Citations are, within some academic publishing traditions, a very important tool to measure impact or an acknowledgement of a work. They are also useful to avoid plagiarism by attributing other works or ideas to the correct source. The citations are also meant to help the reader to navigate the landscape of information within a given…
KnowledgeArc rolled out two releases for Matomo upgrades that were made available in July. They added a tour, goals and an enhanced reporting tool.
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment have their open archive in the KnowledgeArc ecology, and we have worked with them to develope a future-oriented and inovatative archive. We have now finished the latest developements and are happy to share them with you. Integration Integration is a key-word for all our hosted archives, whatever technology they are…
We understand that different organisations have different needs. Because of that we offer several services so that you can pick the one that suits you and your organisation the best. DSpace As an academic institution, like a university or research institute, you may have academic publications that you need to manage and disseminate. To meet…
The importance of clean, well-structured metadata cannot be ignored; poorly maintained metadata can affect discoverability of assets and can break search engine index. This can affect the impact of your archive and can result in less traffic and, potentially, less funding. There are various issues with your metadata you should look out for: Duplication Make…
Sharethis to the KA archives The newest feature to our KA archives is the integration of sharethis. Sharethis is an application which provide different share- and social- buttons to your archive or website. This in itself may not be so newsworthy, but we believe that sharethis provide a better functionality and flexibility than such buttons…
Well, yes, we believe so. Reasons to add statistics to your archive is obvious, and if the statistics can provide useful metrics without to much of a hassle it is even better. Also, as we have already written in a former blogpost it is reasuring that code and content are safe. This makes your day…
We are excited to announce the launch of our first integration of Matomo statistics with a DSpace digital archive. This brings together two leading open source projects, and provides DSpace users with a way to easily identify the impact of archived assets through easy-to-understand metrics. Why Matomo Matomo (formerly Piwik) is the leading open source…
We are pleased to welcome CGIAR’s WorldFish Digital Archive to KnowledgeArc’s managed hosted DSpace platform. CGIAR is dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger whilst working with the various ecosystems to provide research for sustainable agriculture. WorldFish Center, headquartered in Penang, Malaysia, has the goal “to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture.” The…
While it has its many flaws, DSpace’s biggest strength has always been its out-of-the-box usability; install and configure it, and all the parts are in place to store, describe, index, search and view your archived material. However, with this kind of simplicity comes the inflexibility to utilize the latest technologies because you are stuck with…