The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), the international member organisation that builds capacity, align policies and practices to support repository networks globally, has announced a significant milestone. Controlled Vocabularies enable repositories to “speak the same language” worldwide.  Over the last 6 years, COAR has developed and made available three Controlled Vocabularies: resource types, access […]

4Science is an ORCID Certified Service Provider, so we and our community are proud to highlight the fact that DSpace-CRIS emerges as the top ORCID-enabled CRIS/RIMS, ticking almost all of the boxes in ORCID’s own analysis and comparison of ORCID-enabled systems: https://info.orcid.org/orcid-enabled-systems/ Persistent identifiers (PIDs), especially ORCID (the persistent identifier for people/researchers), are sustainable and […]

4Science is delighted to announce that version 7  of the most widely adopted open-source solutionfor research data and information managementis finally available!DSpace-CRIS is a comprehensive, free and open-source Research Information Management System (CRIS/RIMS), adopted by a significant number of institutions worldwide. It is based on DSpace, which enables organisations like Universities and Research Institutions to […]

At 4Science, we are proud to be the major supporter to Open Repositories 2021, not only as a sponsor, but also with ten contributions. 4Science actively participates in major events at the international level, not only as a sponsor but also contributing with presentations on innovative projects, technologies, standards: ten of our presentations are in […]

Jisc’s Publications Router can now populate RIOXX metadata fields in repositories using recent versions of DSpace, thanks to a new patch developed in collaboration with 4Science. For UK institutions, the Router service works with publishers to capture articles, match them to their authors’ institutions and deliver them directly into the relevant repositories. Latest versions This new RIOXX functionality […]

We are proud to share with our friends, partners, and clients, the news that our Giuseppe “Digi” Digilio has become a DSpace Committer. Another addition to the great 4Science team that has been working for years to make DSpace the best repository technology in the world and keep it free for the whole community: congratulations […]

4Science is inviting you to test DSpace 7 Beta 5, join us for the Testathon (ending on 7th May 2021). What is a testathon? We ask for anyone using (or planning to use) DSpace to help us test, report and mend bugs within the latest beta. The Testathon is a community effort to review the […]

As an innovative company, working on IT systems that are on the Internet, 4Science (www.4science.it) carried on tirelessly during the pandemic and we thank the customers who continued to put their trust in us. It is only by providing services to institutions that we can continue to invest resources in ceaseless contributions to the DSpace […]

On Wednesday 24 March 2021, the University of Tuscia held a webinar entitled: Open Science. Open access and copyright in the world of research. The programme, available at http://www.unitus.it/it/dipartimento/sistema-bibliotecario-di-ateneo/news11/articolo/scienza-aperta-open-access-e-copyright-nel-mondo-della-ricerca, included a speech by Susanna Mornati, Chief Operating Officer of 4Science, entitled: Open Access in Italy: experiences and limits, why tools are not enough. After summarizing […]

We are proud to be a new solution provider of CSA, the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help build a secure cloud computing environment. This is a further step to ensure that 4Science’s solutions are designed according to the best security practices, in line with the history […]