Publication Date:
2012-02-03
Description:
The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia library network is composed by 8 libraries
located in Milano, Bologna, Pisa, Roma, Napoli, Catania and Palerno and Porto Venere (SP).
The main goal of INGV libraries was to suppod research activities tllfough the
implementation of quality selvices and tools dedicated to researchers and to remote users. The
libraries promote and develop electronic reSOllfces in the fields of geophysics and
volcanology. One oftlle main project is: www.earth-prints.org.
The intematioual opeu arcruve aims to satisfy the increasing demaud of fast, up-to-date, easyaccessible,
and fi'ee-of-charge SOllfces of infonnationin all branches of Geosciences. It allows
earth scientists to deposit electronic documents into its collections and to index them by
subjects and keywords. Earth-prints provides a time-stamp to all deposited materials to insllfe
precedence rights to original ideas and scientific results. It deals with copyright issues through
Creative Common standards that offer a wide variety of licenses. All deposited material is
made immediately available to the pUblic. Subscribers will be sent a daily newsletter
according to the topics they have signed in. It
The archive has a tllfee-Ievel hierarcrucal stmcture. The top level includes Atmosphere,
CIyosphere, Hydrosphere, Solid Eatth and General. It then branches into several disciplines
within the other two levels. Collections
include different kinds of documents, such·as pre-prints, manuscripts, published papers,
conference materials, books, book chapters, posters, theses, Web products
and databases. Earth-Prints main language is English but it accepts also documents in other
languages, giving visibility to data and studies at local scale that are indeed of general
interests. An abstract in Englisll is always required. Have a tour in to the many features of
Earth-prints.
Description:
Unpublished
Description:
GeoItalia 2007, WORKSHOP W05, Rimini, Italy
Description:
5.8. TTC - Biblioteche ed editoria
Description:
open
Keywords:
Geosciences
;
Open archive
;
tool
;
information
;
documents
;
05. General::05.03. Educational, History of Science, Public Issues::05.03.99. General or miscellaneous
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
Oral presentation
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