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Se estudian los documentos depositados por autores andaluces en el repositorio E-LIS de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, y se obtienen ránquines de personas, instituciones y temas. Se compara la situación relativa de Andalucía con otras Comunidades Autónomas. Se obtienen conclusiones sobre cuáles son las provincias e instituciones en las que hay que incidir más para lograr aumentar el número de documentos andaluces en E-LIS y su impacto internacional.

The present paper is part of a thesis under development of the CTS Masters program of the National University of Quilmes, whose objective is to know the current situation and the process of development of institutional digital repositories in Argentine's national universities in the period 2004-2015.

This paper aims to show the evolution of digital libraries (BD) and Institutional Repositories (RI) as a way to democratize knowledge by teachers, researchers and students to contribute to social and human development. BD and RI are digital information repositories of different types to access them, disseminate and preserve them, and they are helping to strengthen the academic training, in particular, in the universities. Thus, this paper also shows the relationship of these deposits to higher education information

We present the first open peer review module for open access repositories. The module, designed in this first stage for integration with DSpace repositories, in order to avoid “inbreeding”, enables any scholar to offer a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of any research object hosted in a compliant repository. Weighted reputation metrics are calculated for articles, reviews, authors and reviewers. An advanced search function allows repository users to filter or sort research objects based on their reputation, which it is calculated based on the reviews received. The integration of peer review in repositories promotes open scholarship by enabling a direct, open and transparent collaboration between authors and reviewers, and produces novel metrics directly reflecting the perceived quality of a research work by expert peers, contrary to current available metrics that only indirectly account for quality through usage statistics. Reviewers of the work and the authors of the work (right of reply) at the repository data base can comment on the reviews of that work. This option may be extended to all specialists in the field registered at the repository but without taking them into account in metrics. The open peer review module has already been installed in two major Spanish repositories (DIGITAL.CSIC, e-IEO) with promising initial results.

The management of photographic archives presents special challenges compared to textual documents. Beyond the specific requirements regarding the organization and preservation of photographic documents, the automated management of photographic archives must take into account different aspects. Firstly, the fact that it is a visual medium - photography - requires search and navigation systems for the user that integrate not only the image of photography but also fields of visual description. Photographic archives are also presented on a variety of supports, each of them with their specific requirements in terms of preservation and handling. This information, although not necessarily required by the end users, is essential for the archivist for whom the computer system must be able to report on existing versions of the document and the interventions made on them. Finally the representation of the context in automated systems, requires the linking of the photographic document with other entities, such as people, entities or documents with which it relates. The present contribution relates the process of selection and test of AtoM (version 2 of the Ica-Atom software), Koha, Dspace and Omeka computer systems for the management and accessibility of the Plate Archive of the Astronomical Observatory of Cordoba.

Presentation: We describe the apogee that has had free software, equivalents now exist for almost allproprietary systems, in the automation of information units is where have emerged many applications. It is mentioned that this paper is part of a research project carried out at the University of Costa Rica. Method: We have defined three criteria for choosing the software: it is in Spanish, specializes in document management and is open access and available online. For classification defined three levels of automation: automation of catalogs, digital repositories and integrated automation systems. Once grouped, defined an evaluation matrix, which consists of 54 parameters divided into four groups: general, standards management, technical aspects and functionality. Results: We built a software catalog grouped at different levels mentioned. In addition, it was found that the third sublevel should be subdivided in turn into three sublevels: information units of low complexity, medium complexity and high complexity. For this group identified six criteria to determine the type of information unit seven to determine the degree of complexity of the software. Based on this subdivision was built a specialized sub-catalog in the third level of automation. Discussion: the definition of levels and sublevels are possible analyzes and comparisons between similar software, applying the evaluation matrix indicated. In addition, the catalogs submitted are a source of important information for decision-making automation projects. Conclusion: The presented catalog is not definitive, due to the dynamics of technologies and every day new applications may arise. The proposal is based on the benefits of free software, because you can access the code to make adaptations and modifications, however emphasizes that it is not free, and there will always be costs associated with implementation.

