Launching of La Referencia-Latin America network of national systems of institutional repositories

"La Referencia (Latin America network of national systems of institutional repositories) http://lareferencia.redclara.net/ Initial agreements: - Members are countries, 8 initial countries (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Brasil, Colombia, México, Venezuela) - Regional harvester in RedCLARA will harvest from national harvester of institutional repositories - Contents: posprint peer-review articles + postgraduate theses + research reports (metadata must indicate if content has been peer-reviewed) - Standards and tools for regional project: DRIVER + DSpace + Qualified Dublin Core - Formal launching: Meeting of Ministers of Science and Technology from Latin America, Buenos Aires, 26-27 November 2012 Source: Presentation from Fernando Ardito at ETD 2012, Lima, Peru http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/pdf/presentation/FArditoETD2012.pdf" Posted by Babini to oa.coordination oa.events oa.latinamerica oa.ir oa.new on Sat Sep 29 2012