What are B-On services?
As a library, b-on's main service is access to content. However, b-on also offers training services (in-person and online), a statistics service, and several electronic services (a research portal, context service, and preservation service). Learn more at www.b-on.pt.
What is Educast?
Educast is a video management service for the simple recording and distribution of educational content (lessons). The central system ensures the necessary post-processing so that these lessons are available to students via the internet and mobile devices, in the following formats: streaming, desktop, and mobile. The content production process is simplified into three steps:
What distance learning support services are available?
FCCN offers several distance learning support services that should be used depending on the pedagogical objectives of the sessions. For dynamic interactive sessions with student collaboration, the Colibri service should be used. For sessions in which the classroom work is to be made available later on the course portal,
What are the differences between EDUCAST and other Content Distribution Services?
The educast service has a set of unique features, geared towards the academic community, compared to other services, namely: recording and synchronous playback of the speaker with their presentation, editing of online content that allows selecting and highlighting parts of the video in new content, integration with distance learning tools, explanation of usage rights
What is PTCRIS?
PTCRIS consists of a framework of standards, principles, and guiding rules that aim to ensure the integration of information systems supporting scientific activity into a single, coherent, and integrated ecosystem. The PTCRIS regulatory framework is based on international reference standards and codes of best practice, including persistent identifiers, data exchange standards, and security standards.
What is the purpose of PTCRIS?
By creating an integrated information ecosystem through a common regulatory framework, PTCRIS promotes the integration of various information systems supporting scientific activity. This allows for the creation of an open ecosystem from which all stakeholders can easily benefit, through services aimed at greater efficiency in the management, production, and access to information about
What services does PTCRIS provide?
In addition to the regulatory framework, PTCRIS also ensures the management and development of infrastructures that support the management of Science and Technology in Portugal (for example, the Ciência Vitae curriculum management system, the National Register of Organizations and the national register of research funding and the synchronization framework) as well as
Who is PTCRIS intended for?
PTCRIS is aimed at all stakeholders in the Portuguese Scientific and Technological System and all those interested in the results of its activities.
What is B-On?
The Online Knowledge Library (b-on) is an online library that provides access to the full text of thousands of journals and ebooks from some of the leading international scientific publishers.
Who can join B-On?
The following types of institutions may join b-on: • Higher education institutions (public or private); • Scientific research and technological development institutions (public or private); • Institutions integrated into the Public Administration; • Private non-profit institutions; • Hospitals. Access to b-on is prohibited to for-profit institutions. More
Is access to B-On free?
Access to b-on has a membership fee. Learn more by contacting the b-on team at info@b-on.pt.
How can I access the content?
Content can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet and whose IP address belongs to the b-on network. This access can be done through the b-on search service, publisher websites, or any search engine.