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RDA Second Plenary Meeting - Webcast

16/09/2013

The 2nd Plenary of the Research Data Alliance (RDA)  16-18 September 2013, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, US During this week the 2nd Plenary of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) will take place at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC (US).  370 persons from 25 countries will attend the meeting (Programme).  ...

Free, online "Mobiles for Development" course upcoming in October

16/09/2013

Title: Mobiles for Development Start date: October 2, 2013 (6 weeks) Language: English Pre-requisites: None Certification: Certificate of participation upon succesful completion       Free, online "Mobiles for Development" course Mobile communication and computing technologies are improving the accessibilty of knowledge and serving as an important new way of learning. This upcoming October a free, ...

ICAR adopts Open Access policy

13/09/2013

Today (13th September 2013) the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had announced its Open Access policy on its website. The full-text of Open Access policy of the ICAR is follows: ICAR adopts Open Access Policy Each ICAR institute to setup an Open Access Institutional Repository. ICAR shall setup a central ...

AgriOcean DSpace upgrades now available

11/09/2013

Did you download the AgriOcean DSpace application after the following dates - March 2012; September 2012, and January 2013? If YES, please be advised that the respective upgrades for your installation(s) are now available in the AgriOcean DSpace downloads platform. The recent upgrade package will solve bugs and comes with additional features ...

Open Research Data on the Horizon … and beyond - RDA Europe Workshop prior to the RDA Plenary in Washington

10/09/2013

The event will be live streamed on 10 september starting at 11:00 CET The webcast available at the following link https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/rda-europe/ Workshop agenda The Research Data Alliance aims to facilitate the global research data sharing and exchange. This international effort encourages increasing interest among people who wish ...