Open source portal empowers Iraqi scientists
A U.S. team and several Iraqi agencies are creating an open source portal, which Iraqi institutions will own, operate and customize. Sun and the Iraqi Virtual Science Library team are equipping the Iraqi partners with hardware, software and IT training so that they can take control of the system.
Several agencies, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations and publishers, aided by donations from Sun, will provide eight Iraqi institutions with servers, software and training necessary to create a locally operated open source Web portal. The project will reconnect Iraqi scientists to the worldwide research community, and officials expect them to take control of the system in two years.