European R&D Newsroom now online on CORDIS

CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a European R&D (Research and Development) Newsroom. Bringing together content from nearly 50 sources in key R&D categories, the Newsroom is updated three times per day. The initial sources in ...

CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a European R&D (Research and Development) Newsroom. Bringing together content from nearly 50 sources in key R&D categories, the Newsroom is updated three times per day.

The initial sources in the Newsroom were chosen for their relevance to European science and R&D, as well as such factors as content and quality. This will be the first time that so many different sources of official European R&D and science news will be available from one aggregator.

With the new service, CORDIS users will be able to read all content on a single webpage, subscribe to the RSS feed of the whole Newsroom service and access the individual RSS feeds of the various information sources.

Additionally, users will be able to sign up for the CORDIS R&D Newsroom on iGoogle, NetVibes, MyYahoo! and other services offering personalised homepages. This option will give users the chance to subscribe and receive the latest research and development news in a convenient form which matches their own personal preferences. This opens up technical possibilities for CORDIS and social media in the future.

On the Newsroom pages, content can be searched via one of several tabs and buttons indicating the range of time to search, from one day to four weeks, in six categories: 'research', 'innovation', 'information and communication technology', 'environment', 'education' and 'other'.

The sources of content for the R&D Newsroom include various themed and general feeds from the Directorate-General Research, the Directorate-General Environment, the Directorate-General Education and Training and the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry. Other content providers are the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), the Committee of the Regions (CoR), the European Defence Agency (EDA), the European Space Agency (ESA), Eurostat, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and more.

If a CORDIS user knows of an external source and would like to suggest it for inclusion in the R&D Newsroom, there is a specific form which can be used. All suggestions are welcome and will be evaluated.

The new European R&D Newsroom complements existing CORDIS services such as CORDIS Wire. Wire, for example, is a service where users can publish their own content, such as press releases or individual calls. The R&D Newsroom, on the other hand, distributes newsfeeds from selected news sources and services.