Virtual Campus - a Core Information Infrastructure of the European University (and how it is related to research information)

Abstract

The presentation shows the architecture of virtual campuses -- a form of a joint information system designed to keep the processes running within a European University Alliance -- and some of their functionalities, focusing on the part of virtual campus related to promoting open science and researcher networking. The value of common infrastructures and systems related to research activities is examined, namely ORCID and OpenAIRE, and some challenges related to it.