In the digital age, favoring a more open communication to the results of academic work and research has become a social commitment of multiple actors: producers and managers of knowledge, that promote the increase of the access to the information and the shared use in pursuit of the general welfare. Digital repositories have become an important element to promote open access and bring together the scientific production of an institution, and of course, its exponential growth has been accelerated in recent years. as the adaptation of the guidelines and standards that guarantee compatibility between all of them facilitate their inclusion in international repository networks, as well as the dissemination of existing open access policies and their inclusion in decision making in the academic community. This is a work for the interdisciplinary collaboration of the different faculties of the National University of Mar del Plata, for the implementation, development and advances of the institutional repositories: RPsico - Faculty of Psychology, RINFI INTEMA - Faculty of Engineering that authors as professionals Responsible for Libraries with the aim of improving the dissemination of knowledge for all.

The benefits of managing and sharing learning resources used in Moodle systems through platforms as DSpace digital repository can be considerable. Many academic institutions have taken over this reality and have therefore begun to integrate both systems as part of the management strategy of educational content. In this article we describe in general terms the integration solution between these two systems. On the one hand, the extended features implemented in Moodle such as search, retrieval, description and deposit. On the other hand, critical aspects of the Dspace operation and interface, oriented towards making this system the deposit tool of educational material deposit of an institution. Finally, we describe the functional overview of the integration of both systems, detailing the most important characteristics of integration and presenting the success story of the European University of Madrid.

The success of the new communication channels through the Internet shows its suitable format and design, but also that there was a latent need for such kind of communication. This paper describes several characteristics of social capital (trust, amount and intensity of links, reciprocity, common themes and shibboleths, cultural level, language, diversity), ie the elements that influence that cooperation occurs between people. Build on the basis of social capital we present 3 platforms: 1) a state of the art 2.0 directory, the directory EXIT (Experts in Information Handling) for information professionals and journalists. EXIT defines a community by enumeration of its components, and allows us to compare who is in it and who is not, and with what data; emulate and cooperate; etc. 2) the repository of documents in open access and OAI-PMH protocol E-LIS (Eprints in Library and Information Science) located in Italy, but promoted by the Ministry of Culture of Spain; and 3) the system IraLIS (International Registry of Authors - Links to Identify Scientists) created to raise awareness among researchers about something so simple but so important as the signature, registering all variations of signature, and carrying out automated searches on Google Scholar, repositories and databases with all the name variants. The three platforms are interconnected to form a system that reinforces itself synergistically.

Dspace is a free and open source software that allows simple configuration and modification, both in its functionality and in the adaptation of its interfaces, which makes it one of the most widely used for the creation of Institutional Repositories (IR) in Universities of the world. According to OpenDOAR, out of a total of 2,685 repositories 42.3% use Dspace. The configuration of the interface of an IR is a very important aspect, its appearance and design mark its own and differential identity with the rest of the IRs, and it is what allows the interaction and accessibility of users with the system. For these aspects related to the presentation of the IR, there are three interfaces in Dspace: JSP, XML and, attached, a mobile that provides the possibility of adapting the interface to portable devices based on Android Operating Systems, IOs and Windows Phone, all of them include functions of search, navigation and the possibility of downloading content. This work will show the versatility and characteristics of the three versions of interfaces applied in tests carried out in RPsico-Fac. of Psychology, INTEMA-Fac. Engineering and CRAI Salud-FCSySS of the National University of Mar del Plata to which the authors belong and, the personalization of the RI according to the institution or faculty.

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) and their first steps associated with Open Access are presented. The "management model" that has been implemented at the University to communicate science and disseminate research results generated by community-based and collaborative forms distributed through the Internet is described. Eight main reasons for creating an "Office of Open Knowledge" in Universities and Organizations of Science and Technology, are exposed.

The use of mobile devices for accessing the Internet is becoming more frequent every day, due to reduced prices and the availability of increasingly functional devices. This increased usage requires to evaluate the services offered by University Libraries. The development of mobile interfaces for Libraries is becoming important, being estimated that a 44% of university libraries offer some kind of mobile service to its users. The characteristics of these devices, mainly screen size and user interaction, requires the adaptation of the web interface to facilitate its interaction with the user in these new devices. We will show the possibilities that DSpace software provides in order to be able to improve the interaction and experience of use with these devices. We will introduce new ways to adapt websites and contents to a mobile version, together we will review the basic mechanisms that DSpace uses to work with the mobile aspects from version 1.8 forward, offering an structural vision of the mobile subject in DSpace, the mechanisms used to detect the right device type and the redirection to the suitable version of the webpage. We will revise the new adaptive interface of DSpace, based on responsive design tools, as Bootstrap, included in the Mirage 2 theme, and the functional characteristics accomplished wit this new interface. Finally, we will show how to develop applications for Android mobile devices interacting with DSpace in specific functionalities, as the accomplishment of deposits using SWORD protocol.

