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Distributing Critical Information During A Pandemic

ByHayden Young March 27, 2020June 9, 2020

Distributing documentation efficiently and effectively during so much uncertainty can be difficult. Distributing critical information during a pandemic is beyond crucial. There is a lot of useful information around Covid-19: from how to wash your hands correctly to what the virus means for economic and social survival. But distributing documentation efficiently and effectively during so…

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Citations Made Easier

ByMonica Roos January 30, 2020

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…

FFI Publikasjoner

ByMonica Roos June 3, 2019

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…

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Tips on How Matomo Can Improve Your Archive Services

ByMonica Roos March 4, 2019

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…

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Owning your DSpace Data

ByHayden Young July 31, 2018March 23, 2020

Many application and SaaS hosts pitch a no fuss, easy to use, up-to-date hosted archive. However, most customers who sign up for these services don’t plan for what will happen when they no longer wish to use the services of their existing host. We’ve experienced customers who have tried to migrate away only to find…

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Blockchain’s Impact on Academia

ByHayden Young November 6, 2017November 6, 2017

Blockchain is the new buzz word and is generating a lot of excitement around financial industries. However, the blockchain has a number of other very useful applications not necessarily targeted at the exchange of money. Bitcoin The most well known blockchain implementation is Bitcoin. Bitcoin uses the blockchain as a giant, decentralized ledger of financial…