technical Documentation (CNUDDST), Tunisa have organised the 'Open Access and Scientific research: towards new values' International Conference in Tunis, 27-28 November 2014. Background to ...

LINQ in conjunction with EIF 2014: Final extension for open Calls

13/02/2014

Due to many requests the Programme Committee of LINQ and EIF has decided to allow for a final extension of all Calls as follows,   The final deadline for the Call for Papers is Monday, 17th of February 2014! The final deadline for the Call for Projects is Monday, 24th of February 2014! ...