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Friday, September 19, 2008

Khazar U launches the first IR in Azerbaijan

Khazar University has launched the Khazar University Institutional Repository (KUIR).  Thanks to eIFL.net for the alert and this additional info:

KUIR is the fist institutional repository in Azerbaijan....

Materials in the repository are selected by the university’s research faculty. Pre- and post prints of scholarly articles from the Azerbaijan Archeology, Journal of Azerbaijani Studies and Khazar Journal of Mathematics are the first records in the academic journals collection as well as presentations and conference materials....

The repository managers received training and advice during the study visit of repository managers from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine hosted by Informatio Consortium and National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and organized by eIFL.net on June 18-21, 2008....