The normalization of descriptors is a requirement of any information retrieval system in order to ensure relevance and consistency of search results. Under this premise, the Museum of Anthropology of the National University of Cordoba aims to unify the documentary language used in all of its collections of cultural objects, archive and library. This experience gives account of the work done by library science students of the National University of Cordoba in 2013 and continued the metadata entry done during the previous year on the DSpace Institutional Repository of the National University of Cordoba.

This paper presents Gesdoc, an ad-hoc application, open source, for online management of heterogeneous digital resources. Its characteristics and architecture are explained, and a description of the application and the services offered is made. In the application development has played a key role full integration of tools and standards established in the field of document management applications, such as databases ISIS, MARC21, XML and JAVA data.

The research and development (R&D) project «Institutional Repository Model as an Alternative to Social Scientific and Technological Development of the Country» is presented. A group of researchers of the school of Library and Information Science of the University of the Republic (Escuela Universitaria de Bibliotecología y Ciencias Afines de la Universidad de la República-UDELAR-) are responsible for carrying out the project financed by the «Sectorial Commission of Scientific Research» (Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Cientifica) of such University. This research is innovative and lacks previous studies in our nation. The intention is to promote free access to the scientific knowledge generated in our country. The theoretical basis of the project is based on the philosophy of the Open Access movement (OA). The research is carried out in stages that respond to the proposed objectives combining quantitative and qualitative methods. It is sought to determine the patterns that characterize the model of scientific communication of Uruguayan scientist based on their publications. The data source used is the Curricula Vitae of all the active researchers of the Nation System of Researchers (Sistema National de Investigadores- SNI-) of the National Agency of Investigation and Innovation (Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación –ANII-). The catalogues of the university libraries of the University of the Republic are consulted to determine to what extent publications are registered and available. The publishing policies of the magazines in which the considered researchers publish are analyzed in order to estimate the viability of creating a repository at a national level. Interviews to qualified informers are realized to know policies towards the management of knowledge generated within the framework of public institutions. The perception of OA and the opportunity of promoting actions in this regard are collected. The analysis of the precedent elements will allow the formulating of guidelines to define a digital OA repository that is appropriate to the reality of the country, as a complimentary mechanism to the traditional scientific publication. In presence of the importance of this subject, it is intended to consolidate this line of investigation and strongly relate it to regional and international initiatives.

Here are introduced the main initiatives developed in the context of the Open Access Movement in Uruguay. The aim is to identify the tendencies in relation to the implementation of the two ways of open access (green way and golden way) at the Science and Technology National System. The opinions of the decision makers are also gathered, about the opportunities that open access offers and the need to implement public policies in that regard. A method is applied that includes bibliographic review, website consulting and interviews to qualified informants. The project originates from the research group “Studies on the Scientific Production”, which develops its activities in the context of the Programa de Desarrollo Académico de la Información y la Comunicación (PRODIC) at the Universidad de la República (UDELAR). Its purpose is to promote the cross-discipline and inter institutional spaces that analyze the open access issue in the context of the national general policies about information. At the moment, the group is carrying out the research and development project (R+D) “Institutional repository model as an alternative for the social, scientific and technologic country development”, funded by Scientific Research Sectorial Committee from UDELAR. The execution of the said project gave information about the situation regarding open access around government and education authorities, and decision makers. We identified and described the publications of the active researchers of the Researchers National System (SNI), with the aim of getting to know the different models of scientific communication in each knowledge area, and obtaining empiric elements to develop an institutional repository model according to its own special features. The aim is to contribute to the creation and implementation of national policies that motivate the green way as an alternative to guarantee the open access and the bibliographic control of the national scientific production. These lines of research were recently created and they will gradually become established. They are obtaining visibility in the different national areas and have installed this issue in the current discussion agenda. Consequently Uruguay is not out of date compared to the international context and is going forward in benefit of the scientific and technologic development. We hope that the research results will be reference elements for the creation of new policies of open access that can meet the country needs and be updated with the international tendencies.

