« Mellon-funded report Mind the Gap catalogs and analyzes all available open-source software for publishing and warns that open publishing must grapple with the dual challenges of siloed development and organization of the community-owned ecosystem. (…) »
« La session parallèle aux Journées Abes 2019 “Comment faciliter la co-construction d’applications au sein des réseaux de l’Abes ?” a été l’occasion de présenter deux retours d’expériences :
L’équipe ezPAARSE a montré comment elle a exploité les principes de contribution au logiciel libre pour permettre la co-construction du logiciel ezPAARSE destiné…« Reprendre le contrôle en utilisant des logiciels ouverts
Le projet Microsoft Alternatives (MAlt) a débuté il y a un an pour atténuer les effets des augmentations prévues des droits de licence de logiciel. L’objectif de MAlt est de permettre de reprendre le contrôle en utilisant des logiciels ouverts. Il…
« The OCR4all tool ensures converting historical printings into computer-readable texts. It is very reliable, user-friendly, and open source. It was developed by scientists at the University of Würzburg.
« A list of general purpose tools for researchers compiled by Generation R which can be used with no additional learning other than standard user interface familiarity. (…) »
« Public datasets fuel the machine learning research rocket (h/t Andrew Ng), but it’s still too difficult to simply get those datasets into your machine learning pipeline. Every researcher goes through the pain of writing one-off scripts to download and prepare every dataset they work with, which…
« (…) The call addresses various actors in governments and civil society to recognize software source code as heritage for sustainable development, going further to assert that software source code empowers young people with digital skills and literacy to fully participate in today’s digital society.
We now call on governments to…
« Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace announce their intent to merge, forming a robust new home for Community-Supported Programs and Services. (…) »
(…)) Working with the Open Library of Humanities
Today is the culmination for over 12 months of hard work behind the scenes to get the platform ready, and we would like to thank Martin Paul Eve, Andy Byers and Mauro Sanchez for their endless enthusiasm for the vast amount…
