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You may want to promote OpenVIVO.  Here's a flyer that describes it's features.  Feel free to print and share the flyer, or use text from the flyer in your own materials.

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We hope you try OpenVIVO and share your thoughts about it on one of the VIVO Google Groups. 

Implementation Call. Implementing VIVO?  Join us this Thursday at 1 PM, we will have a Implementation Interest Group call.  It's a friendly group.  New to VIVO, this is a great place to introduce yourself and your project and share your thoughts and questions about implementing VIVO.

Need help with your VIVO implementation? VIVO works with companies that can help you:

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Do you represent a company that works with VIVO and could provide services to sites looking to implement VIVO?  Please contact us to become a registered service provider for VIVO.

Sea Change: Challenges and Opportunities in the Publishing Ecosystem.  On April 21, I'll be in Washington DC, presenting on collaboration in science and the role of the scholarly data ecosystem and systems like VIVO to improve collaboration and science.  Perhaps I'll see you there!

Taking care of business.  It's a busy season at the VIVO Project.  You can help.  Here are some ideas:

You can help VIVO.

  1. Get an ORCiD identifier. ORCiD is the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier – a unique, public, sixteen digit number that you can sign up for, and use to identify your presentations, papers, posters, software, datasets and more.  In addition to the identifier, ORCiD provides a sign-on service that other sites can use to authenticate users.  OpenVIVO uses the ORCiD sign on service.  Everyone should have an ORCiD.  To get an ORCiD, sign up at http://orcid.org.
  2. Plan to attend the User Group Meeting.  The VIVO User Group Meeting wll will be held in Chicago, May 5-6.  You can register at http://vivousergroup.eventbrite.com
  3. Help build financial support for VIVO.  Join   Join the 2016 Membership Task Force.  Contact Jonathan Markow
  4. Help us identify needs for VIVO.  I wish I could use VIVO to ...    Complete the sentence here:  http://goo.gl/forms/u7mqR0OrCv. Click the link.  Will take two minutes or less.  We will use the results to help plan future features for VIVO.

Development Call. This Thursday at 1 PM, we will have a Development Interest Group call. Graham Triggs will demonstrate OpenVIVO and discuss design features and development decisions.  This should be a great opportunity to learn more about OpenVIVO and its technical underpinnings.Sea Change: Challenges and Opportunities in the Publishing Ecosystem.  On April 21, I'll be in Washington DC, presenting on collaboration in science and the role of the scholarly data ecosystem and systems like VIVO to improve collaboration and science.  Perhaps I'll see you there! http://allenpress.com/events/seminar

Go VIVO!

Mike

Mike Conlon
VIVO Project Director