Liburuklik: Basque Digital Library is a OAI platform which garantees the spreading and the access to the Basque Bibliographic patrimony, making it possible for any person interested in Basque language and culture to have to be able to do it easily and in a simple way. The Basque Digital Library has been operating for a year and is one of the latest platforms created in the Autonomic sphere, but during the present year the number of digitized images has duplicated and, moreover, a series of functional improvements is being carried out which will affect the usage of the device and the access and spreading of its contents. The documental collection Liburuklik is already provided with a wide range of monographies as well as important collections of magazines and historical Basque press and recently its been enriched with an additionof 265 partitures from the documental collection of Eresbil. Its a repository DSpace oriented towards the conservation and spreading of the Basque Bibliographic patrimony, with a clear goal, that of fostering the collaboration and institutional cooperation and whose contents will be progressivily increased with the bibliographic documents of Basque libraries which are willing to take part in this interesting project. All the images stored in liburuklik will be treated by OCR and every document is offered in JPG as well as PDF format and can be kept, printed or simply visualized on the screen.

In the field of Health Sciences, one of the most important and most global consideration when retrieving information is PubMed. One interesting features of this system is to provide information of scientific journals highly regarded worldwide. To do this, they must meet requirements indexing, among others, to be validated by evaluation committees. While science biomedical traditions are rooted in the process of publication, and the core of scientific literature focuses on two or three large publishing groups, in the course of the recent years, the publication of science runs a kind of liberation from the phenomenon of Open Access. In this sense, it aims to discuss the incorporation of a PubMed F1000 to through two resources: F1000 Prime to re-evaluate the quality of items and establish a ranking as assessed by its reviewers, and F1000 Research, self-defined as a Open Access journal, providing immediate publication of review articles post publication peer. In this regard, some considerations and invite reflection points debate.

Barcelonian Atheneaum (Spain) started an ambitious and sustainable project whose first challenge is the digitization of its sound recording collection, which gathers the results of several cultural activities hosted in the institution over the last decades. Starting with an Omeka-based repository a workflow has been developed in order to restore and disseminate the institution's collective historical memory, promoting also synergies which leads to content curation and the creation of knowledge.

This study is focused in the organizations’ urgency of handle the knowledge contained in the depositing materials into institutional repositories (IR) to improve its effectiveness and competitiveness in a complex. The principle of the Second Generation of the knowledge is presupposed to identify the coincident significant aspects of the management of the knowledge and IR as the highlights of the work for its precise combination.

Three information systems serving the Library and Information Science professionals are presented: 1) the E-LIS (E-prints in Library and Information Science) open access repository, 2) the online directory EXIT (Experts in Information Handling), and 3) IraLIS (International Registry of Authors - Links to Identify Scientists), a platform intended to normalize author names according to the universally accepted format of only 2-character strings with an optional middle initial -, and a database of name variants used by each author. Thanks to the collaboration between the responsible people of these projects there have been established automatic links that add value to the individual utility of each system. The core of the system is the EXIT directory, from which automated queries to E-LIS and IraLIS, and other resources as ResearcherID, Google Scholar, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Touchgraphic, etc., are launched.

The objective of this article was to describe the experience of the implementation of the Open Journal System (OJS) as a management system for the Sapientiae journal of the Óscar Ribas University (UÓR) in Luanda, Angola. Its implementation was carried out in 2017 together with a series of actions leading to the proper management of the OJS by the management, teachers and researchers of the UÓR. The methodological approach followed is descriptive-documentary, based on documentary evidence during the implementation of the OJS. The results obtained show the relevance of the implementation of the OJS in the different Angolan Higher Education Institutions, as an indispensable tool for the improvement of the professional training process, publication of research results and internationalization of the work carried out in the scientific domains. and technological.

As member of the panel, this short text was presented in English at the 16th. International Conference on Open Repositories 2021 (OR 2021). June 7-10, 2021. And also published as a blogpost in Spanish by CLACSO

Webinar about Open Educational Resources (OER): what they are, where they can be identified, how to reuse and remix them, how to create new OERs and how to share them. Some Spanish OER iniciatives will be also presented.

The poster is a guide to the use of repositories that seek compliance with the openAIRE 4 guidelines. The new oai_openaire metadata scheme, with its mix of dublin core and datacite fields contains a set of mandatory metadata, new vocabulary for typologies, rights and version control metadata, enriches authoring fields with unique identifiers, and finally adds fields that do not exist in other schemes and contexts. Based on the lessons learned in the construction of OpenAIRE 4 compatibility in six institutional repositories, some alternatives are proposed for the least intrusive adaptation possible

The objective of this work is to analyze the characteristics of RUNA, the institutional repository of the Public Health System of Galicia. RUNA is considered as a unique information point, which brings together intellectual, educational and administrative production as well as certain clinical documentation generated by the professionals of the Galician health system.

