We are delighted to announce that Open Repository’s DSpace platform is now integrated with ORCID® via the ORCID API.We have the feature available for viewing on our demo site. Starting today, we are rolling out this feature to a selection of clients who specifically requested the integration, and thereafter to all Open Repository and Open… Read more »
The University of Nairobi is the oldest university in Kenya and is a keen supporter of open access. Alongside its open access policy it is a BioMed Central Foundation Member and operates an institutional repository. We talked to Agatha N. Kabugu, Deputy Director, and Milkah Gikunju, Repository Administrator of the University of Nairobi Library about… Read more »
Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour, Rains from the sky a meteoric shower Of facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined. Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill Is daily spun; but there exists no loom To weave it into fabric. Edna St Vincent Millay “Big data”—once the domain of… Read more »
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We’ve returned home after a fulsome week in Helsinki, attending the Open Repositories 2014 Conference along with approximately five hundred delegates & sponsors. The conference is a leading international event in the Open Access calendar, focusing on post-publication OA: curation, preservation and dissemination of scholarly research, and, data about scholarly research. Open Repository was one… Read more »
This week a few of us here at BioMed Central are off to Boston for ISCB’s annual ISMB conference and its Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings. First thing’s first: We’ll be giving away cool swag like our new Bruce Lee/Kill Bill inspired GigaScience Open Data tshirts. Our 8GB GigaPanda USB drives will also be making… Read more »
An open access world news update There are many drivers behind the open access movement: to accelerate the pace of scientific research, discovery and innovation; increase the visibility, readership and impact of authors’ works, as well as to enhance interdisciplinary research, to name but a few. All factors point to one ultimate goal, the… Read more »
Missed out on some of our posts in June? No need to trawl the archives – we’ve pulled together the highlights for you right here. Do we need a red card for alcohol advertising in football? With the World Cup kicking off on 12th June, we braced ourselves for the highs and lows of a… Read more »
I recently attended the 12th European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Conference in Split, Croatia. The meeting was based at the University of Split School of Medicine and included a reception in the beautiful Mestrovic Gallery and a dinner with delightful Croatian dishes to try, all of which provided a relaxing setting to meet conference… Read more »