Any institution with an EPrints repository can now move over to Open Repository with ease and convenience. The University of Arizona made the decision last year to move their Digital Library of Information Science & Technology repository from EPrints to Open Repository. Our experienced development team planned the transfer to minimise the inconvenience to the… Read more »
BioMed Central is extending the option of personal cover pages for the PDF of published articles to more of our journals. The covers, which will be offered at no extra cost to authors published in all BMC-series journals and many of our independent journals, will improve the presentation of printed articles. At submission, authors will… Read more »
Open Repository is pleased to be a sponsor at the 2010 SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting, which is taking place on November 8-9, 2010 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, U.S.A. The North American SPARC meeting is a unique forum for diverse stakeholders, including librarians, technologists and research producers, to come together and consider how… Read more »
Well yet another fantastic conference took place at IFLA 2010 with the theme being ‘Open access to knowledge: promoting sustainable progress’. Open Repository just had to attend and of course, Gothenburg is a beautiful city to host the event as well! The theme for the event was centered on the following: Free access to knowledge,… Read more »
Open Access Week 2010 is just around the corner. Taking place between 18th-24th Oct, this global event aims to open the public’s eyes to the benefits of open access in scholarly publishing and its impact on scientific progress across disciplines and society as a whole. BioMed Central will join in the Open Access Week celebrations… Read more »
On a slightly wet and windy Wednesday afternoon in London, 40+ BioMed Central and Nature Publishing Group employees converged on Regent’s Canal to battle it out in a 10km run. Both teams did exceedingly well, with the majority of BioMed Central’s 18 runners coming in in under an hour. Congratulations to our HR Manager, Tom… Read more »
Anglia Ruskin University are one of the largest universities in the East of England, educating over 25,000 students including those in part-time education. They are one of the most significant suppliers of nurses and teachers to the professions, offering an ever-expanding range of contemporary courses designed to meet the needs of the individual and the… Read more »
In partnership with Computer Aid International, BioMed Central will be hosting a two-day conference on open access publishing at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10-11 November 2010. Open access to the results of scientific and medical research has potential to play an important role in international development, and this conference will discuss the benefits of open access publishing in an African context, from the perspective of… Read more »
The power of the internet is recognised by the UN and EU as a viable way to pull developing countries out of poverty, suggesting internet access even be elevated to a basic human right status. However, recent UN statistics reveal the African continent to be one of the most expensive places in which to establish… Read more »
Support for scientific data sharing is gathering more and more support in 2010, so rather than “why share data?” the question now is “how?”. Making data available in readily interpretable formats is vital to realising its value in driving new knowledge discovery, and BMC Research Notes today launches a new initiative aimed at promoting best… Read more »