To better manage and search the biomedical literature, the US National Library of Medicine developed the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) controlled vocabulary. Thematic classification based on controlled vocabularies has been identified as a principal factor in document search and retrieval strategies. Unfortunately, given its specialized and manual nature, assigning MeSH terms to biomedical articles is a very complex, subjective, and time-consuming task, so Automated Keyword Extraction (AKE) systems are emerging as obvious solutions for its incorporation into systems that need to describe and manage thousands of documents, such as repositories. The study shows the solution incorporated into RUNA, the institutional repository of the Public Health System of Galicia, in order to facilitate the subject classification on thematic vocabularies (MeSH-DeCS). It specifically describes the system for the automatic extraction of document terms and how the solution has been integrated into the archive workflow in the repository in order to enable it to be complemented by expert cataloguers and therefore improve the quality of the thematic description carried out.

Slides of a conference about the role of the information clinical managers in the ecosystem of datasharing. The aim was to show to this colective that it can be the gateway for the research data management

The project analyzes the hiring portal of the Generalitat Valenciana in comparison to other autonomous areas (Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Comunidad Foral de Navarra and the Basque Country, among others). Its development has been carried out on the basis of a series of objectives; first, the relevant legislation was analyzed: - Autonomous: Law 2/2015, of April 2 of the Generalitat of Transparency, Good Government and Citizen Participation of the Valencian Community - National: Law 19/2013, of December 9, Transparency, Access to public information and Good Governance. - International recommendations: index of indicators published by the non-governmental organization with global scale, international transparency. Subsequently the contracting portals of the other Autonomous Communities are analyzed based on a series of criteria of interest for public administrations, tendering entities and citizens in general. The criteria are: Advanced search (Semantic ...), File, Type of announcement / State, Institution, Type of contract, Procurement system, Procedure type, Historical search, Bidding budget, among others. The conclusions of the project provide information on the content and scope of the data published within each of the portals to ensure the transparency of the actions of the Public Administrations. The results provide a differential value between the Spanish contracting portals, as can be seen in the table attached in Annex 1, which specifies and the contracting portals of the Autonomous Communities meet the above criteria.

This study analyze the preservation and reuse policies in row research data from different journals selected from every thematic area from the Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science-JCR).

The progress of the Regulation of Law No. 26,899 "Creation of Digital Institutional Repositories of Open Access, Own or Shared" is presented, which will regulate Open Access to the scientific-technological production of Argentina.

Purpose: Simplify the installation process for one of the most complete and common free software tools for build and administrate digital repositories for bring disseminate, interchange and preserve information. Design / methodology / approach: This work is an adaptation or analogy in Linux CentOS 7 of the methodology described in “Instalación de Dspace 5.5 en Windows 7” and “DSpace 5.x Documentation”. Findings: This manual describes the DSpace 5.4 installation methodology on Linux CentOS 7. However, this methodology has been tested on other Linux distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu and even Solaris 10. Originality / value: There are many DSpace installation manuals on Linux, however, this manual represents an update. At the time of this writing the latest version of DSpace is 5.5 but version 5.4 is more stable. The methodology it is the same if you want to install version 5.5. The installation process is in Spanish language and show greater clarity and detail as described in the documentation of DSpace.

Institutional Digital Repository at University of Buenos Aires (UBA - RDI) is presented as a resource for teaching and learning in the course " Collection Development and Access Services " of the School of Librarianship and Information Science , the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (UBA).

Presentation at COAR-SPARC, Conference "Connecting research results, bridging communities, opening scholarship". Porto, Portugal, April 15-16, 2015

The work will focus on the advantages of digital publishing, aspects related to the quality and economic sustainability of open access journals will be presented. The presentation will show the experience of the National University of Cordoba from the release of "Portal Journals UNC." Training and advisory services offered to the editors since the "Office Open Knowledge" will be mentioned.

The visibility of Cybertesis UNMSM (http://cybertesis.unmsm.edu.pe/) is analyzed by cybermetric criteria (co-citations, web visibility and impact) and webometric criteria (analysis of web visits). Online Crawlers were used to determine the amount of co- citations from the repository (March 2013 - March 2014); the tool AWStats was used to identify the temporary number of visits; and for the number of downloads, the own statistics from DSpace, open source software used for managing and publishing content Cybertesis UNMSM, were used.

This presentation includes conceptual framework for the Open Access (OA) movement, its benefits, characteristics of open access journals and institutional repositories, open access policies and research studies about development of OA in Latin America and Argentina.

Digital preservation training at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (2013)

The presentation gives a brief presentation of the traditional scientific communication system, are shown movimeinto critical of the internment of open access to knowledge. We describe the open access strategies: golden road (digital journals) and gree road (self-archiving in digital repositories). We describe some regional projects (how Latindex, SciELO and Redalyc) and deepened in the case of Virtual Libraries Network CLASCO.

It covers the experience of the 15 years of the Virtual Library Network CLASCO disseminating social science research CLASCO network. He explains that it is the "Open Access to scientific knowledge" and their means to achieve this. The social construction CLASCO repository, based on their community of publishers, libraries and multimedia services, benefits, traditional web presence and the social web. We present the results obtained in these 15 years of work in the Virtual Library Network CLASCO.

he Spanish law of Science (June 2011) establishes the framework for the promotion of scientific and technical research, with the aim of contributing to the generation, dissemination and transfer of knowledge. That law considers the open access broadcast of researchers publications through the repositories development and establishes systems that allow that repositories to get connected with similar national and international initiatives. Research activities mainly funded by the State will be published, in institutional digital open access repositories, no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. These electronic versions may be used to evaluate researchers. The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO) is a public research organization funded in 1914. It is dedicated to the scientific and technical marine research in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture, marine environment and environmental protection. IEO began its digital preservation and dissemination of intellectual production in October 2011, when launched the open access digital institutional repository e-IEO http://www.repositorio.ieo.es/e-ieo/, following 2.0 DRIVER guidelines, the OAI-PMH protocol for transmission and retrieval of metadata (Dublin Core) and using the DSpace open source and Creative Commons licenses. Authors archive their documents with the help of a support person at their IEO Centre, and two managers at Central Services and an external company manage the repository. Major repositories collectors and search engines (OAI, DRIVER, OpenDOAR, ROAR, Google Scholar, Scirus, Recolecta, Open Access, e-ciencia, Hispana and Google) transfer the contents of the repository to the reader on the web space. One and a half years on, the IEO repository has 600 items of which 45% are presentations to working groups; 21% are articles published in journals; 12% are presentations to congresses and 7% are reports of campaigns and research projects. The remaining 15% corresponds to doctoral theses, books and book chapters, dissemination material, technical notes, practical manuals, publications and research support and advice documents. The distribution by communities is: Area of Fisheries, 395; Area of Aquaculture, 117; Area of Marine Environment and Environmental Protection, 52; Support Research, 26 and Press Office, 10. This poster shows repository statistics over the past year and a half, in which the average of visits per item was 227. It also shows the IEO actions to increase the number of items in 2013.

Presentation that belongs to the Course-workshop on strategies for agricultural information and new tools, Managua, Nicaragua, 8 to 10 October 2013. The course / workshop focused on interoperability issues, reusability and cooperation in the context of agricultural information. This workshop was the practical experiences of IICA, FAO, and the community of practice AIMS, a website that deals disseminate standards and best practices for information management to support the right to food, sustainable agriculture and rural development.

n 2010 FAO and UNESCO-IOC/IODE decided to collaborate on customizing DSpace. The main reasons: Both organizations support synergistic document repository communities with similar metadata standards and controlled vocabularies: the AGRIS (FAO) and Odin- OceanDocs (UNESCO-IOC) communities. Both organizations were independently of each other working on a customization of DSpace. In 2004 the Hasselt University Library in Belgium produced for IODE a customized version of DSpace called OceanDocs and adapted it to the standards of the oceanographic community. FAO on the other hand customized in collaboration with the Indian Statistical Institute in 2007 DSpace as a tool for AGRIS centres using the AGRIS Application Profile (AP). In collaboration with Kasetsart University in Thailand, FAO also developed an AGROVOC thesaurus plug-in for DSpace 1.5.2 (source code available on Google Code). It made sense to join efforts and integrate in a common repository software the best of both worlds. The customization is called AgriOcean DSpace (ODA), and integrates the previous developments of both agencies in a single customized version of DSpace.